The Center hosted the high-end forum under the theme of “Future Chip 2016: Challenges and Opportunities in Design Automation” at Tsinghua University Information Science and Technology Building on December 13-14, 2016. You Zheng, Director of the Center and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, chaired the Organizing Committee; Wei Shaojun, Director of the Institute of Microelectronics, Tsinghua University; Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, President of ACM SIGDA; Shishpal Rawat, President of IEEE CEDA; and Michael McNamara, President of DAC, jointly served as the presidents of the forum. This international seminar boasts a powerful line-up of guests including 27 international top-rate experts and scholars – 12 executive members of ACM SIGDA, IEEE CEDA, and DAC, 8 editors-in-chief of ACM/IEEE, 18 members of IEEE and 6 ACM members– as well as over 100 guests from the relevant universities, government bodies and businesses in China.
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Taking advantage of this forum, the Chinese Institute of Electronics also set up the committee of electronic design automation experts on the basis of the Center.Wei Shaojun served as the chairman of the first session of the Committee. The forum has received warm response at home and abroad, demonstrating the Center’s ability to attract talents and gather ideas, and boosting the Center’s influence in the international arena.