2023 TEXAS ANALOG CENTER OF EXCELLENCE SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

Symposium Chair: Mark Lee
Poster Session Chairs: Kanad Basu, Moon Kim, and Sam Shichijo

October 16, 2023

           MORNING SESSION                                      8:30 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. CDT
8:30 a.m. Registration and Morning Refreshments
9 a.m. Symposium Opening: Mark Lee – Professor, UT Dallas
9:10 a.m. Invited Speaker: Electric Energy Systems and Global Warming: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities
Pramod Khargonekar, Vice Chancellor for Research, UC Irvine
9:55 a.m. Invited Presentation: Evolution of Computing Systems and Sustainability in the Generative AI Era
Krishnan Kailas, Senior Research Scientist, IBM

10:40 a.m. 

Coffee Break
10:55 a.m. Panel: AI vs. AC: Will Artificial Intelligence’s Expanding Energy Appetite Leave Enough to Keep Our Air Conditioners Running?
Moderated by Mingoo Seok, Associate Professor, Columbia University
Panelist: D. Copps, Worlds | L. John, UT Austin | K. Kailas, IBM | P. Khargonekar, UC Irvine 
                  LUNCH                                                        12:15 p.m. – 12:55 p.m. CDT
           AFTERNOON SESSION                                     12:55 p.m. – 4:40 p.m. CDT
12:55 p.m. Center Overview:
Ken K. O – Director of TxACE and Professor, Texas Instruments Distinguished University Chair, UT Dallas
1:25 p.m. Students Poster Previews
1:45 p.m. Poster Session
3:00 p.m. Invited Speakers: Towards a sustainable IoT through IC Innovation
Danielle Griffith, Fellow, Texas Instruments
3:45 p.m. Energy Efficiency Overview:
Ali Niknejad, Professor, UC Berkeley
4:30 p.m. Student Poster Awards and Closing Remarks:
Sam Shichijo and Ken K. O

ERIK JONSSON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS