Disruptive Innovation and Collaboration to Sustain the AI Revolution
Tsu-Jae King Liu gives her talk “Disruptive Innovation and Collaboration to Sustain the AI Revolution” on Oct. 16, 2024.
EECS Colloquium
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
310 Sutardja Dai Hall (Banatao Auditorium)
2:00 – 3:00 pm
Tsu-Jae King Liu
Dean and Roy W. Carlson Professor of Engineering, College of Engineering
UC Berkeley
Abstract
Steady advancement in microelectronics technology over the past six decades have had transformative impact on life in modern society, as they have enabled exponential growth in information collection and processing, ushering in the age of artificial intelligence. Challenges for sustaining the AI revolution will require disruptive innovation and collaboration to overcome. This talk will give some examples of such opportunities to drive continued progress in our increasingly technology-dependent world.
Biography
Tsu-Jae King Liu is Dean and Roy W. Carlson Professor of Engineering at UC Berkeley, where she has conducted research and taught courses on semiconductor devices and technology since 1996. She is a Fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the National Academy of Inventors, as well as an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Intel Corp. and MaxLinear Inc. Her awards include the DARPA Significant Technical Achievement Award for development of the FinFET (the transistor design used in all leading-edge computer chips today), and the IEEE Founders Medal for leadership in the advancement and commercialization of nanometer semiconductor technologies and the promotion of microelectronics workforce development.