People
Prof. Christoph Studer, ETH
SwissChips Director
WP9 Lead
Prof. Hua Wang, ETH
WP4 Lead
external page Dr. David Ruffieux, CSEM, EPFL
WP5 Lead
Management and Coordination
Project Management Office
Prof. Christoph Studer, ETH
SwissChips Director
WP9 Lead
Dr. Tracy Ewen
Communication
WP9 Co-Lead
Lisette van der Maarel
Finances
Kate Stephens
Events and Administration
Task Leaders & Senior Collaborators
- Prof. Laura Bégon-Lours, ETH, WP8
- external page Prof. Andras Kis, EPFL, WP8
- external page Dr. Giovanni Ansaloni, EPFL, WP6
- Dr. Thomas Burger, ETH
- Prof. Andreas Hierlemann, ETH
- Prof. Ulrike Grossner, ETH, WP8
- external page Prof. Ambrogio Fasoli, EPFL
- external page Prof. Mahsa Shoaran, EPFL, WP5
- external page Dr. Alain-Serge Porret, CSEM
- external page Dr. Dragan Manic, CSEM
- external page Pierre-François Rüedi, CSEM
- external page Dr. Amrith Sukumaran, CSEM
- external page Dr. Jean-Luc Nagel, CSEM, WP2
- external page Prof. Giovanni De Micheli, EPFL
- external page Prof. Thomas Bourgeat, EPFL, WP2
- external page Prof. Edouard Bugnion, EPFL, WP2
- external page Prof. Stéphanie Lacour, EPFL, WP7
- external page Prof. Guillermo Villanueva, EPFL, WP8
Students, Postdocs & Affiliated Researchers
- external page Robin Leplae, IC design engineer, EDA support, Supervisor: Dr. Alexandre Levisse
- external page Dr. Davide Schiavone, computer architecture and open-source IC design, Supervisor: Dr. Alexandre Levisse
- external page Alex Widerski, graphical designer, communication, Supervisor: Dr. Alexandre Levisse
WP2: Computing System on Chips (SoCs)
- external page Kai Zhu, PhD student, Supervisor: Prof. David Atienza
- external page Dr. Darong Huang, Postdoc, Supervisor: Prof. David Atienza
- external page Leslie Xu, PhD student, CSEM/EPFL, Supervisors: Dr. Jean-Luc Nagel, Prof. Andreas Burg
- Navaneeth Kunhi Purayil, PhD student, Supervisor: Prof. Luca Benini
- Christopher Reinwardt, PhD student, Supervisor: Prof. Luca Benini
- Enrico Zelioli, PhD student, Supervisor: Prof. Luca Benini
- Zexin Fu, PhD student, Supervisor: Prof. Luca Benini
- external page Charly Castes, PhD student, Supervisor: Prof. Edouard Bugnion
- external page Dr. Yann Herklotz, Postdoc, Supervisor: Prof. Thomas Bourgeat
- external page Rui Yang, PhD student, Supervisor: Prof. Edouard Bugnion
- Dr. Oscar Castañeda, Postdoc, ETH, Supervisor: Prof. Christoph Studer
- Seyed Hadi Mirfarshbafan, PhD student (recently defended), ETH, Supervisor: Prof. Christoph Studer
- Killian Hafer, PhD student, ETH, Supervisors: Prof. Hua Wang, Dr. Konstantinos Manetakis
- external page Dr. Nergiz Sahin Solmaz, PostDoc, CSEM, Supervisor: Dr. Konstantinos Manetakis
- external page Yuqing Ren, PhD student, EPFL, upervisor: Prof. Andreas Burg
- external page Dr. Yifei Shen, Postdoc, EPFL, Supervisor: Prof. Andreas Burg
- external page Choné Clément, PhD student, EPFL, Supervisors: Prof. Andreas Burg, Prof. David Atienza
- external page Yuqi Wang, PhD student, EPFL, Supervisor: Prof. Andreas Burg
- external page Andreas Kristensen, PhD student, EPFL, Supervisor: Prof. Andreas Burg
- external page Dr. Wenqing Song, Postdoc, EPFL, Supervisor: Prof. Andreas Burg
WP4: Space Electronics and Photonics
- Darja Nonaca, PhD student, Supervisor: Prof. Christoph Studer
- Jérémy Guichemerre, PhD student, Supervisor: Prof. Christoph Studer
- Alexander Stutz-Tirri, PhD student, ETH, Supervisor: Prof. Christoph Studer
- Seyed Hadi Mirfarshbafan, PhD student, ETH, Supervisor: Prof. Christoph Studer
- Abhishek Kumar, MSc student, ETH, Supervisor: Prof. Christoph Studer
- external page Dr. Nergiz Sahin Solmaz, Postdoc, CSEM, Supervisor: Dr. Konstantinos Manetakis
- external page Dr. Wenqing Song, Postdoc, EPFL, Supervisor: Prof. Andreas Burg
WP5: SoCs for Autonomous IoT Devices
- external page Juan Sapriza, PhD student, EPFL, Supervisor: Prof. David Atienza
- external page Dr. Davide Schiavone, Postdoc, EPFL, Supervisor: Prof. David Atienza
- external page Dr. Cong Ding, Postdoc, EPFL, Supervisor: Prof. Mahsa Shoaran
- Dr. Kyeongwon Jeong, Postdoc, ETH, Supervisor: Prof. Taekwang Jang
- Seungki Hong, PhD student, ETH, Supervisor: Prof. Taekwang Jang
- Suyang Song, PhD student, ETH, Supervisor: Prof. Taekwang Jang
- Enci Zhang, PhD student, ETH, Supervisor: Prof. Taekwang Jang
- Mohsen Ghorbanpoor, PhD student, ETH/CSEM, Supervisor: Prof. Hua Wang
- external page Leticia De Sousa, PhD student, EPFL/CSEM, Supervisors: Prof. Guillermo Villanueva, Dr. David Ruffieux
- external page Misha Abipour, PhD student, EPFL/CSEM, Supervisor: Prof. Hua Wang, Dr. David Ruffieux
- external page Osman Kiziltug, PhD student, CSEM, Supervisor: Dr. David Ruffieux
- external page Hasti Fattahi, PhD student, CSEM, Supervisor: Dr. Stéphane Emery
- external page Lara Orlandic, PhD student, Supervisor: Prof. David Atienza
- external page Simone Machetti, PhD student, Supervisor: Prof. David Atienza
- external page Dr. David Mallasen Quintana, Postdoc, Supervisor: Prof. David Atienza
- Victor Jung, PhD student, ETH
- Cristian Cioflan, PhD student, ETH
- external page Dr. Davide Schiavone, Postdoc, EPFL, Supervisor: Prof. David Atienza
- external page Huanshihong Deng, PhD student, EPFL, Supervisor: Prof. Mahsa Shoaran
- external page Nazareno Sacchi, PhD student, CSEM, Supervisor: Dr. Stéphane Emery
- external page Jan Snoeijs, PhD student, CSEM, Supervisor: Dr. Stéphane Emery
- Daniel Keller, PhD student, CSEM, Supervisor: Dr. Stéphane Emery
WP7: Biomedical Circuits and Systems
- external page Dr. Gian Luca Barbruni, Postdoc, Supervisor: Prof. Sandro Carrara
- external page Dr. Cong Ding, Postdoc, EPFL, Supervisor: Prof. Mahsa Shoaran
- external page Yasemin Engur, PhD student, EPFL, Supervisor: Prof. Mahsa Shoaran
- external page Huanshihong Deng, PhD student, EPFL, Supervisor: Prof. Mahsa Shoaran
- external page Chen Xi, PhD student, CSEM, Supervisor: Dr. Komail Badami
- external page Arnau Diez Clos, PhD student, CSEM, Supervisor: Dr. Komail Badami
- Dr. Alejandro Fernandez, Postdoc, CSEM, Supervisor: Dr. Stéphane Emery
- Dr. Kevin Portner, Postdoc, ETH, Supervisor: Prof. Mathieu Luisier
- Dr. Christoph Weilenmann, Postdoc, ETH, Supervisor: Prof. Mathieu Luisier
- Klemens Bauer, PhD student, ETH, Supervisor: Prof. Mathieu Luisier
- Alexandre Baigol Sisó, PhD student, ETH, Supervisor: Prof. Laura Bégon-Lours
- Alexander Flasby, PhD student, ETH, Supervisor: Prof. Laura Bégon-Lours
- Dr. Nikhil Garg, Postdoc, ETH, Supervisor: Prof. Laura Bégon-Lours
- external page Eloi Collette, PhD student, EPFL, Supervisor: Prof. Andras Kis
- external page Dr. Chun-Min Zhang, Postdoc, CSEM, Supervisor: Dr. Pierre-François Rüedi
- external page Enrico Miotello, PhD student, CSEM, Supervisor: Dr. Amrith Sukumaran
- Özcan Urhan, PhD student, CSEM, Supervisor: Dr. Amrith Sukumaran
The Steering Committee (SC) of SwissChips is chaired by the VP of Research (VPF) of ETHZ, Prof. C. Wolfrum, and includes the VP of Integrated and Wireless Systems of CSEM, Dr. A.-S. Porret, and the Provost of EPFL, Prof. J. S. Hesthaven. The SC is responsible for approving the annual budgets and the development/investment plan that is proposed by the Director.
The Infrastructure and Research Board (IRB) is chaired by Prof. A. Burg from EPFL, and includes technical leadership from each of the three involved institutions: CSEM, EPFL, and ETHZ.
The Project Advisory Board (PAB) consists of eminent scientists who provide advice on the long term vision and trends as well as Swiss industry executives that represent the main beneficiaries of the outcomes of the SwissChips initiative.
The PAB consists of the following members (sorted according to last names):
- Dr. Cemal Aydogan, Senior Engineer, Hitachi Energy, Switzerland, and President Semiconductor Ecosytem Industry, Swissmem, Switzerland
- Dr. Evangelos Eleftherirou, CTO, Axelera AI, Switzerland
- Dr. Thomas Ernst, Scientific Director, CEA-Leti, France
- Dr. Barun Dutta, Chief Scientist of Semiconductor Technology and Systems, Imec, Belgium
- Prof. Em. Qiuting Huang, CEO & founder, Advanced Circuit Pursuit AG, Switzerland
- Dr. Paul Muller, Vice President of Development, EM Microelectronic, Switzerland
- Prof. Em. Jan M. Rabaey, CTO of Systems Technology Co-Optimization, Imec, Belgium, and University of California at Berkeley, USA
- Prof. Dr. H. Schmid, Lecturer for Microelectronics and Signal Processing, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW), Switzerland
- Dr. Adriaan B. Spierings, Leiter Industriesektoren, Swissmem, Switzerland
- Prof. Dr. Marian Verhelst, Professor, KU Leuven, Belgium
- Dr. Reinhard Völkel, CEO, SUSS MicroOptics SA, Switzerland, and Member, Swissmem, Switzerland