Agenda
8:30 - Continental Breakfast and Registration
9:00 - Opening
UC Berkeley EECS, related centers and research programs, Roger
Howe, Associate
Chair, EECS
Keynote 1, Current semiconductor markets, who makes profit, Mr. Risto Puhakka, Vice President,
VLSI Research
Keynote 2, Innovation and Innovation Research, Ms. Liisa Välikangas, Director, Strategos Institute
10:15 - Break
10:30 - WIRELESS AND DESIGN STRATEGIES
Chair Jan Rabaey, EECS
Towards 4G - Wireless World Research Forum
Dr. Kari-Pekka Estola, Vice President, Nokia Research Center
Design Methodology for Customizable Programmable Processors
Professor Jarmo Takala, Head of Institute of Digital and Computer Systems,
Tampere University of Technology
11:40 - HIGH PRIORITY CHALLENGES IN NETWORKING
Chair Ion Stoica, EECS
QoS in the Internet Research at Helsinki University of Technology Professor Raimo Kantola,
Helsinki University of Technology, Director of IRoNet Spearhead Project in NETS Program
Context Aware Pervasive Networking,
Dr. Minna Isomursu, Professor,
(Representative for CAPNET Spearhead Project in NETS Program),
University of Oulu Dept. of Information Processing Science
12:30 - Lunch
1:15 - MACRO ANSWERS WITH MICRO TECHNOLOGIES
Roger Howe, EECS
Microsystem Technologies for Mobile Communication
Dr. Tapani Ryhänen, Research Manager, Nokia Research Center
Short range communications, UHF and microwave passive tags - RF-MEMS.
Reserch Professor Heikki Seppä, VTT Information Technology, Mi-crosensing
Enabling Technologies and Materials Systems for MEMS Research. Director Ilkka Suni,
VTT Information Technology, Microelectronics Optoelectronics/MEMS/Package & Connections
Novel processes for SOI-based MEMS at VTT. James Dekker, Research
Scientist, VTT Microelectronics
3:00 - Break
3:15 - Panel Discussion: Finnish industry supporting R&D
Roger Howe and Jan Rabaey, EECS
Dr. Kari-Pekka Estola, Vice President, Nokia Research Center
Dr. Veikko Hara, Professor, CTO, Senior Vice President, Sonera Corporation
Dr. Aimo Maanavilja, Vice President, Research, Elisa Communications
4:15 - Reception - Hogan Room, 521 Cory Hall
Berkeley-Finland Day