NTU IC Summer Camp Primes Students with IT Trends and Goals

NThe IC Summer Camp hosted by the Integrated Circuits and Systems (ICS) Division of NTU’s Graduate Institute of Electronics Engineering (GIEE) provides a chance for students to show their capabilities. This year’s event was held on August 13-14, with 18 labs provided for a series of presentations, speeches, lab tours, and visits to some of the biggest companies in the high-tech community. Among this year’s 126 hopefuls from 21 universities throughout Taiwan, 70 were accepted into the camp.

Prof. An-Yeu Wu (吳安宇), Director of GIEE, welcomed the students in the opening ceremony and briefed them on the upcoming program that featured themed group discussions. Besides encouraging them to learn more about digital and analog electronics, Prof. Wu also urged the trainees to reach out to fellow participants from other schools and brainstorm on innovative ideas for ICS development and applications.

The first themed speech was given by Prof. Tzi-Dar Chiueh (闕志達) on the trend of 5G mobile networks research. The speech was followed by a presentation by Prof. Tai-Cheng Lee (李泰成) on the ICS-Analog Group, and Prof. Shao-Yi Chien (簡韶逸) on the ICS-Digital Group, with their research focuses.

The afternoon session was led by Prof. Tsung-Hsien Lin (林宗賢), who broke down the discussion topic into two categories: applications and current events. The former deals with the applications of ICs in wearable technology, sports technology, Bitcoin, and cryptocurrency mining, prompting trainees to think about development possibilities in the field.

The lab tour was held in the Barry Lam Art Gallery in one of GIEE’s buildings. The upperclassmen in each ICS lab gave detailed introductions to their research highlights. They also designed amusing tournaments and Q&As to help the trainees learn about the lab environment.

Ten booths were set up to exhibit GIEE’s research achievements. The booths also displayed actual mechanical objects and provided games and quizzes to prime trainees with professional knowledge, industry trends, and program enrollment information. During the activity, the trainees were given a lot to think about as they prepared for group presentations for the next day.

On Day 2, Profs. An-Yeu Wu and Tsung-Te Liu (劉宗德) took the students to visit Nanya Technology Corporation’s headquarters in New Taipei City’s Taishan District. The young scholars came face-to-face with the corporation management, and took a tour of the headquarters building, sports center, cafeteria, and other facilities.

The IC Summer Camp was a priceless experience that opened the students’ eyes to the working environment in the semiconductor industry. The afternoon’s themed presentations brought the camp to its climax as the trainees unleashed their creativity and applied their know-how.

The article will also be featured in No. 68 of NTU Highlights (October, 2018).

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