Date: Thursday 30 March 2017
Time: 13:20 - 13:50
Location / Room: Garden Foyer

Chair:
David Atienza, EPFL, CH

We EDA engineers are justifiably proud of the tremendous success that integrated electronics has enjoyed over the last 50 years. After all the world has been irrevocably changed by the pervasive connectivity and computing capability we have enabled. Today's smart devices are just the beginning of an avalanche of "intelligence" that will be enabled by the internet of things and further change our lives for the better. But it can sometimes be difficult to explain to a layperson what part we have played in this narrative, somehow a 2% improvement in routing density or simulation accuracy sounds quite far from "the next iPhone". As technology slows down, matures, and the industry consolidates, we are presented with opportunities for applying our talents for the analysis, modeling, optimization and solution of difficult large scale problems in adjacent fields. This talk is about one such opportunity in the area of radiation therapy, where Medical Physicists work hand-in-hand with Oncologists to provide life-saving treatments for Cancer. Making the transition from EDA to Medicine required some significant sacrifices and humility -but the end result is a commercial and scientific success and a far greater level of relevance to people's lives.

Time	Label	Presentation Title Authors
13:20	11.0.1	THE ENGINEERING TO MEDICINE METAMORPHOSIS Author: Sani R. Nassif, Radyalis LLC, US Abstract We EDA engineers are justifiably proud of the tremendous success that integrated electronics has enjoyed over the last 50 years. After all the world has been irrevocably changed by the pervasive connectivity and computing capability we have enabled. Today's smart devices are just the beginning of an avalanche of "intelligence" that will be enabled by the internet of things and further change our lives for the better. But it can sometimes be difficult to explain to a layperson what part we have played in this narrative, somehow a 2% improvement in routing density or simulation accuracy sounds quite far from "the next iPhone". As technology slows down, matures, and the industry consolidates, we are presented with opportunities for applying our talents for the analysis, modeling, optimization and solution of difficult large scale problems in adjacent fields. This talk is about one such opportunity in the area of radiation therapy, where Medical Physicists work hand-in-hand with Oncologists to provide life-saving treatments for Cancer. Making the transition from EDA to Medicine required some significant sacrifices and humility -but the end result is a commercial and scientific success and a far greater level of relevance to people's lives.
13:50		End of session
15:30		Coffee Break in Exhibition Area On all conference days (Tuesday to Thursday), coffee and tea will be served during the coffee breaks at the below-mentioned times in the exhibition area. Tuesday, March 28, 2017 Coffee Break 10:30 - 11:30 Coffee Break 16:00 - 17:00 Wednesday, March 29, 2017 Coffee Break 10:00 - 11:00 Coffee Break 16:00 - 17:00 Thursday, March 30, 2017 Coffee Break 10:00 - 11:00 Coffee Break 15:30 - 16:00