Professor of engineering and electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, Gregory Snider, will visit campus to discuss how electronic devices are used in computation and how energy use has driven changes in technologies.
Electrons are a gift! They are small, strong and cooperative. Electrons have served well in electronics for many applications including computation, and modern electronic devices are incredibly efficient. However, when trillions of devices are operating at the same time even incredibly efficient devices consume significant resources. The rise of AI data-centers has brought public attention to the energy requirements of computing and the need to minimize energy. This presentation will explore how electronic devices are used in computation, and how energy use has driven changes in technologies. The fundamental limits of energy use in computation will be discussed along with possible future devices and computational architectures.
Gregory L. Snider received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1991. He has been at the University of Notre Dame since 1994, and currently holds the position of professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, and has served as department chair and as director of graduate studies. He has authored or co-authored over 130 journal papers and over 200 conference presentations. He has served as an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Electronic Devices, and is a fellow of the IEEE.
Join us on Friday, Nov. 6, for this exciting presentation from Snider. Lunch will be available in Hayes 216 from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., and the presentation will begin in Hayes 211/213 at 12:10 p.m. We hope to see you there!