Yong Shi received an M.Sc. in communications engineering from the Technical University of Munich. He joined Rohde & Schwarz in 2013 and focuses on the application development for the wireless market segment. His technical expertise is in the area of cellular wireless communications (5G, LTE etc.) and connectivity standards (Bluetooth, WLAN and UWB).
Souvick Mitra is a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in the Device Technology org in Micron Technology. His current mission is to drive his team to deliver ESD/LU protection development devices/solutions optimization for Micron's complete product portfolio covering DRAM, NAND and ASIC segments for various applications .He received his Master's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in 1999, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA, in 2003. After completing his Ph.D., he joined IBM Semiconductor Research and Development Center and started working on the development of 90nm bulk compact models and led the 90nm low-power compact model activity. Prior to joining Micron, he was a Senior Manager-Deputy Director at GlobalFoundries, Essex Junction, VT, USA, managing a Global Team of ESD/LU engineers and before that, he was a Senior Engineer with IBM’s Systems and Technology Group. He has authored or coauthored more than 50 publications in journals and conferences and has been granted more than 100 patents. His external involvement outside of Micron consists of serving as a Member, the Session Chair of Technical Program Committee, and a Moderator for EOS/ESD Symposium, International Reliability Symposium, and International SOI Conference for multiple years. He is currently serving as a Director at the ESD Association Board. He was the past Technical Program Chair and General Chair for 2020 and 2022 EOS/ESD Symposium, respectively.
Robert Gauthier Jr. has led the worldwide ESD/latchup team within GlobalFoundries including colleagues in the U.S., Dresden, and Singapore. He has over 285 issued patents with many others filed. He was one of the founders of the International ESD Workshop (IEW) and is a former General Chair of the EOS/ESD Symposium.
Wei Liang leads ESD and Latchup strategies for Intel AMS IPs. Previously, he worked on the GlobalFoundries ESD team. Wei holds an MBA from Boston University and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UCF. He has authored more than 20 peer-reviewed papers and holds more than 10 U.S. patents in ESD.