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CA DREAMS - Technical Seminar Series
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Fri, Jul 18, 2025 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Guann Pyng (G.P.) Li, Professor, UC Irvine
Talk Title: AI-Enhanced Semiconductor Manufacturing
Series: CA DREAMS - Technical Seminar Series
Abstract: Reproducible fabrication processes and maintaining tool uptime are essential for efficient production in microelectronics. Currently microelectronics (particularly defense electronics and small foundry fabs) industry faces very limited availability of experienced technicians, who can quickly diagnose fabrication processes and fix equipment issues in semiconductor labs or fabs. Moreover, schedule-based periodic maintenance often fails to prevent unexpected machine breakdowns. We have developed knowledge-based adaptive machine learning (ML) to detect signs of machine degradation early and use interaction time in context to identify potential causes of machine failures and fabrication process degradation. This will improve quality in semiconductor wafer processing and reduce tool downtime in deposition or etching processes for better operation efficiency. The self-diagnosis system utilizing existing automation and control PLC infrastructure will be presented for various manufacturing machines to enhance versatility and applicability. It can also be implemented cross-machine for workflow causal diagnosis and demonstrated in other labs and fabs within the hubs to accelerate lab-to-fab transitions. An AI based workforce training platform with the internet of things (IOT) and standard operation procedure (SOP) in support of decision-making by equipment technicians will help address skilled workforce shortage issues and help the resilience of the Hub.
Biography: G.P. Li is a distinguished professor at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) with appointments in two departments: Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, and Biomedical Engineering, and in the Materials and Manufacturing Technology (MMT) graduate concentration program at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering. He holds key leadership positions at UCI including director of the Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility, which is a major campus resource for micro/nano technology, and director of Calit2, which is one of four Gray Davis Institutes for Science and Innovation located on University of California campuses. He served as the UC systemwide chair of the executive committee for electronics manufacturing research and new materials at the University of California from 2004-2006. Prior to UCI, Li served as a research staff member and manager of the technology group at IBM’s T. J. Watson Research Center. While at IBM, he worked in the area of VLSI technology with an emphasis on advanced bipolar technology and led a research and development team to transfer the technology into production. In the late 1980s, he chaired a committee charged with defining IBM’s semiconductor technology roadmap beyond the year 2000. Li has published more than 430 research papers involving microelectronics, microwave circuits, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), IOT and data analytics for edge actionable intelligence (AI) in efficient energy utilization, smart manufacturing and e-health. Li is also a member of numerous technical committees at professional conferences and was chair of the Taiwan VLSI Technology, Circuit, and System Conference in 2006 and the Ninth International Conference on Energy Efficiency Domestic Appliances and Lighting in 2017. Li holds 40 U.S. patents that have been licensed to eight companies. He has been the co-founder of five startups with five others partially founded on his expertise. Currently, he also directs TechPortal, a technology business incubator housed at the Calit2@UCI, which supports and nurtures young companies and university researchers trying to commercialize their inventions and technologies. Li is a fellow of IEEE, the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association and the National Academy of Inventors.
Host: Dr. Steve Crago
More Info: https://www.isi.edu/events/5816/ai-enhanced-semiconductor-manufacturing/
Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97017422125?pwd=Dbrt8MNMrmBV3xalKQJcAiNsggFJjJ.1&from=addonWebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97017422125?pwd=Dbrt8MNMrmBV3xalKQJcAiNsggFJjJ.1&from=addon
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Amy Kasmir
Event Link: https://www.isi.edu/events/5816/ai-enhanced-semiconductor-manufacturing/
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.
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