Abstract: Strategic career decisions are pivotal in aligning your expertise and passion with opportunities, having a substantial professional impact. In the upcoming webinar, Prof. Tim Piessens, the co-founder of ICSense in Belgium and a distinguished scholar in IC design, will share his remarkable journey from university research to launching a pioneering IC design spin-off and returning to academia as a faculty leader. Through this sharing, Prof. Tim Piessens will explore the challenges, successes, and lessons learned while navigating these transitions, offering practical advice on leveraging technical expertise and fostering innovation across academia and industry. Attendees will gain valuable insights into career decision-making and development from this webinar, with opportunities to engage with the speaker during the Q&A session.
Registration: https://ieee.webex.com/weblink/register/rcfc1a3db22ad2229fe2bb4687d6b7105
Bio: Tim Piessens is a professor at the MICAS laboratories of KU Leuven. Before returning to KULeuven in 2024, Tim was one of the co-founders of ICsense, a mixed-signal ASIC design house. For 20 years, he was CTO, responsible for the technical content of all projects. Before starting ICsense, he was research assistant at ESAT-MICAS, receiving a PhD from KU Leuven in 2003. His research focuses on ultra low power, high accuracy sensor interfaces and high voltage design for electrical vehicles.
He is a member of the ESSERC Steering Committee, the IEEE-SSCS Adcom, the TPC of ISSCC and the TPC of ESSERC. Tim was ISSCC EU-TPC chair in 2021. He has been SSCS Distinguished Lecturer.