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NEWS:
Wednesday November 4 Dimes colloquium.
With the title: “Variability-resilient mixed-signal IC design methods“
Speaker: Dr.Hans Rijns, Vice President NXP.
Time: 14.00-15.00 hours
Location: TU Delft, Elektrobuilding, Mekelweg 4, Collegezaal C, HB 01.160
News: The DIMES Annual Report 2008 has been finished and is available here
Welcome to DIMES
The Delft Institute of Microsystems and Nanoelectronics.
DIMES has come a long way. Twenty years ago it started as a relatively small, hardware oriented research organisation. Nowadays it is a strong multidisciplinary top level research school, covering the range from device technology to computer architecture. Our PhD and MSc students have many different nationalities. DIMES is one of Europe"s largest research schools in ICT.
Education & Research
Since DIMES is an institute embedded in TU Delft, our main task is to develop a first-class research environment to support the societal needs for creative, globally thinking talents. We are very proud to have 160 PhD students and over 200 M.Sc. students. As such we are a large, if not thé largest, research school in ICT in Europe. The high quality of our education also pays off in research: our scientific staff and students have a high impact on scientific journals and scientific conferences such as the International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) , the IEEE International Semiconductor Conference, the IEEE MEMS Conference and the Transducers Conference.
Internationalisation & Valorisation
Besides research and education, internationalisation and valorisation are also very important aspects of DIMES. As ICT companies increasingly function world-wide, operating and transferring know-how in a multidisciplinary and multicultural environment has become an essential skill for successful students. Our scientific staff is attracted from all over the world and our PhD students originate from 23 different nations. Our internationalisation program, based on a focused cooperation with highly ranked universities in our field, now generates 100 Master students each year, creating a rich source of PhD students. Our multidisciplinary orientation is demonstrated by the cooperation of several TU Delft Faculties within DIMES, resulting in an exchange of knowledge between various relevant research disciplines.
More than Moore
Since I have joined DIMES several years ago, I have seen it growing from a relatively small hardware oriented research organisation to a strong multidisciplinary top level research school, covering the range from device technology to computer architecture. These changes reflect the development and the flexible adjustment possibilities of DIMES in an ever evolving field of research. For instance, in nanoelectronics we focus on design and 3D integration technology, rather than on advanced CMOS technology. At the same time, new challenges appear along the More than Moore roadmap: the integration of functions on a chip or in a single package. This trend especially generates opportunities for new business creation around multidisciplinary institutes having a flexible and well characterised process line available. DIMES long lasting expertise in microsystems is an important asset in this context.
New challenges, new name
Finally: to have a better match between our present activities and our logo subtitle we now operate under the name:
DIMES, Delft Institute of Microsystems and Nanoelectronics
Prof. Dr. Kees Beenakker, Scientific Director
