3rd IEEE Electron Device Kolkata Conference organised by IEEE EDS Kolkata Chapter

The 3rd IEEE Electron Device Kolkata Conference (EDKCON 2024) was organized by the IEEE EDS Kolkata Chapter on November 30 and December 1, 2024, at Fairfield by Marriott, Kolkata. The industry-academia conclave witnessed renowned educators, industry experts, researchers and students exchange their ideas through presenting papers, plenary and keynote talks and tutorial sessions.

Director of Technical Education, Govt. of West Bengal, Dr Anindita Ganguly, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and Prof Rajnish Sharma, Vice-Chancellor of Chitkara University, was present as the Guest of Honour. Conference was inaugurated with ‘Guru-Pranam’, where three legendary professors from the field of Electron Device, namely Prof Chandan Kumar Sarkar (Jadavpur University), Prof PK Basu (University of Calcutta) and Prof Rakesh Vaid (University of Jammu) were honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award, setting the tune of the conference.

Out of the 508 submissions, only 152 papers were accepted after peer-review, taking the acceptance ratio to 29.92 per cent. Dr Jacopo Iannacci, Center for Sensors and Devices (SD), Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy delivered the plenary lecture, with other notable keynote talks from professors of IIT, IIIT, NIT and various leading universities across India.

Besides tutorial sessions, 24 technical sessions were arranged for invited talks and paper presentations. The conference provided a platform for researchers and practitioners to explore how nanometer-scale CMOS transistor technology, advanced memory, displays, sensors, MEMS devices, novel quantum and nano-scale devices, optoelectronic devices, low-power devices, high-speed devices, process technology, device modeling and simulation, VLSI and embedded system can drive disruptive advancements for the next generation.

The conference not only proceeded in traditional way, but in order to bridge the gap between industry and academia over emerging technologies, special industry-academia conclave was organized entitled ‘Application of AI/ML Algorithms for sustainable growth of VLSI in India’ where leading experts shared their views and set the future directions of research.