BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Brisbane BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19920301T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261110T080437Z UID:7B4EB85A-D6AC-4471-B351-EB7E00A917C0 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20261105T103000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20261105T113000 DESCRIPTION:Abstract: RF and millimetre-wave integrated circuits (RFICs) ar e fundamental to next-generation wireless communication\, sensing\, and in telligent systems. Their advancement has long been driven by first-princip les analysis\, circuit intuition\, creativity\, and designer expertise\, l eading to significant innovations in power amplifiers\, RF filters\, and p assive-inspired circuits. Building on this strong foundation\, artificial intelligence (AI) is now opening new possibilities for design automation a nd the exploration of increasingly complex design spaces. This talk presen ts our research journey from human-led circuit innovation to AI-driven RFI C design\, highlighting representative advances in broadband and high-effi ciency power amplifiers\, RF filters\, passive-inspired design techniques\ , and intelligent design automation. It will explore how physics-based kno wledge and data-driven intelligence can work together to advance circuit d esign and optimization. The convergence of human expertise and artificial intelligence is reshaping the future of RFIC development\, enabling a new generation of communication and sensing technologies.\n\nBio: Dr. Xi (Fore st) Zhu is an Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS)\, Australia. His research focuses on radio-freq uency\, analogue\, and mixed-signal integrated circuits for wireless commu nications and radar sensing. He received his B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in E lectronic Engineering in 2005 and 2008\, respectively. He joined UTS in 20 16 after receiving an ARC DECRA and was awarded an ARC Future Fellowship i n 2023. He was named Australia’s top researcher in Microelectronics and Electronic Packaging by The Australian Research Magazine in 2022 and 2023. He currently serves as the 2026 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS) Ambassador for Australia and New Zealand\, a Senior Editor of the IEEE Jou rnal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems\, and Chair o f the IEEE NSW CASS Joint Chapter.\n\nTime:\n\n-\nBrisbane / Cairns / Town sville: 10:30–11:30 AM (AEST)\n-\nSydney / Melbourne / Canberra / Hobart : 11:30 AM–12:30 PM (AEDT)\n-\nAdelaide: 11:00–noon (ACDT)\n-\nDarwin: 10:00–11:00 AM (ACST)\n-\nPerth: 9:00–10:00 AM (AWST)\n\nSpeaker(s): Professor Xi (Forest) Zhu\, \n\nBuilding Purple 12.1.15\, Casuarina Campus \, Charles Darwin University\, Darwin\, Northern Territory\, Australia\, 0 810\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/586989 LOCATION:Building Purple 12.1.15\, Casuarina Campus\, Charles Darwin Univer sity\, Darwin\, Northern Territory\, Australia\, 0810\, Virtual: https://e vents.vtools.ieee.org/m/586989 ORGANIZER:tao.huang1@jcu.edu.au SEQUENCE:23 SUMMARY:From First Principles to Artificial Intelligence: Advancing RF and Millimetre-Wave Integrated Circuit Design URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/586989 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>Abstract</strong>: RF and millimet re-wave integrated circuits (RFICs) are fundamental to next-generation wir eless communication\, sensing\, and intelligent systems. Their advancement has long been driven by first-principles analysis\, circuit intuition\, c reativity\, and designer expertise\, leading to significant innovations in power amplifiers\, RF filters\, and passive-inspired circuits. Building o n this strong foundation\, artificial intelligence (AI) is now opening new possibilities for design automation and the exploration of increasingly c omplex design spaces. This talk presents our research journey from human-l ed circuit innovation to AI-driven RFIC design\, highlighting representati ve advances in broadband and high-efficiency power amplifiers\, RF filters \, passive-inspired design techniques\, and intelligent design automation. It will explore how physics-based knowledge and data-driven intelligence can work together to advance circuit design and optimization. The converge nce of human expertise and artificial intelligence is reshaping the future of RFIC development\, enabling a new generation of communication and sens ing technologies.</p>\n<p><strong>Bio</strong>: Dr. Xi (Forest) Zhu is an Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS)\, Australia. His research focuses on radio-frequency\, analog ue\, and mixed-signal integrated circuits for wireless communications and radar sensing. He received his B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in Electronic Engi neering in 2005 and 2008\, respectively. He joined UTS in 2016 after recei ving an ARC DECRA and was awarded an ARC Future Fellowship in 2023. He was named Australia&rsquo\;s top researcher in Microelectronics and Electroni c Packaging by The Australian Research Magazine in 2022 and 2023. He curre ntly serves as the 2026 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS) Ambassado r for Australia and New Zealand\, a Senior Editor of the IEEE Journal on E merging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems\, and Chair of the IEE E NSW CASS Joint Chapter.</p>\n<p><strong>Time</strong>:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n <div class="x_elementToProof" role="presentation"><strong data-olk-copy-so urce="MessageBody">Brisbane / Cairns / Townsville:</strong> 10:30&ndash\;1 1:30 AM (AEST)</div>\n</li>\n<li>\n<div class="x_elementToProof" role="pre sentation"><strong>Sydney / Melbourne / Canberra / Hobart:</strong> 11:30 AM&ndash\;12:30 PM (AEDT)</div>\n</li>\n<li>\n<div class="x_elementToProof " role="presentation"><strong>Adelaide:</strong> 11:00&ndash\;noon (ACDT)< /div>\n</li>\n<li>\n<div class="x_elementToProof" role="presentation"><str ong>Darwin:</strong>&nbsp\;10:00&ndash\;11:00 AM (ACST)</div>\n</li>\n<li> \n<div class="x_elementToProof" role="presentation"><strong>Perth:</strong > 9:00&ndash\;10:00 AM (AWST)</div>\n</li>\n</ul> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR