Colin

Even good engineers make mistakes. We should always learn from such bloopers (both our own and those other people make) and strive to ensure not only that we do not repeat them, but also that we are alert for similar mistakes others may make. This talk will present some things you were taught in school that are in practice problematic; will give some examples of bloopers I have seen during my career; and will show why you should pay attention to, and not just blindly use, public domain software (specifically some common numerical analyses in python). It also includes some recommendations for how you can improve the quality of your presentations and writing.

Biography:

Colin McAndrew received the B.E. degree (Hons.) in electrical engineering from Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, and M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in systems design engineering from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada. He worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories for 7 years, then for 29 years at NXP / Freescale / Motorola. He has 150 publications (22 invited, 4 best paper), was an editor of IEEE TED for 9 years and IEEE JEDS for 9 years, has been on conference committees for IEEE BCTM, CICC, ICMTS, and BMAS, and received the SRC Mahboob Khan Outstanding Mentor Award. He initiated the international standards body CMC (Compact Model Coalition), drove the adoption of Verilog-A as the industry standard for modeling, and chaired the IEEE EDS committee on compact modeling 2013-2016. Colin is an IEEE Life Fellow.