C-SPIN Annual Review

September 27 - 28, 2017


Annual Review Home Registration Location Lodging Agenda

The 2017 Annual Review will be held at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis September 27-28, 2017. The program will begin first thing on the morning of Wednesday the 27th and wrap up mid-afternoon on the 28th. The annual review is open to all researchers, graduate students, postdocs, SRC members, and industry sponsors.

Please note, this is a draft agenda and is subject to changes.

Tuesday, September 26th
4:15 PM Networking and Light Refreshments
45
Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater Atrium
5:00 PM Student and Postdoc Poster Preview Practice Session
80
Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
Wednesday, September 27th
8:00 AM Breakfast and Check-In
30
Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater Atrium
8:30 AM Welcoming Remarks and Announcements
5
Jian-Ping Wang, Univ. of Minnesota Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
8:35 AM STARnet Perspective
10
TBA Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
8:45 AM DARPA Perspective
10
TBA Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
8:55 AM Executive Overview
35
Jian-Ping Wang, Univ. of Minnesota Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
9:30 AM Theme 1 Presentation - Perpendicular Magnetic Materials
30
Chia-Ling Chien, John Hopkins Univ. Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
10:00 AM Highlight Presentation - Current and Voltage Control of Perpendicular Magnetic Tunnel Junctions
15
Sara Majetich, Carnegie Mellon Univ. Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
10:15 AM Highlight Presentation - Composite Free Layers for Very Low Power STT and SOT MRAM
15
Randall Victora, Univ. of Minnesota Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
10:30 AM Highlight Presentation - Spintronics Using Magnetic Insulators: Technical Challenges and Possible Solutions
15
Mingzhong Wu, Colorado State Univ. Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
10:45 AM Theme 1 Q&A Session
20
  Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
11:05 AM Theme 1 Poster Preview
30
Theme 1 Postdocs and Students Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
11:35 AM Theme 1 Poster Session
85
Theme 1 Postdocs and Students Northrop Atrium
1:00 PM LUNCH BREAK - Industry Panel Discussion
90
  The Commons Hotel
2:30 PM Theme 2 Presentation - Spin Channel Materials & Interface Engineering
20
Roland Kawakami, Ohio State Univ. Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
2:50 PM Highlight Presentation - Engineering Heusler Alloy Films for Spintronics
15
Paul Crowell, Univ. of Minnesota Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
3:05 PM Highlight Presentation - Room Temperature Giant Spin-orbit Torque Due to Quantum Confinement in Sputtered BixSe(1-x) Films 
15
Jian-Ping Wang, Univ. of Minnesota Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
3:20 PM Theme 2 Q&A Session
20
  Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
3:40 PM Theme 2 Poster Preview
20
Theme 2 Postdocs and Students Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
4:00 PM Theme 2 Poster Session
70
Theme 2 Postdocs and Students Northrop Atrium
5:10 PM Student, Postdoc, and Sponsor Networking Session
40
Students, Postdocs, and Industry Members Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
PI Open Discussion Session PIs  
5:50 PM Depart for Bus
10
 
6:00 PM Meet Bus
10
West Entrance of Commons Hotel
6:10 PM Bus Departs to Dinner
20
From the west entrance of The Commons Hotel to Bohemian Flats
6:30 PM Boat Departs
180
From the Bohemian Flats for the dinner cruise
9:30 PM Return
15
To Bohemian Flats and buses return guests to The Commons Hotel
Thursday, September 28th
7:30 AM Breakfast
30
Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater Atrium
8:00 AM Theme 4 Presentation - Spin Devices and Interconnects
20
Steve Koester, Univ. of Minnesota Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
8:20 AM Highlight Presentation - A Collaborative Approach to Realize a Voltage-controlled Magnetoelectric Memory Device
15
Christian Binek, Univ. of Nebraska Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
8:35 AM Highlight Presentation - Ultrafast Optical Control of Magnetism and Spintronic Devices
15
Mo Li, Univ. of Minnesota Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
8:50 AM Theme 4 Q&A Session
20
  Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
9:10 AM Theme 4 Poster Preview
20
Theme 4 Postdocs and Students Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
9:30 AM Theme 4 Poster Session
60
Theme 4 Postdocs and Students Northrop Atrium
10:30 AM Theme 5 Presentation - Spintronic Circuits and Architectures
20
Kaushik Roy, Purdue Univ. Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
10:50 AM Highlight Presentation - Memory Benchmarking: SHE, STT, and VCMA
15
Chris Kim, Univ. of Minnesota Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
11:05 AM Highlight Presentation - Low Energy Non-Volatile Processor Benchmarking and Design
15
Sharon Hu, Univ. of Notre Dame Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
11:20 AM Theme 5 Q&A Session
20
  Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
11:45 AM Theme 5 Poster Preview
15
Theme 5 Postdocs and Students Northrop Auditorium, Best Buy Theater
12:00 PM Theme 5 Poster Session
60
Theme 5 Postdocs and Students Northrop Atrium
1:00 PM LUNCH BREAK - Poster Awards Presentation
60
  The Commons Hotel
2:00 PM Sponsor Caucus Session
90
Sponsors The Commons Hotel
PI Discussions - Future Projects Planning PIs The Commons Hotel
3:30 PM END
30
 

*Updated 07/10/2017