NSF Integrated Circuits Research, Education, and Workforce Development Workshop

美国学术集成电路（IC）设计教育和研究在许多方面面临着挑战，包括获得工艺模型和制造，制造成本，计算机辅助设计（CAD）流程的复杂性，入学人数下降，以及MOSIS的教学项目支持的丧失。与此同时，外国竞争对手，特别是中国，正在大力投资集成电路制造，设计和教育，导致竞争加剧和国家安全风险。该提案旨在收集学术界的需求，以及行业招聘经理以及IC制造和EDA工具公司的见解，以制定未来的愿景。本次研讨会将包括一个初步的虚拟研讨会，用于收集信息，然后是一个面对面的研讨会，以制定详细的计划。本次研讨会的成果将有望为美国IC设计工程师短缺和培训未来的劳动力提供未来的指导。特别是，该研讨会将审查工业和学术需求，以找到振兴美国集成电路研究和教育的适当途径。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估。

US academic integrated circuit (IC) design education and research are facing challenges in many dimensions including access to process models and fabrication, cost of fabrication, the complexity of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) flows, declining enrollments, and the loss of instructional project support from MOSIS. At the same time, foreign competitors, especially China, are investing heavily in IC fabrication, design, and education, leading to increased competition and national security risks. This proposal is for a workshop that aims to gather needs from academics, and insights from industry hiring managers as well as IC fabrication and EDA tool companies to develop a vision for the future. The proposed workshop will consist of an initial virtual workshop for information gathering followed by an in-person workshop to create a detailed plan.The outcome of this workshop will hope to provide future guidance on the shortage of IC design engineers in the US and training a future workforce. In particular, the workshop will examine industry and academic needs to find the appropriate pathway for the revitalization of IC research and education in the US.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.