Nanotech 2001 Microtechnology Track

The Joint Nanotech, ICCN & MSM Conference will be held at the Hilton Oceanfront Resort, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, U.S.A. The largest gathering in the field worldwide, MSM is the premier technical forum for presenting the latest research and development in modeling and simulation methods, tools and applications in the MEMS, microelectronic, semiconductor, sensor, materials and biotechnology fields.

The Joint Nanotech, MSM & ICCN Conference will be held at the Hilton Oceanfront Resort, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, U.S.A. Located on the beach in the beautifully manicured 2000 acre community of Palmetto Dunes, this world class resort offers the tropical atmosphere you expect when you dream of your ideal Hilton Head Island vacation.

The conference will start Sunday late afternoon with registration and reception, and adjourn Wednesday afternoon. Technical sessions, and the vendor exhibition run Monday through Wednesday. Conference registration and housing will officially open March 25, 2000.

The conference Technical Proceedings, consisting of articles submitted by authors of both oral and poster presentations will, be distributed to participants at registration.

In addition to the Technical Program, an exciting series of Social Events are being prepared to allow attendees ample opportunity to interact socially and enjoy the sights and sounds of this tropical island setting.

Objectives

The goal of MSM is to bring together researchers, designers, programmers and vendors involved in microsystem developments (MEMS microelectronic, semiconductor, sensor, materials and biotechnology fields). In an effort to dramatically shorten development time and reduce prototyping costs, simulation activities have experienced phenomenal growth, generating a large number of point solutions, as well as integrated tools. MSM provides a forum for microsystem simulation specialists, allowing them to be exposed to the state of the art modeling techniques currently implemented in academic or industrial research, encouraging a free exchange of ideas and generating synergies between adjacent specialties. Finally, MSM strives to help advanced modeling techniques diffuse into industry and research centers by organizing workshops, demonstrations and shortcourses.

Topics

• Mathematical Modeling and Scaling Laws
• Numerical Methods
• Finite and Boundary Element Methods
• Process, Device and Circuit Simulation
• Model Calibration and Validation
• Equipment Modeling
• Computational Materials
• Combinatorial Chemistry
• Atomistics and Molecular Simulation
• Co-simulation and Optimization
• System and Multi-level Modeling
• Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems
• Virtual Reality and Computer Vision
• Data Bases, Data Exchange and Translators

Application Areas

• Semiconductors and Microelectronics
• Advanced Packaging and Interconnects
• Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
• Smart Sensors and Structures
• Advanced Lithography and Photonics
• Biotechnology
• DNA Chip Technology and Genomics
• Microfluidic Systems
• Environmental Monitoring
• Metrology
• Manufacturing and Scheduling
• CAD/CAE/CAM

Sponsored by

• National Science Foundation
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
• American Physical Society
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
• Applied Computational Research Society
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - Electron Devices Society
• CFD Research Corporation
• Motorola
• Coventor, Inc.
• Intellisense Corp.
• Molecular Simulations Inc.
• Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne
• TIMA-CMP Laboratory, France
• Ibero-American Science and Technology Education Consortium
• International Association for Mathematical and Computer Modelling

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