ASET

27/03/2024

Concluding Function of ASET@40 Celebrations

ASET - an acronym for Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology - took its birth as Instrumentation and Electronics (IAE) colloquia in March 1983. Need for such a forum where ideas and accomplishments in electronics and instrumentation could be discussed, was mooted in a meeting called by the then Group Committee V on February 18, 1983.

The year-long celebrations to commemorate 40 years of ASET will conclude on 28th March 2024. Several TIFR members - both past and present – who shaped ASET and have contributed immensely to its growth and relevance to the Institute’s programmes will share some very interesting historical milestones and also share their thoughts on its future role in TIFR.

You are all invited to join the celebrations.

Date: THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 Time: 4 pm
Physical Venue: AG-66, TIFR Mumbai
Post-event HIGH TEA will be served in the West Canteen
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/91427966752 (Passcode: 388629) YouTube Live link: https://youtube.com/live/AsSM1g1lunE?feature=share

17/09/2022

Special ASET Colloquium on Sep 22nd at 4pm Commemorating LINAC@20 and Engineer's Day. All are cordially invited. Please bring any of your photo ids for admission. YouTube live at: https://youtu.be/iSkfUSQb1J4

09/09/2022

Next ASET Colloquium.
YouTube live link: https://youtu.be/AerbjkFdUhE

02/09/2022

Today's ASET Colloquium.
YouTube live link: https://youtu.be/Ajomk4TOUPk

29/08/2022

Next ASET Colloquium on Friday, September 2, 2022

07/08/2022

Next ASET Colloquium

15/07/2022

Today's ASET Colloquium
Speaker: Ms. Bhagyashree Chalke (DCMP&MS, TIFR, Mumbai)
Title: Electron Microscopy - A vital tool for materials characterization
Date: Friday, July 15, 2022
Time: 4 pm
Physical Venue: AG-66
Post-Colloquium tea will be served in the West Canteen
YouTube live link: https://youtu.be/J46NhYWFAvI

Abstract:
In a conventional optical microscope, the wavelength of light limits the smallest size of objects that can clearly be seen. Using a beam of electrons to create an image of a specimen allows much higher
magnifications and greater resolving power than a light microscope, allowing much smaller objects to be seen in finer detail. Modern electron microscopes can resolve individual atoms, and help provide a fascinating insight into the world of the very small.

Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and Electron energy loss
spectroscopy (EELS) techniques used in conjunction with electron
microscopes provide further details regarding the elemental composition and a variety of other material characteristics, including bandgap, oxidation states etc. In-situ electron microscopy can also be used to study real-time sample dynamics. I will provide a brief overview of the TIFR electron microscopy facility in this talk and show a few significant findings made possible by these microscopes.

About the Speaker:
Ms. Bhagyashree Chalke joined TIFR in 1994 after earning a Diploma in Electronics and Radio Engineering from St. Xavier's Technical Institute in Mumbai. She has been working with Electron microscopes for the past 22 years. She has played a key role in installing, running, and maintaining five electron microscopes over this time. Ms. Chalke has co-authored 34 publications that have appeared in international journals.

Ms. Bhagyashree Chalke (DCMP&MS, TIFR, Mumbai)

07/07/2022

Today's online ASET Colloquium at 4pm.
YouTube live link: https://youtu.be/plvzy3fpY_E

Abstract:
Cryptography plays a vital role in securing e-business and e-commerce transactions. However, in spite of their mathematical robustness when these algorithms are implemented they may leak sensitive information via unintended side-channels. The focus of this talk is to provide an overview of these side-channels which exist when the ciphers are executed on various platforms: from embedded systems to more general-purpose computing systems. More precisely, we start with introducing popular side-channels wherein the power consumption of a crypto-device can leak the secret key. Subsequently, we illustrate how faults can be exploited. In the later part of the talk, we illustrate how side-channels can also be extended to more general-purpose computing systems. It is rather ironic that advancements in micro-architectures often are responsible for these weaknesses. The talk attempts to elucidate the need of analyzing such leakages to develop a holistic understanding of secured systems and translate the theory to practice.

About the Speaker:
Prof. Debdeep Mukhopadhyay is currently a Professor at the Department of CSE, IIT Kharagpur. At IIT Kharagpur he initiated Secured Embedded Architecture Laboratory (SEAL), focusing on Hardware-Security. He had worked as, visiting scientist at NTU-Singapore, visiting Associate Professor of NYU-Shanghai, Assistant Professor at IIT Madras, and Visiting Researcher at NYU-Tandon School of Engineering, USA. He holds a Ph.D, M.S., and a B.Tech from IIT Kharagpur. His research interests are on the topics of Cryptographic Engineering and Hardware Security. Recently he is intrigued by adversarial attacks on machine learning and encrypted computations.

Prof. Mukhopadhyay is the recipient of the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2021 for Science and Technology and is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineers. He was awarded Khosla National Award from IIT Roorkee 2021, DST Swarnajayanti Fellowship 2015-16, INSA Young Scientist award, INAE Young Engineer award, and Associateship for the Indian Academy of Sciences.

04/07/2022

Today's special NSF+ASET Colloquium at 4pm.
Physical venue: Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR, Mumbai
YouTube live: https://youtu.be/CMOK7UfDQ80

23/06/2022

Today's ASET Colloquium at 3:30pm.

Dr. Satya Gupta did his BE from BITS PIlani (1983), Masters from IIT Delhi (1987) and Ph.D. from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia (1992). He is a techno-visionary with a wealth of experience and expertise and has been part of the worldwide semiconductor industry for more than 30 years both in the USA and in India. During this period, he has been involved in all aspects of the Semiconductor Industry including Design (Microprocessor, SOCs, Wireless chips, High Performance, Super-Computing), Semiconductor and Electronics Manufacturing (Fabs, packaging and testing, EMS), IP development, CAD tools and associated Industry and Academic eco-system and Government Initiatives in these areas.

After a long corporate career at Intel, he has co-founded 5 successful start-ups, Intel Micro-Electronics, Open-Silicon, Concept-2-Silicon, SenZopt and Seedeyas Innovations. The focus of these start-ups has been on Semiconductor Design and High-volume manufacturing, Intelligent Electronics products for Energy Efficiency, Automation, Medical Electronics and technologies for the environment. Open-Silicon was awarded the Best privately-held semiconductor start-up by GSA and was acquired for $245 Million. Currently, he is working on a new initiative EPIC Foundation which is a non-profit organization working towards developing Indian Electronics Products of National Importance.

In addition to his professional career and start-up activities, he is very active in building Semiconductor and ESDM Eco-system and one of the most ardent champions for building Semiconductor Product Design and manufacturing in India for more than 15 years. He was a Founding member of the India Semiconductor Association (IESA) in 2005 and has been closely involved with IESA since its inception. He was IESA Chairman for the years 2012-13 and 2020-2021. He has been part of multiple policy initiatives and helmed the First Semiconductor Manufacturing study and India Microprocessor reports in 2012-2013.

Towards building Academia-Industry connects, he has been serving as President of the VLSI Society of India which is the largest platform dedicated to building Research and Industry-Academia connects for the last 35 years. He has been closely associated with SMDP Program including C2SD and helped in conceptualizing the DLI scheme by working with Meity and Invest India team. He is holding visiting professor positions at IIT Roorkee and IIT Guwahati, helping with research and meaningful Industry/Academia connections.

He is a recipient of the prestigious IEEE Gordon Bell award for high-performance computing, 1st to break the Tera-Flop Barrier in computing, Fastest computer in the world in 1993 and author of 6 International Patents and more than 40 papers in international journals and conferences.