News & Talks
Updates from the Lab
Follow our latest milestones, awards, and invited talks. We share short updates as soon as results are ready for the community.
- Talk
Prof. Mehdi Saligane - Okada Laboratory Talk
Prof. Mehdi Saligane delivered the talk "AI for Chips & Chips for AI" at Okada Laboratory, outlining an open and highly automated paradigm for AI-enhanced chip design and efficient AI accelerators. The talk highlighted open-source EDA workflows and hardware-software co-design to shorten tapeout cycles.
- Workshop
IEEE SSCS Directions Series Workshop: Think & Impact with ICs
Prof. Mehdi Saligane co-chaired the SSCS Directions Series workshop "Think & Impact with ICs: From Words to Circuits - Agentic AI, Foundation Models, and Open EDA" and presented on open, automated design flows for efficient AI-centric systems.
- Seminar
AI for Chips and Chips for AI Talk at KAUST Future of Semiconductors Forum
The KAUST Future of Semiconductors Forum highlighted the "AI for Chips & Chips for AI" theme, focusing on automation and open infrastructure for mixed-signal and AI-accelerator development. A concurrent CEMSE graduate seminar deepened the technical discussion with agentic layout automation and hardware-software co-design for efficient edge AI.
- Seminar
Seminar by Dr. Mehdi Saligane - Integrated Systems Engineering Laboratory
The Integrated Systems Engineering Laboratory at Kyoto University hosted Dr. Mehdi Saligane for a seminar titled "What is Possible with Open Design" (held Dec 27, 2024). The talk discussed open-source design flows and their impact on practical chip development.