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Synopsys at SPIE Advanced Lithography + Patterning 2025

February 23-27, 2025

San Jose Convention Center

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Keynote

Kostas Adam

Vice President of R&D Engineering, Synopsys

Imagining the Future of Technology Development in Sub-nm Process Nodes with Special Focus on the Role of the Human Engineer

Date & Time: Tuesday, February 25 | 11:10 – 11:50 AM

Room: Grand Ballroom 220C

Recent innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) have already led to startling changes in how humans operate in their daily lives. In this talk, I will attempt to forecast not only the technological innovations that will be developed and adopted for the most advanced process nodes in semiconductor manufacturing, but also what the role of the human engineer is likely to be in a rapidly changing world where generative AI is likely to be pervasive. While forecasting the future is notoriously inaccurate, I will try to not be shy about putting forward provocative, stimulating, and hopefully thoughtful ideas in a variety of areas. I will discuss how we can expect various AI agents to be trained within our specialized domain, how to deal with knowledge that is messy and poorly organized, and how AI and human engineers can co-exist in our field. Ultimately, what is the role of the human engineer in the future of pervasive AI, and what will such a co-existence of human and AI look like?

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