Carnegie Mellon University

Data Storage Systems Center

College of Engineering

2019 DSSC Fall Technical Review

September 24-25, 2019
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

The DSSC Technical Review at Carnegie Mellon University, held once a year, is an opportunity for center members, invited guests, and DSSC personnel to be brought up-to-date on current DSSC research progress through oral presentations and poster sessions that highlight the center's project areas.

Register: Online registration is now available.

Agenda
Day 1

Tuesday, September 24
All sessions will be held at Carnegie Mellon University, Singleton Room, Roberts Hall, Pittsburgh Campus
Breakfast
7:30-8:30 Breakfast
Opening Remarks
8:30-8:50 Welcome & State of the DSSC 
Jimmy Zhu
PDF
Session I: HAMR
9:00-9:15 DSSC HAMR Overview and Strategy
James A. Bain
PDF
9:15-9:45 NFT Designs for Increased ADC
Cheng-Ming Chow
PDF
9:45-10:00 Deep Neural Network: Data Detection Channel by Learning
Yuwei Qin
PDF
Morning Break
10:00-10:30 Break and Poster Session
Session I: HAMR (cont'd)
10:30-10:45 Novel Fabrication Method for Granular FePt-L10 HAMR Media
Bing Zhou
PDF
10:45-11:00 Demonstration of Corning Lotus™NXT Glass as substrate for FePt-C HAMR media
Varaprasad Bollapragada
PDF
11:00-11:15 TEM‐based Study on Oxidation of FeCo High Moment Material at Elevated Temperature
Tianxiang Du
PDF
11:15-11:30 Impact of Spin Torque Oscillator Frequency
Jimmy Zhu
PDF
11:30-11:45 New Biomedical Directions and Technologies at DSSC 
Siyang Zheng
PDF
Lunch and Poster Session
12:00-1:30 Lunch and Poster Session
Session II: Memory and Logic
1:30-1:45 DSSC Memory and Logic Strategy
James A. Bain
PDF
1:45-2:00 A Novel Method for on-Chip Data Transmission through Spin Oscillation
Abir Shadman
PDF
2:00-2:15 Iridium Enabled Field-free Spin-Orbit Torque Switching of Perpendicular Magnetic Tunnel Junction Device
Yang Liu
PDF
2:15-2:30 Data Conversion Interfaces for Emerging Memory
Vanessa Chen
PDF
2:30-2:45 Composition Effects on Transport Mechanisms in HfTaOx Threshold Switches
Darshil Gala
PDF
Afternoon Break
2:45-3:15 Break and Poster Session
Session II: Memory and Logic (cont'd)
3:15-3:45 Electro-Formation and Resistive Switching in TaOx-Based Devices
Marek Skowronski
PDF
3:45-4:00 Oscillators based on TaOx threshold switches
Yiqi Yu
PDF
4:00-4:15 Progress on a Model of Non-thermal Threshold Switching
Yuezhang (Edward) Zou
PDF
4:15-4:30 Modeling optimal crossbar configuration for low energy consumption
Liting (Oscar) Shen
PDF
Reception and Dinner
4:30-5:00 Transportation to Wyndham Hotel
5:00-6:30 Reception and poster session at Wyndham Hotel
6:30-8:30 Dinner at Wyndham Hotel Special Presentation: Storage @ Facebook: The Next 10 Years -- Chris Petersen, Facebook

Day 2

Wednesday, September 25
All sessions will be held at Carnegie Mellon University, Singleton Room, Roberts Hall, Pittsburgh Campus
Breakfast
7:30-8:30 Breakfast
Advisory Board Meeting
8:30-8:45 IP Briefing by DSSC Leadership
8:45-11:00 Closed Session
Feedback Session
11:00-12:00 Feedback Session with Faculty
Lunch
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-6:00 Individual Sponsor meetings with Faculty

Reservations can be made at the Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center

Address: 100 Lytton Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Telephone: 412-682-6251 (Nour Moufid, On-site Reservations Coordinator)
Online: https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/groups/hr/dssc-fall-review1
Enter Arrival Date
Room Rate: $149.00/night
Group Name: DSSC Fall Review
Discount Cutoff Date: September 9, 2019
Parking: $15.00/night

The DSSC will provide transportation between the Wyndham and campus.

Please be in the lobby of the hotel a few minutes before departure time for morning trips to Roberts Hall.

Tuesday, September 24
7:20 a.m.

One trip from Wyndham to Roberts Hall

7:45 a.m.

One trip from Wyndham to Roberts Hall

4:30 p.m.

One trip from Roberts Hall to Wyndham for Reception and Poster Session

4:45 p.m.

One trip from Roberts Hall to Wyndham for Reception and Poster Session

Wednesday, September 25
7:20 a.m.

One trip from Wyndham to Roberts Hall

7:45 a.m.

One trip from Wyndham to Roberts Hall

Please note that breakfast will be served starting at 7:30 a.m.