Carnegie Mellon University

Data Storage Systems Center

College of Engineering

2018 DSSC Fall Technical Review

October 4-5, 2018
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

Thursday, October 4
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
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Session I: HAMR
9:00-9:15 HAMR Strategy Overview
James A. Bain
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9:15-9:30 High Efficiency Dielectric Resonator Coupling to NFT Structures
James A. Bain
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9:30-9:45 NFT Designs for Improved ADC and Thermal Management in HAMR
Cheng-Ming Chow
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9:45-10:00 Massively Parallel Direct Write E-beam Lithograpy for Patterned Media
Rick Carley
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10:00-10:15 Application of Machine Learning for Data Detection in HAMR
Yuwei Qin
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Morning Break
10:15-10:45 Break and Poster Session
Session I: HAMR (cont'd)
10:45-11:00 Pump-Probe Measurement of Gilbert Damping Constant
Zhengkun Dai
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11:00-11:15 The effect of adding BN in the grain boundaries for controlling grain size distribution in HAMR media
Bing Zhou
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11:15-11:30 Understanding of the ordering of hexagonal Co3Pt
Xiao Lu
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11:30-11:45 Estimates of Thermal Transport Across the Air Bearing Gap
Jon Malen
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11:45-12:00 Fabrication of Ideal Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording Media
Tong Mo
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Lunch and Poster Session
12:00-1:30 Lunch and Poster Session
Session II: Memory and Logic
1:30-1:45 Memory and Logic Strategy
James A. Bain/Jimmy Zhu
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1:45-2:00 RRAM Cell Concepts for Logic in Memory
Oscar (Liting) Shen
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2:00-2:15 Models of NDR in Threshold Switches
Edward (Yuezhang) Zou
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2:15-2:30 In-Situ Imaging of Current Localization During Threshold Switching in TaOx
Jonathan Goodwill
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2:30-2:45 Elemental Redistribution in Emerging Memory Applications
Yuanzhi Ma
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Afternoon Break
2:45-3:15 Break and Poster Session
Session II: Memory and Logic (cont'd)
3:15-3:30 Field-free spin-orbit torque switching using an Iridium layer
Yang Liu
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3:30-3:45 Spin Hall Effect Driven Perpendicular Magnetization Reversal
Jimmy Zhu
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3:45-4:00 AF Spin Torque Oscillator & Application
Jimmy Zhu
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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

Day 2

Friday, Oct 4
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-review
Enter Arrival Date
Room Rate: $149.00/night
Group Name: DSSC Fall Review
Discount Cutoff Date: September 12, 2018
Parking: $10.00/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.