The First ISSM AI Solution Contests To Revolutionalize Semiconductor Manufacturing
ISSM is an annual conference of semiconductor manufacturing professionals dedicated to sharing technical solutions and opinions on the advancement of manufacturing science, technologies, and management disciplines. ISSM aims to establish new concepts for semiconductor manufacturing technologies and to promote them as systemized and universalized technologies. ISSM's role has been to challenge the concept of shifting from "know-how" to "science" in semiconductor manufacturing technologies. The past twelve annual symposia have helped to shape the course of development of "manufacturing science," as well as to create new manufacturing technologies.
ISSM 2020 will hold its first "ISSM AI Solution Contests to Revolutionalize Semiconductor Manufacturing" aiming to accelerate to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in the field of semiconductor manufacturing.
At semiconductor manufacturing fabs, ahead of other industries, enormous amounts of data such as process, equipment, and productivity have been collected, visualized, analyzed, and utilized. On the other hand, there has been a remarkable technological innovation, especially the innovation of AI technologies. ISSM committee hope to discover human resources for artificial intelligence and improve motivation for learning and research that spreads from the excellent technologies and ideas among participants at the contests.
This is an excellent opportunity for students who want to play an active role by applying the latest information technologies to solve various challenges at semiconductor manufacturing fabs. We hope that the students majored in information engineering and management engineering as well as in semiconductor-related fields will participate the contests.
This contest has the following two divisions. It is possible to enter either or both.
- ISSM SEM Image Classification AI Algorithm Contest
- ISSM Semiconductor Manufacturing Fab Data AI utilization Idea Contest
Along with the shift of ISSM to virtual conference, the final selection and award ceremony will be held online during ISSM 2020.
Share your excellent ideas and methods in our contests for the fusion of semiconductor manufacturing fabs that handle huge amounts of data and AI. We look forward to your application.
Qualification of applicants
Both contests can be applied by those who are enrolled in the school (high school, college, university) for the period from the time of entry to the contest (August 31, 2020) through the date of the final selection (December 15th to 16th, 2020). Both individuals and teams can apply.
Entry (The deadline has been extended)
Entry period is from August 31, 2020 through November 13, 2020.
There is no maximum number of team members. The number of members may be one.
Click here for entry of each contest (click the applicable contest)
- Entry for ISSM SEM Image Classification AI Algorithm Contest
- Entry for ISSM Semiconductor Manufacturing Fab Data AI utilization Idea Contest
Copyright Issues
- Only original unpublished works can be submitted.
- Entries will not be returned.
- The personal information provided when applying will be properly managed by the organizer and will not be used for anything other than selection and announcement. When we announce the award winners, we will announce the name, school name, etc.
- Please be careful not to infringe the rights of third parties by copyright, trademark right, portrait right etc. If any trouble occurs with a third party, the applicant will be responsible for resolving it. In such cases, we may cancel the award.
- The organizer has the right to announce and publicize the award winners鈥?works.
- The applicants must agree that the organizer can use the submitted works to the extent necessary for the purpose of promotion of the contest as well as the future contests without charge to the organizer.
Chairman/Vice chairman of ISSM Committees
- ISSM Organizing Committee
- Chairman:
- Shozo Saito, Device & System Platform Development Center Co., Ltd.
- Vice Chairman:
- Shuichi Inoue, ATONARP INC.
- ISSM Executive Committee:
- Chairman: Ayako Shimazaki, TOSHIBA NANOANALYSIS CORPORATION
- ISSM Program Committee:
- Chairman: Shin-ichi Imai, Hitachi High-Tech Solutions Corporation
- Task Force Members of ISSM AI Solution Contests
- Leader:
- Tsuyoshi Moriya, Tokyo Electron, Ltd.
- Member:
- Ayako Shimazaki, TOSHIBA NANOANALYSIS CORPORATION
Shin-ichi Imai, Hitachi High-Tech Solutions Corporation
Takahito Matsuzawa, Tokyo Electron, Ltd.
Katsutoshi Ozawa, OMRON Corporation
Sumika Arima, University of Tsukuba