3:30 pm Wednesday April 27th: Plenary Hall (3-6/F - TICC)
Session Chair: Ching-Ray Chang

IEEE Magnetics Society Congratulations
Prof. Shun-ichi Iwasaki,
Director of the Tohoku Institute of Technology
"In recognition of the 2010 Japan Prize Laureates and leadership in advancing
perpendicular magnetic recording”

 IEEE MAGNETICS SOCIETY AWARDS
The Magnetics Society Achievement Award
Dr. Jimmy Jian-Gang Zhu,
 Director of the Data Storage Systems Center, Carnegie Mellon University
"For contributions to magnetic storage devices through magnetic modeling"

Newly Elected Fellows of the IEEE
Amr Adly, Cairo University
"For contributions to multi-component magnetic hysteresis models"
Ching-Ray Chang, National Taiwan University
"For contributions to micromagnetic calculations and computational approaches in spin transport"
John Chapman, University of Glasgow
"For contributions to measurement of magnetization processes in thin films and nanostructures"
Horia Chiriac, Romanian National Institute of Research and Development
"For contributions to technology of amorphous glass-coated magnetic microwires and nanowires"
Bernard Dieny, SPINTEC
"For contributions to the development of nanomagnetism
and spin-electronic devices, including spin valves"
John Moreland, National Institute of Standards and Technology
"For contributions to magnetic applications of scanning probe microscopy
and microsystem technologies"
Tuviah Schlesinger, Carnegie Mellon University
"For contributions to electro-optic devices and heat-assisted magnetic recording"

2011 Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturers
Oliver Gutfleisch, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden
"Magnetic Materials in Sustainable Energy"
Peter Fischer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
"Magnetic Soft X-Ray Microscopy: A Path Towards Imaging Magnetism Down
to Fundamental Length and Time Scales"
Axel Hoffmann, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
"Pure Spin Currents: Discharging Spintronics"
Masaaki Futamoto, Chuo University
"Growth Control and Microstructure Characterization of Magnetic Thin Films:
Application to High Density Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Media"

Following the awards ceremony at approximately 4:30 pm on Wednesday, April 27th the InterMag 2011 Plenary lecture will be presented. The speaker is Dr. Jyuo-Min Shyu of ITRI whose title will be:
“Translating Scientific Discoveries into Early Stage Technologies”

Abstract:
Scientific discoveries open up new horizons, and technologies based on them can create or transform markets. However, the process of translating scientific discoveries into technologies involves a series of risk steps, resulting in low success rates. In industrial technology research institutes such as ITRI, the planning of such projects typically starts with conceptualizing innovative applications that meet certain needs of consumers or society. Once initiated, the process is forced to be in constant touch with both ends of its range: scientific discovery and market needs; the utmost consideration is the large impact it will have on industries, economy and the society at large. In this talk, examples and issues in technology development for semiconductor devices and biomedical applications based on magnetism, along with the collaboration model with the industry, are presented.

Biography:
Jyuo-Min Shyu is President of Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), the largest applied research institute in Taiwan. He joined ITRI in 1988, starting his research career in the field of semiconductor design technology. He initiated many high-impact R&D programs in ITRI and took the lead in exploring new technologies, contributing to the development and advancement of semiconductor and flat-panel display industries in Taiwan. He was founding chairs of Chinese Fuzzy Systems Association (1994), Taiwan SoC Consortium (2000), and Taiwan Nanotechnology Industry Development Association (2004), and was Executive Director of Taiwan’s National Nanotechnology Science and Technology Program (2004-2006), chair of Taiwan Nanotechnology and Microsystems Association (2006-2008), and Dean of the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University (2007-2009). Dr. Shyu received his BS and MS degrees both from the Dept. of Electrical Engineering of National Taiwan University, and his PhD degree from the Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley. He is a fellow of IEEE and CSMOT.

Hosts: Ching-Ray Chang and Bruce Terris,
General Chairs InterMag Asia 2011
Following the Plenary lecture, a Magnetics Society reception will be held in the TICC Banquet Hall (3/F). All participants at InterMag Asia 2011 are invited. This reception has been partially supported by special funding from the IEEE Magnetics Society.