Visiting Professor Day 1: Forging Semiconductor and AI Research Frontier

This year, BDSRC collaborates with Trisakti University to host the 2025 Visiting Professor event. The event lasts for six working days, from July 7, 2025, to July 14, 2025. The theme of this event gravitates around AI applications in semiconductor research.

On the first day of the event, BDSRC signs two new memoranda of agreement (MoAs), following the previous memorandum of consortium (MoC) on Biomedical Advanced Nanotechnology (BioMed x Nano) signed last year. Prof. Dr. Juneman Abraham, as Vice Rector of BINUS Research and Technology Transfer signs both MoAs representing BINUS University. Prof. Dr. Bens Pardamean as the Head of BDSRC, along with his team, attends the MoA signing.

The first research MoA is between BDSRC and Arizona State University, which resonates in AI applications in material science and engineering fields. Prof. Dr. Derrick Speaks from Arizona State University (ASU) attends the MoA signing on-site representing Prof. Dr. Patrick Phelan, the Associate Dean of ASU Graduate Program Fulton Schools of Engineering who attends the event online.

The second MoA is an artificial intelligence (AI) research collaboration between BDSRC and Trisakti University. Dr. Muhammad Burhannudinnur as Vice Rector of Academic, Prof. Dr. Tri Erri Astoeti as Vice Rector of Planning and Development, Prof. Dr. Astri Rinanti as Director of Institute for Research and Communities Services, Amalia Zuhra, Ph.D as Head of International Affairs, and Endang Djuana, Ph.D as Head of Center for Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technology (CAPTIVATE) attend the MoA signing.

The event then continues with Prof. Speaks disseminating his team’s latest research in doping and band gap engineering of semiconductors for anti-microbial purposes. After Prof. Speak’s presentation, Prof. Dr. Arief Suriadi Budiman from Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) presents a topic related to semiconductor technology for AI advancement and AI technology for semiconductor advancement. The knowledge exchange set a significant step forward for both parties in the MoA execution.