Day 1

September 14, 2026 (Monday), Mckimmon Center, Room #6

08:30~09:00

■ Registration

Opening
Session

Co-chairs:
Jo-won Lee / Myung S. Jhon

09:00~09:03

■ Opening Remarks
• Elias Towe, Carnegie Mellon

09:03~09:21

■ Welcoming Remarks
• Jim Pfaendtner, Provost, NCSU
• Joosun Kim, President, Korea Nanotechnology Research Society
• Seongsin Margaret Kim, Program Director, National Science Foundation

09:21~10:42
(27min
/talk,
including Q&A)
 

■ Keynote Speeches
• Seongsin Margaret Kim, National Science Foundation
  - US Strategy for Quantum Science and Engineering

• Jaewan Kim, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
  - Toward Scalable Quantum Computing: The Quantum Interconnect
    Project of KRISS, KIST, ETRI, and KISTI

• Robert Westervelt, Harvard
   - Center for Nanoscale Systems

10:42~11.00

Coffee Break & Group Photo

Session I-1:

Quantum/Nano Technologies
(Co-chairs:
Elias Towe /
Je-Hyung Kim)

11:00~12:09

(16min
/talk,
including Q&A)

• Elias Towe, Carnegie Mellon University
   - Overview of Session I & II (5 minutes)

• Norbert Linke, Maryland
   - Phonon-qubit Hybrid Quantum Simulation with Trapped Ions

• Je-Hyung Kim, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
   - Quantum Playground with Semiconductor Quantum Emitters

• Kathleen Hamilton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  -

• Sang-Wook Han, Korea Institute of Science and Technology
   - Quantum Key Distribution toward Scalable Quantum
     Communication Networks and Photonic Integrated Systems

12:09~13:10

Lunch

Session I-2:

Quantum/Nano Technologies
(Co-chairs:
Elias Towe /
Je-Hyung Kim)

13:10~14:30

(16min
/talk,
including Q&A)

• Vinayak Dravid, Northwestern
  - From Atoms to Architecture: Emerging Electron Microscopy for
     Quantum and Neuromorphic Materials

• Gregory Fiete, Northeastern
  - Inducing Quantum States in Materials with Light

• Yonuk Chong, Sungkyunkwan University
  - Research and Development of Superconducting Quantum Devices
      in SKKU Quantum Fab

• Shinjae Yoo, Brookhaven National Laboratory
  - Cryogenic AI Software-hardware Computing for Energy
      Applications

• Kyoung-Duck Park, Pohang University of Science and Technology
  - When Near-field Plasmonic Tip Meets Quantum Technologies

Session II-1:

Energy-efficient for AI & Neuromorphic Systems
(Co-chairs:
Ahmed Busnaina /
Ho Won Jang)

14:30~15:34

(16min
/talk,
including Q&A)

• Ahmed Busnaina, Northeastern
  - On Demand Micro and Nanoelectronics using a Fab in a Box Micro
     Factory

• Ho Won Jang, Seoul National University
  - Linearly Programmable Memristors for Neuromorphic
      Computing Hardware

• Sung-Kyu Lim, USC
  - Logic Folding and Fine-grained Logic-on-logic 3D ICs: A Key
     Enabler of Tau Law

• Yiran Chen, Duke
  - Energy-Efficient Hardware for AI: Subthreshold Silicon Neurons
      and Gain-Cell Analog In-Memory Computing

15:34-15:50

Coffee Break

Session II-2:

Energy-efficient for AI & Neuromorphic Systems
(Co-chairs:
Ahmed Busnaina /
Ho Won Jang)

15:50~17:58

(16min
/talk,
including Q&A)

•Kaustav Banerjee, UC Santa Barbara
  - From Atoms to Architectures: Two-dimensional Materials for
     Energy-efficient AI and Emerging Computing

• Sanghun Jeon, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  - Polarity-configurable Photodiodes for In-pixel Computing in
     Neuromorphic AI Vision

• Dhireesha Kudithipudi, UT San Antonio
  - The Next Horizon of AI Hardware: Silicon that Learns Continually

• Jiyong Woo, Kyungpook National University
  - Probabilistic Bits for Unconventional Computing Systems

• Alper Bozkurt, NCSU
  - Designing for Energy Efficiency: Advances in Wearable Sensing from
      NSF ASSIST Center

• Young Min Song, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  - Bioinspired Vision Systems for Intelligent Robotics

• Paschalis Gkoupidenis, NCSU
   - Organic Neuromorphic Electronics

• Kaushik Roy, Professor, Purdue
   - From Devices to Algorithms: Neuromorphic Computing for
     Energy-Efficient Autonomy

18:45~20:00

Dinner Banquet
• Welcome: Veena Misra, Dean, NCSU

Day 2

September 15, 2026 (Tuesday), Mckimmon Center, Room #6

Poster Session

(Chair:
Myung S. Jhon)

09:00~09:50

(5 min/talk including Q&A)

• Matthew T. Flavin, Georgia Institute of Technology
  - Scalable Networks of Wearable Bioelectronics for Treating Sensory
     Impairments

• Tingjun Chen, Duke
  - Radio Frequency Neural Networks

• Honggi Jeon, Duke
  - Robust Meta-stable Qutrit and Mid-circuit Cooling of Barium Ions

• Inhee Lee, University of Pittsburgh
  - Millimeter-scale Neuromorphic Vision System

• Wonjae Lee, Harvard
  - Strongly-interacting, Two-dimensional Ensembles of Spin Defects in
     Hexagonal Boron Nitride

• Robert Nawrocki, Purdue
  - Organic, Spiking, and Flexible Embodied AI

• Demitry (Dima) Farfurnik, NCSU
  - Toward Scalable Photonic Entanglement using Quantum Dots
     Coupled to Inverse-designed Nanophotonic Cavities

• Michael Kuban, Carnegie Mellon
  - Ab Initio Investigation of Erbium Point Defects in 4H-SiC for
     Quantum Emitters

• Brittany Smith, NCSU
   - Pushing the Limits of Active Microelectronics via Additive
    Manufacturing

• Bokyung Kim, NCSU
  - Dataflow-aware Memory-centric Computing: From Synaptic Devices
     to Practical AI Systems

09:50~11:00

Poster Exhibition & Coffee Break

Discussion /
Working
Groups

11:00~12:00

■ Group Discussion Workshop
• Group I: Quantum/Nano Technologies
                    (Co-chairs: Elias Towe / Je-Hyung Kim)
• Group II: Energy-efficient for AI & Neuromorphic Systems
                     (Co-chairs: Ahmed Busnaina / Ho Won Jang)

12:00~13:00

Luncheon

Discussion /
Working
Groups

13:00~14:00

■ Group Discussion Workshop
• Group I: Quantum/Nano Technologies
                    (Co-chairs: Elias Towe / Je-Hyung Kim)
• Group II: Energy-efficient for AI & Neuromorphic Systems
                     (Co-chairs: Ahmed Busnaina / Ho Won Jang)

Closing Session

14:00~15:00

 ■ Poster Award
■Wrap-up Discussion
■ Generate Recommendation to the Governments
■ Signature of Overall Summary and Recommendation
■ Closing Remarks

15:30~17:00

Tours of Duke Quantum Centers