Over the past years technological advances took place in fields such as design automation, artificial intelligence/machine learning and cyber security. By these developments new design methodologies in the field of power electronics became conceivable, especially in the case of power electronic components (magnetics and semiconductor devices) and power electronics systems. Starting with a few scientific papers new design methodologies for power electronics became a focal point. The power electronic society facilitated the ideas for new design methodologies by hosting several initiatives such as Design Automation for Power Electronics Workshop (DAPE), focusing on design automation, and employment of artificial intelligence/machine learning and cyber physical security in the power electronics applications.
In order to reach a wider audience and draw attention to new design methodologies, the three mentioned initiatives have joined forces to create the IEEE Design Methodologies conference (DMC), that will be held for the second time on September 1st and 2nd, 2022 in the city of Bath, UK. It is expected that this new conference will open a possibility for power electronics designers to start applying the advanced design and analysis concepts in order to reach a high performance designs. IEEE DMC will be a great opportunity to learn new methodologies and exchange ideas in this emerging field and pave the way for future actions that will enhance the design process.
In order to approach the ideas of the IEEE DMC to the wider audience, encourage their participation and inspire them to perform the research in this area, a series of web seminars will be offered by PELS. Each month a different topic from the field of the advanced design methodologies will be covered, until we meet at the DMC 2022.
Overview
- “Mission Profile Emulation and Testing for Power Electronics” by Prof. Ke Ma, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, March 3rd, 2022 at 8:00 am ET
- “Framework for Evaluating Cyberthreats targeted at Cyber-Physical Energy Systems (CPES): From Threat Modeling to Co-simulation Case Studies” by Juan Ospina, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States, April 7th, 2022 at 11:00 am ET
- “Litz wire and magnetic loss calculation in power electronic design process” by Dr Andreas Rosskopf and Stefan Ehrlich, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISB, Erlangen, Germany, May 3rd, 2022 at 8:00 am ET
- “Automated PCB component placement and copper trace layout for power electronics” by Dr Gus Zhang, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, June 7th, 2022 at 8:00 am ET
- “Enabling the next steps in power electronics through generative design of cooling components” by Dr Lieven Vervecken, Diabatix nv, Leuven, Belgium, July 7th, 2022 at 8:00 am ET
- “Machine-readable data sheet for power semiconductors and how it helps to pave the way for design automation” by Kevin Hermanns, PE-Systems GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany, August 4th, 2022 at 8:00 am ET