Anda Mocuta, IMEC, Belgium

Anda Mocuta received her B.S. Degree in Physics in 1993 from University of Bucharest, M.S. degree in Physics from University of Pittsburgh, and PhD degree in Electrical and Computer engineering in 1999, from Carnegie Mellon University. From 1999 until 2013 she worked at IBM's Semiconductor Research and Development Center in New York, first as a senior device design engineer and then in management roles. Through various assignments, she covered most aspects of developing a technology to the manufacturing stage – from logic/analog/SRAM device targeting, device development, interaction with compact modelling and TCAD, technology AC benchmarking, technology qualification and early manufacturing; covering technology nodes up to 14nm.

Beginning in 2008 Anda managed the Product-Process Interaction team within IBM, leading technology performance benchmarking, Iddq model development, and also implementing strategies for identifying, measuring, and eliminating sources of systematic across chip variability. Since 2014 Anda has been with imec, in Leuven, Belgium, first as the group leader for the Logic Device Design group where she oversaw device research across various device architectures and materials. Most recently she is the director of Technology Solutions and Enablement department. She is the author of over 50 publications and 22 filed patents.