Norman Chang
Chief Technologist
ANSYS, INC
Norman Chang co-founded Apache Design Solutions in February 2001 and currently serves as Ansys Fellow and Chief Technologist of Electronics, Semiconductor, and Optics BU, ANSYS, Inc. He is also currently leading AI/ML and security initiatives at ANSYS. Dr. Chang received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from University of California, Berkeley. He holds 25 patents and has co-authored over 60 technical papers and a popular book on “Interconnect Analysis and Synthesis” by Wiley-Interscience at 2000. He is in the committee of EDPS, ESDA-EDA and SI2 AI/ML SIG, and an IEEE Fellow.
Reza Azarderakhsh
CEO
PQSecure
Dr. Reza Azarderakhsh is a CEO at PQSecure as well as a professor at Florida Atlantic Universities. He received his PhD from Western University in Canada. Dr. Azarderakhsh is well-known for his contributions in applied cryptographic engineering with focus on post-quantum cryptography and secure protocol development. At PQSecure, he developed quantum-safe cryptographic IPs and is commercializing them for small embedded devices. He has published more than 100 papers in top-tier journals and conferences about cryptographic engineering and received several best paper awards from various conferences. He also serves as an associate editor at IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-Cryptography Track.