June 18, 2025

Purdue ECE Prof. Haitong Li participates in prestigious Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering symposium

Purdue ECE Prof. Haitong Li participates in prestigious Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering symposium

Co-organized by the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Engineering Academy of Japan, the symposium brings together approximately 60 of the most promising early-career engineers from the United States and Japan. Li was nominated and chosen based on his innovative research in energy-efficient artificial intelligence (AI) hardware.
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Haitong Li, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, presenting at the 2025 Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering

Haitong Li, an Assistant Professor in Purdue University’s Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was selected to participate in the 2025 Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering (JAFOE) Symposium, held June 1–4 in San Diego, California. Co-organized by the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Engineering Academy of Japan, the symposium brings together approximately 60 of the most promising early-career engineers from the United States and Japan.

Li was nominated and chosen based on his innovative research in energy-efficient artificial intelligence (AI) hardware. At the symposium, he discussed his group’s work on “CMOS+X” — an approach that integrates silicon CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) platforms with emerging device technologies to design more energy-efficient AI systems.

This year’s JAFOE symposium featured four thematic areas: Resurgence in Fusion Science and Engineering, Heterogeneous Integration in Semiconductors, Clinical-Grade Wearable Sensors, and Sustainable Ocean Engineering.

“These discussions are vital as we look to the future of technology—whether it’s in how we power our world, compute more efficiently, care for our health, or understand our oceans,” Li said. “It was an honor to contribute to this important exchange of ideas, particularly in heterogeneous integration and AI hardware.”

Jointly organized by the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and the Engineering Academy of Japan, the JAFOE symposium is designed to foster international and cross-disciplinary collaboration, promote the exchange of emerging engineering methods across fields, and build a lasting transpacific network of future engineering leaders.