The project team specializes in AI, computer vision, and image analytics, with a focus on generative models, efficient learning, reinforcement learning, optimization, and multi-agent systems. We work at the intersection of materials informatics, semiconductors, and remote sensing, aiming to tackle key challenges in these fields. Our key objectives include: i) enhancing 3D reconstruction for semiconductor packaging (3D MIR, D-SPIM, the first efficient AI-guided 3D solver), ii) developing generative models for semiconductor inspection (PI-GenMFI, the first physics-informed generative model for magnetic image generation and DefectGPT, the first LLM for electrical defect detection), alongseide adaptive and efficient online learning for sparse semiconductor datasets, iii) applying inverse design to accelerate materials development, and iv) building embodied AI capabilities for robotic learning systems that generalize in dynamic, real-world environments, with applications in advanced manufacturing and self-driving laboratories. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, we strive to create innovative, practical solutions and deploy them in real-time, addressing the evolving needs of technology and industry.
Ongoing:
Co-PI (I²R PI): Machine Learning guided failure analysis & diagnostic capability development for next generation 3D-IC Packaging (ML-3D-IC), A*STAR Industry Alignment Fund - Pre-Positioning Programme (IAF-PP), 2023-2026 (with NUS, IMRE, 3 Semicon industries)
Team Members (4):
Aye Phyu Phyu Aung (WP lead) Scientist, I²R, A*STAR
Chen Hao (WP lead), Research Engineer, I²R, A*STAR
Lin Zhuoyi, Scientist, I²R, A*STAR
Xu Kaixin, Senior Research Engineer, I²R, A*STAR
Completed:
Co-PI (I²R PI): Accelerated materials development for manufacturing (AMDM), A*STAR Programmatic Grant, 2018-2024
AMDM WP 1 - Core of accelerated materials development (with IMRE & MIT)
AMDM WP 2 - ML-guided failure identification in advanced nanoscale semiconductors (with NUS)
Team Members (7):
Rajdeep Dutta (Dec 2019 - Dec 2025), Senior Scientist I, I²R, A*STAR
Md Meftahul Ferdaus (Jan 2020 - Jan 2022), Scientist, I²R, A*STAR
Yoon Ji Wei, Senior Scientist I, I²R, A*STAR
Zhou Bangjian (Aug 2021 - Dec 2022), Research Engineer, I²R, A*STAR
Lin Zhuoyi, Scientist, I²R, A*STAR
Aye Phyu Phyu Aung, Scientist, I²R, A*STAR
Ankur Singh, (Sep 2022 - May 2024) Senior Research Engineer, I²R, A*STAR