Digitizing Biology Using Chip-Based Life Science Tools
ABSTRACT
We find ourselves potentially at an inflection point where biology foundation models will be competent for the design and preclinical assessment of novel drugs, for the automation of advanced therapy manufacturing, and for predicting the future of a patient using a digital twin. These foundation models will need massive high quality datasets that digitize the relevant (multi-) omic landscapes, and bespoke compute resources from edge to cloud. I will discuss how at imec, we are leveraging mature and manufacturable chip platforms to develop and manufacture new generations of life science tools that will generate the datasets that will train biology foundation models.
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Peumans holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Princeton University, and a bachelor’s and master’s degree in engineering from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. He is currently responsible for imec’s health strategy with a keen interest in how to leverage machine intelligence for deeper insights into biology. Prior to joining imec, Dr. Peumans was a professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University where his work focused on large area electronics, solar energy conversion and biomedical electronics. He is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award and a Belgian-American Educational Foundation honorary fellowship. His peer-reviewed papers have been cited over 24,000 times and he holds more than 60 patents.
Clark held several strategic and analytical roles in leading microelectronics companies before joining SEMI. At Mediatek, he was Deputy Director for the Computing, Connectivity, and Metaverse Business Group. In this role, Clark provided market intelligence and competitive analysis for Computing (HPC/ASIC), Connectivity (5G/Wi-Fi), and Multimedia (XR and Auto) domains. Prior to that, he was the Strategy and Business Development division manager at Qimonda, where he managed market and competitive intelligence functions in the Asia/Pacific region. Clark started his career as an analyst at IDC, covering semiconductor, flat panel display, and telecommunication markets.
Clark holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from National Chengchi University in Taiwan.