About Me

CHARM facility, CERN, Switzerland.

Ygor Aguiar has received a Bachelor’s degree in Automation Engineering at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Brazil, in 2015 and a Master’s degree in Microelectronics at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil, in 2017.

During his Ph.D. studies developed at the Université de Montpellier, France, he was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow in the RADSAGA Innovative Training Network. The thesis concerned the application of prediction methodologies to study the radiation effects in electronics and to propose the exploration of radiation hardening by design techniques. Currently, he is a Senior Fellow at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), in Geneva, Switzerland. His current activities are focused on the assessment of the radiation environments within the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) complex for the application of Radiation Hardness Assurance (RHA) methodologies.

His main research topics includes the analysis and modeling of radiation effects in electronics, device variability effects, hardening techniques for digital circuit design and radiation hardness assurance. 

Education

PhD. in Electronics Engineering, Université de Montpellier

  • Thesis: Predictive tools and “Radiation Hardening By Design” (RHBD) for SEU and SET in digital circuits
  • Advisors: Prof. Frédéric Wrobel and Prof. Jean-Luc Autran

MSc. in Microelectronics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

  • Dissertation: Radiation Robustness of XOR and Majority Voter Circuits at FinFET technology under Variability
  • Advisors: Prof. Ricardo Reis and Prof. Cristina Meinhardt

BSc. in Automation Engineering, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)

  • Project: Automation and Analysis of fault injection of Single Event Transient faults in combinational circuits at nanometer technologies
  • Advisor: Prof. Cristina Meinhardt

Languages

Portuguese (Native)

English (Advanced)

French (Advanced)

Italian (Intermediate)

Spanish (Beginner)

Fellowship/Awards

IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS) Paul Phelps Award

  • Award granted by the Radiation Effects Committee of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society. The goal is to promote continuing education in the radiation effects field for students, postdocs, and researchers who show exceptional promise in the field. Year: 2020

A. Richard Newton Young Student (RNYS) Fellow Program, SIGDA ACM

  • Fellowship award sponsored by Design Automation Conference (DAC) and SIGDA ACM. It is designed to assist young students at the beginning of a career in Electronic Design Automation and Embedded Systems to attend the conference and engage actively in the lectures, tutorials and poster sessions. Year: 2016

Ciência Sem Fronteiras (“Science without Borders”)

  • Fellowship awarded to study for one year at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), Budapest. Year: 2013-2014

Publications

List of publications can be found here.