An e-Learning Platform for applications of mathematics to microelectronic industry

The European project CoMSON (Coupled Multiscale Simulation and Optimization in Nanoelectronics) is an FP6 Marie Curie RTN (Research and Training Network) action. This project involves five universities (“Bergische” University of Wuppertal, “Politehnica” University of Bucharest, University of Calabria, University of Catania, TU Eindhoven) and three microelectronics companies, (NXP-Philips, Qimonda, STMicroelectronics). The key objective of the CoMSON project is to realize an experimental Demonstrator Platform (DP) in software code (see Fig.1), which comprises coupled simulation of devices, interconnects, circuits, EM fields and thermal effects in one single framework [ALI06]. The basis is the development and validation of appropriate mathematical models to describe the coupling of different physical effects, their analysis (well-posedness) and related numerical schemes. The DP will be interfaced with an e-Learning Platform (e-LP) for micro- and nano-electronics. The aim is the education and training of young researchers in mathematics applied to technology, both from a theoretical and a practical viewpoint. In this paper we describe the main platforms foreseen by the project, concentrating on the concept design of the CoMSON e-LP.