Twenty Years of Securing Supply Chain – SMTA/CALCE Symposium

Dr. Diganta Das [University of Maryland]

Abstract:

The CALCE/SMTA Symposium on Counterfeit Parts and Materials is a premier technical event dedicated to addressing the global threat of counterfeit electronics. It is a collaborative effort between the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE) at the University of Maryland and the Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA).

The symposium aims at quality managers, supply chain professionals, and government regulators. Its history is built on three main pillars: Awareness, Detection, Policy & Legal issues. These topics cover a wide range of interests across industry, government, and academia. Originally focused on "suspect" electronic components (such as resistors, capacitors, ICs), the symposium now includes materials (solder, chemicals, resins) and the entire supply chain lifecycle, including obsolescence management. It has become a key platform for developing and sharing SAE International standards, such as AS6171 (test methods for counterfeit detection) and AS6081 (fraudulent/counterfeit electronic parts avoidance).

In this talk, Dr. Diganta Das, the Founding Chair, will explore the landscape of threats posed by counterfeit electronics over the decades and the responses of the industry, professional societies, funding agencies, government, and academia. He will cover promising technologies, their successes and shortcomings, the hits and misses of policymakers, and some of the blind alleys we are still focusing on. He will focus on how CALCE contributed to knowledge, tools, and methods, and the policy landscape.

Biography:

Dr. Diganta Das is an Associate Research Scientist at the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering. His expertise is in reliability, environmental, and operational ratings of electronic parts, uprating, electronic part reprocessing, counterfeit electronics, technology trends in electronic parts, and parts selection and management methodologies. He has been the technical editor for two IEEE standards and is currently vice chair of the standards group of the IEEE Reliability Society. He is a group leader for the SAE G-19 counterfeit detection standards group.

He has been the Founding Chair of the CALCE/SMTA Counterfeit Parts and Materials Symposium since 2007. He is chair of the SAE committee developing counterfeit product detection standards. He also participates in several other SAE standard developments related to counterfeit electronics.

Dr. Diganta Das

For more information or questions regarding the technical program (including Professional Development Courses), contact the Conference Chair, Dr. Diganta Das

Kristin Nafstad

For more information or questions regarding event logistics, exhibitions, and sponsorship, contact Kristin Nafstad.

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