Dr. Adar Kalir is Director of Manufacturing Science Systems within  the Fab and Sort Manufacturing (FSM) network in Intel’s Manufacturing, Supply-chain and Operations (MSO) group. He is the lead engineer in FSM for Intel’s 10nm super-fin and Intel 7 products and is responsible for development of models and processes that enable factory productivity, output, cost, and cycle-time in startup, ramp, and high-volume manufacturing (HVM) across Intel’s global manufacturing network. He has published over 110 technical papers, including IEEE Trans. on Semiconductor Manufacturing Best Paper Award in 2019. He also serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Ben-Gurion University (BGU), Israel, and as a Co-chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Semiconductor Manufacturing Automation (TC- SMA).