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REAL TIME WITH... IPC APEX EXPO 2019 SHOW & TELL MAGAZINE I I-CONNECT007 65 IPC group, and this is the current focus for my team members and me to be involved. Goldman: What is your advice to a person just starting to get involved with IPC and standards in our industry? Xi: For me, we get many benefits from IPC stan- dards and related activities. From my under- standing, IPC is an organization supporting the whole electronics industry and building up a huge collection of standards. Based on these standards, thousands of companies are able to save costs and share the platform, which is an industry move for them. This is a very impor- tant platform for standards. For a new person joining this industry, my first suggestion is to spend time reading the important IPC standards. They should know the basic requirements for quality, design rules and guidelines, reliability test methodology, etc. There's lots of knowledge embedded in these standards because it is the output of the industry for many years. Secondly, IPC is a leader in improving or optimizing standards. If newcomers want to join these activities, they will have a connec- tion to IPC and a window for them to connect to the whole industry. I think this is a good platform to share and discuss ideas, and to optimize standards and rules. Goldman: And I always tell them that they will learn so much when they get involved. Xi: Yes, they will. Goldman: Have you chosen a university for the Dieter Bergman Memorial scholarship? Xi: Yes, I chose The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. The university has a Center for Advanced Microsystems Packaging, and I like it. Goldman: Good to hear, and again, congratula- tions. Thanks for your time. Xi: Thank you. S&T