Presentation
Agentic AI in EDA: Who's in Control?
DescriptionAbstract: EDA is on the brink of its most disruptive transformation yet. Agentic AI—multi-agent systems capable of autonomous, goal-driven decision-making—promises to move beyond assistive point solutions toward orchestrating entire design flows. From synthesis and verification to physical design and system optimization, these agents could redefine productivity and complexity management. Yet as autonomy grows, critical questions emerge: Who—or what—is really in control?
This panel will explore the technical, organizational, and ethical tensions surrounding agentic AI adoption. We’ll examine infrastructure and governance: securing sensitive IP and maintaining compliance when autonomous agents operate across hybrid environments. We’ll discuss interoperability and standards: for example, Si2’s AI/ML EDA ontology provides a standardized representation of design terminology and relationships, bridging graph representations, ML datasets, and tool semantics to enable agents to reason about workflows. Such efforts highlight both the promise and the challenge of enabling multi-vendor collaboration without fragmenting the ecosystem. Finally, we’ll confront trust and accountability: how do we reason about correctness, explainability, and oversight when design decisions emerge from interacting agents rather than deterministic scripts?
The discussion will surface points of disagreement across the ecosystem, including how much autonomy is desirable, which risks are acceptable, and whether current infrastructures and standards are sufficient. Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of the readiness of agentic AI, practical tensions it raises, and open questions shaping its future adoption.
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Moderator:
Leigh Anne Clevenger | VP Technology | Si2
Speakers:
Natesan Venkateswaran | Program Director, EDA Analysis | IBM
Lindsey Kostas | Principal/Manager ML Research | Qualcomm
Ivan Kissiov | Principal Engineer | Siemens EDA
Srinivas Bodapati | Technical Leader-Pre-Silicon Design Risk Mitigation | Nvidia
Da Yang | Senior Director | Nvidia
This panel will explore the technical, organizational, and ethical tensions surrounding agentic AI adoption. We’ll examine infrastructure and governance: securing sensitive IP and maintaining compliance when autonomous agents operate across hybrid environments. We’ll discuss interoperability and standards: for example, Si2’s AI/ML EDA ontology provides a standardized representation of design terminology and relationships, bridging graph representations, ML datasets, and tool semantics to enable agents to reason about workflows. Such efforts highlight both the promise and the challenge of enabling multi-vendor collaboration without fragmenting the ecosystem. Finally, we’ll confront trust and accountability: how do we reason about correctness, explainability, and oversight when design decisions emerge from interacting agents rather than deterministic scripts?
The discussion will surface points of disagreement across the ecosystem, including how much autonomy is desirable, which risks are acceptable, and whether current infrastructures and standards are sufficient. Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of the readiness of agentic AI, practical tensions it raises, and open questions shaping its future adoption.
Watch for Si2 DAC updates!
Moderator:
Leigh Anne Clevenger | VP Technology | Si2
Speakers:
Natesan Venkateswaran | Program Director, EDA Analysis | IBM
Lindsey Kostas | Principal/Manager ML Research | Qualcomm
Ivan Kissiov | Principal Engineer | Siemens EDA
Srinivas Bodapati | Technical Leader-Pre-Silicon Design Risk Mitigation | Nvidia
Da Yang | Senior Director | Nvidia
Event Type
DAC Pavilion Panel
TimeMonday, July 274:00pm - 4:45pm PDT
LocationDAC Pavilion, Exhibit Floor