Cong, Peng: - Peng Cong received the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Case Western Reserve University in 2008. He is currently an Engineering Manager and Technology Lead at Verily Life Science (formerly Google Life Science, Google [X]), where he is responsible for hardware R&D (including electronics and mechanical) for implantable devices. Dr. Cong has proven track records in developing and translating technologies for medical devices. He specializes in sensor interface, analog integrated circuit design, microsystem, as well as system integration for wearable and implantable medical devices. Before Google, he was with Medtronic Neuromodulation Core Technology as a Principal IC Design Engineer and leading the Next General Neuromodulation Platform from 2009 to 2014, where he received Technical Contributor of the Year award at Medtronic Inc. Dr. Cong was a European Solid-State Circuits Conference Subcommittee Member from 2014 to 2016 and has been serving as IEEE Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) Subcommittee Member since 2015. He also served in committee of three study sections in NIH (Nation Institute of Health) to review Brain Initiative proposals since 2014. He organized and chaired a special section on "Brain-Machine Interfaces: Integrated Circuits Talking to Neurons" and gave a tutorial lecture, "Circuit Design Considerations for Implantable Devices," at 2015 and 2016 ISSCC, respectively. He is currently a Guest Editor for Journal of Solid-State Circuit. He also serves on Industry Advisory Board for the Biomedical Engineering Department at UCLA.