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54th Design Automation Conference Opens Call for Contributions
For 54 years, the
Design Automation Conference (DAC) has been recognized as the
leading-edge conference on research and practice in tools and
methodologies for the design and automation of electronic circuits and
systems. DAC offers outstanding training, education, exhibits and
networking opportunities for a worldwide community of designers,
researchers, tool developers and vendors. The Technical Program
Committee for DAC 2017 is soliciting high-quality submissions on design
research, design practices and design automation for the Research Track,
Designer Track and IP Track on the following themes: Electronic
Design Automation (EDA), Electronic
Systems and Software (ESS), Design,
IP,
the
Internet of Things (IoT), Automotive,
and Security.
The first deadline is November 15, 2016.
Submissions are also being sought after for special sessions; poster
sessions; panels; workshops; work-in-progress and tutorials under the
same themes highlighted above. Focused session themes are outlined
briefly below. All submission information details can be found at https://dac.com/call-for-contributions.
EDA
Sessions
EDA is becoming ever more important with the continuous scaling of
semiconductor devices and the growing complexities of their use in
circuits and systems. Demands for lower power, higher reliability and
more agile electronic systems raise new challenges to both design and
design automation of such systems. For the past five decades, the
primary focus of research track at DAC has been to showcase leading-edge
research and practice in tools and methodologies for the design of
circuits and systems.
In addition to the traditional EDA topics -- ranging from physical
design to system architectures -- DAC 2017 will feature high-quality
papers on design research, design practices, and design
automation for topics including low power, reliability,
multicore/application-specific/heterogeneous architectures, 3-D
integration, emerging device technologies, design automation of
"things," and their applications. DAC's EDA technical program has been
ensuring the best-in-class solutions that promise to advance EDA.
ESS Sessions
Embedded systems are an increasingly interesting, disruptive, and
challenging field for designs ranging from mobile devices to medical
devices to industrial and beyond. Embedded software is built into
devices that may not necessarily be recognized as computing devices
(e.g., thermostats, toys, defibrillators and anti-lock brakes), but that
nevertheless control the functionality and perceived quality of these
devices. Embedded systems design is the art of choosing and designing
the proper combination of hardware and software components to achieve
system-level design goals like speed, efficiency, reliability, security
and safety. Embedded software is taking a growing role in the final
solution.
The Embedded Systems and Software sessions at DAC provide a forum for
discussing the challenges of embedded design and an opportunity for
leaders in the industry and in academia to come together to exchange
ideas and roadmaps for the future of this rapidly expanding area.
Design Sessions
Design content will be highlighted in both the Designer Track
and the Research Track. We seek high-quality work on design
research and design practices for topics including low power,
reliability, multicore/application-specific/heterogeneous architectures,
3-D integration, emerging device technologies, design automation of
"things," and their applications.
Design-focused content can either be submitted to the regular Research
Track or to the Designer Track. If submitting to the Research Track, the
same submission format and review process as for other EDA and ESS areas
applies. If submitting to the Designer Track, please follow the format
specified by the Designer Track.
IP
Sessions
Intellectual Property (IP) content will be highlighted in both the IP
Track and the regular Research Track.
The IP Track brings together the users and the creators of IP to discuss
both the benefits and challenges of using IP to accelerate the
development of new electronics devices, as well as improving the quality
of the devices. This Track provides educational and networking benefits
for IP core designers, users, and IP ecosystem providers from across the
globe.
IP-focused content can either be submitted to the regular Research Track
or to the IP Track. If submitting to the Research Track, the same
submission format and review process as for other EDA and ESS areas
applies. If submitting to the IP Track, please follow the format
specified by the IP Track.
IoT Sessions
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the next wave in electronic systems. Its
definition is inherently broad, encompassing everything from industrial
automation to wearable devices to home security. Its components range
from energy harvesters and smart sensors to data centers. What's needed
to design these systems? IoT sessions at DAC aim to cover the entire
spectrum, providing a holistic overview of IoT-related content in
diverse areas, such as EDA methodologies and tools to reduce energy,
lightweight authentication and security approaches, techniques for
assembling needed IP for IoT systems, and methods for managing the
complexity of automotive systems.
Each of these has a role to play in the IoT design landscape and yet
each is a challenging problem in itself. The Internet of Things can
sometimes seem vast and unmanageable. Let the IoT sessions at
DAC simplify it for you.
Automotive Sessions
Automobiles today are complex electrical and electronic control systems.
Nearly every aspect of the vehicle uses smart electronics and embedded
software to make our transportation experience safer, more
energy-efficient and enjoyable. Premium vehicles can have several
million lines of embedded software running on hundreds of electronic
control units connected not only with one another by in-vehicle
networks, but also to the cloud, other vehicles and infrastructure. As
the trend towards automated driving and connectivity accelerates, the
ability to deliver these innovations depends more than ever on
electronics and software development capabilities. Mastering the
enormous functional complexity while satisfying safety, security and
cost constraints requires powerful methods and tools for all development
steps.
The Automotive sessions at DAC provide a forum for people from
automotive, embedded systems, security and EDA, to connect, engage, and
exchange information. The sessions focused on automotive will highlight
unique challenges, emerging solutions and explore the road ahead.
Security Sessions
Security sessions at DAC address an urgent need to create, analyze,
evaluate, and improve the hardware, embedded systems and software base
of contemporary security solutions. Secure and trustworthy software and
hardware components, platforms and supply chains are vital to all
domains including financial, healthcare, transportation, and energy.
Security of systems is becoming equally important. A revolution is
underway in many industries that are "connecting the unconnected." Such
cyber-physical systems -- e.g., automobiles, smart grid, medical
devices, etc. -- are taking advantage of integration of physical systems
with information systems. Notwithstanding the numerous benefits, these
systems are appealing targets of attacks. Attacks on the cyber aspect of
such systems can have disastrous consequences in the physical world. The
scope and variety of attacks on these systems present design challenges
that span embedded hardware, software, networking, and system design.
Security topics will be featured through invited special sessions,
panels, and lecture/poster presentations by both practitioners and
researchers to share their knowledge and experience on this evolving
environment.
The 54th
DAC will be held at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas
from June 18-22, 2017.
About DAC
The Design Automation Conference (DAC)
is recognized as the premier event for the design of electronic circuits
and systems and for electronic design automation (EDA). Members of a
diverse worldwide community from more than 1,000 organizations attend
each year, represented by system designers and architects, logic and
circuit designers, validation engineers, CAD managers, senior managers
and executives, and researchers and academicians from leading
universities. Close to 60 technical sessions selected by a committee of
electronic design experts offer information on recent developments and
trends, management practices and new products, methodologies and
technologies. A highlight of DAC is its exhibition and suite area with
approximately 200 of the leading and emerging EDA, silicon, intellectual
property (IP) and design services providers. The conference is sponsored
by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Electronic Design
Automation Consortium (EDA Consortium), and the Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers (IEEE (News - Alert)), and is supported by ACM's Special
Interest Group on Design.
Design Automation Conference acknowledges trademarks or registered
trademarks of other organizations for their respective products and
services.
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