International Conference on VLSI Design and Embeded Systems - Jan 2016

Friends, get yourself ready for the 29th International Conference on VLSI Design and 15th International Conference on Embedded Systems which will be held during January 4-8, 2016 at Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

The theme for the conference this year is "Technologies for a Safe and Inclusive World". This 5 day conference comprises: first three days (January 4 to 6, 2016) of main conference followed by Tutorials during the last two days (January 7-8, 2016).

The convergence of technology with modern life has reached a state where dependence of human life on semiconductor technology is ubiquitous. Today semiconductor technology is poised to look beyond its traditional bastions of application with pervasive impact on healthcare, environment, energy, transportation, and disaster management. The 29th International Conference on VLSI Design and the 15th International Conference on Embedded Systems will bring together industry and academia to present front-end technology under the theme of Technologies for a Safe and Inclusive World.

The Technical tracks will be grouped under the theme track and the three broad categories namely, Design Methodologies and Technology, Design Tools and EDA and Embedded System Design and Tools. The conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. Selected papers from this conference will also be published as special issues of top archival journals. 

Authors are invited to submit full-length (6 pages maximum) in IEEE CS proceedings format, original, unpublished papers with an abstract (200 words maximum) under the tracks listed below. To enable double blind review, the author list should be omitted from the main document. Papers violating length and blind-review criteria would be excluded from the review process. Previously published papers or papers currently under review for other conferences/journals should not be submitted and will not be considered for publication. 

Track: Design Methodology and Technology 

D1: System-level Design 

ESL, System-level design methodology, Multicore systems, Processor and memory design, Concurrent interconnect, Networks-on-chip, Defect tolerant architectures 

D2: Advances in Digital Design 

Logic and Physical synthesis; Place & Route, Clock Tree, Physical Verification, Timing and Signal integrity, Power analysis and integrity, OCV, DFM; DFY; Challenges for advanced technology nodes 

D3: Analog / RF Design 

Analog Mixed Signal IP; High-Speed interfaces; SDR and wireless; Low-power Analog and RF; Effective use of Spectrum; Memory Design, Standard Cell Design 

D4: Power Aware Design 

Low-power design, micro-architectural techniques, thermal estimation and optimization, power estimation methodologies, and CAD tools 

D5: Devices / Circuits 

New Devices and architectures; Low power devices; Modeling and Simulation; Multi-domain simulation; Numerical methods; Device/circuit level variability models; Reliability simulation 

D6: Emerging Technologies 

Nano-CMOS technologies; MEMS; CMOS sensors; CAD/EDA methodologies for nanotechnology; Nano-electronics and Nano-circuits, Nano-sensors, MEMS applications, Nano-assemblies and Devices, Non-classical CMOS; Post-CMOS devices; Biomedical circuits, Carbon Nano-tubes based computing 

Track : Design Tools and EDA 

T1: Design Verification 

Functional Verification; Behavioral Simulation; RTL Simulation; Coverage Driven Verification; Assertion Based Verification; Gate-level simulation; Emulation; Hardware Assisted Verification; Formal Verification; Equivalence Checking; Verification Methodologies 

T2: Test Reliability and Fault-Tolerance 

DFT, Fault modelling/simulation; ATPG; Low Power DFT; BIST & Repair; Delay test; Fault tolerance; Online test; AMS/RF test; Board-level and system-level test; Silicon debug, post-silicon validation; Memory test; Reliability test; static and dynamic defect- and fault-recoverability, and variation-aware design 

T3: Computer-Aided Design (CAD) 

Hardware/software co-design, logic and behavioural synthesis, logic mapping, simulation and formal verification, layout (partitioning, placement, routing, floorplanning, compaction) 

Track : Embedded System Design and Tools 

E1: Embedded Systems 

Hardware/Software co-design & verification; Reconfigurable computing; Embedded multi-cores SOC and systems; Embedded software including Operating Systems, Firmware, Middleware, Communication, Virtualization, Encryption, Compression, Security, Reliability; Hybrid systems-on-chip; Embedded applications, Platforms & Case studies 

E2: FPGA Design and Reconfigurable Systems 

FPGA Architecture, FPGA Circuit Design, CAD for FPGA, FPGA Prototyping 

E3: Wireless Systems 

Wireless Sensor Networks, Low Power wireless Systems, Embedded Wireless, Wireless protocols, Wireless Power / Charging 

Theme Track : Technologies for a Safe and Inclusive World 

H1: Technologies for Healthcare Applications 

H2: Technologies for Smart Management of Energy Systems 

H3: Technologies for Intelligent and Secure Transportation Systems 

H4: Technologies for Safety Assurance of Embedded Circuits and Systems 

H5: Technologies for Secure Embedded Circuits and Systems 

Proposals for Tutorials and Special Sessions/Panel Discussion on the above-listed topics (but not limited to) are invited. Please check conference website for details. 

Important dates are the following: 

REGULAR PAPERS 

Abstract submission : July 19, 2015 (Sunday) 

Full Paper submission : July 26, 2015 (Sunday) 

Acceptance Notification : Sep 26, 2015 (Saturday) 

Camera-ready version : Oct 11, 2015 (Sunday) 

TUTORIALS 

Tutorial Proposals : July 19, 2015 (Sunday) 

Acceptance Notification : Sep 26, 2015 (Saturday) 

Presentation Slides : Nov 15, 2015 (Sunday) 

SPECIAL SESSIONS 

Proposal submission : July 19, 2015 (Sunday) 

General Chairs 

Pradip Bose, IBM 

Susmita Sur-Kolay, ISI 

Vice-General Chairs 

Indranil Sengupta, IITKGP 

Parthasarathi Dasgupta, IIMC 

Program Chairs 

Krishnendu Chakrabarty, Duke 

Pallab Dasgupta, IITKGP 

Partha P. Das, IITKGP 

Tutorial Chairs 

Hafizur Rahaman, IIEST 

Prabhat Mishra, UF 

Annajirao Garimella, Intel 

Publiciy chairs 

Chandan Giri, IIESTS 

Ken Stevens, U. Utah 

Monica Pereira, UFRN 

Robert Wille, U. Bremen 

Swarup Bhunia, CWRU 

T. -Y. Ho, NCKU