TAU 2012 - TAU'12 ACM International Workshop on Timing Issues in the Specification and Synthesis of Digital Systems

The TAU series of workshops provide an informal forum for practitioners and researchers working on temporal aspects of integrated circuits to disseminate early work and engage in a free discussion of ideas.

TAU 2012 workshop invites submissions from all areas related to the timing properties of both digital and analog electronic systems, including but not limited to:

Transistor level models
Analog circuit modeling
Timing interfaces with mixed signal circuits
Reliability modeling and simulation
Circuit-level simulation of digital circuits
Simulation and characterization of SRAM circuits
Digital cell characterization for many corner/statistical timing
Timing-driven system design, synthesis and physical design
Sensitivity analysis
Full custom design analysis
Integrated functional-temporal analysis
Timing issues in low power design and testing
Power-delay trade-offs
Delay models and metrics
Layout impact on timing
Timing-driven layout optimization
Timing-driven synthesis and re-synthesis
Circuit optimization
Uncertainty-based analysis
Incorporation of manufacture impacts to timing
Reliability impact on performance
Process & environmental variation models
Statistical analysis technique
Clocking, synchronization, and skew
Clock domains, static/dynamic logic
Novel clocking and no-clock (Asynchronous) schemes
Timing implications of emerging technologies
IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline Oct 1, 2011

Acceptance notification Nov 1, 2011

Camera-ready paper due Nov 30, 2011

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

All papers must be submitted electronically through EasyChair.org.

Submissions are limited to 6 pages in the double column proceedings format. In order to allow for a blind review, the submitted pdf version of the papers should not contain the author name(s) or any direct reference(s) to paper(s) from the same author(s).

TAU is a workshop aimed at fostering a high level of professional interaction, not a conference. Copies of papers will be provided to the attendees, but the proceedings will not be published by the ACM or the IEEE. Therefore, accepted papers can still be submitted to other conferences and journals. The intent of the workshop is to encourage the vigorous and unfettered discussion of the latest ideas in the field.

WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION

General Chair: Charlie Chen, National Taiwan University, cchen-AT-cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw

Program Chair: Jinjun Xiong, IBM Research Center, jinjun-AT-us.ibm.com