VDAT 2014 - Eighteenth International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test (VDAT 2014)

Topics of Interest:
VLSI Design:
Analog and RF mixed signal design; Design and modeling of digital circuits and systems; FPGA prototyping of applications; Synthesis; Optoelectronic devices and circuits; MEMS/NEMS, Power analysis and low-power design; Thermal analysis and temperature-aware design; Physical design, packaging and board design; Technology CAD; High performance computing; Networks-on-chip; System-on-chip designs.
Testing and Verification:
Design for Testability (DFT); Test generation and fault simulation; Built-in self-test; Verification (simulation and formal); Design for manufacturability and yield analysis; Testing memories and regular logic arrays.
Embedded Systems:
Hardware/software co-design and verification; Audio, image and video processing; Reconfigurable systems; Applications in communications, encryption, security, compression, etc.; Embedded software; CAD for embedded systems.
Emerging Technology:
Nanoscale computing model and architecture; Reversible computation; Nano-Electro-Mechanical Systems (NEMS); CAD research on emerging technology and systems.
Hardware Security:
VLSI design of cryptosystems; Testing and verification of cryptosystems; Fault tolerance of cryptosystems; Side Channel Attacks, Hardware Trojans: design and detection, Anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy techniques.
Paper/Proposal Submission:
All submissions should be made online, through the Easychair conference management system via https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vdat20....
Submission Categories:
Regular Papers:
The manuscript, to be prepared in IEEE double-column format and not to exceed 6 pages, must describe previously unpublished original work, focusing on novel ideas, results and applications of the contribution. Submissions will undergo a double blind review process. Papers exceeding the page limit, or disclosing the identity of the authors will be rejected without review.
Embedded Tutorials:
Proposals for embedded tutorials (1 hour duration) are also invited. Proposals in emerging areas of relevance to this conference can be submitted as a two-page extended abstract with details of topics covered, and a short bio of the speakers. Accepted proposals will require full regular papers to be submitted.
Regular Tutorials:
One day will be dedicated to full and half-day tutorials on important and emerging topics. Proposals for full-day (6 hours duration) or half-day (3 hours duration) are invited.Tutorial proposals should contain:
Tutorial title and short summary (in about 200 words)
Name, affiliation and contact details of all the presenters
Target audience and prerequisites along with beneficial impact of the tutorial on the intended participants (in about 75 words)
Detailed tutorial outline, delineated topic-wise description with time duration of each (in about 2000 words)
Short biographical sketch of each presenter (in about 200 words for each presenter).
PhD Forum Proposals:
Proposals are invited from PhD students working in various areas of VLSI design and test to showcase their works. Selected works will be displayed as posters, and also be allotted some time for presentation. Detailed instructions will be provided on the web site.