Inspire tomorrow’s designs with submissions in
EDA, electronic systems and software, intellectual property, IoT,
automotive and security
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), and is supported by ACM's Special
Interest Group on Design.
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