ISLPED 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS - ISLPED 2010
'''INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LOW POWER ELECTRONICS AND DESIGN (ISLPED)

'''Austin, Texas, August 18-20, 2010

'''http://www.islped.org

Sponsored by ACM SIGDA and IEEE Circuits and Systems Society with technical support from the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society and the IEEE Electron Devices Society.

'''IMPORTANT DATES:

Technical paper submission deadline: March 5, 2010

Invited talks, panels and tutorial proposals deadline: April 2, 2010

Notification of paper acceptance: April 30, 2010

Camera-ready version due: May 28, 2010

Exhibition proposal deadline: May 28, 2010

Low-power design contest submission deadline: June 4, 2010

The International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED) is the premier forum for presentation of recent advances in all aspects of low power design and technologies, ranging from process and circuit technologies, simulation and synthesis tools, to system level design and optimization. Specific topics include, but are not limited to, the following two main areas, each with three sub-areas:

1. Architecture, Circuits, and Technology

1.1. Technologies and Digital Circuits: Emerging logic/memory technologies and applications; Low power device and interconnect design; Low power low leakage circuits; Memory circuits; Noise reduction; 3-D technologies; Cooling technologies; Battery technologies; Variation-tolerant design; Temperature-aware and reliable design

1.2. Logic and Microarchitecture Design: Processor core design; Cache and register file design; Logic and RTL design; Arithmetic and signal processing circuits; Encryption technologies; Asynchronous design

1.3. Analog, MEMS, Mixed Signal and Imaging Electronics: RF   circuits; Wireless; MEMS circuits; AD/DA Converters; I/O circuits; Mixed signal circuits; Imaging circuits; Analog noise; Circuits to   support emerging technologies; DC-DC converters

2. Design Tools, System and Software Design

2.1. Design Tools: Energy simulation and estimation tools that operate at the circuit/gate level, RT level, behavioral level, and algorithmic level; Variation-aware design; Physical design and interconnects

2.2. System Design and Methodologies: Microprocessor, DSP and embedded systems design; FPGA and ASIC designs; System-level power- and thermal-aware design; System-level reliability- and variability-aware design

2.3. Software Design and Optimization: Power- and thermal-aware software design, scheduling, and management; Application-level optimizations; Wireless and sensor networks; Emerging applications

Submissions on new topics: stochastic and probabilistic computing, error-resilient architectures, robust circuits, biomedical, energy applications and emerging technologies are particularly encouraged

'''TECHNICAL PAPER SUBMISSIONS:

Submissions should be full-length papers of up to 6 pages (double-column format, font size 9pt to 10pt), including all illustrations, tables, references and an abstract of no more than 100 words. Papers exceeding the six-page limit and/or identifying the authors will be automatically rejected. Electronic submission in PDF format only via the web is required. More information on electronic submission to ISLPED 2010 can be found at http://www.islped.org.

Submitted papers must describe original work that will not be announced or published prior to the Symposium and that is not being considered or under review by another conference at the same time. Accepted papers will be presented in one of two parallel tracks: one focusing on architectures, circuits and technologies, the other on design tools and systems and software design for low power. Accepted papers will be published in the Symposium Proceedings and included in the ACM Digital Library. Authors of a few selected papers from the Symposium will also be given an opportunity to submit enhanced versions of their papers for publication in a special issue of a reputed journal. ISLPED 2010 will present two Best Paper Awards based on the ratings of reviewers and an invited panel of judges.

'''INVITED TALKS, PANELS, AND TUTORIAL PROPOSALS:

There will be several invited talks by industry and academic leaders on key issues in low power electronics and design. All invited talks will be in plenary sessions. The Symposium also may include embedded tutorials to provide attendees with the necessary background to follow recent research results, as well as panel discussions on future directions and design/technology alternatives in low power electronics and design. Proposals for invited talks, embedded tutorials, and the panel should be sent to Technical Program Co-Chairs.

'''LOW-POWER DESIGN CONTEST:

Low Power Design Contest to provide a forum for universities and research organizations to showcase original power-aware designs and to highlight the innovations and design choices targeted at low power. The goal is to encourage and highlight design-oriented approaches to power reduction. Entries identifying the authors will be automatically rejected. Entries should be submitted electronically in PDF format only to the Design Contest Chairs.

'''EXHIBITION APPLICATIONS:

Companies interested in exhibiting at the Symposium should contact the Exhibits Chair.

'''IMPORTANT DATES:

Technical paper submission deadline: March 5, 2010

Invited talks, panels and tutorial proposals deadline: April 2, 2010

Notification of paper acceptance: April 30, 2010

Camera-ready version due: May 28, 2010

Exhibition proposal deadline: May 28, 2010

Low-power design contest submission deadline: June 4, 2010

'''ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

General Co-Chairs:

Vojin Oklobdzija, University of Texas, Dallas vojin@utdallas.edu

Barry Pangrle, Mentor Graphics Corp. barry_pangrle@mentor.com

General Vice-Chair:

Naehyuck Chang, Seoul National University naehyuck@snu.ac.kr

Program Co-Chairs:

Chris Kim, University of Minnesota chriskim@umn.edu

Naresh Shanbhag, University of Illinois shanbhag@illinois.edu

Local Arrangements Chair:

Juan Rubio, IBM rubioj@us.ibm.com

Treasurer:

Yuan Xie, Penn State University yuanxie@cse.psu.edu

Publicity Co-Chairs:

John Donovan, Low-Power Design john@low-powerdesign.com

Vijay Raghunathan, Purdue Univerisity vr@purdue.edu

Exhibits Chair:

David Pan, University of Texas dpan@ece.utexas.edu

Web Chair:

Pai Chou, UC Irvine phchou@uci.edu