[comp.lsi] Call for Papers, Adv. Research in VLSI 1991

jean@LUNA.UCSC.EDU (Jean McKnight) (06/29/90)

	        	First Call for Papers

      	    ADVANCED RESEARCH IN   V L S I   CONFERENCE

		    	  MARCH 25-27, 1991
	  	University of California, Santa Cruz
	     	   (co-sponsored by U.C. Berkeley)

This conference is the thirteenth in a series that has been held at
Caltech, MIT, University of North Carolina, and Stanford.  As in the 
past, the main goal of the conference is to promote interaction among 
researchers in the various disciplines.

VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) involves the design, manufacture,
and use of systems constructed from complex integrated circuits.  It 
includes semiconductor devices and processing, circuit and system
design, computer-aided tools and design automation, and systems
architecture.  

SYSTEMS DESIGN AND INTEGRATION is the special focus of the 1991 
conference.  Original research papers are especially welcome on:

SYSTEMS: Architectures using characteristics of VLSI technology and 
	packaging, systems on a chip; systems integration issues:  
	partitioning, interfaces, clocking, and synchronization; fault 
	tolerance, simulation, testing, and formal verification methods.

THEORY: Models of computation for VLSI; massively parallel algorithms;
	metrics for evaluating the complexity of algorithms or systems;

TOOLS: Systems modeling tools for experimenting with architectures;
	languages to specify or describe interfaces, methods and tools 
	for behavioral synthesis, design data bases and data management
	frameworks.

TECHNOLOGY: Sensor and actuator devices and circuits; integration of 
	analog and digital circuits; power consumption, distribution, 
	and cooling; wafer-scale integration and packaging.

As always, papers are welcome on all VLSI fields, especially on new 
ideas outside specific categories.  The conference is not a showcase for
established systems and CAD tools, but a forum for new ideas. Papers 
presented must have enough background to reach novices and enough new 
material to please experts. 

The FIRM deadline for submission of papers is OCTOBER 15, 1990.
Authors will be notified by November 26, 1990.
Camera-ready manuscripts are due December 29, 1990.
Send 5 copies of draft papers (not to exceed 15 pages) by October 15 to:
	Prof. Carlo H. Sequin 
	University of California 
	CS Division, 529B Evans Hall 
	Berkeley, CA  94720 

For more information about the conference, contact the local
arrangements chairman, Kevin Karplus (internet : karplus@ce.ucsc.edu),
or Jean McKnight (408/459-2303).

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Chair:  Carlo Sequin, UCB, Berkeley
Academia:
	Don Bouldin, U. of Tennessee, Knoxville
	William Dally, MIT, Cambridge
	Carl Ebeling, U. of Washington, Seattle
	Tracy Larrabee, UCSC, Santa Cruz
	Alain Martin, Caltech, Pasadena
	Teresa Meng, SU, Stanford
	Amar Mukherjee, U. of Central Florida, Orlando
	Slawomir Pilarski, SFU, Vancouver, Canada
	Dan Siewiorek, CMU, Pittsburgh
	Yuval Tamir, UCLA, Los Angeles
	John Wawrzynek, UCB, Berkeley
Industry:
	Bryan Ackland, AT&T, Holmdel
	Ron Arps, IBM Research, San Jose
	Alan Bell, Xerox PARC, Palo Alto
	Pat Gelsinger, Intel, Santa Clara
	Marc Hannah, SGI, Mountain View
	Norman Jouppi, DECWRL, Palo Alto
	Ulrich Lauther, Siemens, Munich, Germany
	Dick Lyon, Apple Computer, Cupertino
	Al Marston, Sun Microsystems, Mountain View
	Osamu Tomisawa, Mitsubishi, Itami, Japan
	John Wharton, Applications Research, Sunnyvale
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