ricardo@parns.nsc.com (Dick Smith) (05/03/89)
SIGDA WORKSHOPS & SYMPOSIUM SIGDA is interested in greatly expanding our professional programs. We have sponsored a number of outstanding workshops each year. Their success has allowed highly motivated Design Automation specialist to exchange technical incites with their peers from around the world. We are inviting DA technologists to propose either a Workshop or a Symposium. SIGDA is interested in assisting the development of additional technical gatherings and will assist the Chairperson and the other members of her/his team with the logistics. SIGDA through our sponsorship of the ACM office will assist with items such as site arrangement, budgets, and registration. SIGDA's objective is to allow the organizers to concentrate on a superior technical program. The organizers may choose to propose a workshop or a symposium. A workshop is normally a small gathering (50-75) and concentrates on a very limited technical area. The Workshop normally does not publish a proceeding in order to encourage an open exchange of ideas. A symposium often has open attendance in an area of wider technical interest. Symposia normally publish proceedings or technical digests. The symposium should incorporate a peer review process to select those papers which will be presented. Both forums, however, should not conflict with either the Design Automation Conference (DAC) or the International Conference on CAD (ICCAD). The proposals may be in areas of practice such as: VHDL MODELING APPLICATION SPECIFIC CAD MANAGEMENT OF DESIGN DATA BASES or in emerging theoretical areas such as: ANALOG DESIGN SYNTHESIS DESIGN PORTIONING 3 DIMENSIONAL PLACEMENT & ROUTING Proposals need not be elaborate but should include the following information: Type of gathering, Area of technical concentration, Chairperson & Technical Program Chairperson with short biographies to demonstrate technical excellence in the subject, Geographical area in which the gathering is to be held along with potential dates, and a preliminary budget which identifies the number of attendees and the level of registration fees that is expected to cover the cost of the gathering. Please submit your proposals to both: Charles Shaw SIGDA Chairperson Cadence Design Systems 2455 Augustine Dr. Santa Clara, CA 95054 ucbcad!sda!lar@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU and Paul Weil SIGDA Workshops/Conference Chairperson Valid Logic Systems, Inc. 2820 Orchard Parkway San Jose, CA 95134. { }!sun!valid!pweil Posted by: Dick Smith ricardo@parns.nsc.com National Semiconductor Santa Clara, CA 95052 (408) 721-4794