[comp.lsi.cad] SIGDA Workshops

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