The International Conference on VLSI Design is a forum for researchers and designers to present and discuss various aspects of VLSI Design, electronic design automation (EDA), and VLSI technologies. It covers the entire spectrum of activities which drive the semiconductor industry.

The International Conference on Embedded Systems Design seeks to draw researchers and practitioners of the rapidly evolving and challenging field of embedded systems. It covers all aspects of embedded systems design including specification, implementation, validation and integration. The joint conference will feature regular paper sessions, short paper sessions, special sessions, panel discussions, and industrial exhibits. In addition, the conference will also feature full-day tutorials on recent topics in VLSI design, EDA, VLSI technology, and embedded systems.

Proposal for tutorials are invited on topics related to, but not limited to, the following areas:

VLSI - Giga-scale design methodology, processor and memory design, analog-digital-RF mixed signal SoC, concurrent interconnect, package and board design, low-power design, asynchronous design, physical design, impact of process technology on design, defect tolerant architectures, synthesis, test and DFT, formal verification, mixed signal-mixed domain CAD, Issues in nano-CMOS technologies, non-classical CMOS, non-CMOS devices, phase change memory, technology modeling-design-simulation, giga-scale integrated circuit manufacturing, reliability, MEMS, CMOS sensors, CAD/EDA methodologies for nanotechnology design flows.

Embedded Systems - Embedded system hardware/software co-design, reconfigurable hardware design, FPGA/ASIC-based design, DSP, communications, encryption, security, compression, digital imaging, hybrid systems-on-chip, sensor networks, programmable devices, hardware-software co-design and co-verification.

Speakers are encouraged to submit full day tutorial proposals through the conference web site by July 17, 2008 in the format specified below.
 

IMPORTANT DATES:

Tutorial proposal submission deadline : July 17, 2008

Tutorial acceptance notification : September 26, 2008

Tutorial material first draft due : October 24, 2008

Tutorial camera ready material due : November 15, 2008

Conference dates : January 5-9, 2009

TUTORIAL SUBMISSIONS:

Please submit proposals online (in text or pdf format) to comprehensively cover the following details:

1. Tutorial title and short summary (in about 200 words).
    

2. Name, affiliation and contact details of the co-ordinating presenter and all other co-presenters.
    

3. The targeted audience and prerequisites (in about 50 words).
    

4. Keywords from those listed in the topics above, or otherwise.
    

5. Detailed tutorial program, with a list of topics covered, a short description of each topic and the approximate time devoted to each topic (in about 2000 words). (Total duration of the tutorial will be six hours).
    

6. Technical bibliography (with emphasis on the authors' works and other related works being covered).
    

7. List of tutorial material to be provided to the attendees.
    

8. Short biographical sketch of each presenter indicating previous experience in delivering lectures and tutorials, and expertise on the tutorial topic. (About 200 words for each presenter).
    

Co-ordinating presenters may please note the following:
 

(a) It is imperative that all presenters listed in the tutorial proposal be available for presentation on the day of the tutorial. (This can be either January 08th or 09th, 2009). Hence, it is important that consent be obtained from all the presenters before making the tutorial proposal.

(b) The schedule for the submission of the camera ready material for the tutorials is constrained by several factors. Hence, upon acceptance, the camera ready material may please be made available by November 15th, 2007.

(c) All tutorial proposals will undergo a peer review process. Hence the proposals must adhere to the specified format.

(d) All material from individual presenters must be collated and combined into a single tutorial presentation, as per the presentation guidelines (to be communicated at the time of acceptance).