======================================================================== SIGDA -- The Resource for EDA Professionals www.sigda.org ======================================================================== 15 March 2005 ACM/SIGDA E-NEWSLETTER Vol. 35, No. 6 Online archive: http://www.sigda.org/newsletter Online feedback: http://www.sigda.org/newsletter.php?op=survey ======================================================================== (This ACM/SIGDA E-NEWSLETTER is being sent to all persons on the ACM/SIGDA mailing list. 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If you are an EDA company interested in getting more visibility and supporting our E-Newsletter, please contact the Newsletter editor, Diana Marculescu (dianam@ece.cmu.edu). You can find the content of the current issue of SIGDA TechNews at http://www.acm.org/da_technews/current/homepage.html As always, we welcome your comments and suggestions. If you would like to participate or contribute to the content of the E-Newsletter, please feel free to contact any of us. Diana Marculescu, SIGDA E-Newsletter Editor Larry Pileggi, SIGDA E-Newsletter TechNews Associate Editor R. Iris Bahar, SIGDA E-Newsletter Associate Editor Igor Markov, SIGDA E-Newsletter Associate Editor Hiroto Yasuura, SIGDA E-Newsletter Associate Editor, Asian Activities DA TechNews headlines: "Panelists Peer Into Future of FPGAs" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item1 "Intel's Crystal Ball Sees 'Humanized' Computing by 2015" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item2 "IMEC Tips Multi-Processor, Platform-Based Ambient Intelligence Terminals" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item3 "The End of Transistors in Computers?" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item4 "Laser 'Breakthrough': Changing the Silicon Game" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item5 "EDA Firms Playing Safe" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item6 "FPGA Accelerates Real-Time App Performance" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item7 "Consider ASIPs as an ASIC Alternative" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item8 "Fujitsu Touts Carbon Nanotubes for Chip Wiring" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item9 "Timing Analysis Needs Overhaul, Speaker Says" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item10 "DVCon--Wally, Gary & Gabe" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item11 "Sun: Chip Connection Tech on Horizon" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item12 "Where Has All the Power Gone?" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item13 "Design View: SoC Engineer Scrutinizes Large-Scale Development" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item14 "NIST-UCSB Scientists Entice Superconducting Devices to Act Like Pairs of Atoms" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item15 "Putting Germanium in a Vise" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item16 "Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes--and Computer Chips" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item17 "DesignCon 2005" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item18 "The Meaning of ESL Invites Confusion and Competition" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item19 "Using Advanced EDA Models for Simulation of Circuits and Systems" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item20 "Future ICs Go Vertical" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item21 "Cooling Chips Down" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item22 "Single-Chip Platform Can Simplify Appliance Design" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item23 "Strange Bedfellows" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item24 "The RF Semiconductor Evolution: From Single Components to System Solutions" http://www.acm.org/da_technews/articles/2005-3/0310t.html#item25 ======================================================================== Submission deadlines: --------------------- FPL 2005 - Int'l Conf. on Field Programmable Logic and Applications Tampere, Finland Deadline: March 21, 2005 Conference dates: August 30-31, 2005 http://fpl.org/ HOT Chips 2005 - A Symposium on High Performance Chips Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA Deadline: March 25, 2005 Symposium dates: August 14-16, 2005 http://www.hotchips.org/ ESAS 2005 - European Workshop Privacy in Ad hoc and Sensor Networks Budapest, Hungary Deadline: March 30, 2005 Workshop dates: July 14-15, 2005 http://www.crysys.hu/ESAS2005/cfp.html FMGALS 2005 - Formal Methods for Globally Asynch. Locally Synch. Design Verona, Italy Deadline: March 31, 2005 Workshop date: July 15, 2005 http://memocode.irisa.fr/Gals/ CCCT 2005 - Computing, Communications and Control Technologies Austin, Texas Deadline: March 31, 2005 Conference dates: Jully 24-27, 2005 http://www.iiisconfer.org/ccct05/website/default.asp FOCS 2005 - 46th Symp. on Foundations of Computer Science Pittsburgh, PA Deadline: April 8, 2005 Symposium dates: October 23-25, 2005 http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~FOCS05/ ICCAD 2005 - Int'l. Conf. on Computer-Aided Design for Integrated Circuits San Jose, CA Conference dates: Nov. 6-10, 2005 Deadline: April 20, 2005 http://www.iccad.com SBCCI 2005 - 18th Symposium on Integrated Circuits and Systems Design Florianspolis, Brazil Deadline: April 4, 2005 Symposium dates: Sept. 4-7, 2005 http://www.sbc.org.br/sbcci CODES+ISSS 2005 - Third IEEE/ACM/IFIP Intl. Conf. on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis Jersey City, USA (New York Metropolitan area) Deadline: April 11,2005 Conference dates: September 19-21, 2005 http://www.codes-isss.org ICCD 2005 - Intl. Conf. on Computer Design San Jose, California, USA Deadline: May 6, 2005 Conference dates: October 2-5, 2005 http://www.iccd-conference.org/ ESTIMedia 2005 - Third IEEE Workshop on Embedded Systems for Real-Time Multimedia New York Metropolitan Area, USA Deadline: June 27, 2005 Workshop Dates: September 22-23, 2005 More info: http://peace.snu.ac.kr/ESTIMedia ISOCC-2005 - Intnl SoC Design Conf. (ISOCC), Seoul, Korea Deadline: July 15, 2005 Symposium dates: Oct. 20-21, 2005 http://www.isocc.org/ Upcoming symposia, conferences and workshops: --------------------------------------------- ISQED 2005 - IEEE Int'l Symposium on Quality of Electronic Design San Jose, CA, USA Symposium dates: March 28-30, 2005 http://www.isqed.org/ SAC`05 - ACM Symposium on Applied Computing Santa Fe, New Mexico Symposium dates: March 13-17, 2005 http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2005/ DATE 2005 - Design Automation and Test in Europe Munich, Germany Conference dates: March 7-11, 2005 http://www.date-conference.com/ ASYNC 2005 -- IEEE Intl. Symp. on Asynchronous Circuits and Systems New York City, NY, US Symposium dates: March 14-16, 2005 http://vlsi.cornell.edu/async2005/ SLIP 2005 - Intl. Workshop on System-Level Interconnect Prediction San Francisco, CA Symposium dates: April 2-3, 2005 http://www.sliponline.org/ TACAS 2005 - Int'l Conf. on Tools & Algorithms For the Construction and Analysis of Systems Edinburgh, U.K. Conference dates: April 4-8, 2005 http://www-verimag.imag.fr/TACAS2005.html IPDPS 2005 - Intl. Parallel and Distributed Processing Symp. Denver, CO Symposium dates: April 4-8, 2005 http://www.ipdps.org/ HPC 2005 --- High Performance Computing Symposium San Diego, CA, USA Symposium dates: April 2-8, 2005 http://www.caip.rutgers.edu/hpc2005/ ISPD 2005 - Intl. Symp. on Physical Design San Francisco, CA Symposium dates: April 3-6, 2005 RAW 2005 --- Reconfigurable Architectures Workshop Denver, CO, USA Workshop dates: April 4-5, 2005 http://www.ece.lsu.edu/vaidy/raw05/ EDPS 2005 - Workshop on Electronic Design Processes Monterey, California Workshop dates: April 7-8, 2005 (reception on April 6) http://www.eda.org/edps/ GLSVLSI 2005 - Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI Chicago, IL Symposium dates: April 17-19, 2005 http://www.glsvlsi.org SPIE Symposium on Microtechnologies for New Millenium Sevilla, Spain Symposium dates: May 9-11, 2005 http://spie.org/conferences/calls/05/emt/ NanoTech 2005 - Nanotechnology Conference & Trade Show Anaheim, CA, USA Conference dates: May 8-12, 2005 http://www.nsti.org/Nanotech2005/ STOC 2005 - ACM Symp. on Theory of Computing Baltimore, MD Symposium dates: May 22-24, 2005 http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~stoc05/call_for_papers.html ETS 2005 - European Test Symposium (ETS) Tallinn, Estonia Symposium dates: May 22-25, 2005 http://sise.ttu.ee/ati/ETS/ ICCSS 2005 - Intl. Conf. on Computational Science Atlanta, GA, USA Conference dates: May 22-25, 2005 http://conferences.mathcs.emory.edu/iccs2005/ ISCAS 2005 - Intl. Symp on Circuits and Systems Kobe, Japan Symposium dates: May 23-26, 2005 http://www.iscas05.org/ CNNA 2005 - IEEE Workshop on Cellular Neural Networks and Apps Hsin-Chu, TAIWAN Worskhop dates: May 28-30, 2005 http://cnn.cn.nctu.edu.tw/cnna2005/ ISCA 2005 - Intl. Symp. on Computer Architecture Madison, WI Symposium dates: June 4-8, 2005 http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~isca2005/ DAC 2005 - Design Automation Conference Anaheim, CA Conference dates: June 13-17, 2005 http://www.dac.com SIGDA Ph.D. Forum at DAC Anaheim, CA Forum date: Jun. 14, 2005 http://www.sigda.org/daforum/ IMAPS/EMPC2005: European Microelectronics and Packaging Conference & Exhibition Brugge (Belgium) Conference dates: June 12 - 15, 2005 http://www.imapsbrugge.be/ http://www.empc2005.be ASEE 2005 - Annual Conf of Amer. Society for Engineering Education Portland, OR Conference dates: June 12-15, 2005 http://www.asee.org/conferences/ 2005 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits Kyoto, Japan Symposia dates: June 14-18, 2005 http://vlsisymposium.org/ The 2nd International Workshop on Embedded Computing (EC-05) Oslo, Norway, June 14-17, 2005 http://juliet.stfx.ca/~lyang/icpp05-ec/ LCTES 2005 - Conf. on Languages, Compilers and Tools for Embedded Systems Chicago, IL Conference dates: June 15-17, 2005 http://lctes05.snu.ac.kr/ SAT-2005 Eighth International Conference on Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing with 2005 SAT SOLVER COMPETITION 2005 QBF SOLVER EVALUATION St. Andrews, Scotland Symposium dates: June 19-23, 2005 http://www.satisfiability.org/SAT05/ SC 2005 - Supercomputer Conference Heidelberg, Germany Conference dates: June 21-24, 2005 http://www.supercomp.de/ MIXDES 2005 - Int'l Conf. Mixed Design of ICs and Systems Krakow, Poland Conference dates: June 22-25, 2005 http://www.mixdes.org/ ERSA 2005 - Int'l Conf. Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms Las Vegas, NV Conference dates: Jun. 27-30, 2005 http://www.scism.lsbu.ac.uk/ERA/ersa.html ISSCS 2005 - Intl. Symposium on Signals, Circuits and Systems Iasi, Romania Symposium dates: July 14-15, 2005 http://scs.etc.tuiasi.ro/isscs2005/ ICEE - Int'l Conf. on Engineering Education Gliwice, Poland Conference dates: July 25-29, 2005 http://icee2005.polsl.pl/ The 1st International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Embedded Systems (PDES-05) July 20 - 22, 2005, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan http://juliet.stfx.ca/~lyang/icpads05-pdes/ ISLPED 2005 - Int'l Symp. on Low Power Electronics San Diego, CA Symposium dates: August 8-10, 2005 http://www.islped.org/ ISSPDA - Int'l Symp. on Signal Processing Applications Sydney, Australia Symposium dates: August 22-25, 2005 http://www.elec.uow.edu.au/isspa2005/ CHES 2005 - Workshop on Cryptograhic Hardware and Embedded Systems Edinburgh, Scotland Workshop dates: August 29 - September 1, 2005 http://islab.oregonstate.edu/ches/ ======================================================================== Upcoming Funding Opportunities ------------------------------ NSF PROGRAMS Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education (NSEE) http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05543/nsf05543.htm Deadlines: February 6, 2005 (letter of intent) Full Proposal Deadline: April 6, 2005 Interagency Education Research Initiative (IERI) http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04553/nsf04553.htm Deadlines: March 1, 2005 (letter of intent) April 6, 2005 (full proposals) Assembling the Tree of Life http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05523/nsf05523.htm Deadline: March 28, 2005 Information and Intelligent Systems: Advancing Collaborative and Intelligent Systems and their Societal Implications http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05551/nsf05551.htm Deadline: May 3, 2005 (Collaborative Systems, Universal Access) May 5, 2005 (Robust Intelligence, Digital Government, Digital Library) Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05553/nsf05553.htm Deadlines: May 4, 2005 (letter of intent) June 2, 2005 (full proposals) Computing Research Infrastructure http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04588/nsf04588.htm Letter of Intent: July 25, 2005 Full Proposals: August 22, 2005 Communicating Research to Public Audiences http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03509/nsf03509.html No fixed deadline Science of Learning Centers http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05509/nsf05509.htm Deadline: January 14, 2005 (Catalyst Competition) February 24, 2005 (preliminary proposal for Centers Competition) June 29, 2005 (full proposals for Centers Competition) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SRC programs no open calls ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DARPA programs SITUATION-AWARE PROTOCOLS IN EDGE NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES (SAPIENT) http://www.darpa.mil/baa/baa04-32.htm Deadline: June 24, 2005 Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) http://www.darpa.mil/baa/baa04-13.html Deadline: May 26, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- See http://www.aro.army.mil/research/index.htm for general listing of funding opportunities from US defense sources Window on the United States Program http://www.afosr.af.mil/pages/afrpgacq.htm Deadline: ongoing Window on Europe, Asia, Canada, Central and South America http://www.afosr.af.mil/pages/afrpgacr.htm Deadline: ongoing Department of Homeland Security http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/USN/ONR/HQ/BAA05-008/Grant.html ======================================================================== Attention: Plans are underway for the 2005 Design Automation Summer School at DAC. We are planning a two day event on June 10 and 11 to be co-located with DAC in Anaheim, CA. Further announcments and application information for students will be coming soon. For questions contact: Kartik Mohanram ======================================================================== Workshop for Women in Design Automation (WWINDA) Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA Monday, June 13, 2005 The Workshop for Women in Design Automation is a highlight of DAC. This unique program has continued to grow each year and affords the opportunity to hear successful women speak on topics relevant to their careers. It also gives participants the opportunity to network with their peers and engage in an exchange of views and ideas which foster growth. Join us Monday, June 13, 2:00-5:00pm (lunch provided 1:00-2:00pm). WWINDA Chair: Telle Whitney, Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology Steering Committee: Nanette Collins, Publicity Chair, 42nd DAC Marie R. Pistilli, Co-Chair, Board of Directors, MP Associates, Inc. Ann Marie Rincon, Engineering Fellow, AMI Semicondutor THEME: Cultural Evolution: Keeping Pace with Organizational Diversity Responding to the dramatic change in the composition of the global workforce in recent years has been a cultural challenge for many organizations. A more diverse population working at an increasingly fast pace requires an organizational culture that embraces change and continuous learning. This workshop explores ways that organizations can keep pace with changing business and workforce diversity needs through new approaches to cultural evolution. Speakers, panelists and participants are from a variety of companies known for their strong, yet adaptable, cultures. Keynote Address: Jane Margolis, Ed.D., Research Educationist, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies Jane Margolis is co-author of the award-winning book Unlocking the Clubhouse (MIT Press, 2002). This book resulted from a four-year study of the gender gap at Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science. Her work focuses on inequity in education. She is currently involved in a three-year study in Los Angeles public schools, which examines why so few African-American and Latino students are learning computer science at the high school level. She received her doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1990, where she studied with feminist psychologist Carol Gilligan. Margolis has discussed her research on radio, at universities, and at industries around the country. PANEL DISCUSSION: Don't miss the opportunity to learn how prominent professionals in the industry have made career choices to achieve a rewarding personal and professional life experience. Each of us has the chance to influence our organization in fundamental ways if we have the tools. Building on the work described in the keynote, which resulted in significant cultural changes at Carnegie Mellon, the panelists will describe their own experience about the impact they have made on their organizations. We are pleased to have panelists from companies and organizations of very different sizes, products lines and focus. You can expect to walk away with concrete examples of changes that work. Moderator: Jim Lipman, Cain Communications Panelists: * Limor Fix, Intel Corp. * Kathryn Kranen, Jasper Design Automation, Inc. * Daya Nadamuni, Gartner Dataquest * Tajana Simunic Rosing, UC San Diego, CSE Dept. * Terri Timberman, AMI Semiconductor Marie R. Pistilli Women in EDA Achievement Award: Women have made important contributions and strides in the EDA industry for over 20 years. In an effort to recognize those who have dedicated time towards these achievements, the DAC Executive Committee presents an annual award to honor an individual who has made significant contributions in helping women advance in the field of EDA technology. Agenda: 1:00-2:00pm Buffet Lunch 3:45-4:15pm Award Ceremony 2:00-3:45pm Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussions 4:15-5:00pm Wine/Cheese Reception For questions or comments email wwinda@dac.com or contact Nannette Jordan or Susie Horn at 303-530-4333. ======================================================================== Electronic Design magazine DATE 2005 coverage The four-part series can be found at: http://www.elecdesign.com/Articles/ArticleID/9941/9941.html ========================================================================