=============================================================================== SIGDA -- The Resource for EDA Professionals http://www.sigda.org This newsletter is a free service for current SIGDA members and is added automatically with a new SIGDA membersip. Circulation: 2,700 =============================================================================== 1 August 2007 ACM/SIGDA E-NEWSLETTER Vol. 37, No. 15 Online archive: http://www.sigda.org/newsletter =============================================================================== Contents of this E-NEWSLETTER: (1) SIGDA News Contributing author: Tony Givargis Contributing author: Michael Orshansky Contributing author: Marc Riedel (2) Call For Participations : International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED) 2007 From: Farzan Fallah (3) Call For Papers : Special Issue on Demonstrable Software Systems and Hardware Platforms II From: Alex K. Jones (4) Call For Nominations : 2007 ACM Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award in EDA From: Radu Marculescu (5) Paper Submission Deadlines From: Hai Zhou (6) Upcoming Conferences and Symposia From: Hai Zhou (7) Upcoming Funding Opportunities From: Qinru Qiu (8) Call For Participations : HOT Chips 19 From: Alan Smith (9) Call For Papers : ASYNC 2008 From: Stephen A. Edwards =============================================================================== Dear ACM/SIGDA members, The "What is ..." column will continue in Fall of 2007. In this issue, we have included the "Call for Participations: ISLPED 2007". In addition, "SIGDA News" column contains a number of fresh headlines. We have also updated the contents of other regular columns. 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. Qing Wu, E-Newsletter Editor; Matthew Guthaus, E-Newsletter Associate Editor; Tony Givargis, E-Newsletter Associate Editor; Michael Orshansky, E-Newsletter Associate Editor; Marc Riedel, E-Newsletter Associate Editor; Qinru Qiu, E-Newsletter Associate Editor; Hai Zhou, E-Newsletter Associate Editor; =============================================================================== SIGDA News ----------------------- "CDT Wins Grant to Develop EDA for Organic Electronics" http://eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201001748 Cambridge Display Technology Ltd. (Cambridge, England) a developer of polymer light emitting diode technology, has been awarded a grant of $500,000 to develop EDA tools for use in the application of organic thin-film transistors. "Increased Automobile Electronic Content Spurs Demand for ASIC, ASSP, and FPGA" http://www10.edacafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?section=CorpNews&articleid=414927 The market continues to witness a proliferation of automobile electronic content due to government pollution guidelines, safety and security regulations, and the ongoing oil crisis. This growing need directly influences the markets of automobile application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), application specific standard parts (ASSPs), and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). New analysis from Frost & Sullivan ( http://www.semiconductors.frost.com), World Automobile ASIC, ASSP, and FPGA Markets, reveals that the market earned revenues of $6.75 billion in 2006 and estimates this to reach $10.26 billion in 2010. "Reconfigurable Processors 'morph' Weaponry" http://eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201200026 Much like the consumer electronics and wireless industries, where mobile devices are king, the U.S. military is developing its own version of mobility with autonomous weapons that use less power and are able to sift through and relay large amounts of sensor data using on-board processors. "Company Sues Sony, Wants PlayStation 3s 'Impounded And Destroyed'" http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201202099 Parallel Processing Corp. is asking a federal court to order Sony to destroy its PlayStation 3 videogame consoles, which PPC claims infringes on its patents for microprocessor technology. PPC filed the lawsuit last week in U.S. District Court in Tyler, Texas. The suit claims that the cell processor, developed by Sony, Toshiba, and IBM, violates PPC's patent for "synchronized parallel processing with shared memory." The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted the patent in October 1991. "Intel Claims Breakthrough In High-Speed Computing" http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201201162&subSection=Hardware Intel said it has achieved a breakthrough in data-carrying light that holds the promise of being able to transmit terabits of data per second on a single chip, making it possible to one day develop computers capable of downloading full-length movies in seconds and quickly performing other data-intensive tasks. The latest achievement is in the area of silicon photonics, which is the use of lasers to increase the bandwidth of interconnects between components of a microprocessor. Intel researchers are working on the use of light to transmit data on silicon, which is the material used to make processors. "Designers Struggle to Turn on Internet TV" http://eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201002155 Computer, set-top box and Web companies share a concept for Internet television systems that link TVs with video on the Web, but thorny problems including quality of service and to many codecs and digital rights management systems are hampering their efforts in iTV. "Conference to Trial Printed Organic RFID in Badges" http://eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201200130 Printed organic RFID circuits are set to be used in a field trial at the Organic Electronics Conference (OEC-07) in Frankfurt, Germany, due to take place Sept. 24 to 26. "HD Lab Publishes SystemC Behavioral Synthesis Style Guide" http://edageek.com/2007/07/23/systemc-behavioral-synthesis/ HD Lab, Inc., announced the availability of its "SystemC Behavioral Synthesis Style Guide", a reference book that documents production-proven expertise and design techniques based on SystemC, the de facto standard for ESL design and verification. "Startup Launches Microwave-powered Light Bulb" http://eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201200407 Startup company Ceravision Ltd. (Milton Keynes, England) has said it has invented a microwave-powered light bulb that is more efficient than filament or fluorescent lighting and with a long stable lamp life. The company said it has prototypes available for evaluation by lamp and electronics manufacturers. "U.S. Could Reach GPS-Galileo Agreement This Week" http://eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201001727 The United States and the European Union are close to signing an agreement that would allow their satellite navigation systems to work together to provide more accurate images and information. "Kodak Rolls Sub-$100 Camera with CMOS Image Sensor" http://eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201200716 Eastman Kodak Co. is unveiling an entry-level digital still camera priced under $100. The new camera is powered by a proprietary 5-megapixel CMOS image sensor. "OpenMic: Self-timed Interconnect Enables True IP Reuse" http://eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201201124 Replacing clock-based communications with a self-timed fabric will significantly increase IP reusability and allow IP and SoC designers to take better advantage of the capabilities provided by advanced manufacturing and multicore architectures, writes David Lautzenheiser of Silistix. "Dancing Atoms Hold Prospect of Superfast Computing" http://eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201201131 Suspended in laser light, thousands of atoms pair up and dance, each moving in perfect counterpoint to its partner. They are the building blocks of what may one day become an enormously powerful quantum computer capable of solving in seconds problems that take today's fastest machines years to crack, U.S. physicists said Wednesday (July 25). "Simulator Targets SoCs for Handheld Devices" http://eetimes.com/news/design/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201201711 A simulator developed by the University of Southampton whose roots go back to research collaboration with another U.K. University, Newcastle, into developing interconnection technologies for multiprocessor SoCs, has been made available for download and is said to pave the way for more competitive handheld computing devices. "Circuit-sized Quantum Effect Observed" http://embedded.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=VFGRMH4UEASJYQSNDLRCKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=201202125 Magnetic quantum effects have been harnessed for the first time at the lithographic scale of semiconductors by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the ISIS particle accelerator (U.K.). The international team reports chaining together 100 atoms of yttrium barium nickel oxide into a quantum spin-chain that, in effect, turned the 30-nanometer long magnetic molecule into a single element. The observed quantum effect holds the promise of using these unusually large magnetic molecules as switch, memory, or computing elements in future semiconductor circuits. "Motorola To Build Tiny Projectors Into Mobile Devices" http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201201122&subSection=Hardware Motorola this week signed a deal to incorporate projector technology from Microvision in mobile devices, making it possible for people to project pictures and video on a wall or other large surface. Microvision builds ultra-miniature laser-based projectors that provide a "big screen" viewing experience from mobile devices. The technology is offered as an easy way for users to share with friends and business associates multimedia applications, such as movies, personal videos, mobile TV, photographs and presentations. "Qualcomm Captures Mobile-Chip Throne From Texas Instruments" http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201200775&subSection=Hardware Its legal troubles notwithstanding, Qualcomm has supplanted Texas Instruments(TXN) as the world's leading supplier of integrated circuits for mobile devices, according to data from market research firm iSuppli. This reshuffling marks the end of, or at least a pause in, Texas Instruments' long reign at the top of the mobile semiconductor market. The first quarter of 2007, according to iSuppli senior analyst Francis Sideco, "marks the first time that TI has not occupied the leadership position in this area since iSuppli began tracking handset market share in 2004." ============================================================================== Call For Participations ------------------------------- International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design 2007 August 27-29 2007 Portland, Oregon, USA Embassy Suites Portland Downtown Conference website: http://www.islped.org/ Advance Program: http://www.islped.org/Program07.pdf Conference registration: http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=136073 The hotel registration deadline: August 3, 2007 The symposium registration deadline: August 3, 2007 (after that the registration can be done only at on-site rate) Outline of the ISLPED 2007 Advance Program ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 1 . Monday August 27, 2007 8:15 . 8:30 am . Opening Address General Chairs: Diana Marculescu (CMU) and Anand Raghunathan (NEC) Program Chairs: Ali Keshavarzi (Intel) and Vijay Narayanan (PSU) 8:30 . 9:30 am . Keynote by Robert Chau - Fellow . Intel Keynote: Nanotechnology for Low-Power and High-Speed Nanoelectronics Applications 9:45 . 11:45 am TRACK 1: Session 1 - Emerging device technologies for low power 9:45 . 11:45 am TRACK 2: Session 2 - Power-Efficient CMP Design 1:15 . 3:15 pm TRACK 1: Session 3 - Low-power Techniques for Logic, Clock Distribution, and Interconnect 1:15 . 3:15 pm TRACK 2: Session 4 - Power Considerations at the physical level 5:00 . 6:30 pm TRACK 1: Session 5 - Software and System Power Optimization 5:00 . 6:30 pm TRACK 2: Session 6 - Leakage-Aware Architectural Synthesis* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 2 . Tuesday August 28, 2007 8:15 . 10:15 am TRACK 1: Session 7 - Low-Power Memory Design and NBTI Detection 8:15 . 10:15 am TRACK 2: Session 8 - DVS and thermal management 10:30 . 11:30 am . Plenary 1 by Prof. David Patterson . UC Berkeley Plenary 1: The Parallel Computing Landscape: A Berkeley View 1:00 . 3:00 pm TRACK 1: Session 9 - Signal Processing, Wireless, and Communication 1:00 . 3:00 pm TRACK 2: Session 10 - Architectural Power Optimization 3:15 . 4:30 pm . Embedded Tutorials 4:30 . 5:30 pm . Design Contest and Industry Sessions 7:00 . 9:00 pm . Dinner and Banquet Willamette River Cruse and Dinner ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 3 . Wednesday August 29, 2007 8:00 . 10:00 am TRACK 1: Session 11 - DC/DC Converters 8:00 . 10:00 am TRACK 2: Session 12 - Energy and Power Delivery 10:15 . 11:15 am . Plenary 2 by Luiz Barroso . Distinguished Engineer - Google Plenary 2: All Watts Considered 11:15 . 12:45 pm . Poster Session 12:45 - 1:00 pm . Conference closing session ============================================================================== Call For Papers ------------------ Special Issue on Demonstrable Software Systems and Hardware Platforms II DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 8/27/2007 We are pleased to announce a call for papers for a second special issue of ACM TODAES on Demonstrable Software Systems and Hardware Platforms. We are interested in research efforts that are dedicated to prototype experimental software systems and/or hardware platforms. Papers should demonstrate how these systems advance the fundamental science of electronic design automation (EDA) and/or offer a significant innovation in their application. Examples of relevant projects might include a system level design tool for improved thermal management, a radiation simulator for testing reconfigurable devices, an optical proximity correction tool for < 65 nm processes, etc. Practical aspects of the software tool or hardware platform development should be accompanied by new and substantive algorithmic and/or theoretic results. Submissions are encouraged from technical papers that describe the works presented at the SIGDA/DAC University Booth in San Diego, 2007. The submission may be based on works that were previously published in refereed conferences such as DAC or ICCAD, however submissions of expanded manuscripts based on the technical papers and Student Design Contest papers at DAC 2007 are especially encouraged. If the submission is an expanded version of a workshop/conference paper, it should contain at least 30% new material, and the authors should state clearly how the submission differs from and/or expands on the workshop/conference paper. Please submit your paper to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/acm in the TODAES section. Also, please write "SPECIAL ISSUE ON DEMONSTRABLE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS AND HARDWARE PLATFORMS II" on your cover page and in the notes section of the Web site submission form. We expect a shorter turnaround time for this special issue. About the SIGDA/DAC University Booth: The SIGDA/DAC University Booth provides an opportunity for the university community to demonstrate new EDA tools, design projects, and instructional materials at the Design Automation Conference. The University Booth also provides space for the presentation of EDA vendor literature and programs of interest to the university community. Student participants in the University Booth are typically provided with travel grants to defray the cost of attending the Design Automation Conference. In 2006, the booth had nearly 50 demonstrations from all over the United States, Canada, Brazil, Japan, Korea, France, Singapore, and Taiwan. In honor of our 20th anniversary in 2007 the booth was redesigned thanks to sponsorship by Mentor Graphics, Inc. Important Dates Extended Deadline: 8/27/07 Acceptance Notice: 2/04/08 Final Manuscript Due: 3/31/08 Guest Editors Alex K. Jones Univ. of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA USA akjones@ece.pitt.edu Robert A. Walker Kent State Univ. Kent, OH USA walker@cs.kent.edu A PDF version of this announcement can be found at: http://www.sigda.org/programs/Ubooth/Ubooth2007/todaes_cfp.pdf ============================================================================== Call For Nominations ------------------------ 2007 ACM Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award in EDA http://www.sigda.org/opda.html Submission Deadline: September 15, 2007 (postmarked) Award Description: Design automation has gained widespread acceptance by the VLSI circuits and systems design community. Advancement in computer- aided design (CAD) methodologies, algorithms, and tools has become increasingly important to cope with the rapidly growing design complexity, higher performance and low-power requirements, and shorter time-to-market demands. To encourage innovative, ground- breaking research in the area of electronic design automation, the ACM's Special Interest Group on Design Automation (SIGDA) has established an ACM award to be given each year to an outstanding Ph.D. dissertation that makes the most substantial contribution to the theory and/or application in the field of electronic design automation. The award consists of a certificate and a check for $1,000 and is presented at the Design Automation Conference, which is held in June/July of each year. The award is selected by a committee of experts from academia and industry in the field and appointed by ACM in consultation with the SIGDA Chair. Nomination Requirements and Procedure: * Each department of any university may nominate at most one Ph.D. dissertation whose final submission date is between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007. * Each nomination package must be postmarked by September 15 and should consist of: 1. Five copies of the dissertation, plus the PDF file of the dissertation sent via email. 2. A statement from the nominee, up to two pages in length, which explains the significance and major contributions of the work. 3. A nomination letter from nominee's department chair or dean of the school endorsing the application. 4. Up to three additional letters of recommendation from experts in the field. These letters may be included in the package or sent separately to the address below. Item 1 must be submitted in (preferably bound) hard copy form. Other items may be submitted as paper printouts or electronically. All the nomination materials should be mailed to: Prof. Radu Marculescu Attn: ACM Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award in EDA Carnegie Mellon University Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering 5000 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Tel: (412) 268-8710 Fax: (412) 268-3204 Email: radum@ece.cmu.edu ============================================================================== Submission deadlines: --------------------- DATE'08 - Design Automation and Test in Europe (sponsored by SIGDA) Munich, Germany Mar 10-14, 2008 Deadline: Sep 9, 2007 http://www.date-conference.com/ ISSCC'08 - Int'l Solid-State Circuits Conference San Francisco, CA Feb 3-7, 2008 Deadline: Sep 17, 2007 http://isscc.org/isscc/ IP-SOC'07 - IP Based SoC Design Grenoble, France Dec 5-6, 2007 Deadline: Sep 25, 2007 http://www.us.design-reuse.com/ipsoc2006/ ISQED'08 - Int'l Symposium on Quality Electronic San Jose, CA Mar 17-19, 2008 Deadline: Sep 30, 2007 http://www.isqed.org/ ISCAS'08 - Int'l Symposium on Circuits and Systems Seattle, WA May 18-21, 2008 Deadline: Oct 5, 2007 http://iscas2008.org/ ISPD'08 - Int'l Symposium on Physical Design (sponsored by SIGDA) Portland, OR Apr 13-16, 2008 Deadline: Oct 7, 2007 http://www.ispd.cc/ RAW'08 - Reconfigurable Architectures Workshop Miami, FL Apr 14-15, 2008 Deadline: Oct 8, 2007 http://www.ece.lsu.edu/vaidy/raw/ ASYNC'08: Int'l Symposium on Asynchronous Circuits and Systems Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Apr 7-11, 2008 Deadline: Oct 15, 2007 http://async.org.uk/async2008/ SPL'08 - Southern Conference on Programmable Logic Bariloche-Patagonia, Argentina Mar 26-28, 2008 Deadline: Nov 1, 2007 http://www.splconf.org/ DAC'08 - Design Automation Conference (sponsored by SIGDA) Anaheim, CA Jun 9-13, 2008 Deadline: Nov 19, 2007 http://www.dac.com/ ============================================================================== Upcoming symposia, conferences and workshops: --------------------------------------------- MWSCAS/NEWCAS'07 - Int'l Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems/ Int'l NEWCAS Conference Montreal, Canada Aug 5-8, 2007 http://newcas.grm.polymtl.ca/ ISLPED'07 - Int'l Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design Portland, OR Aug 27-29, 2007 http://www.islped.org/ FPL'07 - Int'l Conference on Field-Programmable Logic and Applications Amsterdam, Holland Aug 27-29, 2007 http://www.fpl.uni-kl.de/fpl/ DSD'07 - Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design Lubeck, Germany Aug 29-31, 2007 http://www.dsdconf.org/ PATMOS'07 - Power and Timing Modeling, Opt. & Sim. Goteborg, Sweden Sep 3-5, 2007 http://www.ce.chalmers.se/research/conference/patmos07/ SBCCI'07 - Symposium on Integrated and Systems Design (sponsored by SIGDA) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Sep 3-6, 2007 http://www.sbcci.pads.ufrj.br/sbcci/index_sbcci.html PACT'07 - Int'l Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques Brasov, Romania Sep 15-19, 2007 http://www.pactconf.org/ CICC'07 - Custom Integrated Circuits Conference San Jose, CA Sep 16-19, 2007 http://www.ieee-cicc.org/ CODES+ISSS'07 - Int'l Conference on Hardware-Software Codesign and System Synthesis (sponsored by SIGDA) Salzburg, Austria sep 30-Oct 5, 2007 http://www.codes-isss.org/ VLSI-SoC'07 - Int'l Conference on Very Large Scale Integration Atlanta, GA Oct 15-17, 2007 http://www.vlsisoc2007.gatech.edu/ ICCAD'07 - Int'l Conference on Computer-Aided Design (sponsored by SIGDA) San Jose, CA Nov 4-8, 2007 http://www.iccad.com/ PDCS'07 - Int'l Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems Cambridge, MA Nov 19-21, 2007 http://www.iasted.org/conferences/home-590.html ICST'07 - Int'l Conference on Sensing Technology Palmerston North, New Zealand Nov 26-28, 2007 http://icst.massey.ac.nz/ BIOCAS'07 - Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference London, UK Nov 27-30, 2007 http://biocas.grm.polymtl.ca/ MICRO'07 - Int'l Symposium on Microarchitecture Chicago, IL Dec 1-5, 2007 http://www.microarch.org/micro40/ ICPADS'07 - Int'l Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems Hsinchu, Taiwan Dec 5-7, 2007 http://www.ccrc.nthu.edu.tw/icpads2007/ ICFPT'07 - Int'l Conference on Field-Programmable Technology Kitakyushu, Japan Dec 12-14, 2007 http://www.kameyama.ecei.tohoku.ac.jp/icfpt07/ EUC'07 - Int'l Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing Taipei, Taiwan Dec 17-20, 2007 http://www.cs.ccu.edu.tw/~shiwulo/euc07/ HiPC'07 - Int'l Conference on High Performance Computing Goa, India Dec 18-21, 2007 http://www.hipc.org/ ICM'07 - Int'l Conference on Microelectronics Cairo, Egypt Dec 29-31, 2007 http://www.ieee-icm.com/ VLSI'08 - Int'l Conference on VLSI Design (sponsored by SIGDA) ES'08 - Int'l Conference on Embedded Systems Hyderabad, India Jan 4-8, 2008 http://vlsiconference.com/vlsi2008/ ASP-DAC'08 - Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (sponsored by SIGDA) Seoul, Korea Jan 21-24, 2008 http://www.aspdac.com/aspdac2008/ HiPEAC'08: Int'l Conference on High Performance Embedded Architectures & Compilers Goteborg, Sweden Jan 27-29, 2008 http://www.hipeac.net/hipeac2008/ ============================================================================== Upcoming Funding Opportunities -------------------------------- ASEE Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Deadline: Continuous. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. http://www.asee.org/resources/fellowships/nrl/index.cfm AAWU International Fellowships Deadline: December 1, 2007 http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/international.cfm ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award Deadline: August 31, 2007 http://fundingopps.cos.com/alerts/33218?id=33218&if=alert NIH NLM Knowledge Management & Applied Informatics Grants Deadline: May 25, 2007 September 25, 2007 January 25, 2008 http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-236.html Continued Development and Maintenance of Software (R01) Deadline: May 17, 2007 September 13, 2007 http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-235.html NASA Applied Information Systems Research - NNH07ZDA001N-AISR Deadline: To be announced (TBA) http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method=init&solId=%7B89FBF877-DD5F-AC6E-DAB3-AE19504EA70D%7D&path=open DOD Brain Network Analysis and Modeling for Communication and Orientation - BAA-07-036 Deadline: October 23, 2007 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=14530&mode=VIEW 21st Century Approach to Electronic Device Reliability - BAA-07-036 Deadline: October 23, 2007 http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=14530&mode=VIEW Microsystems Technology Office-Wide BAA Deadline: January 14, 2008 http://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/BAA07%2D18/SynopsisP.html ASEE-NRL Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Deadline: Continuous http://hroffice.nrl.navy.mil/jobs/postdoc.htm University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) - AFOSR BAA 2007-9 Deadline: August 21, 2007 http://www.afosr.af.mil/ResearchAreas/funding_otherOpp.htm Cognitive Technology Threat Warning System (CT2WS) Deadline: April 11, 2008 http://fedbizopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=20070412a1 Warrior Systems Technologies - Body-Worn Systems, Hand Held Devices, and Smart-Lightweight Electronic Components/Modules for Soldier Protection, Knowledge Management and Cognitive Improvement Deadline: Continuous. (April 1, 2007 ~ March 31, 2009) https://www3.natick.army.mil/ssbaa.htm Homeland Security (2.2.1) - N61339-02-R-0071 Deadline: Continuous. This BAA expires on January 30, 2008 http://www1.fbo.gov/spg/DON/NAVAIR/N61339/N61339-02-R-0071/Attachments.html Microsystems Technology Office-Wide Deadline: January 14, 2009 http://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/BAA07-18/Attachments.html SPINS in Semiconductors Deadline: December 31, 2008 http://fundingopps.cos.com/alerts/57993 Artificial Intelligence Technologies Deadline: December 31, 2008 http://heron.nrl.navy.mil/contracts/baa.htm Quantum Information Science and Technology Deadline: December 31, 2008 http://heron.nrl.navy.mil/contracts/0708baa/baa.htm Young Investigator Program (YIP) January 12, 2008 http://www.onr.navy.mil/sci_tech/3t/corporate/yip.asp High Density Optical Memory Deadline: Continuous http://www.afosr.af.mil/pdfs/afosr_baa_2007_1.pdf Quantum Electronic Solids Deadline: Continuous http://www.afosr.af.mil/pdfs/afosr_baa_2007_1.pdf Distributed Intelligence Deadline: Continuous http://www.afosr.af.mil/pdfs/afosr_baa_2007_1.pdf Enabling Technologies for Modeling and Simulation (BAA-03-12-IFKA) Deadline: September 30, 2008 http://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/AFRLRRS/BAA-03-12-IFKA/Modification%2005.html Joint National Training Capability Broad Agency Announcement Deadline: May 14, 2009 http://www.ntsc.navy.mil/Ebusiness/BusOps/Acquisitions/Index.cfm?RND=220990 BAA for Simulation and Training Technology R&D Deadline: Continuous until December 31, 2010 http://www.ntsc.navy.mil/EBusiness/BusOps/Acquisitions/Index.cfm?RND=868451 NSF Information and Intelligent Systems: Advancing Human-Centered Computing, Information Integration and Informatics, and Robust Intelligence - NSF 07-577 Deadline: October 23, 2007 for Medium Projects November 19, 2007 for Large Projects December 10, 2007 for Small Projects http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07577/nsf07577.htm Strategic Technologies for Cyberinfrastructure (STCI) Deadline : August 9, 2007 February 14, 2008 http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=500066&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund Engineering Design (ED) Deadline : October 1, 2007 February 15, 2008 http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13340 Operations Research (OR) Deadline : October 1, 2007 http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13341&org=NSF&from=fund Instrument Development for Biological Research (IDBR) Deadline: September 12, 2007 http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=9187&org=NSF&from=home Cyberinfrastructure Training, Education, Advancement, and Mentoring for Our 21st Century Workforce (CI-TEAM) - NSF 07-564 Deadline: August 27, 2007 http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07564/nsf07564.htm Sloan Foundation Sloan Research Fellowships Deadline: September 15, 2007 http://www.sloan.org/programs/scitech_fellowships.shtml Soroptimist International of the Americas, Inc. Women's Opportunity Awards Deadline: December 1, 2007 http://www.soroptimist.org/sia/AM/Template.cfm?Section=WOMEN_S_OPPORTUNITY_AWARDS ============================================================================== Call For Participations -------------------------- HOT Chips 19 A Symposium on High-Performance Chips August 19-21, 2007, Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California HOT Chips brings together designers and architects of high-performance chips, software, and systems. Presentations focus on up-to-the-minute real developments. This symposium is the primary forum for engineers and researchers to highlight their leading-edge designs. Three full days of tutorials and technical sessions will keep you on top of the industry. See http://www.hotchips.org for registration information, local arrangements, location, etc. Registration: Early Registration: June 1, 2007 to July 31, 2007 Tutorials Only Conference Only Both ACM/IEEE Members $100 $295 $395 Non-Members $125 $395 $520 Student Members $85 $85 $170 Student Non-Members $90 $110 $200 Late Registration: After July 31st, 2007 Tutorials Only Conference Only Both ACM/IEEE Members $175 $475 $650 Non-Members $200 $575 $775 Student Members $95 $145 $240 Student Non-Members $100 $150 $250 Registration fees for Tutorials include a printed set of tutorial notes, continental breakfast, lunch, coffee break, and invitation to the evening Wine and Cheese Reception on Sunday, August 19, 2007. Registration fees for the Conference include a flash drive containing a set of the conference proceedings (printed sets are available for purchase with advance registration), Monday night dinner, continental breakfasts, lunches and coffee breaks during the two days (August 20-21, 2007) of the conference. It also includes an invitation to the evening Wine and Cheese Reception on Sunday, August 19, 2007. Hot Chips is A Symposium of the Technical Committee on Microprocessors and Microcomputers of the IEEE Computer Society and the IEEE Solid State Circuits Society ============================================================================== Call For Papers ------------------------------ 14th IEEE International Symposium on Asynchronous Circuits and Systems 7th - 11th April 2008 Newcastle upon Tyne, UK The International Symposium on Asynchronous Circuits and Systems provides a high-quality forum for scientists and engineers to present their latest research findings. Authors are invited to submit full papers on all aspects of asynchronous design. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Mixed synchronous/asynchronous architectures, interfaces, and circuits. * Design, synthesis and Verification techniques for GALS systems. * Synchronous-asynchronous interaction at different levels. * High-speed/low-power asynchronous logic, memories, and interconnects. * High-level design and synthesis of self-timed circuits. * Physical design of unclocked logic and pipelines. * Formal methods for correctness and performance analysis of asynchronous designs. * Test, reliability, security, and radiation tolerance. * CAD for asynchronous design and validation. * Asynchronous System-on-Chip (SoC), System-in-Package (SiP). * Novel asynchronous architectures. * Asynchrony and latency tolerance in system-level design. * Motivating case studies, comparisons, and applications. * Embedded System Design with asynchronous architectures/implementations. * Asynchronous design for manufacturing. Papers must be submitted via the conference web site. Papers will be evaluated by the program committee and reviews will be based on scientific merit, innovation, relevance, and presentation. New idea papers are encouraged, and the program committee recognizes that such papers may contain less evaluation than papers in established areas. Accepted papers will be published in an IEEE proceedings and distributed at the symposium. Please check the symposium website for up-to-date information: http://async.org.uk/async2008/ Important dates: Submission information: * Abstract registration: October 8, 2007 * Full paper submission: October 15, 2007 Notification of acceptance: December 12, 2007 Final version due: January 18, 2008 Paper format: Abstract of up to 150 words, 10 pages or fewer, including figures and bibliography, single spaced, 10pt or larger font size, IEEE double-column conference format. ============================================================================== Notice to Authors By submitting your contributions to ACM SIGDA, you acknowledge that they contain only your own work (minor edits by others are allowed) and are not subject to third-party licenses and copyrights. The contents of the ACM SIGDA newsletters are released by SIGDA into Public Domain, except when explicitly noted otherwise. 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