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SIGDA's CADathlon at ICCAD

Sunday, Nov. 6, 2005
8 am - 5 pm
Double Tree Hotel
San Jose, CA





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CADathlon 2004



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Prof. Nikil Dutt
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Contest Guidelines & Eligibility

  • Eligibility: The competition is open to all graduate students specializing in CAD currently enrolled full-time in a Ph.D. granting institution in any country. The student must be enrolled at the University during the Fall of 2005.
  • Travel Awards: SIGDA and others have generously donated funds to secure travel and accommodation grants to assist students in entering the contest. Participants will receive either full or partial travel and lodging awards.
  • Contest Awards: A first prize and an honorable mention will be provided to the best team and second best team. The awards will be announced on Monday, Nov. 7, during the opening session at ICCAD. The winners and participants will be honored during the SIGDA member meeting in the evening of Monday, Nov. 7.
  • Contest Participation: Several teams will compete against each other to solve some EDA related problems. Each team should have 2 people. The participants could be from the same school or different schools, but both MUST be graduate students working in EDA. If you really want to compete and cannot find a partner, please drop an email to soha@cs.tufts.edu. We will put a little effort in matching people up. You must complete a team application October 14, 2005 to be considered for participation.
  • Hardware/Software Setup: Each team will be provided with an Intel box with a specific Linux distribution. The exact release will be posted on Friday, Oct. 28, 2005. Some software infrastructure may be released then too.
  • Preparation Guidelines: More detailed information about the contest topics will be released on Friday, Oct. 28, 2005. The organizing committee will then suggest a handful of papers as recommended reading material.
Problem subjects and reference papers are available now!