Circuits/Call For Papers

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

Sponsored by
the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society and the Japan Society of Applied Physics
In Cooperation with the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
and the IEEE Electron Devices Society

2002 SYMPOSIUM ON VLSI CIRCUITS

Hilton Hawaiian Village
Honolulu, HI
June 13 - 15, 2002

The 2002 Symposium on VLSI Circuits will provide the designers of integrated circuits an opportunity to meet and present important new work at an international forum. The three day Symposium will continue the successful format and atmosphere established by the previous meetings, and partially overlap the 2002 Symposium on VLSI Technology, which is being held at the same hotel.

The scope of the Symposium covers all aspects of VLSI circuits, such as:

digital, analog, and mixed digital-analog circuits, such as processors, ASICs, A/D and D/A converters, interface circuits, etc.
memory circuits: such as static memory, non-volatile memory, cache memory, dynamic memory, and new concepts in memories based on quantum mechanical effects, magnetism, polymers, etc.
system architecture, circuits and building blocks for networking applications
circuits, functional blocks using quantum dots, MEMS, sensors, etc.
fundamentals related to the above subjects, including design automation tools, innovative circuits and device structures

The emphasis will be on circuit design. Papers will be considered on the basis of originality and quality. Implementation in a semiconductor chip and measured results are not mandatory: they are required only when feasibility of the presented circuit is not clear by simulations alone, as in the case for most analog submissions. It is understood that papers in new areas are likely to contain less quantitative evaluations than those in more established areas.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Your complete paper for the Circuits Symposium must occupy either two or four (never three) pages including illustrations. The choice of paper length (either 2 or 4 pages) is an option for authors whenever two pages is not enough to completely describe the major novelty and results of their work. The paper length will not be a criterion in selection of the papers for the program.

Those interested in submitting papers should contact the secretariat, as early as possible, to receive an author’s kit. The abstracts are to be submitted in final form and, if accepted, will be published as submitted. The 2 camera-ready copies of your summary and 52 copies are to be sent to Widerkehr and Associates (North America and Europe) or to Business Center for Academic Societies Japan (all countries except North America and Europe).

Secretariat for VLSI Symposia (USA))
Widerkehr and Associates
16220 S. Frederick Ave.
Suite 312
Gaithersburg, MD 20877, USA
Tel: +1-301-527-0900 ext. 103
Fax: +1-301-527-0994
E-mail:vlsi2002@aol.com

Secretariat for VLSI Symposia (Japan)
c/o Business Center for Academic
Societies Japan
5-16-9 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo 113-8622, Japan
Tel: +81-3-5814-5800
Fax: +81-3-5814-5823
E-mail:vlsisymp@bcasj.or.jp

To improve the probability for acceptance of a submitted paper, the paper should describe original work with specific results from experiments or simulations. The content of the paper must not be announced or published prior to the Symposium.

Deadline for Receipt of Summaries is January 8, 2002

INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION

Prospective attendees can obtain further information and forms for Symposium registration and hotel reservations by contacting their respective secretariats. Submissions from universities are encouraged. Partial travel expense support for students who are presenting papers is available upon request.

VLSI CIRCUITS SHORT COURSE

A one-day short course will be held on June 12, 2002. Details will be given in the VLSI Circuits Symposium Advance Program, which will be issued toward the end of March, 2002.

Preceding this Symposium, the 2002 Symposium on VLSI Technology will be held at the same location. See the reverse side.