Cfp DSD2008 - EXTENDED deadline: 17 Mar'08

Important Dates:
· Submission of papers: March 17th, 2008 (EXTENDED!)
· Notification of acceptance: May 5th, 2008
· Deadline for final version: June 9th, 2008
· Deadline for pre-registration: June 9th, 2008

DSD’08 web page:
http://dsd08.iet.unipi.it

Euromicro web page:
http://www.euromicro.org

DSD web page:
http://www2.ele.tue.nl/dsd/

The Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD) addresses all aspects of
(embedded) digital and mixed hardware/software system engineering.
It is a discussion forum for researchers and engineers working on state-of-the-art investigations,
development, and applications.

It focuses on advanced system, design, and design automation concepts, paradigms, methods
and tools, as well as, modern implementation technologies that enable effective and efficient
development of high-quality (embedded) systems for important and demanding applications
in fields such as (wireless) communication and networking; measurement and instrumentation;
health-care and medicine; military, space, avionic and automotive systems; security;
multi-media and ambient intelligence.
The DSD proceedings are published by the IEEE Computer Society Press.

The main areas of interest are the following:
T1: Systems-on-a-chip/in-a-package: generic system platforms and platform-based design;
network on chip; multi-processors; system on re-configurable chip; system FPGAs and
structured ASICs; rapid prototyping; asynchronous systems; power, energy, timing, predictability
and other quality issues; intellectual property, virtual components and design
reuse.
T2: Programmable/re-configurable architectures: processor, communication, memory
and software architectures with focus on application specific and/or embedded computing,
co-processors; processing arrays; programmable fabrics; embedded software; arithmetic,
logic and special-operator units.
T3: System, hardware and embedded software specification, modeling and verification:
design languages; functional, structural and parametric specification and modeling;
simulation, emulation, prototyping, and testing at the system, register-transfer, logic and
physical levels; co-simulation and co-verification.
T4: System, hardware and embedded software synthesis: system, hardware/software
and embedded software synthesis; behavioral, register-transfer, logic and physical circuit
synthesis; multi-objective optimization observing power, performance, communication,
interconnections, layout, technology, reliability, robustness, security, testability and other
issues; (dynamic) management of computational resources, power, energy etc.; design
environments for embedded systems and re-configurable computing.
T5: Emerging technologies, system paradigms and design methodologies: optical, bio,
nano and quantum technologies and computing; self-organizing and self-adapting
(wireless) systems; wireless sensor networks; ambient intelligence and augmented reality;
ubiquitous, wearable and implanted systems; deep sub-micron design issues.
T6: Applications of (embedded) digital systems with emphasis on demanding and
new applications in fields such as: (wireless) communication and networking; measurement
and instrumentation; health-care and medicine; military, space, avionic and
automotive systems; security; multi-media, instrumentation and ambient intelligence.

Special Sessions:
SS1: Fault Tolerance in Digital System Design: It addresses all aspects related to concepts, theory, implementations
and applications of fault tolerance principles in digital systems design.
Special Session Organizer: Z. Kotásek, Brno U. of Technology (CZ)
SS2: Prospective aspects of Networks-on-Chip: It addresses all aspects related to concepts, implementations and
applications of networks-on-chip as well as related EDA tools. Nonetheless, its focus is on prospective issues and
interdisciplinary topics like reliability, system control, design flow, application studies and the outlook on future
developments in NOC design.
Special Session Organizer: C. Cornelius, Univ. of Rostock (DE)
SS3: Dependability and Testing of Digital Systems: It addresses emerging issues, hot problems, new solution methods
and their hardware and software implementations in all fields of digital and mixed-signal system dependability and
testing. It it especially focused on the dependability and testing related to the SoC technology and modern embedded
applications.
Special Session Organizer: H. Kubátová, CTU in Prague (CZ)
SS4: Planning and Optimization of Sensor Network Systems: It aims at contributions regarding both the architectural
optimization of wireless sensor networks and the off-line planning of the overall sensing infrastructure.
Special Session Organizer: W. Fornaciari, Politecnico Milano (I)
SS5: System-Level Energy Optimization of Embedded Software: It aims at gathering within the same forum contributions
regarding the optimization of the energy at different abstraction levels: from the design of code up to the library
and task/resource management carried out at the operating system level.
Special Session Organizer: E. Villar, Universidad de Cantabria (ES)
SS6: NEWCOM++: Flexible Radio Digital Design: It addresses all aspects regarding both the architectural concepts and
methodologies of multi-standard, multi-mode flexible radios. Tradeoffs considering flexibility vs. computational, power
consumption parameters are cornerstones of architecture selection.
Special Session Organizer: D. Noguet, CEA-LETI (FR)

More information: http://dsd08.iet.unipi.it/specialsessions.htm

Submission of papers:
Regular Papers: Submissions can be made that describe innovative work in the scope of the Conference, and especially, in
any of the above main areas of interest (please indicate the topic area or special session number). Prospective authors
are encouraged to submit their manuscripts for review electronically through the following web page
(http://dsd08.iet.unipi.it) or by sending the paper to the Program Chair via email l.fanucci@dsd08.iet.unipi.it (only in the
case of the web access problem) before the deadline for submission. Each manuscript should include the complete paper text,
all illustrations, and references. The manuscript should conform to the required format single-spaced, double column, A4/US
letter page size, 10-point size Times Roman font, up to 8 pages.
In order to conduct a blind review, no indication of the authors' names should appear in the submitted manuscript.
Case Study and Application Papers: Submissions can be made which report on state-of-the-art digital systems, design
methods and/or tools, and (embedded) applications. Papers discussing lessons learned from practical experience, demanding
or new applications, and experimental research are particularly encouraged. Manuscripts may be submitted in the same
way as regular papers.
The Program Committee will decide if papers will be accepted for a long presentation (30 minutes), short presentation (15
minutes) or as a poster. For long and short presentations, 8 pages will be assigned in the published proceedings. A poster
presentation will be assigned 4 pages. Papers exceeding the page limit will be charged 50 Euro per page in excess. If the
paper is accepted, at least one of the authors must pre-register and pay the conference fee before the deadline for submitting
the camera-ready paper. Otherwise the paper will not be published in the proceedings.