Call for Papers

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DDECS 2023 seeks original, unpublished contributions of the following types:

• Regular Papers presenting novel and complete research work (6 pages)
• Student Papers from students eager to discuss their on-going research (4 pages)

Link to submissions website (ConfTool)

DDECS review process is single-blind, i.e. the author information is not hidden.
Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore.

Key dates

• Submission deadline (extended): January 15, 2023 January 22, 2023 (firm!) 
  
• Notification of acceptance:    February 28, 2023

Topics

The areas of interest include (but are not limited to) the following topics:

Topic 1. Analog, Mixed Signal, RF and Sensors

• Wireless circuits and systems
• High-frequency circuits
• Sensor technologies
• RF design and test
• Analog neuromorphic circuits
• Analog and mixed-signal design and test

Topic 2. Digital Circuit and System Design

• Digital architectures for DNNs
• AI and edge computing architectures
• Neural architecture search (NAS)
• Autonomous systems
• VLSI circuits design
• SoC and NoC architectures
• FPGA, DSP, accelerators
• Approximate computing
• High-performance computing
• Low-power design
• Embedded and cyber-physical systems
• Embedded applications
• EDA tools and methodologies
• ML-based EDA tools

 Topic 3. Test, Verification and Dependability

• Circuits and systems test
• Reliability and robustness of DNNs
• Fault-tolerance
• Self-health awareness and fault management
• Test infrastructures
• Diagnosis and debug
• Formal and simulation-based verification
• Functional safety
• Reliability
• ML-based test and dependability solutions

Topic 4. Secure HW and Embedded Systems

• Cryptographic implementations
• Attacks against implementations
• Side-channel analysis
• Trusted computing platforms
• IP protection and reverse engineering
• Hardware Trojans

 Topic 5. Emerging Technologies and New Computing Paradigms

• Brain-inspired computing
• Polymorphic and ambipolar circuits
• Reversible logic
• Quantum computing
• Quantum dot cellular automata
• Stochastic computing
• In-memory computing
• Memristor technology
• Emerging memory devices
• Silicon photonics
• Microfluidics and biochips
• DNA computing