TAU 2019: TAU 2019: ACM International Workshop on Timing Issues in the Specification and Synthesis of Digital Systems Monterey, CA, United States, March 21-22, 2019 |
Conference website | http://www.tauworkshop.com/2019 |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tau2019 |
Submission deadline | December 1, 2018 |
It has become clear that timing analysis is NO longer a solved problem. So, what are new challenges as the industry embraces 10/7/5nm and below, rides the wave of ultra-low-power mobile, wearable devices and jumps on the IoT bandwagon? Are there new issues with older nodes, 16/28nm and up, in new design use cases? How do we model timing/power interactions? How reliability requirements coming from ADAS/IoT and related impact timing? How to apply AI/ML/BigData concepts and techniques to the timing domain? How to meet the insatiable demands for accuracy, performance and functionality? What are new fundamental challenges coming from process physics, 3D, variability, voltage scaling, analog effects, mixed signal modeling and validation?
The TAU series of workshops provide an informal forum for practitioners and researchers working on these and other temporal aspects of analog and digital systems to disseminate early work and engage in a free discussion of ideas. The twenty-sixth in the TAU series, the TAU 2019 workshop invites submissions and proposals from the traditional as well as emerging areas related to the timing properties of digital electronic systems, including but not limited to the topics listed below.
Timing (including incremental timing) • System-level timing • Circuit/Gate-level timing • Transistor-level Timing • Timing of mixed signal circuits • New types of latches, dual-edge devices, etc. |
Modeling and simulation • Transistor level modeling • Analog circuit modeling • Circuit level simulation • Delay models and metrics • Reliability modeling and simulation |
Variability • Timing analysis under uncertainty • Ultra-low voltage induced variation effects • Statistical timing analysis and optimization • Sensitivity/criticality analysis • Yield analysis and optimization |
Power, trade-offs and optimization • Timing issues in low-power design • Power-delay tradeoffs • Timing driven layout optimization • Timing driven synthesis, re-synthesis • Circuit optimization |
Signal integrity • Crosstalk modeling, analysis, avoidance and optimization • Noise and glitch analysis • Variation-aware signal integrity analysis |
Clocking • Complex clock trees and networks • Clocking, synchronization, and skew • Clock domains, static/dynamic logic • Novel clocking schemes |
Characterization • Cell (library) characterization • Variation effects and corner reductions • Latch characterization • Simulation and characterization of SRAM circuits |
Hierarchical timing • Timing macro-modeling: timing, SI, power, etc. • Hierarchical optimization and sign-off • Integration/Interoperation with implementation flow |
Emerging technologies • Full custom design analysis • Special circuit families • Timing issues for 3D ICs and TSVs • New modeling techniques and Machine learning • Timing implications of emerging technologies |
Others • Integrated functional-temporal analysis • Formal theories and methods • Asynchronous systems • Smart sensor placement • FPGA Design and Analysis |
Submission of papers
All papers (including invited papers and camera ready versions) must be submitted electronically using the EasyChair system using the link under theLogistics tab.
Submissions are limited to 6 pages in the double column proceedings format (prefered). TAU is a workshop aimed at fostering a high level of professional interaction, not a conference. Copies of papers will be provided to the attendees, but the proceedings will not be published by the ACM or the IEEE. Therefore, accepted papers can still be submitted to other conferences and journals.