VLSI-SOC 2017: 25TH IFIP/IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VERY LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION
PROGRAM

Days: Sunday, October 22nd Monday, October 23rd Tuesday, October 24th Wednesday, October 25th

Sunday, October 22nd

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Monday, October 23rd

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08:00-09:00 Session : Registration
Location: Registration Desk
09:00-09:30 Session 1: Opening Session
Location: Al Manaar Ballroom
09:30-10:30 Session 2: Morning Keynote
Location: Al Manaar Ballroom
09:30
Yervant Zorian (Synopsys, USA)
Robustness Challenges in the Internet of Things ( abstract )
11:00-12:30 Session 3A: Digital architectures: NoC, multi-core, and reconfigurable
Chair:
Haris Javaid (Google, USA)
Location: Al Manaar Ballroom A
11:00
Sukarn Agarwal (Indian Institute Of Technology Guwahati, India)
Hemangee K. Kapoor (Indian Institute Of Technology Guwahati, India)
Targeting Inter Set Write Variation to Improve the Lifetime of Non-Volatile Caches using fellow sets ( abstract )
11:30
Pedro Campos (University of York, UK)
Nizar Dahir (University of York, UK)
Martin Trefzer (University of York, UK)
Andy M. Tyrrell (University of York, UK)
Gianluca Tempesti (University of York, UK)
Low-Overhead Asymmetric Frequency Control for On-Chip Network Interconnects ( abstract )
12:00
Yuan Xue (University of Delaware, USA)
Abraham Mcllvaine (University of Delaware, USA)
Chengmo Yang (University of Delaware, USA)
Power-aware and Cost-efficient State Encoding in Non-volatile memory based FPGAs ( abstract )
11:00-12:30 Session 3B: Embedded systems: Architecture, design, and software
Chair:
Zebo Peng (Linkoping University, Sweden)
Location: Al Manaar Ballroom B
11:00
George Michael (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)
Nectarios Efstathiou (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)
Kyriacos Mantis (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)
Theocharis Theocharides (KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Cyprus, Cyprus)
Danilo Pau (Advanced System Technology, STMicroelectronics, Agrate Brianza, Italy)
Intelligent Embedded and Real-Time ANN-based Motor Control for Multi-Rotor Unmanned Aircraft Systems ( abstract )
11:30
Stefano Aldegheri (University of Verona, Italy)
Nicola Bombieri (University of Verona, Italy)
Extending OpenVX for Model-based Design of Embedded Vision Applications ( abstract )
12:00
Takashi Nakada (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
Hiroyuki Yanagihashi (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Kunimaro Imai (Proassist Ltd., Japan)
Hiroshi Ueki (Renesas Electronics Corporation, Japan)
Takashi Tsuchiya (Renesas Electronics Corporation, Japan)
Masanori Hayashikoshi (Renesas Electronics Corporation, Japan)
Hiroshi Nakamura (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Energy-aware Task Scheduling for Near Real-time Periodic Tasks on Heterogeneous Multicore Processors ( abstract )
12:30-13:45 Session 4: Luncheon Keynote
Location: Al Manaar Ballroom
12:30
Rafic Makki (GLOBALFOUNDRIES, UAE)
Building World Class R&D Capacity in Semiconductor Technology ( abstract )
13:45-14:45 Session 5: Poster Session
Chair:
Ricardo Reis (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
Location: Al Manaar Lobby
13:45
Davide Piumatti (Polytechnic of Turin, Italy)
Paolo Bernardi (Polytechnic of Turin, Italy)
Ernesto Sanchez (Polytechnic of Turin, Italy)
Simone Regis (Polytechnic of Turin, Italy)
Segio De Luca (STMicroelectronics, Italy)
Alessandro Sansonetti (STMicroelectronics, Italy)
On the In-field Testing of Spare Modules in Automotive Microprocessors ( abstract )
13:45
Brisbane Ovilla-Martinez (Univ Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne, CNRS, Laboratoire Hubert Curien UMR 5516, France)
Lilian Bossuet (Univ Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne, CNRS, Laboratoire Hubert Curien UMR 5516, France)
Restoration protocol: Lightweight and secure devices authentication based on PUF ( abstract )
13:45
Reshma Raj R. S. (Govt. Engineering College, Bartonhill, Trivandrum, Kerala, India)
Abhijit Das (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India)
John Jose (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India)
Implementation and Analysis of Hotspot Mitigation in Mesh NOCs by Cost-Effective Deflection Routing Technique ( abstract )
13:45
Ling-Yen Song (National Central University, Taiwan)
Chun Wang (National Central University, Taiwan)
Chien-Nan Liu (National Central University, Taiwan)
Yun-Jing Lin (Realtek Semiconductor Corporation, Taiwan)
Meng-Jung Lee (Realtek Semiconductor Corporation, Taiwan)
Yu-Lan Lo (Realtek Semiconductor Corporation, Taiwan)
Shu-Yi Kao (Realtek Semiconductor Corporation, Taiwan)
Non-Regression Approach for the Behavioral Model Generator in Mixed-Signal System Verification ( abstract )
13:45
Yonatan Kifle (Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE)
Hani Saleh (Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE)
Baker Mohammad (Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE)
Mohammed Ismail (Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE)
A sub-µW Bio-potential Front End in 65nm CMOS ( abstract )
13:45
Hans G. Kerkhoff (University of Twente / CTIT-TDT, Netherlands)
Ghazanfar Ali (University of Twente / CTIT-TDT, Netherlands)
Ahmed Ibrahim (University of Twente / CTIT-TDT, Netherlands)
Jerrin Pathrose (University of Twente / CTIT-TDT, Netherlands)
Jinbo Wan (University of Twente / CTIT-TDT, Netherlands)
Applying IJTAG-Compatible Embedded Instruments for Lifetime Enhancement of Analog Front-Ends of Cyber-Physical Systems ( abstract )
15:00-16:30 Session 6A: Prototyping, verification, modeling, and simulation
Chair:
Graziano Pravadelli (University of Verona, Italy)
Location: Al Manaar Ballroom A
15:00
Amir Masoud Gharehbaghi (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Masahiro Fujita (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
A New Approach For Constructing Logic Functions After ECO ( abstract )
15:30
Matthias Thiele (TU Dresden, Germany)
Steve Bigalke (TU Dresden, Germany)
Jens Lienig (TU Dresden, Germany)
Exploring the Use of the Finite Element Method for Electromigration Analysis in Future Physical Design ( abstract )
16:00
Islam Ahmed (Mentor Graphics, Egypt)
Khaled Nouh (Mentor Graphics, Egypt)
Amr Abbas (Mentor Graphics, Egypt)
Multiple Reset Domains Verification Using Assertion Based Verification ( abstract )
15:00-16:30 Session 6B: Hardware Security
Chair:
Hoda Alkhzaimi (New York University - Abu Dhabi, UAE)
Location: Al Manaar Ballroom B
15:00
David Paul-Pena (NYU Tandon School of Engineering, USA)
Prashanth Krishnamurthy (NYU Tandon School of Engineering, USA)
Ramesh Karri (NYU Tandon School of Engineering, USA)
Farshad Khorrami (NYU Tandon School of Engineering, USA)
Process-Aware Side Channel Monitoring for Embedded Control System Security ( abstract )
15:30
Murugappan Alagappan (George Washington University, USA)
Jeyavijayan Rajendran (The University of Texas at Dallas, USA)
Milos Doroslovacki (George Washington University, USA)
Guru Venkataramani (George Washington University, USA)
DFS Covert Channels on Multi-Core Platforms ( abstract )
16:00
Markus Stefan Wamser (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
Georg Sigl (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
Pushing the Limits Further: Sub-Atomic AES ( abstract )
16:30-17:30 Session 7: IoT@UAE
Chair:
H. Fatih Ugurdag (Özyeğin University, Turkey)
Location: Al Manaar Ballroom
16:30
Mohammed Ismail (Wayne State University, USA)
A Self-powered IoT SoC Platform for Wearable Health Care ( abstract )
17:00
Prashanth Marpu (Masdar Institute, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE)
Mukesh Jha (Masdar Institute, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE)
Alexandros Tsoupos (Masdar Institute, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE)
Afshin Afshari (Masdar Institute, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE)
Peter Armstrong (Masdar Institute, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE)
Development of Advanced Microclimate and Urban Energy Analysis Modeling Environment and Its Validation by Wide Area Sensor Networks and Remote Sensing for Future Adaptation of Urban Infrastructure ( abstract )
Tuesday, October 24th

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08:00-09:00 Session : Registration
Location: Registration Desk
09:00-10:00 Session 8: Morning Keynote
Location: Al Manaar Ballroom
09:00
Leon Stok (IBM, USA)
From IoT to SoC ( abstract )
10:00-15:00 Session 9A: PhD Forum
Chair:
Leila Fayez Ismail (United Arab Emirates University, UAE)
Location: Al Manaar Lobby
10:00
Xuchen Zhang (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Yang Zhang (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Paul Jo (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Md Obaidul Hossen (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Gary May (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Muhannad Bakir (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Heterogeneous Interconnection of ICs Using Stitch-Chips ( abstract )
10:00
Nourhan Elsayed (Khalifa University, UAE)
Hani Saleh (Khalifa University, UAE)
Baker Mohammad (Khalifa University, UAE)
CMOS Power Amplifiers for 5G Technology ( abstract )
10:00
Hadeel Aboueidah (Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, UAE)
Nasma Abbas (Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, UAE)
Nadeen El Nachar (Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, UAE)
Aya Alyousef (Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, UAE)
Mohammad Al-Hawari (Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, UAE)
Baker Mohammad (Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, UAE)
Hani Saleh (Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, UAE)
Characterization of RF energy harvesting at 2.4 GHz ( abstract )
10:00
Shimna Shafeek (University of Bolton - RAK Campus, UAE)
Jikui Luo (University of Bolton, UK)
Theoretical Numerical Investigation Simulation and Optimization of Triboelectric Generators ( abstract )
10:00
Felipe Rocha Da Rosa (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
Luciano Ost (University of Leicester, UK)
Ricardo Reis (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
Early Evaluation of Multicore Systems Soft Error Reliability Using Virtual Platforms ( abstract )
10:00
Somayeh Sadeghi-Kohan (University of Tehran, Iran)
Zainalabedin Navabi (University of Tehran, Iran)
Cross Layer Handling of Timing Variations Effects in a Digital System ( abstract )
10:00
Sukarn Agarwal (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India)
Controlling Writes for Energy Efficient Non-Volatile Cache Management in Chip Multiprocessors ( abstract )
10:00
George W. Archbold Taylor (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia)
Soil pH and Macronutrient Agricultural Soil Sensing System Based on ISFET Sensor and Compensation Techniques ( abstract )
10:00
Mahesh Kumar Adimulam (EE Department, Birla Institute of Technology and Science – Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India)
An Ultra Low Power, Low Noise Programmable Analog Front End (PAFE) for Biopotential Signal Processing Applications ( abstract )
10:00-15:00 Session 9B: University Booths/IoT Demos
Chair:
Mohammad Al-Hawari (Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, UAE)
Location: Al Manaar Lobby
10:05-10:20 Session : PhD Forum Presentations
Chair:
Leila Fayez Ismail (United Arab Emirates University, UAE)
Location: Al Manaar Ballroom A
10:30-12:00 Session 10A: Low-power and thermal-aware IC design
Chair:
Nicola Bombieri (University of Verona, Italy)
Location: Al Manaar Ballroom A
10:30
Daniele Cesarini (University of Bologna, Italy)
Andrea Bartolini (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Luca Benini (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Prediction Horizon vs. Efficiency of Optimal Dynamic Thermal Control Policies in HPC Nodes ( abstract )
11:00
Andrea Calimera (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Roberto Giorgio Rizzo (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Valentino Peluso (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Jun Zhou (Institute of Microelectronics (IME), A*STAR, Singapore)
Xin Liu (Institute of Microelectronics (IME), A*STAR, Singapore)
Early-Bird Sampling: a Short-Paths Free Error Detection-Correction Strategy for Data-Driven VOS ( abstract )
11:30
Kimiyoshi Usami (Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan)
Shunsuke Kogure (Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan)
Yusuke Yoshida (Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan)
Ryo Magasaki (Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan)
Hideharu Amano (Keio University, Japan)
Level-shifter-less Approach for Multi-VDD Design to use Body Bias Control in FD-SOI ( abstract )
10:30-12:00 Session 10B: Analog, mixed-signal and sensor architectures I
Chair:
Baker Mohammad (Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, UAE)
Location: Al Manaar Ballroom B
10:30
Vivek Nautiyal (ARM Inc, USA)
Lalit Gupta (ARM Inc, USA)
Sagar Dwivedi (ARM Inc, USA)
Gaurav Singla (ARM Inc, USA)
Robust, Self-Timed Power on Reset Circuit for Low Voltage Applications ( abstract )
11:00
Shuangxing Zhao (Southern University of Science and Technolgy, China)
Chenchang Zhan (Southern University of Science and Technolgy, China)
Guigang Cai (Southern University of Science and Technolgy, China)
A 2×VDD-Enabled Fully-Integrated Low-Dropout Regulator with Fast Transient Response ( abstract )
11:30
Vikas Rana (STMicroelectronics Pvt Ltd, India)
Marco Pasotti (STMicroelectronics Pvt Ltd, Italy)
Fabio Desantis (STMicroelectronics Pvt Ltd, Italy)
Single charge-pump generating high positive and negative voltages driving common load ( abstract )
13:00-14:30 Session 11A: Special Session I: Physical Design and Mask Synthesis for Advanced Lithography Technology
Chair:
Youngsoo Song (Samsung, South Korea)
Location: Al Manaar Ballroom A
13:00
Shao-Yung Fang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Design Optimization for Directed Self-Assembly ( abstract )
13:30
Yuzhe Ma (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Xuan Zeng (Fudan University, China)
Bei Yu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Methodologies for Layout Decomposition and Mask Optimization: A Systematic Review ( abstract )
14:00
Youngsoo Song (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea)
Jinwook Jung (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea)
Youngsoo Shin (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea)
Redundant Via Insertion in SADP Process with Cut Merging and Opitmization ( abstract )
13:00-14:30 Session 11B: Embedded Tutorial: Memristive devices for computing: Beyond CMOS and Beyond von Neumann
Chair:
Muhannad Bakir (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Location: Al Manaar Ballroom B
13:00
Said Hamdioui (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)
Dietmar Fey (Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU), Germany)
Embedded Tutorial ( abstract )
Wednesday, October 25th

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08:00-09:00 Session : Registration
Location: Registration Desk
09:00-10:00 Session 12: Morning Keynote
Location: Al Manaar Ballroom
09:00
Simha Sethumadhavan (Columbia University, USA)
Design for Security: The Hardware-Up Principle ( abstract )
10:30-12:00 Session 13A: Analog, mixed-signal and sensor architectures II
Chair:
Mihai Sanduleanu (Masdar Institute, UAE)
Location: Al Manaar Ballroom A
10:30
Yanhan Zeng (School of Physics & Electronic Engineering, Guangzhou University, China)
Xin Zhang (SYSU-CMU Shunde International Joint Research Institute, Sun Yat-sen University, China)
Hong-Zhou Tan (SYSU-CMU Shunde International Joint Research Institute, Sun Yat-sen University, China)
A 86 nA and sub-1 V CMOS voltage reference without resistors and special devices ( abstract )
11:00
Xiaopeng Zhong (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)
Amine Bermak (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)
Chi-Ying Tsui (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)
A Low-Offset Dynamic Comparator with Area-Efficient and Low-Power Offset Cancellation ( abstract )
11:30
Ayman Ismail (ECE Dept., Ain Shams University, Egypt)
Ayman Elsayed (Si-ware Systems, USA)
Σ-Δ Based Force-Feedback Capacitive Micro-machined Sensors: Extending the Input Signal Range ( abstract )
10:30-12:00 Session 13B: Variability, reliability, and test
Chair:
Hasan Al-Nashash (American University of Sharjah, UAE)
Location: Al Manaar Ballroom B
10:30
Thiago Copetti (UFRGS, Brazil)
Guilherme Medeiros (PUCRS, Brazil)
Letícia Poehls (PUCRS, Brazil)
Tiago Balen (UFRGS, Brazil)
Analyzing the Behavior of FinFET SRAMs with Resistive Defects ( abstract )
11:00
Mini Jayakrishnan (NXP Semiconductors, Singapore)
Kim Tae-Hyoung (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Alan Chang (NXP Semiconductors, Singapore)
Library Pruning and Sigma Corner Libraries for Power Efficient Variation Tolerant Processor Pipelines ( abstract )
11:30
Binod Kumar (IIT Bombay, India)
Kanad Basu (Synopsys (India) Private Limited, India)
Ankit Jindal (IIT BOMBAY, India)
Masahiro Fujita (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Virendra Singh (IIT Bombay, India)
Improving post-silicon error detection with topological selection of trace signals ( abstract )
13:00-14:30 Session 14A: Emerging technologies and applications
Chair:
Andrea Calimera (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Location: Al Manaar Ballroom A
13:00
Joonseop Sim (UCSD, USA)
Mohsen Imani (UCSD, USA)
Yeseong Kim (UCSD, USA)
Tajana Simunic Rosing (UCSD, USA)
Enabling Efficient System Design Using Vertical Nanowire Transistor Current Mode Logic ( abstract )
13:30
Juinn-Dar Huang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
Yi-Hang Chen (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
Jia-Shin Lu (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
Defect-Aware Synthesis for Reconfigurable Single-Electron Transistor Arrays ( abstract )
14:00
Wala Saadeh (Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan)
Muhammad Awais Bin Altaf (Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan)
Saad Adnan Butt (Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan)
A Wearable Neuro-Degenerative Diseases Detection System based on Gait Dynamics ( abstract )
13:00-14:30 Session 14B: Circuits and systems for signal processing and communications
Chair:
Lutfi Albasha (American University of Sharjah, UAE)
Location: Al Manaar Ballroom B
13:00
Mahesh Kumar Adimulam (Birla Institute of Technology and Science – Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad 500078, India, India)
Srinivas M.B (Birla Institute of Technology and Science – Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad 500078, India, India)
A Low Power, Programmable Bias Inverter Quantizer (BIQ) Flash ADC ( abstract )
13:30
Solomon Serunjogi (MASDAR INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, UAE)
Mihai Sanduleanu (MASDAR INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, UAE)
Mahmoud Rasras (MASDAR INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, UAE)
Low-Jitter Plain Vanilla CMOS CDR with Half-Rate Linear PD and Half Rate Frequency Detector ( abstract )
14:00
Shahzad Muzaffar (Masdar Institute Center for Microsystems (iMicro), Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE, UAE)
Ibrahim Elfadel (Masdar Institute Center for Microsystems (iMicro), Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE, UAE)
A Pulsed-Decimal Technique for Single-channel, Dynamic Signaling for IoT Applications ( abstract )
15:00-16:30 Session 15A: CAD: Synthesis and analysis
Chair:
Jose Monteiro (INESC, Portugal)
Location: Al Manaar Ballroom A
15:00
Masahiro Fujita (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Wang Qinhao (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Yusuke Kimura (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Template based synthesis for high performance computing ( abstract )
15:30
Kyounghoon Kim (Samsung Electronics, South Korea)
Kiyoung Choi (Seoul National University, South Korea)
Synthesis of Multi-variate Stochastic Computing Circuits ( abstract )
15:00-16:30 Session 15B: Special Session II: Emerging topics in security
Chair:
Ozgur Sinanoglu (New York University - Abu Dhabi, UAE)
Location: Al Manaar Ballroom B
15:00
Abdulhadi Shoufan (Khalifa Universtiy, UAE)
Continuous Authentication of UAV Flight Command Data using Behaviometrics ( abstract )
15:30
Stelvio Cimato (Dipartimento di Informatica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy)
Valentina Ciriani (Dipartimento di Informatica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy)
Ernesto Damiani (Information Security Research Center, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, UAE)
Maryam Ehsanpour (Dipartimento di Informatica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy)
A Multiple Valued Logic Approach for the Synthesis of Garbled Circuits ( abstract )
16:00
Muhammad Yasin (New York University, USA)
Ozgur Sinanoglu (New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE)
Evolution of Logic Locking ( abstract )