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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

International Conference on
Field-Programmable Technology (FPT'18)
Naha, Okinawa, Japan
Dec 10 - 14, 2018
(http://www.fpt18.sakura.ne.jp/)
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IMPORTANT DATES (all in 23:59, AoE):
- Early registration due: Oct 31, 2018
- Late registration due: Nov 25, 2018
- Workshops, tutorials: Dec 10-11,14, 2018
- FPT'18 Conference: Dec 12-14, 2018

Registration: http://www.fpt18.sakura.ne.jp/registration.html
Venue & Travel: http://www.fpt18.sakura.ne.jp/venue.html


FPT is the premier conference held in the Asia-Pacific region on field-
programmable technologies including reconfigurable computing devices
and systems containing such components. Field-programmable devices
promise the flexibility of software with the performance of hardware.
Recently, development and application of field-programmable technologies
have become more and more important in both academic and industrial fields
including AI and HPC. FPT provides opportunities to present cutting-edge
researches, share their results, and join the community.

Please don't miss the following events:

TECHNICAL PROGRAMS: http://www.fpt18.sakura.ne.jp/program.html

* 3 Keynote speeches and 1 invited talk
+ Mike Strickland, Intel PSG,
Director
"FPGA Accelerated HPC and Data Analytics"
+ Hideharu Amano,
Keio University, Professor
"Accelerator-in-Switch: a novel cooperation framework for FPGAs and GPUs"
+ Kees Vissers, Xilinx, fellow
"Novel Neural Network Applications on New Python Enabled Platforms"
+ Hiroshi Miyata,
Fujitsu Laboratories, ltd, fellow
"Digital Transformation of Automobile and Mobility Service"

* Oral presentations, poster presentations
* PhD Forum, demo sessions

WORKSHOPS/TUTORIALS: http://www.fpt18.sakura.ne.jp/workshop.html

* Dec 10
+ PYNQ: Python productivity for Zynq (full day)
* Dec 11
+ Workshop on Xilinx AWS (full day)
+ Workshop on Integrating HPC and FPGAs (am)
+ Workshop on Reconfigurable High-Performance Computing (pm)
+ Workshop title: Intel OpenVINO Toolkit tutorial (pm)
* Dec 14 (all pm)
+ Embedded Machine Learning: Technology and Opportunities
+ Accelerate real-time high definition video processing designs with
Digilent Zybo Z7, a Zynq-7000 AP SoC Platform and Xilinx Vivado HLS

FPGA DESIGN COMPETITION: https://wwp.shizuoka.ac.jp/fpt-design-contest/
* Theme "Autonomous Vehicle Driving Competition using FPGA"

SOCIAL EVENTS: Reception and Banquet


SUPPORTTERS (exhibitors): http://www.fpt18.sakura.ne.jp/supporters.html

* Platinum: XILINX, Intel
* Gold: FIXSTARS, IBEX Technologies, Co., Ltd, FUJIFILM
* Silver: e-trees Japan, chiptip, AVNET, DIGILENT, PASONA TECH, DENSO, TED
* Bronze: HUMANDATA

SPONSOR: Riken R-CCS
TECHNICAL CO-SPONSORS: IEEE EDS, IEEE CEDA AJJC
IN PARTICIPATION WITH: IEICE-ISS RECONF/CPSY, IPSJ SIG-SLDM

COMMITTEES: http://www.fpt18.sakura.ne.jp/committees.html

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