ACM/IEEE International Workshop on Timing Issues in the Specification and Synthesis of Digital Systems
http://www.tauworkshop.com

February 23-24, 2009
Lakeway Resort, Austin, Texas
Sponsored by ACM/SIGDA and IEEE/CAS

The TAU series of workshops provide an informal forum for practitioners and researchers working on temporal aspects of digital systems to disseminate early work and engage in a free discussion of ideas. The sixteenth in the TAU series, the TAU 2009 workshop invites submissions from all areas related to the timing properties of digital electronic systems, including but not limited to:

Topics:
Formal theories and methods
System-level timing
Transistor-level timing
Circuit-level timing
Sensitivity analysis
Full custom design analysis
Integrated functional-temporal analysis
Incremental analysis
Timing issues in low power design
Power-delay trade-offs
Adjacent line switching and coupling
Delay models and metrics
Layout impact on timing
Timing-driven layout optimization
Timing-driven synthesis and re-synthesis
Circuit optimization
Uncertainty-based analysis
Incorporation of RETs in timing
Reliability impact on performance
Process & environmental variation models
Statistical analysis techniques
Clocking, synchronization, and skew
Clock domains, static/dynamic logic
Novel clocking schemes
Special circuit families
Asynchronous systems
Timing implications of emerging technologies

IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline December 22, 2008
Acceptance notification January 26, 2009
Camera-ready paper due February 5, 2009

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
All papers must be submitted electronically. Details will be posted on the web site
http://www.tauworkshop.com. Submissions are limited to 6 pages in the double column proceedings
format. 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 Copies of papers will be provided to the attendees, but the proceedings will not be
published by the ACM or the IEEE.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. The intent of the workshop is to encourage the vigorous and unfettered
discussion of the latest ideas in the field.

WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION:
General Chair: Frank Liu, IBM Corporation
Program Chair: Peng Li, Texas A&M University