CALL FOR PAPERS - TAU 2011
ACM International Workshop on Timing Issues in the Specification and Synthesis of Digital Systems
http://www.tauworkshop.com

March 31 - April 1, 2011
Santa Barbara, California
Sponsored by ACM/SIGDA and in-cooperation with 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 eighteenth in the TAU series, the TAU 2011 workshop emphasizes the analog side of the current and future digital circuits and systems with special invited talks and a special focus on submissions from topics including but not limited to:

Focus topics:
Transistor level models
Analog circuit modeling
Timing interfaces with mixed signal circuits
Reliability modeling and simulation
Circuit-level simulation of digital circuits
Simulation and characterization of SRAM circuits
Digital cell characterization for many corner/statistical timing

As usual, the TAU 2011 workshop also invites submissions from the traditional areas related to the timing properties of digital electronic systems, including but not limited to:

Regular topics:
All levels (transistor, system, etc.) of timing analysis
Timing-driven system design, synthesis and physical design
Sensitivity analysis
Full custom design analysis
Integrated functional-temporal analysis
Timing issues in low power design and testing
Power-delay trade-offs
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 manufacture impacts to timing
Reliability impact on performance
Process & environmental variation models
Statistical analysis technique
Clocking, synchronization, and skew
Clock domains, static/dynamic logic
Novel clocking and no-clock (Asynchronous) schemes
Timing implications of emerging technologies

IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline December 25, 2010
Acceptance notification February 10, 2011
Camera-ready paper due February 24, 2011

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. In order to allow for a blind review, the submitted pdf version of the papers should not contain the authors name or any direct reference to the authors. 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: Florentin Dartu, Synopsys, Inc., fdartu@synopsys.com
Program Chair: Charlie Chen, National Taiwan University., cchen@cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw