DFT’23 seeks proposals for Special Sessions. The special sessions should aim at providing a complementary experience with respect to the regular sessions by focusing on hot and emerging topics of interest to the DFT community, as well as on multi-disciplinary topics, that are expected to have a significant impact on DFT activities in the future (e.g., reliability aspects in Machine Learning, Approximate Computing, In-Memory Computing, Neuromorphic-Computing, Quantum Computing, use of COTS electronics for space applications, Hardened Microcontrollers, RISC-V). A special session could consist of a set of individual presentations, embedded tutorial or a panel, possibly with experts from the industry.

Upon acceptance, special session presenters can prepare one paper per speech to be included in the formal proceedings. For this reason, papers (presenting original and unpublished contributions and that may be no longer than 6 pages, is possible to purchase 2 extra pages at an additional cost) for special session will go through review process. Accepted papers will appear in the formal proceedings of DFT 2023 symposium. Proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society and will appear in the IEEE Explorer Digital Library.


Submission Process: Submitted proposals should include:

- a title of the special session
- a maximum 250-word abstract outlining the session's scope, topics and relevance for DFT symposium
- name, contact information and short biography of the organizer(s)
- format of the session: (1) panel or (2) individual presentations or (3) embedded tutorial; and
- list of three/four contributed presentations (including titles, presenter names, contact information of the corresponding presenter, and an abstract of each contribution). For panel proposals, list three to five panelists and their area of expertise. For embedded tutorial, list three/four presenters and their short bio.


Proposal submissions should be presented in a single PDF to be sent via e-mail to the Special Session Chair and for information to the Program Co-Chairs:

- Luigi Dilillo - Special Session Chair - luigi.dilillo@umontpellier.fr
- Luca Cassano - Program Co-Chair - luca.cassano@polimi.it
- Mihalis Psarakis - Program Co-Chair - mpsarak@unipi.gr
- E-mail Subject: DFT’23 Special Session Proposal


Prospective authors should adhere to the following deadlines:

- Special session proposal due: May 12th, 2023
- Special acceptance notification: May 19th, 2023
- Special session paper submission: June 23rd, 2023
- Paper acceptance notification: July 14th, 2023
- Camera-ready and author’s registration: July 28th, 2023


By means of their submission, all presenters agree to register for and participate to DFT’23, in case their special session proposal is accepted.

Further details are available on the website: http://www.dfts.org/