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On behalf of the Executive and Technical Programme Committees,
we take great pleasure in welcoming you to Paris and to DATE
04, the most comprehensive European Conference and
Exhibition event bringing together academic researchers, industry
specialists, users and vendors in the fields of Design, Automation
and Test of electronic circuits and systems.
The endless quest for faster, less consuming, cheaper and safer
electronic products, particularly for the growing consumer and
communications markets, dictate that increasingly complex designs
be generated in continuously shrinking time scales. Design automation
is a strategic technology for modern electronic systems, from
simple ASICs via embedded IP cores to large systems on chip
made of heterogeneous processors communicating via on-chip networks.
The use of embedded processors in SoCs requires an ever-increasing
emphasis on embedded software development techniques as part
of the design process of state-of-the-art electronic systems.
Testing of these complex electronic systems is becoming a key
factor in enabling the final quality goals and has a growing
impact in the overall cost of product development.
DATE has become the pre-eminent European
conference addressing research and development activities in
the field of design technology. World leading companies in multimedia,
wireless communications, and automotive industries have led
to the emergence of recognised European strengths in System-on-Chip
Technologies, particularly Embedded Systems with a strong analogue
and mixed-signal content. DATE is
a unique event where the latest scientific and technological
developments are brought to the public from the leading players
in the field. DATE, therefore, offers
a once-in-a-year occasion to find out more about the technical
and architectural trends of circuits and systems, small and
large, and the design automation and test challenges they bring
to users, tool providers and PCB companies as well as semiconductor
and IP providers alike.
A total of 780 submissions were received for DATE
04, a significant increase over the previous edition.
After careful consideration, the Programme Committee has selected
181 papers for regular oral presentation in 53 sessions –
an acceptance rate of 27% - and 75 papers as interactive presentations
(a new format started at DATE 04 to
present novel ideas of “ongoing work” of high quality).
An additional 52 regular papers and 5 interactive presentations
will be presented in the Designers’ Forum, a technical
programme track devoted to the presentation and discussion of
practical, industry-oriented design experiences and methodologies
using state of the art design tools. Last but not least, 12
Special Sessions have been chosen to bring stimulating insights
and vibrant discussions in state-of-the-art topics. In complement
to the main technical and scientific programme, we have designed
a number of valuable education activities in the days before
and after the conference. These are the Pre-Conference Tutorials
and Industrial Tutorials on Monday and 3 full-day Master Courses
and 4 Workshops on Friday. The organisation of a PCB Symposium,
a University Booth, fringe meetings and social events during
the conference offer a wide variety of extra opportunities to
meet and exchange information on relevant issues for the design,
automation and test communities.
DATE continues its tradition of grouping
presentations and activities related to Special Themes on specific
focus days. This year’s Special Days are dedicated to
ULTRA LOW POWER (Wednesday) and TRENDS IN MULTIMEDIA (Thursday).
In addition to the keynote address presented at the Tuesday
Opening Plenary this year we will have two keynotes related
to these Special Days. The Wednesday lunch plenary keynote will
be devoted to Ultra Low Power and the Thursday lunch keynote
to Trends in Multimedia.
The Executive Track is one of the new initiatives in DATE
04 designed to offer the views of high-level executives
from EDA and related fields. Presentations by company CEOs,
CTOs, VPs and other senior executives from CAD vendors, IP suppliers,
semiconductor and system houses will take place on Tuesday,
February 17th.
Also as a new initiative, this year DATE
offers the possibility to attend Workshops on Friday as a complement
to the regular conference running throughout the week. Four
workshops will run in parallel showing research results, keynotes
on advanced technologies and discussion panels of a different
nature. The four Workshops will deal with aspects and technologies
not directly covered by the technical programme.
Following its successful implementation last year, the DATE
Focus on Business and Industry, a presentation
theatre located on the exhibition floor, offers exhibition visitors
and conference delegates a fresh view on some key technical
and strategic issues in the current electronic systems design
market.
Many volunteers have given their best efforts to make this
Conference and Exhibition an outstanding event. We would like
to thank all the members of the Sponsors Committee, the Executive
Committee, the Technical Programme Committee, the Vendors Committee
and the Exhibitors, and specially our recognition goes to all
the Authors, Speakers, Session Organisers, Session Chairs, and
Reviewers for their continued interest, energy and support to
DATE. We hope that you will enjoy
the DATE 04 Conference and Exhibition
as much as all of us have enjoyed organising it for you.
Joan Figueras, General Chairman
Georges Gielen, Programme Chairman
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