DATE2011 is well on track and, against the prevailing trend worldwide, is continuing to see high numbers of submissions for its prestigious conference.
"With nearly 950 submissions we have reached comparable numbers as in the record year of 2010," says DATE`s General Chair Professor Bashir M. Al-Hashimi. "This is a clear sign that our strategy of choosing the key European semiconductor sites of Dresden in 2010 and Grenoble in 2011 as DATE venues is proving a success."
Professor Enrico Macii, Program Chair of DATE 2011, adds: "North America accounts for 28% and ASIA for 22% of the submissions, demonstrating the increasing importance of DATE as the leading event worldwide."
The Opening Keynotes will set the tone for the DATE event. "I am delighted to announce that we have two very distinguished figures giving our Opening Keynotes," says Professor Al-Hashimi. "We look forward to welcoming Jean-Marc Chery, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, STMicroelectronics, who will provide a perspective on the global microelectronics industry, and Steve Furber, ICL Professor of Computer Engineering, The University of Manchester, who is leading some of the most interesting academic research in our area."
Highlights of the Technical Program are the keynote talks given by outstanding leaders from industry and research. By featuring two Special Days focusing on topics of outstanding importance, DATE 2011 will also provide important direction to key players in the semiconductor industry and academic research. Each of the Special Days will have a full program of keynotes, panels, tutorials and technical presentations.
Special Day 1: Smart devices of the future
"Future electronic systems will continue to be dominated by the convergence between design technology (hardware and software) and fabrication technologies to master next generation smart devices," explains Professor Ahmed Jerraya, chair of this Special Day. "The design of highly integrated and autonomous intelligent devices for healthcare, mobile and consumer applications requires deep knowledge of technology to reach the required performance. Hardware and software design technologies are being employed increasingly to overcome fabrication imperfection and to improve yield. This Special Day will focus on applications, key enabling technologies and future trends driving future smart devices." A highlight will be a keynote address on "Driving innovations in mobile devices and solutions" by Dr Hannu Kauppinen, Director, Head of Business Development Nokia Research Center.
Special Day 2: Intelligent Energy Management-Supply and Utilisation
"Companies such as ST Microelectronics, IBM and Cisco have historically been interested in power and energy consumption only at the chip or device scale, but they are now turning their attention to large scale power generation and management issues as an important new application area," says Dr Paul Mitcheson, chair of this Special Day. "The links between computation, power electronics, and power transmission and distribution systems are therefore becoming stronger as we move into a world of increasing energy utilisation and efficiency. This Special Day will cover recent innovations in enabling technologies for portable devices (energy-harvesting and wireless powering) and applications of intelligent systems to improve the utilisation of electricity supply through smart metering and infrastructure." The keynote address will be presented by Carmelo Papa, an executive Vice President at ST Microelectronics, who will discuss energy-related activities in ST.
Opening Keynotes
Jean-Marc Chery, Executive VP and CTO, STMicroelectronics, France
"How Technology R&D Leadership brings a competitive advantage in the fields of multimedia convergence and power applications"
Steve Furber, The University of Manchester, UK
"Biologically-inspired massively-parallel architectures - computing beyond a million processors"
General Information on DATE 2011
DATE 2011 will take place at Alpexpo Alpes Congrès in Grenoble, France, 14-18 March 2011. Grenoble, located in the heart of the Alps and surrounded by the outstanding beauty of the Belledonne, Chartreuse and Vercors massifs, is a key semiconductor site in Europe with more than 38,000 people in micro and nano technologies (24,000) and embedded software (14,000). There are some 100 start-up companies located in the area together in addition to 117 companies – 81% of which are SME’s. For further information please visit: www.date-conference.com.
DATE 11 Press Contacts
General Chair – Bashir M Al-Hashimi, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
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ecs [dot] soton [dot] ac [dot] uk
Exhibition Programme Chair – Jürgen Haase, edacentrum GmbH, Germany
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Press Chair – Fred Santamaria, France, fredmarcom aol [dot] com
Event Management – Sue Menzies, European Conferences, UK - Tel: +44 131 225 2892
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