Welcome to the DATE 2022 Website

DATE 2022 activities are organized around a new format to cope with the uncertainties of the covid-19 pandemic situation, with part of the event onsite and the rest of it online in the following days.

The onsite event is organized into two parallel tracks, one with invited sessions, talks and panels on emerging topics of interest for the DATE community, and a scientific track showcasing the accepted papers and fostering Q & A sessions with the authors.

All scientific papers from tracks D, A, T and E will be presented by means of a recorded video and authors will attend the online sessions to briefly pitch their work and be engaged in Q & A sessions to discuss their solutions and results.
Specific sessions are organized for the accepted Interactive Presentations (IPs), where authors will have the opportunity to introduce the main aspects of their work, and be engaged in further discussions.

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Submission Key Dates

Kindly note that all deadlines are strict and no extensions can be given.

• Download the DATE 2022
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DATE conference is the main European event bringing together designers and design automation users, researchers and vendors, as well as specialists in the hardware and software design, test and manufacturing of electronic circuits and systems. DATE puts a strong emphasis on both technology and systems, covering ICs/SoCs, reconfigurable hardware and embedded systems, and embedded software.

The multi-day event consists of a conference with regular papers, complemented by panels, hot-topic sessions, tutorials, workshops, special focus days and executives. The event will also host the Young People Program, the University Fair and Multi-Partner Projects dissemination on innovative research activities fostering the networking and the exchange of information on relevant issues, recent research outcomes and career opportunities.

Tutorials

DATE 2022 tutorials are designed to provide audiences with introductions to important topics in DATE technical areas as well as hands-on tutorials on design automation tools. Early career professionals as well as graduate students will benefit from the introductory-level material on these important topics and tools. Mid-career professionals can also benefit from the tutorials to extend their horizons. We welcome submissions for tutorial presentations in DATE technical areas.

Technical tutorials on selected topics will be given by leading experts in their respective fields. The submission should motivate the topic and its relevance for both academia and industry, specify whether it covers foundational topics or cutting-edge ones, describe the target audience (expected type of attendees? expected number? match with typical DATE audience?), the reason for a tutorial (why a tutorial, why now). Hands-on tutorials are welcomed. Moreover, the submission should include a brief abstract with a list of learning objectives, and a clear planning hereto (organisation in sessions, possible speakers, what will be done to attract the audience), and the DATE Topic to which it is more closely related. A tutorial submission example is available on the DATE website. We target few top-quality well-attended tutorials. In particular, we look for hands-on and tutorials on fundamentals which should clearly identified in the proposal. Extended conference talks will not be accepted as tutorials. Marketing of company tools are not accepted either.

A tutorial submission example is available here for download. Submissions must be submitted before Friday, 01 October 2021 Friday, 29 October 2021 via the DATE website.

Submissions of all tutorials need to be made on-line via the following URL:

https://www.softconf.com/date22/tutorials/

The tutorial organiser(s) will be notified of acceptance or rejection of submissions by Thursday, 11 November 2021. In case of acceptance, final information about the tutorial structure (confirmed speakers, final abstract, final agenda) must be provided by Monday, 13 December 2021. Tutorial hand-out material (consisting of all slides and perhaps also background reading material) needs to be uploaded as a single PDF or ZIP file at the DATE website by Sunday, 20 February 2022. The hand-out material will be available to tutorial attendees only!

Organisers and speakers of accepted half-day tutorials will receive free registration (including afternoon coffee) to the DATE 2022 Tutorials.

For more information, please contact:

Tutorials Chair
Francisco Cazorla, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, ES
tutorialsdate-conference [dot] com

PhD Forum

The PhD Forum is a poster session for PhD students who have completed their PhD thesis within the last 12 months or who are close to complete their thesis work. It represents an excellent opportunity for them to get feedback on their research and for the industry to get a glance of state-of-the-art in system design and design automation. Submissions can be submitted via the DATE website by Monday, 15 November 2021. Submissions should follow the instructions given at https://www.date-conference.com/phd-forum-call-for-submission.

Students participating in the PhD-Forum should also write in the PhD-Forum application their interest in the Young People Program.

For more information, please contact:

PhD Forum Chair
Gabriela Nicolescu, École Polytechnique de Montréal, CA
phd-forumdate-conference [dot] com

Young People Program

The Young People Program is an initiative targeting PhD students with the goal of supporting their career development. PhD students will have an opportunity to present themselves to potential employers from EDA and microelectronics industries. If there is interest from company side, interviews will be arranged during the DATE conference. The initiative also includes activities to improve networking, seminars on how to present themselves effectively to HR representatives, and panels to stimulate discussion on how to publish effectively. In order to apply, PhD students should submit an application including their CV and an abstract of their work. For more information, please see the Career Fair – Call for Submissions here.

For more information, please contact:

Young People Program Co-Chair
Sara Vinco, Politecnico di Torino, IT
young-people-programdate-conference [dot] com

Young People Program Co-Chair
Anton Klotz, Cadence Design Systems, DE
young-people-programdate-conference [dot] com

University Fair

The University Fair fosters the transfer of academic work to industry. The University Fair is part of the DATE exhibition and is free of charge for presenters and their visitors. It should be noted that the University Fair is not intended for disseminating the results of collaborative projects for which there is a specific section in the exhibition hall. Research institutes and universities interested in demonstrating their mature prototypes and pre-commercial results are invited to submit their proposals.

Submissions should be submitted before Monday, 15 November 2021. Submissions need to be made on-line via the following URL:

https://www.softconf.com/date22/UFair/

For more information, please contact:

University Fair
Ioannis Sourdis, Chalmers, SE
university-fairdate-conference [dot] com

University Fair
Nele Mentens, KU Leuven, BE / Leiden University, NL
university-fairdate-conference [dot] com

Multi-Partner Projects

DATE 2022 programme will include one or more sessions dedicated to multi-partner innovative and/or highly-technological research projects addressing the DATE 2022 topics. This includes EU-funded projects (H2020, ECSEL, PENTA, European Innovative Training Networks (ITN), COST Actions, CleanSky projects, …), country- and region-funded projects, projects funded by the European Space Agency, and research projects funded by industry. Project Coordinators are invited to submit papers presenting preliminary ideas, work in progress, or lessons learned from the project. The Multi-Partner Projects session is an excellent opportunity to present your work to the DATE community and fulfilling the dissemination and outreach obligations of your project. Papers must be submitted before Monday, 15 November 2021. Submissions need to be made on-line via the following URL:

https://www.softconf.com/date22/MPRP/

For more information, please go to https://www.date-conference.com/exhibition/projects or contact:

Multi-Partner Projects Chair
Maksim Jenihhin, Tallinn University of Technology, EE
multipartner-projectsdate-conference [dot] com

Accepted papers are required to present the project in the DATE 2022 exhibition. The Multi-Partner Projects session and the booth are an excellent opportunity to present your work to the DATE community and help you fulfilling the dissemination and outreach obligations of your project. DATE also offers you the opportunity to reserve private rooms for project meetings. For booth rental and room reservations, please contact

Conference Organisation | Exhibition and Sponsorship
Kathleen Schäfer, K.I.T. Group GmbH Dresden, DE
datekitdresden [dot] de

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Workshops

Submissions for Workshops on emerging research and application topics are invited. Particularly suitable topics are those not directly covered in the technical programme and which have the potential to impact on future DATE technical areas in design and test of microelectronic systems.

A short Workshop submission no longer than two (2) pages should include the following.

• Workshop title and a clear description of its unique focus; outline the potential of the Workshop for growing and/or consolidating a community, as well as its relevance to the DATE conference;
• Biography for each organiser, including the relevant recent activity to the topic of the Workshop;
• Estimate for the target number of participants, by considering the fact that a successful event attracts both academic and industrial attendees; if there were any prior editions of the Workshop, provide a brief summary of its highlights and its past attendance;
• Tentative format for the event, including: special sessions (e.g., invited talks, panels, embedded tutorials), regular sessions or poster sessions; note, the duration of a DATE Workshop is typically from 8:30am to 4:30pm, including a one-hour lunch break and two half-hour coffee breaks;
• Focus for each special session together with the names/affiliations of the potential speakers;
• If an open Call for Submissions will be circulated for regular and poster sessions, then the tentative schedule for the programme preparation should be included (e.g., submission deadline, notification deadline).

Prepare a PDF file based on the available template (download here) with the Workshop submission and submit before Friday, 01 October 2021 Friday, 29 October 2021 using the following link:
https://www.softconf.com/date22/workshops/

The submitter of a submitted Workshop submission will be notified of acceptance or rejection of his/her submission by Wednesday, 06 October 2021 Wednesday, 03 November 2021. In case of acceptance, the preliminary programme inducing keynote speakers, invited talks as well as a plan for the sessions that are filled with submitted papers of the workshop must be finalized before Monday, 13 December 2021. Workshop hand-out material (consisting of all slides and perhaps also background reading material) needs to be uploaded as a single PDF or ZIP file at the DATE website by Sunday, 20 February 2022. The hand-out material will be available to workshop attendees only!

Organisers and speakers of accepted half-day tutorials will receive free registration (including afternoon coffee) to the DATE 2022 Tutorials.

For more information, please contact:

Workshops Co-Chair
Hiren D. Patel, University of Waterloo, CA
workshopsdate-conference [dot] com

Workshops Co-Chair
Alberto Bosio, University of Lyon, FR
workshopsdate-conference [dot] com

The PhD Forum is a great opportunity for PhD students who have completed their PhD thesis within the last 12 months or who are close to complete their thesis to present their work to a broad audience in the system design and design automation community from both industry and academia. The forum may also help students to establish contacts for entering the job market. In addition, representatives from industry and academia get a glance of state-of-the-art in system design and design automation.

Download the DATE 2022 PhD Forum Call for Submissions here