Message from the conference chairs

We welcome you to the 22nd IEEE International Conference on Applicationspecific Systems, Architectures and Processors (ASAP 2011). This year´s event takes place in Santa Monica, California, USA, a beautiful coastal town in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area, rich in cultural, entertainment, and outdoor attractions. On its journey to Santa Monica, the conference has been held in many places around the globe including Oxford (1986), San Diego (1988), Killarney (1989), Princeton (1990), Barcelona (1991), Berkeley (1992), Venice (1993), San Francisco (1994), Strasbourg (1995), Chicago (1996), Zürich (1997), Boston (2000), San Jose (2002), The Hague (2003), Galveston (2004), Samos (2005), Steamboat Springs (2006), Montréal (2007), Leuven (2008), Boston (2009), and Rennes (2010).