Call for contributions [48th Design Automation Conference]

With a heritage of excellence for almost half a century, DAC continues to be the premier conference devoted to Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and the application of EDA tools in designing advanced electronic systems. DAC 2011 is seeking papers that deal with tools, algorithms, and design techniques for all aspects of electronic circuit and system design. We invite submissions in the following categories: Research papers, User Track papers, "Wild and Crazy Ideas" (WACI) topic papers, suggestions for special sessions, panels, and tutorials, and proposals for workshops and colocated events. Submissions must be made electronically at the DAC website. Detailed guidelines for all categories are available on the DAC website. Focus Areas: Apart from the core Electronic Design Automation topics, DAC specifically solicits Research papers in the areas of design automation for many??core architectures, system prototyping technology and embedded software design and debug.