VLSI '99

                     X IFIP International Conference on
                           Very Large Scale Integration

                                       Lisboa, Portugal
                                     December 1-4, 1999

                           http://algos.inesc.pt/vlsi99



SCOPE

VLSI '99 is the tenth in a series of biennial international
conferences on Very Large Scale Integration Systems and their design,
sponsored by IFIP TC 10 Working Group 10.5 (VLSI). Previous
conferences have taken place in Edinburgh, Trondheim, Tokyo,
Vancouver, Munich, Grenoble and Gramado.


LOCATION

VLSI '99 will be held in Lisbon.  Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, is
a modern city which is undergoing profound transformations.  Known as
the the city of the seven hills, mother city of sailors and explorers
of seas, a diamond enchased on the bank of a river, the Tagus, Lisbon
has a lot to offer both in terms of history, culture and social life.
Portugal's geographical location makes Lisbon easily accessible for
travellers from all corners of the world.  Its Atlantic climate, with
some Mediterranean influences is such that the thermal amplitude is
rarely high, with lots of sunny days even during the winter.


AREAS OF INTEREST

VLSI '99 will be organized around two tracks:


        
 VLSI Systems Design & Applications
        
 VLSI Design Methods and CAD.


Topics of interest include:

 Architectures, processor design, parallel architectures, signal
 processing, communications, protocols, automotive,application
 specific systems, custom circuits, video processing and
 compression, multimedia applications. 
 Hardware/Software Codesign: embedded systems, methodologies,
 partitioning, reconfigurable circuits and  subsystems.
 Mixed Analog-digital Design: data converters, modulators, RF analog
 design, high speed analog, design automation tools.
 Low Power Design: circuit and system design techniques, CAD,
 system applications.
 Micromechanical systems: integration of sensors, actuators,
 micromachining, packaging and test.
 Design Automation Tools: specification, system level synthesis,
 verification, simulation, layout synthesis, frameworks,
 applications, test, performance.
 Implementation Techniques: gate arrays, module generators, FPGA's,
 deep submicron.
 Wireless Communication Circuits: mobile telephone, wireless LANs,
 DECT, GSM, wireless applications.



SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Prospective authors are invited to submit a draft paper in English
with the following format.  The cover page should specify:


 - submission to VLSI '99,
 - title,
 - category (1-8) which most closely matches the paper contents
 - authors and affiliation,
 - mailing address, phone, fax, and e-mail address of the
   contact author,
 - a brief abstract describing the work, 
 - at least three keywords which can specify typically the contents
   of the work.


Papers should be formatted according to A4 or 8.5"x11", and the length
should not exceed 10-20 pages excluding the cover page.  The technical
expositions should be directed to a specialist and should include an
introduction understandable to a non specialist that describes the
problem studied and the results achieved, focusing on the important
ideas and their significance.

All paper submissions, review and notification of acceptance will be
done electronically through the conference's WWW pages

                http://algos.inesc.pt/vlsi99

The proceedings will be published as a book by Kluwer Publishing.


DEADLINES


Proposal of Special Sessions:   May 15, 1999
Submission of manuscript:       June 5, 1999
Notification of acceptance:     July 1, 1999
Final version of manuscript:    August 20, 1999




ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

GENERAL CHAIR:                          GENERAL VICE-CHAIR:
Luís Miguel Silveira                    José Carlos Monteiro
Dept. of Elect. and Computer Eng.       Department of Informatics
     Systems and Computers Research Institute (INESC)
     Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST), Technical University of Lisbon
     Rua Alves Redol, 9, 136
     1000 Lisbon, PORTUGAL
Phone: +351-1-3100337                   Phone: +351-1-3100283
Fax:   +341-1-3145843
E-mail: lms@inesc.pt                    E-mail: jcm@inesc.pt
http://algos.inesc.pt/~lms              http://algos.inesc.pt/~jcm

FINANCE CHAIR:
Arlindo Oliveira
INESC/IST
Lisbon, Portugal
aml@inesc.pt                            http://algos.inesc.pt/~aml

PUBLICITY CHAIR:
Bernard Courtois
TIMA
Grenoble, France
Bernard.Courtois@imag.fr                

TUTORIALS CHAIR:
Luciano Lavagno
DIEGM, Universit´ di Udine
Udine, Italy
luciano.lavagno@diegm.uniud.it          http://www.diegm.uniud.it/~lavagno

PUBLICATIONS CHAIR:
Ricardo Reis
Instituto de Inform´tica
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Porto Alegre, Brazil
reis@inf.ufrgs.br                       http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~reis

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR:
Srinivas Devadas
Laboratory for Computer Science, Dept. of Elect. Eng. and Comp. Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA USA
devadas@lcs.mit.edu                     http://caa.lcs.mit.edu/~devadas

VICE CO-CHAIRS OF TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
  Systems Design Track: Prof. Peter Ivey
                        University of Sheffield
                        UK
                        p.ivey@sheffield.ac.uk
  Design Methods Track: João Marques-Silva
                        INESC/IST
                        Lisbon, Portugal
                        jpms@inesc.pt   http://algos.inesc.pt/~jpms


ELECTRONIC ADDRESS FOR PAPER SUBMISSION, REVIEWS AND INFORMATION

                http://algos.inesc.pt/vlsi99

The Conference WWW pages will be continuously updated to reflect new
information.


SPONSORS:       IFIP- International Federation for Information Processing

In Cooperation:
                API - Portuguese Association for Informatics
                INESC - Systems and Computers Engineering Institute
                IST - Instituto Superior Técnico
                IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers


Take a look at: http://algos.inesc.pt/vlsi99.


See you in Lisbon in December!!