ASYNC 2009 Call for Papers
May 17–20, 2009 — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA Venue:  University of North Carolina
General Chair Montek Singh, Univ. of North Carolina Program Chairs Ran Ginosar, Technion, Israel Luciano Lavagno, Politecnico di Torino Publications Erik Brunvand, Univ. of Utah Industrial Liaisons Marly Roncken, Intel Pascal Vivet, CEA-LETI, Grenoble Finance Missy Wood, Univ. of North Carolina Local Arrangements Missy Wood, Univ. of North Carolina Jenni Clark, Univ. of North Carolina Local Publicity and Outreach Kelli Gaskill, Univ. of North Carolina	The 15^th IEEE^* International Symposium on Asynchronous Circuits and Systems The International Symposium on Asynchronous Circuits and Systems is the premier forum for researchers to present their latest findings in the area of asynchronous design.  Authors are invited to submit full papers on any aspect of asynchronous design, ranging from the core topics of design, synthesis and test, to asynchronous applications in system-level integration and emerging computing technologies.  Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:  CAD tools for asynchronous design, synthesis, analysis and optimization Asynchronous/mixed-timed circuits, architectures, memories and interfaces Physical design of asynchronous logic and pipelines Formal methods for correctness, and performance/power analysis Test, reliability, security, and radiation tolerance Asynchronous variability-tolerant design and design for manufacturing Motivating case studies, comparisons, and applications Embedded system design with asynchronous architectures/implementations Design models and methods for asynchronous buses, networks on chip (NoC) and system-on-chip (SoC) interconnects Elastic and latency-tolerant synchronous design and GALS systems Asynchrony in emerging technologies, including genetic, neural, nano and quantum computing Papers should not exceed ten pages in IEEE double-column format, and should be submitted via the conference web site (the submission link will open soon).  Papers will be evaluated by the program committee on the basis of scientific merit, innovation, relevance, and presentation.  New-idea papers are encouraged.  Accepted papers will be published in an IEEE proceedings.  Please monitor this website regularly for up-to-date information: http://asyncsymposium.org Paper Schedule: Submission deadline: Abstract registration:    November 24, 2008 Full paper:                    December 1, 2008 Notification of acceptance:      January 26, 2009 Camera-ready version due:      February 23, 2009 ^*IEEE sponsorship pending