CALL FOR PAPERS — ASYNC 2021
The 27th IEEE International Symposium
on Asynchronous Circuits and Systems
September 7–10, 2021, Online-only
The International Symposium on Asynchronous Circuits and Systems (ASYNC) is the premier forum for researchers to present their latest findings in the area of asynchronous design. In addition to a regular paper track, the conference will hold an invited session on security, a special industrial papers track, and a fresh ideas workshop. The 27th symposium will be hosted by Galois, Inc. and held remotely September 7-10, 2021.
WEBSITE: https://asyncsymposium.org/async2021/
REGULAR PAPERS:
Authors are invited to submit papers on any aspect of asynchronous design, including design automation and test, circuit design, asynchronous applications in system-level integration, and emerging computing technologies. Topics of interest include:
- Mixed-timed circuits, GALS systems, networks-on-chips, multi-chip interconnects, and 3D integration;
- Elastic and latency-tolerant synchronous design;
- Asynchrony in emerging technologies, such as bio, nano, and quantum computing;
- CAD tools for asynchronous design, synthesis, analysis, and optimization;
- Formal methods for verification and performance/power analysis;
- Fault tolerance, resilient design, and radiation-hard design;
- Test and design for manufacturing;
- Asynchronous pipelines, architectures, CPUs, and memories;
- Asynchronous logic in ultra-low power and power-constrained systems, energy harvesting, and mixed-signal/analog design;
- Asynchronous design for neural networks and machine learning applications; and
- Circuit designs, case studies, comparisons, and applications.
Submissions must report original scientific work and be 6-8 pages in IEEE two-column conference format with author information concealed. Authors who feel that extra pages are absolutely required to achieve top quality for their article may contact the Program Chairs. Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE digital library (IEEE Xplore) and the symposium proceedings.
INVITED SESSION ON SECURITY:
Authors are invited to submit papers on the following topics regardless of whether the work is directly related to asynchronous circuits. Emphasis will be given to work that would benefit from or have impact on applications of asynchronous concepts and circuits. Topics include:
- Formal methods for security and system verification;
- Special circuits for security applications; and
- Side-channel analysis and designs that mitigate side-channel attacks.
Submissions must report original scientific work and be 6-8 pages in IEEE two-column conference format with author information concealed. Authors who feel that extra pages are absolutely required to achieve top quality for their article may contact the Program Chairs. Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE digital library (IEEE Xplore) and the symposium proceedings.
INDUSTRIAL PAPERS:
ASYNC 2021 will include a special industrial workshop with papers from industry on the state-of-the-art application of asynchronous designs to both existing and emerging technologies. We solicit 1-2 page submissions, using IEEE two-column conference format. These papers will go through a separate lightweight review process. Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE digital library (IEEE Xplore) and the symposium proceedings.
FRESH IDEAS WORKSHOP:
ASYNC 2021 will accommodate a special workshop to present “fresh ideas” in asynchronous design that are not yet ready for publication, as well as “emerging hot topics” to describe emerging areas of interest for asynchronous design. We solicit 1-2 page submissions for the workshop, which will go through a separate lightweight review process. Accepted submissions will be distributed digitally to symposium attendees and, with the permission of the authors, made publicly available online after the symposium.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
| Regular track and invited session on security abstract registration deadline: | |
| Regular track submission deadline: | April 5, 2021 |
| Invited session on security and industrial papers submission deadline: | April 26, 2021 |
| Regular track and invited session on security notification of acceptance: | June 25, 2021 |
| Fresh ideas workshop submission deadline: | July 9, 2021 |
SYMPOSIUM COMMITTEE:
General Co-Chairs: Dylan Hand, USA
Matheus Trevisan Moreira, USA
Program Co-Chairs: Georgios Dimou, USA
Milos Krstic, Germany
Invited Session Chair: Daniel Zimmerman, USA
Publications Chair: Daniel Zimmerman, USA