[hpc-announce] Fwd: Call for Papers: FPGA 2019 -- Submission deadline extended to Oct 1st

[Jing Li]

*Call for Papers: FPGA 2019*

Twenty-Seventh ACM/SIGDA International Symposium on Field-Programmable Gate
Arrays
http://www.isfpga.org


February 24-26, 2019
*Embassy Suites by Hilton Monterey Bay Seaside*
1441 Canyon Del Rey, Seaside, California, 93955, USA

Submission Deadline: *October 1st, 2018*

The ACM/SIGDA International Symposium on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays
(FPGA 2019) is the premier conference for presentation of advances in FPGA
technology.  Accepted papers will be published in the conference
proceedings and available in the ACM Digital Library.

*Types of Submissions Sought*

*1. Research Papers*

As usual, we solicit research papers related to the following areas:

   - FPGA Architecture: Architectures for programmable logic fabrics or
   their components, including routing, flexible logic cells, embedded blocks
   (memory, DSP, processors), and I/O interfaces. Novel commercial
   architectures and architectural features.
   - FPGA Circuit Design: Circuits and layout techniques for design of
   FPGAs. Impact of future process and design technologies on FPGAs. Methods
   for analyzing and improving static and dynamic power, power and clock
   distribution, yield, manufacturability, security, reliability, and
   testability. Use of novel memory or nano-scale devices in FPGAs.
   - CAD for FPGAs: Algorithms for synthesis, technology mapping, logic and
   timing optimization, clustering, placement, and routing of FPGAs. Novel
   design software for system-level partitioning, debug, and verification.
   Algorithms for modeling, analysis and optimization of timing and power.
   - High-Level Abstractions and Tools for FPGAs: General-purpose and
   domain-specific languages, tools, and techniques to facilitate the design,
   debugging and verification of FPGA-based applications and systems. Novel
   hardware/software co-design and high-level synthesis methodologies enabling
   digital signal processing, compute acceleration, networking, machine
   learning, and embedded systems.
   - FPGA-based and FPGA-like Computing Engines: Systems and software for
   compiled accelerators, reconfigurable computing, adaptive computing, and
   rapid-prototyping. Programmable overlay architectures implemented using
   FPGAs.
   - Applications and Design Studies: Implementation of novel designs on
   FPGAs establishing state-of-the-art in high-performance, low-power,
   efficiency, security, or high-reliability. Designs leveraging unique
   capabilities of FPGA architectures or demonstrating significant
   improvements over alternative programmable technologies (e.g., CPU, GPU).
   Design studies or architecture explorations enabling improvement of FPGA
   architectures.

Research submissions may be either:

   - Full: at most 10 pages, for a full presentation at the conference; or
   - Short: at most 6 pages, for a brief presentation.

A paper submitted as either full or short will only be considered in that
category.

*2. Tutorial Papers on Emerging Applications / Methodologies*

The conference will include a Sunday workshop is oriented toward users of
FPGAs: be it deep learning implementations, computer security or other
emerging topics of interest. For this category, we solicit tutorial papers
describing effective design techniques and design flows. The ideal
submission will enable beginning researchers to enter the area, current
researchers to broaden their scope, and practitioners to gain new and
applicable skills.  Tutorial submissions need not present novel research
results, but should integrate expert practical and/or research knowledge
related to FPGAs for a broader audience. This may include:

   - Technical descriptions of new commercial or academic design tools of
   general interest;
   - Insightful summaries of the state-of-the-art that suggest open
   research problems; and
   - In-depth design tutorials and design experiences.

Tutorial submissions should be at least 4 and at most 10 pages. Accepted
submissions will be published in the proceedings and allocated a
presentation time of up to one hour, appropriate to the content.

*3. Panel Discussion Proposals*

We also solicit proposals for the panel discussion at the conference
banquet. The submission should outline the topic, questions to be
addressed, and suggested speakers.


*Submission Process*

Submissions of all types should be made in the form of an English language
PDF file, on-line at https://www.softconf.com/i/fpga2019. Papers should use
the sigconf ACM format template posted at
http://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template/. Submissions must be
received by September 16, 2018 at 11:59 PM (in any time zone).

Submissions will be considered for acceptance as full or short regular
papers, workshop papers, or posters. Regular submissions related to the
workshop topic may be scheduled for presentation during the workshop.
Regular or workshop submissions will also be considered for acceptance as a
poster. A paper submitted to the short or full paper category will only be
considered in that category.

The FPGA Symposium uses a double-blind reviewing system. Manuscripts must
not identify authors or their affiliations; those that do will not be
considered. Exceptions may be allowed, with prior approval of the Program
Chair, in cases where the authors' identity is vital to evaluating the
paper (e.g., papers presenting updates of infrastructure used by the FPGA
community). References to the authors' prior work should be made in the 3rd
person, in the same way one would reference work by others. If necessary to
maintain anonymity, citations may be shown as "Removed for blind review",
but consider that this may impede a thorough review if the removed citation
is crucial to understanding the submission.

*Important dates:*

Submissions due:

 September 16, 2018

Notification of acceptance:

 Mid-November, 2018

Camera-ready copy of accepted papers due:

 Early December, 2018


*Organizing Committee:*

   - General Chair: Kia Bazargan <http://umn.edu/~kia>, University of
   Minnesota, *generalchair at isfpga.org <generalchair at isfpga.org>*.
   - Program Chair: Stephen Neuendorffer
   <https://sites.google.com/site/sneuendorffer/>, Xilinx,
*programchair at isfpga.org
   <programchair at isfpga.org>* .
   - Finance Chair: *Jason H. Anderson <http://janders.eecg.toronto.edu/>*,
   University of Toronto, *financechair at isfpga.org
   <financechair at isfpga.org>*
   - Publicity Chair: Jing Li <https://wicil.ece.wisc.edu/jli/>, University
   of Wisconsin-Madison, *publicitychair at isfpga.org
   <publicitychair at isfpga.org>*
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