CALL FOR PARTICIPATION


SLIP'99: Workshop on System-Level Interconnect Prediction


April 10-11, 1999, Embassy Suites Hotel, Monterey, California, USA


About SLIP'99

The Workshop on System-Level Interconnect Prediction is a new forum
for the exchange of ideas related to estimation of interconnect design
parameters in VLSI CAD applications. All aspects of interconnect
design parameter estimations and their applications to CAD and
computer architecture evaluation are in the scope of the workshop.
This year, special interest goes to Rent's rule. Also, while most
research on interconnection length and topology estimations has been
performed in the a posteriori (i.e., post-layout) regime, this
workshop seeks to promote research on a priori and on-line (i.e.,
pre-layout and during layout) estimations since these will be
fundamental to the development of future convergent design
methodologies. Interconnection length estimates also provide deeper
insight in the placement properties of circuits on different carriers,
e.g. three-dimensional architectures with optical channels used for
the third dimension of interconnect.

The 1999 SLIP workshop will provide an informal context for
discussions of key new directions in the field, as well as
presentations of leading-edge theoretical and experimental
contributions. Contributed papers will be invited for submission to a
special issue of the IEEE Transactions on VLSI, devoted to
system-level interconnect prediction.


Program highlights

* Two tutorial sessions will be organized:
   - one on Rent's rule and it's importance to Computer-Aided Design;
   - one on the use of a priori wire length estimates.
* Invited presentations:
   - Wilm E. Donath (IBM T.J. Watson Research) will present a historical
     view on Rent's rule and interconnection length estimations;
   - Professor James D. Meindl (Georgia Institute of Technology) is
     willing to guide us through the exciting world of wire length
     estimations and their importance to Computer-Aided Design.
* Round table discussions.
  Based on the position statements received, round table discussions
  will be organized on the main workshop topics.
* Two full paper sessions with leading-edge research results from
  Asian, European, and American universities.


Workshop topics

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

* Rent's rule and its applications in VLSI CAD
* A priori, on-line, or a posteriori estimation of interconnect design
  parameters such as interconnection length, area occupancy, signal
  delay, power dissipation, etc.
* Theoretical estimation techniques
* Estimation algorithms
* Applications of interconnect parameter estimations in CAD, e.g.,
  floorplanning, placement, routing
* Applications of interconnect parameter estimations for system
  architecture evaluation
* Interconnect parameter estimations for ASIC's, MCM's, and FPGA's


Workshop site

The workshop will take place in the Embassy Suites Hotel in Monterey,
California.

For room reservations, please contact the hotel directly:
Address: 1441 Canyon Del Rey, CA 93955
Tel.: (408) 393-1115
Fax : (408) 899-1928
and mention that you are attending the SLIP Workshop.

Embassy Suites on Monterey Bay is within minutes of the Monterey Bay
Aquarium, Fisherman's Wharf, sport fishing, Cannery Row, Pebble Beach,
17-Mile Drive and 17 championship golf courses. The hotel and
conference center is just two blocks from the beach and minutes from
the Monterey Peninsula Airport.

The day after the workshop, the International Symposium on Physical
Design (ISPD'99) will start at the same location.


Registration

If you want to attend the workshop, please contact

        Dr. Dirk Stroobandt
        SLIP'99
        University of Ghent, ELIS Department
        Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41
        B-9000 Gent
        Belgium
        Tel.: +32 9 264.34.01
        Fax: +32 9 264.35.94
        E-mail: dstr@elis.rug.ac.be

Registration information will then be sent to you. The registration fee will be kept minimal.


Organization

Prof. Andrew B. Kahng (University of California at Los Angeles, USA)
Dr. Dirk Stroobandt (University of Ghent, Belgium)