VSI Updates - Apr 2008

1. DVM 2008 (Apr 25-26, Bangalore) concluded successfully. It was attended by 50+ participants and included invited presentations and a panel discussion on design verification methodologies.

2. Several events are being planned in the near future. A two-day workshop on Power Management is planned in Mysore (SJCE, Mysore, June 4-5) and a three-day workshop on Analog Interfacing and System Design is planned at Kolkata (Jadavpur University, June 16-18). More information on these events will soon become available on the website. A summer workshop on Custom LSI Design for faculty (CLDW 2008) is being planned in July (Koodalasangama, Karnataka).

3. The review process for VDAT 2008 has concluded and the results are now available on CMT website. Congratulations to all the authors whose papers have been included.  If your paper was not included, please do not be disappointed – please use the reviews to improve your paper and submit it to another forum.

4. At this point, we are accepting submissions for the July/August issue of "VSI VISION". We are looking for

a) Journal articles which highlight research contributions - these will be peer-reviewed. The last date for submission for this issue in May 15. Send your submission to ravikumar@... in PDF format.  The manuscript must be in double spaced, single column format and must be about 10 pages long in 10-point Times-Roman font.

b) General articles on the topic of VLSI education/research/industry in India.

c) Information about publications/patents originating from India during the past 6 months in the areas of VLSI/related technologies.

6. Your one-year memberships taken in 2007 have expired. If you have not already done so, please renew your memberships.  Please note that 5-year memberships are also available. Membership forms can be downloaded from http://vlsi-india.org/vsi/download/forms/vsi-membership-form.pdf

Regards,

C.P. Ravikumar

Secretary, VSI