CALL FOR PAPERS - TAU 2010
ACM International Workshop on Timing Issues in the Specification and Synthesis of Digital Systems 
http://www.tauworkshop.com

March 18 - March 19, 2010
Marriott Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, Californ
Sponsored by ACM/SIGDA and in-cooperation with IEEE/CAS

The TAU series of workshops provide an informal forum for practitioners and researchers working on temporal aspects of digital systems to disseminate early work and engage in a free discussion of ideas. The seventeen in the TAU series, the TAU 2010 workshop emphasizes the analog side of the current and future digital circuits and systems with special invited talks and a special focus on submissions from topics including but not limited to:

Focus topics:
      Transistor level models
      Analog circuit modeling
      Timing interfaces with mixed signal circuits
      Reliability modeling and simulation
      Circuit-level simulation of digital circuits
      Simulation and characterization of SRAM circuits
      Digital cell characterization for many corner/statistical timing

As usual, the TAU 2010 workshop also invites submissions from the traditional areas related to the timing properties of digital electronic systems, including but not limited to: 

Regular topics:  
	Hierarchical modeling and analysis
	Formal theories and methods                               
	System-level timing
	Transistor-level timing                                          
	Circuit-level timing
	Sensitivity analysis
	Full custom design analysis         
	Integrated functional-temporal analysis
	Incremental analysis
	Timing issues in low power design
	Power-delay trade-offs
	Adjacent line switching and coupling	
	Delay models and metrics                                                      
	Layout impact on timing
	Timing-driven layout optimization
	Timing-driven synthesis and re-synthesis
	Circuit optimization
	Uncertainty-based analysis 
	Incorporation of RETs in timing
	Process & environmental variation models
	Statistical analysis techniques
	Clocking, synchronization, and skew                     
	Clock domains, static/dynamic logic
	Novel clocking schemes                                         
	Special circuit families                                          
	Asynchronous systems 
	Timing implications of emerging technologies 

IMPORTANT DATES
                  Submission deadline     December 15, 2009
                  Acceptance notification February  6, 2010 
                  Camera-ready paper due  February 22, 2010

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS 
All papers must be submitted electronically. Details will be posted on the web site http://www.tauworkshop.com. Submissions are limited to 6 pages in the double column proceedings format. In order to allow for a blind review, the submitted pdf version of the papers should not contain the authors name or any direct reference to the authors. TAU is a workshop aimed at fostering a high level of professional interaction, not a conference.  Copies of papers will be provided to the attendees, but the proceedings will not be published by the ACM or the IEEE.  Therefore, accepted papers can still be submitted to other conferences and journals.  The intent of the workshop is to encourage the vigorous and unfettered discussion of the latest ideas in the field.

WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION:
General Chair:   Peng Li, Texas A&M University
Program Chair:   Florentin Dartu, Synopsys, Inc.