Electronic Design Automation School
EDAS 2020 (Virtual)
December 7 – 11, 2020
The first IEEE CASS/CEDA Seasonal School on Electronic Design Automation (EDAS2020) is an event dedicated to students and researchers in Brazil and South America.
The EDAS aims to offer students a group of talks on key topics of electronic design automation for integrated circuits (IC) in modern and upcoming technologies, including current and future challenges faced by the industry and academia for implementing complex circuits and systems.
The goal is to promote discussions on hot topics and cover fundamental algorithms, computational methods, and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques in the area so that the attendees could leverage their comprehension and capabilities while attracting new students and researchers to the right problems.
Our Goals Are…
To bring together the local community, fostering local interactions and stimulating cooperation among students, researchers, and professionals in the region;
To bring the local community closer to leading researchers and professionals in their field of knowledge;
To stimulate students to learn, research, and eventually follow a career in the field of EDA
To bring together the local community, fostering local interactions and stimulating cooperation among students, researchers, and professionals in the region;
To bring the local community closer to leading researchers and professionals in their field of knowledge;
To stimulate students to learn, research, and eventually follow a career in the field of EDA
To stimulate students to learn, research, and eventually follow a career in the field of EDA
To bring together the local community, fostering local interactions and stimulating cooperation among students, researchers, and professionals in the region;
To bring the local community closer to leading researchers and professionals in their field of knowledge;
Registration Fees
IEEE CASS Members (both students and professionals): free of charge
Non-CASS Member Students: R$ 55.00
Non-CASS Member Professionals: R$ 165.00
Complimentary Registration for Students: based on availability, this registration category allows the student to attend this course for free. However, this registration will not include a course certificate and will not allow the student to compete for gifts and prizes distributed during EDAS. Apply here! (in Portuguese) https://forms.gle/8Y2eHySdVDfk5haS7
CASS Gift:
Based on availability, IEEE-student Members with up to date 2021 membership will earn the CASS annuity as a gift (by reimbursement).
Program
The School Program will include 22 courses. A daily panel is also planned to discuss specific aspects of each course. The materials used in the school will be published as e-books in the CASS Resource Center, which can be freely downloaded by CASS members.
Monday 7/12
10:30 Course 1: Introduction to EDA
Ricardo Reis and José Luis Güntzel
14:00 Course 2: Introduction to the Modern Design Flow
Mateus Fogaça
15:30 Course 3: Logic Synthesis
Augusto Neutzling Silva and Jody Matos
17:00 Posters Session
A Decision Tree Flow to Boolean Logic Optimization. Authors: Isac Campos, Augusto Berndt, Mateus Grellert and Cristina Meinhardt
A two-level approximated logic synthesis method Authors: Gabriel Ammes, Walter Lau, Paulo Butzen, Pierre-Emmanuel Gaillardon and Renato Ribas
Cartesian Genetic Programming for Logic Optimization Authors: Augusto Berndt, Brunno Abreu, Isac Campos, Jonata Carvalho, Mateus Grellert and Cristina Meinhardt
17:30 Course 4: Challenges on Logic Synthesis and Modern solutions on Logic Synthesis – Part 1
Vinicius Callegaro, Mentor Graphics
18:00 Course 5: Challenges on Logic Synthesis and Modern solutions on Logic Synthesis – Part 2
Vinicius Possani, Synopsys Inc.
19:00 Daily Panel:
from Brazil to the world
Tuesday 8/12
10:30 Course 1: Global Placement
Paulo Butzen (UFRGS)
14:00 Placement Legalization
Jucemar Luis Monteiro
15:30 Course 3: Detailed Placement
Sheiny Fabre (UFSC) and Cristina Meinhardt (UFSC)
17:00 Posters Session
Algorithm Selection for Legalization Using CNNs. Authors: Renan Netto, José Luis Güntzel and Laleh Behjat
Incremental Multirow Legalization Method. Authors: Jorge Ferreira, Paulo Butzen and Ricardo Reis
Routability-Driven Detailed Placement Using Reinforcement Learning Authors: Sheiny Almeida, José Luís Güntzel, Laleh Behjat and Cristina Meinhardt
17:30 Course 4: Physically-aware synthesis
Guilherme Flach (Synopsys Inc.)
19:00 Daily Panel:
EDA Contests
Wednesday 9/12
10:30 Course 1: Clock Synthesis
Gustavo Wilke (Synopsys Inc.)
14:00 Course 2: Global Routing
Renato Hentschke (Synopsys Inc.)
15:30 Course 3: Detailed Routing
Gracieli Posser
17:00 Posters Session
FastRoute: Adapting Academic Code for Use in the Design of Production ICs. Authors: Eder Monteiro and Ricardo Reis
Contributions to OpenROAD from Abroad: Experiences and Learnings. Authors: Mateus Fogaça, Eder Monteiro, Marcelo Danigno, Isadora Oliveira, Paulo Butzen and Ricardo Reis
Routing with Cell Replacement. Authors: Tiago Fontana, Laleh Behjat and José Luís Güntzel
17:30 Course 4: Routing with Cell Movement
Tiago Fontana (UFSC) and José Luis Güntzel (UFSC)
19:00 Industry Panel: Challenges and Opportunities in Next Generation EDA Tools
Thursday 10/12
10:30 Course 1: Timing Optimization
Vinicius Livramento
14:00 Course 2: Gate Sizing
Marcelo Johann (UFRGS)
15:30 Posters Session
Automatic Layout Synthesis of Transistors Networks for FDSOI Authors: Elias de Almeida Ramos, Vitor Hugo F. Maciel, Germano Girondi and Ricardo Augusto da Luz Reis
Exploring Tree-Based Inference Engines for Low-Power Learning Applications Authors: Brunno Abreu, Mateus Grellert and Sergio Bampi
Design of Steel: A RISC-V Core Authors: Rafael de Oliveira Calçada and Ricardo Augusto da Luz Reis
16:00 Course 3: Visualization Tools
Ricardo Reis (UFRGS)
17:00 Session break: The benefits of IEEE/CASS-CEDA membership
José Rodrigo Azambuja (UFRGS/CASS) and José Luiz Güntzel (UFSC/CEDA)
17:30 Course 4: Automatic Cell Generation
Ricardo Reis (UFRGS)
Friday 11/12
10:30 Course 1: Synthesis of Quantum Circuits
Calebe Micael de Oliveira Conceição (IFSul)
14:00 Course 2: Synthesis of NML Circuits
Omar Paranaiba Vilela Neto (UFMG) and José Augusto Nacif (UFV)
15:30 Session Break: The benefits of being active on the IEEE Student Branch &Poster Awards
Alexandra L. Zimpeck (UCPel)
16:00 Course 3: Synthesis of 3D Circuits
Carolina Metzler and Ricardo Reis (UFRGS)
17:30 Course 4: Machine Learning application on EDA
Renan Oliveira Netto (UFSC) and Mateus Grellert (UFSC)
19:00 Closing Remarks/Social Event
Everyday from Tuesday to Friday
9:30 – 10:30 Hands-on Tutorial: Open Source EDA tools
Eder Matheus Rodrigues Monteiro
9:30 – 10:30 Hands-on Tutorial: Open Source EDA tools
Eder Matheus Rodrigues Monteiro
Poster Submission
CALL FOR POSTERS
Posters must be electronically submitted using an A4 portrait layout (WxH = 21cm x 29.7 cm) in PDF format along with a recorded presentation on YouTube (the language is your choice).
The presentation should consist of no more than five slides and the YouTube video must be no more than three minutes-long.
Submit the link to your recorded presentation in the abstract field of the submission system.
Accepted posters will be exhibited in the school website and the videos will be reproduced in virtual poster sessions. The organization committee will award the four best posters with prizes. A fifth best poster, chosen by popular vote, will also receive a prize.
A4 Poster Template: PowerPoint PDF
Click here to submit on EasyChair!
TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
Logic and physically-aware synthesis,
Floorplaning, placement and routing
Clock tree synthesis and power distribution
Machine learning for CAD
Design for manufacturability
Timing analysis and optimization
CAD for 3D circuits
IMPORTANT DATES:
New Poster and video submission deadline: November 20th
Acceptance notification: November 27th
Final submission: November 30th
Organization
General Chair: José Luis Güntzel, UFSC
Program Chairs:
Cristina Meinhardt, UFSC
Ricardo Reis, UFRGS
Mateus Grellert, UFSC
Poster Session Chairs:
Augusto Neutzling Silva, Cadence
Mateus Fogaça, Cadence
Streaming Chair: Raphael Brum, UFRGS
IEEE CASS Liaison: José Rodrigo Azambuja, UFRGS
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