The Design, Automation and Test in Europe conference and exhibition is the main European event bringing together designers and design automation users, researchers and vendors, as well as specialists in the hardware and software design, test and manufacturing of electronic circuits and systems. The Application Design Track is devoted to the presentation and discussion of design experiences with a high degree of industrial relevance, as well as innovative design methodologies and use of specific design technologies in different application domains. The Automotive topic is one of the nine topics foreseen in the Application
Design Track.

This five-day event consists of a conference with plenary keynotes, regular papers, interactive presentations, panels and hot-topic sessions, tutorials, master courses and workshops. DATE is also Europe’s leading commercial exhibition showing the state-ofthe-art in design and test tools, methodologies, IP and design services. Both the conference and the exhibition, together with the many user group meetings, fringe meetings, university booth and social events offer a wide variety of opportunities to meet and exchange information.

Topic Description

Practical design experiences for automotive applications: analogue and mixed-signal integrated circuits, micro-electromechanical systems, integrated sensors and transducers, RF architectures, real-time reliable embedded systems, interconnected systems, design for reliability and design of safety-critical systems. Practical applications of design methods to automotive systems.

Topical Technical Commitee

Juergen Becker, Universitaet Karlsruhe, Germany, becker [at] itiv [dot] uni-karlsruhe [dot] de
Oliver Bringmann, FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik, Germany, bringmann [at] fzi [dot] de
Marco Di Natale, Scuola Superiore S. Anna, Italy, marco [at] sssup [dot] it
Luca Fanucci, University of Pisa, Italy, l [dot] fanucci [at] iet [dot] unipi [dot] it
Thomas M. Forest, General Motors, USA, tom [dot] m [dot] forest [at] gm [dot] com
Joachim Gerlach, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany, joachim [dot] gerlach [at] de [dot] bosch [dot] com
Achim Graupner, ZMD AG, Germany, graupner [at] zmd [dot] de
Riccardo Mariani, Yogitech SPA, Italy, riccardo [dot] mariani [at] yogitech [dot] com
Michael Payer, Infineon Technologies AG, Germany, michael [dot] payer [at] infineon [dot] com
Olivier Sailhen, Atmel, France, olivier [dot] sailhen [at] rfo [dot] atmel [dot] com
Christian Sebeke, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany, christian [dot] sebeke [at] de [dot] bosch [dot] com
Serge Scotti, STMicroelectronics, France, serge [dot] scotti [at] st [dot] com

Submission Instructions

All manuscripts must be submitted electronically before September 7th, 2008, following the instructions on the conference Web page (www.date-conference.com/date09/)

The accepted file formats are PDF and Postscript. Manuscripts received in hard-copy form will not be processed. Papers can be submitted for either standard oral presentation or for interactive presentation. Standard oral presentations require novel and complete research work supported by experimental results, and are held in front of a full audience. Besides these, DATE will again include interactive presentations of novel ideas that may require additional research or lack experimental data. Presentations are given on a laptop in a
face-to-face discussion area.

Submissions should not exceed 6 pages in length for oral-presentation and 4 pages in length for interactive-presentation papers, and should be
formatted as close as possible to the final format: A4 or letter sheets, double column, single spaced, Times or equivalent font of minimum 10pt (templates are available on the DATE Web site for your convenience). To permit blind review, submissions should not include the author names. Any submission not in line with the above rules will be discarded.

All papers will be evaluated with regard to their suitability for the conference, originality and technical soundness. The Programme Committee reserves the right to accept interesting contributions that do not meet the criteria for standard oral presentations, as interactive presentations.

Topic Chairs

Luca Fanucci
Dept. of Information Engineering
University of Pisa
Via G. Caruso, 16, I-56122 Pisa, Italy
e-mail: l [dot] fanucci [at] iet [dot] unipi [dot] it

Christian Sebeke
Robert Bosch GmbH
Tuebinger Strasse 123
D-72762 Reutlingen, Germany
e-mail: christian [dot] sebeke [at] de [dot] bosch [dot] com