Identification, characterization and modeling of defects, faults and degradation mechanisms; Defect based fault analysis, Simulation and ATPG of defect based faults; Reliability analysis and modeling techniques, FMEA and Physics of failure; Test for noise and uncertainty; Design for Reliability and Design for Variability and their impact on test; Test and reliability of redundant systems; Test and reliability issues in the presence of leakage; Challenges of ultra low-power design on test and reliability; Modeling and test techniques for physical sources of errors such as process, voltage and temperature variations; Error-resilient nano design systems.