DATE 2025: Call for Papers

The Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE) 2025 is the main European event for electronic system design and test, taking place from March 31 to April 2, 2025, in Lyon, France.

The conference brings together designers, design automation users, researchers, and vendors, focusing on ICs/SoCs, reconfigurable hardware, embedded systems, and embedded software. DATE 2025 features a conference with regular papers, late breaking results papers, and extended abstracts, complemented by keynotes, special days, focus sessions, embedded tutorials, workshops, and multi-partner project sessions.

Submission Key Dates

All deadlines apply to Anywhere on Earth (AoE):

• D, A, T, and E papers (abstracts): Sunday, 15 September 2024

• D, A, T, and E papers (full papers): Sunday, 22 September 2024

• Notification of acceptance (D, A, T, E): Tuesday, 19 November 2024

• Camera-ready papers: Friday, 17 January 2025

• Paper presentation videos: Friday, 07 February 2025

• Late Breaking Results papers (full papers): Sunday, 01 December 2024

• LBR notification of acceptance: Wednesday, 15 January 2025

• LBR camera-ready papers: Friday, 31 January 2025

• Special Initiative "Autonomous Systems Design" (ASD) abstracts: Saturday, 09 November 2024

• ASD full papers: Saturday, 16 November 2024

• ASD notification of acceptance: Tuesday, 17 December 2024

• Focus Session proposals: Friday, 11 October 2024

• Embedded Tutorials proposals: Thursday, 31 October 2024

• Tutorial notification of acceptance: Friday, 15 November 2024

• Workshops proposals: Friday, 11 October 2024

• Workshop notification of acceptance: Friday, 15 November 2024

• Multi-Partner Projects abstracts: Tuesday, 29 October 2024

• MPP full papers: Tuesday, 05 November 2024

• MPP notification of acceptance: Monday, 09 December 2024

• Young People Programme (YPP) PhD Forum deadline: Thursday, 05 December 2024

• YPP Careers Fair – Industry & Student Teams Fair deadline: Friday, 31 January 2025

• YPP Careers Fair – Academia & University Fair deadline: Monday, 24 March 2025

The Conference

DATE addresses all aspects of research into technologies for electronic and (embedded) systems engineering, including the design process, test, and tools for design automation of electronic products. The conference scope covers challenging application fields such as sustainable computing, smart societies, digital wellness, secure systems, autonomous systems, smart industry, and artificial intelligence.

Topic Areas for Submission

Submissions are organized into four tracks:

• Track D: Design Methods and Tools

  • D1 System-level design methodologies and high-level synthesis
  • D2 System simulation and validation
  • D3 Formal methods and verification
  • DT4 Design and test for analog and mixed-signal circuits and systems, and MEMS
  • DT5 Design and test of hardware security primitives
  • DT6 Design and test of secure systems
  • D7 Network on chip and on-chip communication
  • D8 Architectural and microarchitectural design
  • D9 Low-power, energy-efficient and thermal-aware design
  • D10 Approximate computing
  • D11 Reconfigurable systems
  • D12 Logical analysis and design
  • D13 Physical analysis and design
  • D14 Emerging design technologies for future computing
  • D15 Emerging design technologies for future memories
  • D16 Design Automation for Quantum Computing

• Track A: Application Design

  • A1 Power-efficiency and Smart Energy Systems for Sustainable Computing
  • A2 Smart Society and Digital Wellness
  • A3 Secure Systems, Circuits and Architectures
  • A4 Autonomous Systems and Smart Industry
  • A5 Applications of Emerging Technologies
  • A6 Applications of Artificial Intelligence Systems

• Track T: Test and Dependability

  • T1 Modeling and mitigation of defects, faults, variability, and reliability
  • T2 Test generation, test architectures, design for test, and diagnosis
  • T3 Dependability and system-level test
  • DT4 Design and test for analog and mixed-signal circuits and systems, and MEMS
  • DT5 Design and test of hardware security primitives
  • DT6 Design and test of secure systems

• Track E: Embedded Systems Design

  • E1 Embedded software architecture, compilers and tool chains
  • E2 Real-time, dependable and privacy-enhanced systems
  • E3 Machine learning solutions for embedded and cyber-physical systems
  • E4 Design methodologies for machine learning architectures
  • E5 Design, specification, modeling and verification for embedded and cyber-physical systems

Special Days and Initiatives

• Special Day "New Trends in AI/ML"
• Special Day "Emerging Computing Paradigms"
• Special Initiative "Autonomous Systems Design" (ASD)

Submission Instructions

• Submission Site: https://softconf.com/date25/conference/
• File Format: PDF
• Maximum Pages: 6 pages + 1 extra page for references.
• Review Process: Double-blind review; manuscripts must not include authors' names or affiliations. Prior work by authors should be referenced in a way that does not disclose identity.
• Format: A4 or Letter pages, double column, single spaced, Times or equivalent font (min 10pt). Avoid type-3 fonts and baseline stretch. Do not include page numbers or copyright notices.
• Templates: Available on the DATE website (Microsoft Word and LaTeX).
• Topic Selection: Select the most appropriate primary and secondary topics during submission.

Late Breaking Results (LBR)

• Submission Title: Must begin with "Late Breaking Results: …".
• Paper Length: 2 pages, two-column format.
• Submission Site: https://softconf.com/date25/LBR/

Registration Rule for All Accepted Papers

• At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference at the paper author rate.
• It is mandatory that at least one author attends the session and presents the work. Failure to do so will result in the paper being withdrawn from the proceedings.

Focus Sessions, Tutorials, Workshops, and Projects

• Focus Sessions: Proposals (up to 1,500 words) due Friday, 11 October 2024. For panels and hot-topic sessions.
• Embedded Tutorials: Proposals due Thursday, 31 October 2024. Aim for 90-minute sessions.
• Workshops: Proposals due Friday, 11 October 2024. Half-day workshops on emerging topics.
• Multi-Partner Projects: Abstracts due Tuesday, 29 October 2024; Full papers due Tuesday, 05 November 2024. For projects funded by EU, national, or industry schemes.

Young People Programme (YPP)

DATE 2025 includes various activities for students and young researchers:

• PhD Forum: Showcase PhD research. Submission deadline: Thursday, 05 December 2024.
• HACK@DATE: Hardware security challenge. Information at https://hackthesilicon.com/date25/
• Career Fairs (Industry & Academia): Connect students with companies and universities. Deadlines vary (e.g., Friday, 31 January 2025 for industry/student teams, Monday, 24 March 2025 for academia).
• Student Teams Presentations: Deadline: Friday, 31 January 2025.
• University Fair & Career Fair - Academia: For academic openings and research promotion.
• Company Presentation Session & Speed Dating: For companies to connect with students.

Contact Information

• Programme Chair: Theocharis Theocharides, University of Cyprus, CY
  • Email: papers@date-conference.com