From: rwieler@ee.umanitoba.ca (wieler)
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Subject: CANADIAN CONFERENCE ON FPGAS
Date: 19 Nov 92 02:42:20 GMT
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            		INITIAL CALL FOR PAPERS

                  FIRST CANADIAN CONFERENCE ON FPGAS





SCOPE OF CONFERENCE:

The goal of the First Canadian Workshop on FPGAs is to provide a forum
for a discussion on design and applications of field programmable
arrays.  It is hoped that this forum will be conducive to the exchange
of ideas between the academic and industrial communities.

To facilitate this exchange, opportunity will be given to major industrial
leaders to pass on their latest developments to their colleagues in
both the industrial and academic community.

A number of hands on workshops will be available so that designers
will be able to form comparisons of todays technologies, devices,
and design tools.


UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS:

Universities will have the opportunity to show the results of their
FPGA activities in education as well as research.  This can either
be in the form of poster demonstrations or presentation.


Areas of Interest (Suggested but not limited to)

1) Re-use of Hardware
2) Dynamical/Partial Reconfiguration
3) Architectures and Technology
4) Design and Development Tools
5) Design Techniques
6) Novel Applications
7) Industrial Case Studies/Experiences
8) Comparisons of PLDs/FPGAs/Gate Arrays
9) Analog Field Programmable Arrays (FPA)
10) Educational Uses and Experiences


SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:

Initial submissions of papers should be limited to ten pages including
titles pages and figures.  The final submission of  a paper should
be in a camera ready format. Initial submission deadline is February 1, 1993.



DEADLINES AND KEY DATES:

Submission of manuscripts: 		February 1, 1993
Notification of acceptance:		March 19, 1993
Final version of manuscripts due:	April 15, 1993
Conference sessions starts: 		May 31,  1993


PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:

May 30, 1993 		Sunday Evening Reception

May 31, 1993		9:00-10:30	Presentation of Papers
			10:30-10:45 	Coffee Break
			10:45-12:00	Presentation of Papers
			12:00-13:00	Lunch
			13:00-14:45	Presentation of Papers
			14:45-15:00	Coffee Break
			15:00-17:30	Session
			19:30-22:30	Poster-Session/Reception

June 1, 1993		9:00-10:30  	Sessions
			10:30-10:45 	Coffee Break
			10:45-12:00	Sessions
			12:00-13:00	Lunch
			13:00-14:45	Hands-on Workshop
			14:45-15:00	Coffee Break
			15:00-17:30	Hands-on Workshop
			18:30-19:00	Cash Bar
			19:00		Dinner
June 2, 1993		8:00-9:00  	Registration
                        9:00-10:30  	Sessions
			10:30-10:45 	Coffee Break
			10:45-12:00	Session
			12:00-13:00	Lunch
			13:00-14:45	Hands-on Workshop
			14:45-15:00	Coffee Break
			15:00-17:30	Hands-on Workshop

* Sessions during day 2 and day 3 (excluding hands-on) are open to
those registering for the conference portion.




SPECIAL EVENTS:

A welcome reception along with a poster session will be held Monday
evening.
A dinner will take place on Tuesday evening.  Further details will
be announced.


REGISTRATION:

Please register by email or complete the attached registration form.
Your registration will be acknowledged, together with a statement
of your account.  Registration fees may be paid by cheque.  Please
make cheques payable to "IEEE McNaughton Center".

Registration includes:
	- attendance to all conference sessions
	- conference proceedings
	- welcome reception
	- formal evening
	- coffee breaks

Please make sure to register separately for the workshops you plan
to attend.


REGISTRATION FEES:

Conference Sessions:
	Registration prior to March 31, 1993: $150.00
	Registration after March 31, 1993: $200.00
	Student Fees: $100.00

Workshop Sessions -Hands On (limited registration) Xilinx and/or Texas
Instruments
	Registration prior to March 31, 1993: $100.00
	Registration after March 31, 1993: $125.00
	Student Fees: $50.00


INFORMATION:

	Conference Organizing Committee
	IEEE McNaughton Center
	University of Manitoba
	Room 581 Engineering
	Winnipeg, Manitoba
	R3T 2N2
	Phone: 	(204) 474-8891
	Fax:	(204) 261-4639
	Email:	ieee@ee.umanitoba.ca


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Chairman:	R. D. McLeod
		University of Manitoba

Co-chairs:	Albert Heller
		Richard Wieler
		Mike Gamble


PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:

Dr. R. Hobson
Simon Fraser University

Dr. J. Knight
Carleton University

Dr. J. Rajski
McGill University

Dr. M. Miller
University of Victoria

Dr. G. Gulak
University of Toronto

Dr. J. Rose
University of Toronto

Dr. L. Turner
University of Calgary

Mr. Richard Ravel
Director of Training
Xilinx

Ms. Lynda Pasma
Marketing Program Manager FPGAs
Texas Instruments


SPONSORS:

Canadian Microelectronics Corporation
Micronet
IEEE McNaughton Center (University of Manitoba)
IEEE Computer Society (Winnipeg Section)
Xilinx
Texas Instruments