14th IEEE International NEWCAS Conference

June 26th – 29th, 2016
Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Downtown Hotel. Vancouver, Canada

Conference Program1

Conference Venue Layout

Organizing Committee
General Program Co-Chairs
Mohammad Sawan, Polytechnique Montréal Montréal QC, Canada
Shahriar Mirabbasi, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Technical Program Co-Chairs
Ljiljana Trajkovic, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Sudip Shekhar, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Luc Hébrard, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Tutorial Co-Chairs
Benoit Gosselin, Université Laval, aval, Québec City, QC, Canada
Patricia Desgreys, Telecom ParisTech, Paris, France
Jean-Baptiste Begueret, University of Bordeaux, Talence, France

Special Session Co-ChairsThierry Taris, Bordeaux INP, and IMS Lab, University of Bordeaux, Talence, France
Carlos Saavedra, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Roman Genov, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Publicity Co-Chairs
Zhihua Wang, Tsinghua Universty, Beijing, China
Ricardo Reis, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Magdy Bayoumi, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, USA

Industry Liaison Co-ChairsPeter Stokes, CMC Microsystems, Kingston, ON, Canada
Bob Gill, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, BC, Canada

Finance Chair
Steven McClain, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, BC, Canada

Media/Web Site Chair
Stephen Makonin, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

1Technical Program Committee
Track 1:

Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuits

Jean-Baptiste Begueret, University of Bordeaux, Talence, France (Track Lead)
Danilo Demarchi, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Günhan Dündar, Boğaziçi University, Turkey
Jorge Fernandes, INESC-ID, Instituto Superior Técnico, Univ. de Lisboa, Portugal
Igor Filanovsky, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Manideep Gande, Linear Technologies, San Jose, CA, USA
Erkan Isa, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Munich, Germany
Gilles Jacquemod, University of Nice, France
Nima Maghari , University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Marcello de Matteis, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Reza Molavi, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Salvatore Pennisi, DIEES, University of Catania, Italy
Wenceslas Rahajandraibe, Aix-Marseille University, France
He Tang, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China

Track 2:

Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Parisa Behnamfar Fortinet, Technologies, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Benoit Gosselin, Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada (Track Lead)
Subhanshu Gupta, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
Edith Kussener, IM2NP, ISEN, Toulon, France
Morgan Madec, ICube, University of Strasbourg, France

Track 3:

CAD, EDA, and Design Tools

Marie Minerve Louërat, Université Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris, France
Haidar Harmanani, Lebanese American University, Byblos Campus, Lebanon
Roni Khazaka, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
Ian O'Connor, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France (Track Lead)
François Pecheux, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
Leonid Goldgeisser, Mentor Graphics Corporation, Wilsonville, Oregon, USA

Track 4:

Communication Circuits and Systems

Leonid Belostotski, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
José Luis Gonzales, CEA-LETI, France
Eric Kerhervé, IMS Lab, Bordeaux, France (Track Lead)
Masum Hossain, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Chadi Jabbour, Telecom ParisTech, Paris, France
Fréderic Nabki, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Jeff Walling, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Track 5:

Digital and Computing Circuits and Architectures

Massimo Alioto, National University of Singapore, Singapore (Track Lead)
Jean-Frederic Christmann, CEA-LETI, Lyon, France
Pasquale Corsonello, University of Calabria, Italy
Olivier Sentieys, IRISA, Lannion, France2

Track 6:

Digital Signal Processing and Multimedia

Sergio Bampi, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Luc Claesen, Uhasselt, Flanders, Belgium
Dietmar Fey, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Fabrice Monteiro, University of Lorraine, Metz, France
Yvon Savaria, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada (Track Lead)

Track 7:

Embedded Systems

Michael Huebner, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Suzanne Lesecq, CEA-LETI, Grenoble, France (Track Lead)
Sébastien Pillement, University of Nantes, Nantes, France

Track 8:Energy Harvesting Circuits and Power Management

Cécile Belleudy, University of Nice, Nice, France
Vincent Frick, ICube Lab, Université de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France
Aldo Romani aldo, University of Bologna, Cesena, Italy
Aida Todri-Sanial, LIRMM, Montpellier, France (Track Lead)

Track 9:Microsystems, Imaging, & Sensory Circuits & Systems

Derek Ho, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Pascal Nouet, Université Montpellier II, Montpellier, France
Joris Pascal, FHNW, Muttenz, Switzerland
Wilfried Uhring, ICube, Université de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France (Track Lead)

Track 10: Test and Verification
Patrick Girard, LIRMM, Montpellier, France (Track Lead)
Nicola Nicolici, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Sofiène Tahar, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada
Osman Hasan, NUST, Islamabad, Pakistan

Track 11: Technology Trends
Sylvain Blayac, École des Mines de Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne, France
Jacques-Olivier Klein, IEF, University Paris Sud, Orsay, France (Track Lead)

Track 12: Special Sessions
Roman Genov, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Carlos Saavedra, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Thierry Taris, Bordeaux INP, and IMS Lab, University of Bordeaux, Talence, France3Sponsors

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Welcome Message from the NEWCAS Committee
On behalf of the organizing committee, we are delighted to welcome you to the 14th IEEE
International NEWCAS Conference (June 26 to 29, 2016) in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The
Conference venue is the Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Downtown Hotel. NEWCAS 2016 willcontinue the conference tradition to have a rich mix of technical and social programs. This
year’s program includes excellent tutorials, outstanding plenary talks, superb technicalsessions, and wonderful networking and social events.
Conference highlights include:
Tutorials (Sunday, June 26, 2016):• Tiny Inductively powered Battery Chargers,
by Professor Gabriel Rincon-Mora (Georgia Institute of Technology)• Phase-Locked Clock Generation for SoC: Circuit and System Design Aspects
by Professor Woogeun Rhee (Tsinghua University)• Development of Massively-Parallel Multimedia Algorithms and Applications in the
Integrated Multi-Core/GPU Platformby Professor Saeid Nooshabadi (Michigan Technological University)• Optimizing NanoCMOS Circuits by Using Transistor Networks
by Professor Ricardo Reis (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)
Plenary Talks (June 27 to 29, 2016):• Design for Low Power: The Next Frontier
by Professor Behzad Razavi, UCLA
• Designing (Relatively) Reliable Systems with (Highly)Unreliable Components
by Professor Massimo Alioto, National University of Singapore• mm-Wave CMOS to the Rescue: 5G and Beyond (xG) Communication and Enhanced
BioSensing
by Professor Ali Niknejad, University of California, Berkeley
Technical Program (June 27 to 29, 2016): 18 technical sessions consisting of lecture
sessions (2 parallel sessions each day) and one poster session per day on Tuesday andWednesday.
Two panel discussions: “From RFID to IoT: Dreams and Reality” and the session
organized by IEEE Women in Circuits and Systems (WiCAS) and Young Professionals (YP)
groups.
Social and Networking Events (June 26 to 28, 2016): in the evening of Sunday, Monday,
and Tuesday.
This year, a total of 225 technical papers were submitted to NEWCAS from 31 countries in
Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe. The technical program committee members solicitedand received 739 expert reviews (average of 3.3 reviews per paper) in a timely manner. We
would like to take this opportunity to warmly thank the Technical Program Committee
members and all the reviewers.
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After a rigorous selection for maintaining the high level of the conference, 101 regularpapers were accepted (acceptance rate of 46.75% for regular papers). Furthermore, 9
contributions were accepted in two special sessions. During the conference, the committee
will select a few top quality papers and will invite their authors to submit an extended
version of their papers to the special issue of Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal
Processing Journal published by Springer.
NEWCAS 2016 would not have been possible without the time and effort of many people.
We would like to thank the Organizing Committee members, the Technical Program
Committee members, the reviewers, the authors, the Special Sessions Organizers, Tutorial
Organizers, Panel Organizers, the tutorial speakers, and keynote speakers. We would also
wish to genuinely thank numerous volunteers who helped us with the organization of theconference. We sincerely thank all our sponsors for their generous support of theconference: IEEE Circuits and Circuits Society, IEEE Vancouver Section, le Regroupement
Stratégique en Microsystème du Québec (ReSMiQ), Consulate General of France in
Vancouver, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of British
Columbia, CMC Microsystems, e-Silicon, and Tourism Vancouver.
Enjoy NEWCAS 2016 conference and your stay in Vancouver.
Luc Hebrard, Sudip Shekhar, and Ljiljana Trajković
Technical Program Co-Chairs
Mohamad Sawan and Shahriar Mirabbasi
General Co-Chairs

6Tutorials
Sunday Morning, June 26
Point Grey Room
9:00 to 12:00
Tiny Inductively powered Battery Chargers, by Professor Gabriel Rincon-Mora (Georgia Institute ofTechnology)

Ambleside I
9:00 to 12:00
Development of Massively-Parallel Multimedia Algorithms and Applications in the Integrated MultiCore/GPU Platform by Saeid Nooshabadi (Michigan Technological University)

10:15 to 10:30 - Coffee Break
12:00 to 13:30 – Lunch (Pinnacle Ballroom)
Sunday Afternoon, June 26
Point Grey Room
13:30 to 16:30
Phase-Locked Clock Generation for SoC: Circuit and System Design Aspects by Professor Woogeun
Rhee (Tsinghua University)

Ambleside I
13:30 to 16:30
Optimizing NanoCMOS Circuits by Using Transistor Networks by Professor Ricardo Reis,
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

15:15 to 15:30 - Coffee Break

17:30 to 20:00 - Welcome Reception (Point Grey Room)

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Technical Sessions
Session 1 - Formal Opening and Plenary Session
Monday Morning, June 27, Pinnacle Ballrooms II and III
8:30 Formal Opening
9:00 Keynote
Professor Behzad Razavi, University of California, Los Angeles
Title: Design for Low Power: The Next Frontier

10:00 to 10:30 - Coffee Break (Shaughnessy Salon)
Session 2 - UWB Radios: Advances and Perspectives
Monday Morning, June 27, Pinnacle II Ballroom
Session Chair: Domenico Zito, University College Cork & Tyndall National Institute
Yann Deval, IMS Laboratory
10:30
2-1

UWB Radios - the Maturity Age?, Domenico Zito1, Dominique Morche2,
1Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics, Ireland; 2CEA-Leti,
France10:48
2-2

Low-Power High-Speed Wireless Transceivers and Antennas forLarge-Scale Neural Implants, Masoud Rezaei, Benoit Gosselin, Université
Laval, Canada

11:06
2-3

Design of Pulse Synthesizers for the Convergence of IR-UWB
Solutions, Remy Vauché1, Sylvain Bourdel3, Eloi Muhr1, Jean Gaubert1,
Nicolas Dehaese1, Frédéric Hameau2, Hervé Barthelemy1, 1Aix-Marseille
Université / Institut Matériaux Microélectronique Nanosciences deProvence, France; 2CEA-Leti, France; 3Université Grenoble Alpes, France

11:24
2-4

Remote Monitoring of Vital Signs Using a CMOS UWB Radar
Transceiver, Dag Wisland, Kristian Granhaug, Jan Roar Pleym, Nikolaj
Andersen, Stig Støa, Håkon Hjortland, Novelda AS, Norway

11-42
2-5

Low-Latency Asynchronous Networking for the IoT: Routing Analog
Pulse Delays Using IR-UWB, Marco Crepaldi1, Alessandro Sanginario1,
Paolo Motto Ros1, Danilo Demarchi2, 1Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy;
2Politecnico di Torino, Italy8

Session 3 - Amplifiers
Monday Morning, June 27, Pinnacle III Ballroom
Session Chair: Igor Filanovsky, University of Alberta
Eric Kerherve, IMS Laboratory
10:30
3-1

A Compact 90W Broadband Doherty Amplifier, Al Freundorfer, Justin
Chan, Carlos Saavedra, Queen's University, Canada

10:48
3-2

Top-Down Design and Synthesis of Inherently-Stable IntegratorBased High-Order Amplifiers, Aly Shoukry, Gordon Roberts, McGill
University, Canada

11:06
3-3

Analysis and Design of Differential LNAs with on-Chip Transformers
in 65-nm CMOS Technology, Takao Kihara, Shigesato Matsuda, Tsutomu
Yoshimura, Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan

11:24
3-4

A Low-Power High-Speed Charge-Steering Comparator for High-Speed
Applications, Ali Hassan, Mohamed Aboudina, Mohamed Refky, Cairo
University, Egypt

11:42
3-5

A Digitally Programmable 50-150dB DC Gain Operational
Transconductance Amplifier in 130nm CMOS, Ming Yang, Gordon
Roberts, McGill University, Canada
12:00 to 13:30 – Lunch Break (Pinnacle Ballroom I)
Session 4 - Digital Circuits and Systems I

Monday Afternoon, June 27, Pinnacle II Ballroom
Session Chair: Yvon Savaria - Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
Ricardo Reis - UFRGS
13:30
4-1

Byte-Based Partial-Match Instruction and Data Compression for HighPerformance and Low-Power Interconnects, Sujan Kumar Saha, Jiangjiang Liu,
Lamar University, United States

13:48
4-2

A Modified RNS-to-Binary Converter Scheme for{𝟐𝟐𝒏!𝟏 − 𝟏, 𝟐𝟐𝒏!𝟏 , 𝟐𝟐𝒏 − 𝟏} Moduli Set, Edem Bankas, Ohio University,
Ghana

14:06
4-3

Redundant STT-MTJ-Based Nonvolatile Flip-Flops for Low WriteError-Rate Operations, Naoya Onizawa, Takahiro Hanyu, Tohoku
9University, Japan
Session 5 - Energy Havesting Circuits I
Monday Afternoon, June 27, Pinnacle Ballroom III
Session Chair: Thierry Taris - IMS Laboratory
Dominique Morche - CEA LETI
13:30
5-1

An ULP and Very Efficient Adaptively Biased LDO Regulator for
Harvesting Application, Nicola Verrascina1, Jean-Baptiste Begueret1,
Mattia Borgarino2, 1University of Bordeaux, France, 2Università degli Studidi Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy

13:48
5-2

Optimally Pre-Damped Switched-Inductor Piezoelectric EnergyHarvesting Charger, Siyu Yang, Gabriel Rincon-Mora, Georgia Institute ofTechnology, United States

14:06
5-3

Multiple Energy-Shot Load Interface for Electrostatic Vibrational
Energy Harvesters, Mohammed Bedier1, Dimitri Galayko2, 1Université
Pierre-et-Marie-Curie / Université Paris-Sorbonne, France, 2Université
Pierre-et-Marie-Curie / Sorbonne University, France

14:24
5-4

Efficient Power Management Circuit for RF Energy Harvesting with
74.27% Efficiency at 623 nW Available Power, Gaurav Saini, Soumik
Sarkar, Mahima Arrawatia, Maryam Shojaei Baghini, Indian Institute ofTechnology Bombay, India

14:42
5-5

Analysis, Design, and Characterization of Wireless Power Transfer
Systems Using Conical Coils, Parinaz Hadadtehrani1, Soroush Dehghani1,
Reza Molavi1, Vasudevan Janarthanan2, Thomas Johnson1, Shahriar
Mirabbasi1, 1University of British Columbia, Canada, 2Fairleigh Dickinson
University, Canada
15:00 to 15:30 - Coffee Break (Shaughnessy Salon)
Session 6 - CAD, EDA & Design Tools

Monday Morning, June 27, Pinnacle Ballroom II
Session Chair: Luc Hebrard - University of Strasbourg
Ljiljana Trajkovic - Simon Fraser University
15:30

An Efficient Algorithm for 3D-IC TSV Assignment, Cong Hao, Nan Ding,
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6-1

Takeshi Yoshimura, Waseda University, Japan

15:48
6-2

Sizing and Layout Integrated Optimizer for 28nm Analog Circuits
Using Digital PnR Tools, François Stas, Guerric de Streel, David Bol,
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium

16:06
6-3

Discrete-Time Modelling and Experimental Validation of an AllDigital PLL for Clock-Generating Networks, Eugene Koskin1, Elena
Blokhina1, Chuan Shan2, Eldar Zianbetov3, Orla Feely1, Dimitri Galayko2,
1University
College Dublin, Ireland, 2Université Pierre-et-MarieCurie/Sorbonne University, France, 3Spintronique et Technologie desComposants - Inac - CEA, France

16:24
6-4

Improving Placement Algorithms by Using Visualization Tools, Mateus
Fogaça, Guilherme Flach, Marcelo Johann, Ricardo Reis, Universidade
Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

16:42
6-5

High-Level Simulation of a PID Controller Based on Memristor, Carlos
Sánchez-López, Francisco Epimenio Morales-López, Miguel Angel
Carrasco-Aguilar, Autonomous University of Tlaxcala, Mexico

Session 7 - CMOS and BiCMOS Circuits for High Data Rate Communication
Monday Afternoon, June 27, Pinnacle Ballroom III
Session Chair: Thierry Taris - IMS Laboratory
Yann Deval - IMS Laboratory
15:30
7-1

10 Gbps, 560 fJ/B TIA and Modulator Driver for Optical Networks-onChip in CMOS 65nm, José-Luis González-Jiménez1, Robert Polster2,
Guillaume Waltener1, Yvain Thonnart1, Eric Cassan3, 1Université Grenoble
Alpes, France, 2Columbia University, United States, 3Université Paris-Sud,
France15:48
7-2

0.3-42.5 GHz Wideband Common Emitter Amplifier Driver Unit in 55
nm SiGe BiCMOS for 60 Gb/s Silicon Photonic Mach-Zehnder
Modulator, Jérémie Prades1, Eric Kerhervé1, Anthony Ghiotto1, Denis
Pache2, 1University of Bordeaux, France, 2STMicroelectronics, France

16:06
7-3

0.18-µm CMOS Driver Optimization for Maximum Data Rate Under
Power and Area Constraints, Audrey Michard1, Pietro Maris Ferreira1,
Jean-François Carpentier2, 1CentraleSupélec/Université Paris-Saclay,
France, 2STMicroelectronics, France

16:24

A Digitally Tunable Stabilization Technique for Transimpedance
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7-4

Amplifiers in Optical Wireless and Visible Light Communication
Links, Bassem Fahs, Asif Chowdhury, Mona Hella, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, United States

16:42 PM
7-5

A 180 GHz Frequency Multiplier in a 130nm SiGe BiCMOS Technology,
Thomas Girg1, Christopher Beck1, Marco Dietz1, Amelie Hagelauer1,
Dietmar Kissinger2, Robert Weigel1, 1Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany; 2Technische Universität Berlin /Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics, Germany

Panel Discussion
Monday Afternoon, June 27, (15:30 – 17:00)
Organized by IEEE Women in Circuits and Systems (WiCAS) and Young Professionals (YP)
Panelists:

Dr. Magdy Bayoumi, University of Louisiana,
Dr. Neda Parnian, Intel,
Dr. Shahram Tafazoli, Motion Metrics,
Dr. Rabab Ward, University of British Columbia,
TBD

18:00 to 20:00
Social Event (Cruise)

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Tuesday, JUNE 28, 2016
Session 8 – Plenary Session
Tuesday Morning, June 28, Pinnacle Ballrooms II and III
9:00 Keynote
Professor Massimo Alioto, National University of Singapore
Title: Designing (Relatively) Reliable Systems with (Highly) Unreliable Components

10:00 to 10:30 - Coffee Break (Shaughnessy Salon)
Session 9 - Sensors and Circuits for Health and Environmental Monitoring
Tuesday Morning, June 28, Pinnacle Ballroom II
Session Chair: Amine Miled - Université Laval
Benoit Gosselin - Université Laval
10:30
9-1

A Current-Controlled Transceiver IC for Structural Health Monitoring,
Hossein Zamani, Cheng Chen, Xinyao Tang, Pedram Mohseni, Soumyajit
Mandal, Case Western Reserve University, United States

10:48
9-2

Microfluidic Platform with Integrated Thin-Film Optical Oxygen
Sensors for Transient Hypoxia, Samantha Grist, Jonathan Schmok,
Andrea Díaz Gaxiola, Karen Cheung, University of British Columbia, Canada

11:06
9-3

Low-Power and Low-Noise Fully Differential Difference Amplifier for
Sub-Nanoampere on-Chip Potentiostat, Elnaz Ghodsevali1, Mounir
Boukadoum2, Benoit Gosselin3, Amine Miled1, 1Laval University, Canada;
2Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada; 3Université Laval, Canada

11:24
9-4

Hybrid Wiener and Partial Differential Equations Filter for
Biomedical Image Denoising, Salim Lahmiri1, Mounir Boukadoum2,
1École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada; 2Université du Québec àMontréal, Canada

11:42
9-5

A Palmtop Platform for Miniaturized Dielectric Spectroscopy from
MHz to GHz, Mehran Bakhshiani, Michael Suster, Pedram Mohseni, Case
Western Reserve University, United States13

Session 10 - DSP and multimedia
Tuesday Morning, June 28, Pinnacle Ballroom III
Session Chair: Michael Green - University of California Irvine
Yvon Savaria - Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
10:30
10-1

Digital Direct-Driven Speaker Architecture Using Segmented Pulse
Shaping Technique, Go Harumi, Satoshi Saikatsu, Michitaka Yoshino,
Akira Yasuda, Hosei University, Japan

10:48
10-2

Improved Alias Rejection Using Interleaved CIC Decimation Filter,
Karthikeyan Saravanan, Dinesh Ganesan, Binsu Kailath, Indian Institute ofInformation Technology Design and Manufacturing Kancheepuram, India

11:06
10-3

Performance Characterization of an SCMA Decoder, Roya Alizadeh,
Normand Bélanger, Yvon Savaria, François-Raymond Boyer, PolytechniqueMontréal, Canada

11:24
10-4

Using Adder Compressors for Power-Efficient 2-D Approximate
Discrete Tchebichef Transform, Guilherme Paim2, Eduardo Costa1,
1Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Brazil; 2Universidade Federal de Pelotas,
Brazil

11:42
10-5

Adjusting Video Tiling to Available Resources in a Per-Frame Basis inHigh Efficiency Video Coding, Giovani Malossi2, Daniel Palomino2,
Claudio Diniz1, Altamiro Susin2, Sergio Bampi2, 1Universidade Católica dePelotas, Brazil; 2Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
12:00 to 13:30 – Lunch Break (Pinnacle Ballroom I)
Poster Session - Analog and Mixed Circuit Building Blocks

Tuesday Afternoon, June 28, Shaughnessy Room, (13:00 - 15:00)
Session Chair: Luc Hebrard - University of Strasbourg
Yvon Savaria - Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
A-1

Data Transient Insensitive Phase-Locked Loops, Durand Jarrett-Amor,
Fei Yuan, Ryerson University, Canada

A-2

A Start-Up Free 200nW Bandgap Voltage Reference, Chundong Wu2,
Wang Ling Goh2, Yongkui Yang2, Alan Chang3, Xi Zhu1, Lei Wang3,
1Macquarie University, Australia, 2Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore, 3Nanyang Technological University / NXP Semiconductors
Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapore
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A-3

A 1.15 µW, 90dB PSRR, 4 dBm EMI Resistant, NMOS-Only Voltage
Reference, David Cordova1, Pedro Toledo1, Hamilton Klimach2, Sergio
Bampi2, Eric Fabris2, 1NSCAD Microeletronica, Brazil, 2Universidade
Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

A-4

A 28-Gb/s Transmitter with 3-Tap FFE and T-Coil Enhanced Terminalin 65-nm CMOS Technology, Naiwen Zhou, Linghan Wu, Ziqiang Wang,
Xuqiang Zheng, Weidong Cao, Chun Zhang, Fule Li, Zhihua Wang, Tsinghua
University, China

A-5

A Programmable CMOS Feedback IC for Reconfigurable MEMSReferenced Oscillators, Hesam Khanmohammad, Peng Wang,
Christopher Babecki, Philip Feng, Soumyajit Mandal, Case Western Reserve
University, United States

A-6

A Comparative Study of Body Biased Time-to-Digital Converters
Based on Stochastic Arbiters and Stochastic Comparators, James
Tandon2, Satoshi Komatsu3, Takahiro Yamaguchi1, Kunihiro Asada3,
1Advantest Corporation, Japan, 2California State University, East Bay,
United States, 3University of Tokyo, Japan

A-7

Aperture Error Reduction Technique for Subrange SAR ADC, Ying Ju,
Fule Li, Xiuju He, Chun Zhang, Zhihua Wang, Tsinghua University, China

A-8

Digital Compensation of DC-DC Converter Voltage Ripple for
Switched-Capacitor Power Amplifiers, Stefan Trampitsch3, Daniel
Gruber1, Michael Lunglmayr2, Edwin Thaller1, Mario Huemer2, 1Intel
Austria GmbH, Austria, 2Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria,
3Johannes Kepler University Linz / Intel Austria GmbH, Austria

A-9

Statistical Computational Methods for Mixed-Signal Performance
Metrics Under Process Variations and Noise Models, Mani Soma, Tong
Zhang, Jacques Rudell, University of Washington, United States

A-10

A Fixed Window Level Crossing ADC with Activity Dependent Power
Dissipation, Austin Ogweno, Patrick Degenaar, Victor Khomenko, Alex
Yakovlev, Newcastle University, United Kingdom

A-11

Adaptive UHF RFID Analog Front End for Communication Range
Improvement, Damien Jausseran2, Emmanuel Bergeret1, Jean Gaubert1,
Christophe Moreaux3, Gary Seigneuret3, 1Aix-Marseille Université / Institut
Matériaux Microélectronique Nanosciences de Provence, France, 2Institut
Matériaux Microélectronique Nanosciences de Provence, France, 3INVIA,
France15

Poster Session - Digital Circuits and Systems II
Tuesday Afternoon, June 28, Shaughnessy Room, (13:00 - 15:00)
Session Chair: Yvon Savaria - Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
Luc Hebrard - University of Strasbourg s
B-1

A Correction Code for Multiple Cells Upsets in Memory Devices forSpace Applications, Helano Castro, Jarbas da Silveira, Alexandre Coelho,
Felipe e Silva, Philippe Magalhães, Otávio de Lima Jr., Universidade Federal
do Ceará, Brazil

B-2

A Study of a Top-Down Error Correction Technique Using RecurrentNeural-Network-Based Learning, Masanori Natsui, Naoto Sugaya,
Takahiro Hanyu, Tohoku University, Japan

B-3

A Versatile Quaternion Multiplier Based on Sparse-Iteration 4D
CORDIC, Marek Parfieniuk1, Sang Yoon Park2, 1Bialystok University ofTechnology, Poland; 2Myongji University, Korea, South

B-4

Design of an Area-Efficient Partial-Sum Architecture for Polar
Decoders Based on New Matrix Generator, Yun-Nan Chang, National
Sun Yat-sen, Taiwan

Poster Session - Energy Harvesting Circuits II
Tuesday Afternoon, June 28, Shaughnessy Room, (13:00 - 15:00)
Session Chair: Yvon Savaria - Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
Luc Hebrard - University of Strasbourg
C-1

A Battery-Less, Self-Sustaining RF Energy Harvesting Circuit with
TFETs for µW Power Applications, David Cavalheiro2, Francesc Moll2,
Stanimir Valtchev1, 1Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade
Nova de Lisboa, Portugal; 2Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

C-2

A Fully-Synthesizable 0.6V Digital LDO with Dual-Loop Control Using
Digital Standard Cells, Jun Liu, Nima Maghari, University of Florida,
United States

C-3

Loss Analysis of Flyback in Discontinuous Conduction Mode for SubmW Harvesting Systems, Armande Capitaine1, Gaël Pillonnet1, Thibaut
Chailloux1, Firas Khaled2, Olivier Ondel2, Bruno Allard2, 1Université
Grenoble Alpes, France, 2Université de Lyon / Institut National desSciences Appliquées de Lyon, France
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Poster Session - Technology Trends
Tuesday Afternoon, June 28, Shaughnessy Room, (13:00 - 15:00)
Session Chair: Yvon Savaria - Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
Luc Hebrard - University of Strasbourg
D-1

Innovative Device Source/Drain and Channel Implantation for MOS
Transistors in Ultra Low Power Subthreshold Circuit Applications,
Munem Hossain, Masud Chowdhury, University of Missouri-Kansas City,
United States

D-2

Novel Ising Model Using Dimension-Control for High-Speed Solver for
Ising Machines, Kenta Someya, Ryoto Ono, Takayuki Kawahara, Tokyo
University of science, Japan

Session 11 - Biomedical Circuits and Systems 1
Tuesday Afternoon, June 28, Pinnacle Ballroom II
Session Chair: Benoit Gosselin - Université Laval
Amine Miled - Université Laval
13:30
11-1

Design of High-Voltage-Tolerant Level Shifter in Low Voltage CMOS
Process for Neuro Stimulator, Zhicong Luo, Ming-Dou Ker, National
Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan

13:48
11-2

A Small-Footprint Body Channel Communication Transceiver Using
Only One Phase-Locked Loop as Modulator and Demodulator, Bo
Wang, Haibin Shao, Chaoxun Wang, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate
School, China

14:06
11-3

SAW Resonator Oscillator Based Injection Locked OOK Transmitterfor MedRadio Spectrum, Abhishek Srivastava, Devarshi Das, Dinesh
Kumar Sharma, Maryam Shojaei Baghini, Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay, India

14:24
11-4

A Precise 360°-Range Phase Detector Based on an N-Path Filter,
Siavash Yazdi, Michael Green, University of California, Irvine, United States

14:42
11-5

Low Emission, Open Loop MAC Protocol Compliant Implantable FSK
Modulator, Ruchir Saraswat, Esther Rodriguez-Villegas, Zhou Jiang,
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
17Panel Session - From RFID to IoT, Dreams and Reality
Tuesday Afternoon, June 28, Pinnacle Ballroom III (13:30 – 15:00)
Organized by: Magdy Bayoumi, University of Luisiana
Panelists:

Massimo Alioto, National University of Singapore
Wolfgang Richter, EPIC Semiconductors
Zhihua Wang, Tsinghua University
TBD
TBD
15:00 to 15:30 - Coffee Break (Shaughnessy Salon)

Session 12 - High Performances ADC
Tuesday Afternoon, June 28, Pinnacle Ballroom II
Session Chair: Nima Maghari - University of Florida
Patricia Desgreys - Télécom ParisTech
15:30
12-1

A 77.1dB/108.9dB SNDR Dual-Mode Delta-Sigma Modulator, Ning Yan,
Dongmei Li, Guolin Li, Zhihua Wang, Tsinghua University, China

15:48
12-2

A 96.4 dB High-Pass Delta-Sigma Modulator with Dynamic Biasing
and Tree-Structured DEM, Nikola Ivanisevic, Saul Rodriguez, Ana Rusu,
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

16:06
12-3

An 11-Bit 200MS/s Subrange SAR ADC with Charge-CompensationBased Reference Buffer, Shushu Wei, Ying Ju, Fule Li, Zhihua Wang,
Tsinghua University, China

16:24
12-4

A Multi-Channel Sigma-Delta Modulator for Subband Digital
Predistortion with LTE Signals, Kelly Tchambake, Dang-Kièn Germain
Pham, Chadi Jabbour, Patricia Desgreys, Patrick Loumeau, Télécom
ParisTech, France

16:42
12-5

SMASH-MASH
Delta-Sigma
Modulator
Using
Noise-Shaping
Quantizers, Changsok Han, Taewook Kim, Nima Maghari, University of
Florida, United States

Session 13 - Image and Radiation Sensors
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Tuesday Afternoon, June 28, Pinnacle Ballroom III
Session Chair: Ming-Dou Ker - National Chiao-Tung University
Frédéric Nabki - Université du Québec à Montréal
15:30
13-1

A Low-Power Continuous-Reset CMOS Charge-Sensitive Amplifier for
the Readout of Solid-State Radiation Detectors, Mohammad
Beikahmadi2, Krzysztof Iniewski1, Shahriar Mirabbasi2, 1Redlen
Technologies Inc., Canada; 2University of British Columbia, Canada

15:48
13-2

Sub-Nanosecond Gated Photon Counting for High Spatial Resolution
CMOS Imagers, Octavian Maciu, Wilfried Uhring, Jean-Baptiste Kammerer,
Jean-Pierre Le Normand, Norbert Dumas, Foudil Dadouche, Luc Hebrard,
Université de Strasbourg / ICube, France

16:06
13-3

Line Buffer Reduction for LUT-Based Real-Time Image Inverse
Warping, Yufeng Lu2, Xiaohua Luo2, Yimu Wang1, Luc Claesen1, 1Hasselt
University, Belgium; 2Zhejiang University, China

16:24
13-4

A 100MHz, 1.2V, ±1V Peak-to-Peak Output, Double-Bus Single Endedto-Differential Switched-Capacitor Amplifier for Multi-Column CMOS
Image Sensors, Ali Zadeh, University of Southern California, United States

16:42
13-5

Parallel Hybrid Bispectrum-Multiframe Blind Deconvolution
Algorithm for Horizontal Imaging, Solmaz Hajmohammadi, Saeid
Nooshabadi, Michigan Technological University, United States

18:00 to 20:00
Social Event at the University of British Columbia (UBC)
Sponsored by
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (UBC)

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Wednesday, JUNE 29, 2016
Session 14 – Plenary Session
Tuesday Morning, June 28, Pinnacle Ballrooms II and III
9:00 Keynote
Professor Ali Niknejad, University of California, Berkeley
Title: mm-Wave CMOS to the Rescue: 5G and Beyond (xG) Communication andEnhanced BioSensing

10:00 to 10:30 - Coffee Break (Shaughnessy Salon)
Session 15 - Signal Conditioning and MEMS Control
Wednesday Morning, June 29, Pinnacle Ballroom II
Session Chair: Luc Hebrard - University of Strasbourg
Mohamad Sawan - Polytechnique Montréal
10:30
15-1

Wideband LNA with 1.9 dB Noise Figure in 0.18 µm CMOS for HighFrequency Ultrasound Imaging Application, Yuxuan Tang2, Yulang
Feng2, Zhiheng Zuo2, Qingjun Fan2, Cheng Fang1, Jun Zou1, Jinghong Chen2,
1Texas A&M University, United States, 2University of Houston, UnitedStates

10:48
15-2

Ultra-High Sensitivity, Low-Power Dual Chopper Signal Conditioning
Circuit for Integrated Sensors, Parisa Vejdani1, Karim Allidina2, Frederic
Nabki1, 1Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada, 2MEMS VisionInternational Inc, Canada

11:06
15-3

Mixed-Mode Self-Calibrated Amplitude Control Scheme for MEMS
Vibratory Gyroscopes, Ahmed Sawaby, Amr Ahmed, Mohamed Abozeid,
Hassan Ali, Mohamed Aboudina, Cairo University, Egypt

11:24
15-4

3-Axis High Q MEMS Accelerometer with Simultaneous Damping
Control, Lavinia Elena Ciotirca1, Olivier Bernal2, Hélène Tap2, Jérôme
Enjalbert3, Thierry Cassagnes3, 1NXP Semiconductors, 2Ecole Nationale
Supérieure d'Electrotechnique, d'Electronique, d'Informatique, d'Hydraulique et des, France, 3NXP Semiconductors, France20

Session 16 - Silicon-Based RF Front-End Circuits
Wednesday Morning, June 29, Pinnacle Ballroom III
Session Chair: Frederic Nabki – UQAM
Jose-Luiz Gonzales - CEA-LETI
10:30
16-1

A Broad-Band 55-nm BiCMOS T/R Switch for mmW 5G Small Cell
Access Point, Vincent Puyal1, Alexandre Siligaris1, José-Luis GonzálezJiménez2, Cédric Dehos1, Frédéric Hameau1, Aurélien Larie1, Laurent
Dussopt1, Eric Mercier1, 1CEA-Leti, France, 2Université Grenoble Alpes,
France

10:48
16-2

A 0.3 nJ/Bit Super-Regenerative Pulse UWB Receiver with Track and
Detection, Joshua Kim1, Michael Green2, 1Boeing Company, United States,
2University of California, Irvine, United States

11:06
16-3

A Concurrent Transmitter in CMOS 28nm FDSOI Technology Based onWalsh Sequences Generator, Nassim Bouassida1, François Rivet1, Yann
Deval1, David Duperray2, Andreia Cathelin2, 1Laboratoire de l'IntégrationduMatériau
au
Système/UniversitédeBordeaux,
France,2STMicroelectronics, France

11:24
16-4

A Transformer Combined Quadrature Switched Capacitor Power
Amplifier in 65nm CMOS, Vladimir Aparin1, Jeremy Dunworth1, Lee
Seward1, Wen Yuan2, Jeffrey Walling2, 1Qualcomm Inc., United States;
2University of Utah, United States

11:42
16-5

EPC Gen-2 UHF RFID Tags with Low-Power CMOS Temperature Sensor
Suitable for Gas Applications, Mohamed Zgaren1, Saqib Mohamad2,
Abbes Amira3, Mohamad Sawan1, 1Polytechnique Montréal, Canada, 2HongKong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 3Qatar University,
Qatar
12:00 to 13:30 – Lunch Break (Pinnacle Ballroom I)
Poster Session - Analog and Mixed Circuit Building Blocks

Wednesday Afternoon, June 29, Shaughnessy Salon, (13:00 - 15:00)
Session Chair: Eric Kerherve – IMS
E-1

A Dual Gm-Mode LC-Tank VCO with Programmable-in-Size-andCurrent Active Core and Pseudo-Exponential Tank Capacitance,
Mehran Bakhshiani, Pedram Mohseni, Case Western Reserve University,
United States
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E-2

Channel Aware Receiver Front End for Low Power 2.4 GHz WirelessSensor Network - a System Level Analysis, Jennifer Zaini1, FrédéricHameau1, Thierry Taris3, Dominique Morche1, Le Quang Vinh Tran2,
Patrick Audebert1, 1CEA-Leti, France; 2ERCOM TELECOM, France;
3University of Bordeaux, France

E-3

A Half-Rate 100 Gb/s Injection-Locked Clock/Data Recovery Circuit,
Behzad Samavaty, Michael Green, University of California, Irvine, UnitedStatesE-4

PLL Based BFSK Subcarrier Generator for FM-UWB Transmitter,
Mohamed Ali1, Mohamad Sawan1, Heba Shawkey2, Abdelhalim Zekry3,
1Polytechnique Montréal, Canada, 2Electronics Research Institute, Egypt,
3Polytechnique Montréal, Canada

Poster Session - Biomedical Circuits and Systems 2
Wednesday Afternoon, June 29, Shaughnessy Salon, (13:00 - 15:00)
Session Chair: Benoit Gosselin - Laval University
F-1

A Charge-Pump Based Multi-Mode Stimuli Generator for Cardiac
Pacemaking, Ali Esmailiyan, Ali Shaker, Iman Ghotbi, Omid Shoaei,
University of Tehran, Iran

F-2

Toward Sub-pJ Per Classification in Body Area Sensor Networks, Paul
Chollet, Kevin Colombier, Cyril Lahuec, Matthieu Arzel, Fabrice Seguin,Telecom Bretagne, France

F-3

A Low-Cost Camera-Based Transducer Tracking System for Freehand
Three-Dimensional Ultrasound, Mohammad Baba1, Otmane Ait
Mohamed1, Falah Awwad2, Mohammad Daoud3, 1Concordia University,
Canada, 2United Arab Emirates University, U.A.E 3German Jordanian
University, Jordan

Poster Session - Communication Circuits and Systems
Wednesday Afternoon, June 29, Shaughnessy Salon, (13:00 - 15:00)
Session Chair: Jeffrey Walling - University of Utah
G-1

A Fast Systolic Priority Queue Architecture for a Flow-Based Traffic
Manager, Imad Benacer, François-Raymond Boyer, Normand Bélanger,
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Yvon Savaria, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
G-2High Speed Serial Interface Transceiver Controller Based on
JESD204B, Zhaoming Wu, Chun Zhang, Fule Li, Zhihua Wang, Tsinghua
University, China

G-3

Quad-Level Carrier Width Modulation Demodulator for MicroImplants, Aref Trigui1, Mohamed Ali1, Ahmed Chiheb Ammari2, Yvon
Savaria1, Mohamad Sawan1, 1Polytechnique Montréal, Canada, 2King
Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

G-4

Towards LTE Physical Layer Virtualization on a COTS Multicore
Platform with Efficient Scheduling, Michel Gémieux, Yvon Savaria,
Guchuan Zhu, Jean-François Frigon, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada

Poster Session - Design Tools
Wednesday Afternoon, June 29, Shaughnessy Salon, (13:00 - 15:00)
Session Chair: Jeffrey Walling - University of Utah
K-1

PEVaS: Power and Execution-Time Variation-Aware Scheduling for
MPSoC, Komei Nomura1, Yasuhiro Takashima1, Yuichi Nakamura2,
1University of Kitakyushu, Japan, 2NEC Corporation, Japan
Poster Session - Digital Signal Processing and Embedded Systems

Wednesday Afternoon, June 29, Shaughnessy Salon, (13:00 - 15:00)
Session Chair: Jeffrey Walling - University of Utah
M-1

ORVD-Trellis Based MIMO Detection, Dominik Auras, Rainer Leupers,
Gerd Ascheid, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen,
Germany

M-2

Image Super-Resolution with Multi-Channel Convolutional Neural
Networks, Yu Kato, Shinya Ohtani, Nobutaka Kuroki, Tetsuya Hirose,
Masahiro Numa, Kobe University, Japan

M-3

An Evaluation Framework of OS-Level Power Managements for thebig.LITTLE Architecture, Hideki Takase1, Kazumi Aono1, Yutaka
Matsubara2, Kazuyoshi Takagi1, Naofumi Takagi1, 1Kyoto University, Japan;
2Nagoya University, Japan23

Poster Session - Microsystems and Sensory Circuits & Systems
Wednesday Afternoon, June 29, Shaughnessy Salon, (13:00 - 15:00)
Session Chair: Benoit Gosselin - Laval University
T-1

Optimization of in-Plane SiC Capacitive Accelerometers Design
Parameters, Ahmad Alfaifi1, Ibrahim Alhomoudi2, Mourad El-Gamal1,
1McGill University, Canada, 2King Abdulaziz City for Science andTechnology, Saudi Arabia

T-2

An Integrated Full-Bridge Class-DE Ultrasound Transducer Driver for
HIFU Applications, Ruiqi Song, Carlos Christoffersen, Samuel Pichardo,
Laura Curiel, Lakehead University, Canada

T-3

Design of a DCO Based on Worst-Case Delay of a Self-Timed Counterand a Digitally Controllable Delay Path, Oyinkuro Benafa, Austin
Ogweno, Delong Shang, Alex Yakovlev, Newcastle University, United
Kingdom

T-4

Monitoring SRAM BTI Degradation by Current-Based Tracking
Technique, Peyman Pouyan, Esteve Amat, Antonio Rubio, Universitat
Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

15:00 to 15:30 – Coffee Break (Shaughnessy Salon)

Session 17 - Analog Building Blocks
Wednesday Afternoon, June 29, Pinnacle Ballroom II
Session Chair: Danilo Demarchi - Politecnico di Torino
Jean-Baptiste Begueret - IMS Laboratory
15:30
17-1

Differential Integrator Pixel Architecture for Dark Current
Compensation in CMOS Image Sensors, Marzieh Mehri Dehnavi, Yves
Audet, Elham Khamsehashari, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada

15:48
17-2

CMOS Implementation of a Low Power Absolute Value Comparator
Circuit, Saam Iranmanesh, George Raikos, Zhou Jiang, Esther RodriguezVillegas, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

16:06
17-3

On Design of Memory Retention LDO Regulator, Igor Filanovsky1, Luis
Bica Oliveira2, Vadim Ivanov3, 1 University of Alberta, Canada,24

2Universidade di Nova, Portugal, 3Texas Instruments, United States

16:24
17-4

On Lossy Memristive Behavior of Metal Conductors, Todd Wey, Chris
Nadovich, Lafayette College, United States

Session 18 - Frequency Generation
Wednesday Morning, June 29, Pinnacle Ballroom III
Session Chair: Reza Molavi - University of British Columbia
15:30
18-1

A Phasor-Domain Study of Injection-Locking of Harmonic Oscillatorswith Multiple Injections, Fei Yuan, Ryerson University, Canada

15:48
18-2

A 2.6GHz Subharmonically Injection-Locked PLL with Low-Spur andWide-Lock-Range Injection, Naohiro Fujii, Shuei Morishita, Takao Kihara,
Tsutomu Yoshimura, Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan

16:06
18-3

A Wideband MDLL with Jitter Reduction Scheme for Forwarded Clock
Serial Links in 40 nm CMOS, Kiarash Gharibdoust1, Armin Tajalli2, Yusuf
Leblebici1, 1École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland;
2Kandou Bus, Switzerland

16:24
18-4

A Fully Integrated, 1-µs Start-Up Time, 32-MHz Relaxation Oscillator
for Low-Power Intermittent Systems, Hiroki Asano, Tetsuya Hirose, Taro
Miyoshi, Keishi Tsubaki, Toshihiro Ozaki, Nobutaka Kuroki, Masahiro
Numa, Kobe University, Japan
17:00 to 17:30 - Closing Remarks and Best Student Paper Awards
Pinnacle Ballroom II

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NEWCAS 2017 will be held in Strasbourg
June 25 to 28, 2017

Looking forward to seeing you all in Strasbourg.

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