Call for Papers: FPGA 2019

Twenty-Seventh ACM/SIGDA International Symposium
on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays
http://www.isfpga.org

February 24-26, 2019
Embassy
Suites by Hilton Monterey Bay Seaside

1441 Canyon Del Rey,
Seaside, California, 93955, USA

 

Submission Deadline: September 16, 2018

The ACM/SIGDA International Symposium on Field-Programmable Gate
Arrays (FPGA 2019) is the premier conference for presentation of advances in
FPGA technology.  Accepted papers will be published in the conference
proceedings and available in the ACM Digital Library.

Types of Submissions Sought

1. Research Papers

As usual, we solicit research papers related to the following
areas:

  • FPGA Architecture:
    Architectures for programmable logic fabrics or their components,
    including routing, flexible logic cells, embedded blocks (memory, DSP,
    processors), and I/O interfaces. Novel commercial architectures and
    architectural features.
  • FPGA Circuit Design: Circuits
    and layout techniques for design of FPGAs. Impact of future process and
    design technologies on FPGAs. Methods for analyzing and improving static
    and dynamic power, power and clock distribution, yield, manufacturability,
    security, reliability, and testability. Use of novel memory or nano-scale
    devices in FPGAs.
  • CAD for FPGAs: Algorithms for
    synthesis, technology mapping, logic and timing optimization, clustering,
    placement, and routing of FPGAs. Novel design software for system-level
    partitioning, debug, and verification. Algorithms for modeling, analysis
    and optimization of timing and power.
  • High-Level Abstractions and
    Tools for FPGAs: General-purpose and domain-specific languages, tools, and
    techniques to facilitate the design, debugging and verification of
    FPGA-based applications and systems. Novel hardware/software co-design and
    high-level synthesis methodologies enabling digital signal processing,
    compute acceleration, networking, machine learning, and embedded systems.
  • FPGA-based and FPGA-like
    Computing Engines: Systems and software for compiled accelerators,
    reconfigurable computing, adaptive computing, and rapid-prototyping.  Programmable overlay architectures
    implemented using FPGAs.
  • Applications and Design
    Studies: Implementation of novel designs on FPGAs establishing state-of-the-art
    in high-performance, low-power, efficiency, security, or high-reliability.  Designs leveraging unique capabilities
    of FPGA architectures or demonstrating significant improvements over
    alternative programmable technologies (e.g., CPU, GPU). Design studies or
    architecture explorations enabling improvement of FPGA architectures.

Research submissions may be either:

  • Full: at most 10 pages, for a
    full presentation at the conference; or
  • Short: at most 6 pages, for a
    brief presentation.

A paper submitted as either full or short will only be considered
in that category.

2. Tutorial Papers on Emerging Applications / Methodologies

The conference will include a Sunday workshop is oriented toward
users of FPGAs: be it deep learning implementations, computer security or other
emerging topics of interest. For this category, we solicit tutorial papers
describing effective design techniques and design flows. The ideal submission
will enable beginning researchers to enter the area, current researchers to broaden
their scope, and practitioners to gain new and applicable skills.
Tutorial submissions need not present novel research results, but should
integrate expert practical and/or research knowledge related to FPGAs for a
broader audience. This may include:

  • Technical descriptions of new
    commercial or academic design tools of general interest;
  • Insightful summaries of the
    state-of-the-art that suggest open research problems; and
  • In-depth design tutorials and
    design experiences.

Tutorial submissions should be at least 4 and at most 10 pages.
Accepted submissions will be published in the proceedings and allocated a
presentation time of up to one hour, appropriate to the content.

3. Panel Discussion Proposals

We also solicit proposals for the panel discussion at the
conference banquet. The submission should outline the topic, questions to be
addressed, and suggested speakers.

Submission Process

Submissions of all types should be made in the form of an English
language PDF file, on-line at https://www.softconf.com/i/fpga2019. Papers should use the sigconf ACM format
template posted at http://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template/. Submissions must be received by September
16, 2018 at 11:59 PM (in any time zone).

Submissions will be
considered for acceptance as full or short regular papers, workshop papers, or
posters. Regular submissions related to the workshop topic may be scheduled for
presentation during the workshop. Regular or workshop submissions will also be
considered for acceptance as a poster. A paper submitted to the short or full
paper category will only be considered in that category.

 

The FPGA Symposium uses a double-blind reviewing system.
Manuscripts must not identify authors or their affiliations; those that do will
not be considered. Exceptions may be allowed, with prior approval of the
Program Chair, in cases where the authors’ identity is vital to evaluating the
paper (e.g., papers presenting updates of infrastructure used by the FPGA
community). References to the authors’ prior work should be made in the 3rd
person, in the same way one would reference work by others. If necessary to
maintain anonymity, citations may be shown as “Removed for blind review”,
but consider that this may impede a thorough review if the removed citation is
crucial to understanding the submission.

Important dates:

Submissions due:

 September 16, 2018

Notification of acceptance:

 Mid-November, 2018

Camera-ready copy of accepted
papers due:

 Early December, 2018

Contact Information

For questions about the submission process or technical program:

Stephen Neuendorffer, Program
Chair FPGA 2019
Xilinx

2100 All Programmable Dr.

San Jose, CA 95124, USA

programchair@isfpga.org

For general questions about the conference:

Kia Bazargan, General Chair FPGA
2019
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Minnesota

200 Union St SE

Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA

generalchair@isfpga.org

Organizing Committee

  • General Chair: Kia Bazargan, University of Minnesota, generalchair@isfpga.org .
  • Program Chair: Stephen Neuendorffer, Xilinx, programchair@isfpga.org .
  • Finance Chair: Jason H. Anderson, University of Toronto, financechair@isfpga.org.
  • Publicity Chair: Jing Li,
    University of Wisconsin-Madison, publicitychair@isfpga.org

FPGA 2019: Call For Paper