DFT

Call for papers

Join us for the DFT Annual Symposium, a premier platform for sharing insights on defect and fault tolerance in VLSI and nanotechnology systems, including emerging technologies, RISC-V architectures, and AI solutions. This unique event bridges cutting-edge academic research with valuable industrial data, fostering advancements in design, manufacturing, testing, reliability, availability, and security. We invite submissions on a wide range of topics related to defects and faults, and we look forward to your contributions.

1. 1. Yield Analysis and Modeling
   Advanced yield models, defect/fault analysis, statistical modeling, and critical area analysis.
2. 2. Testing Techniques
   Innovative testing methodologies for digital, analog, and mixed signal circuits, including built-in self-test, delay fault testing, online test and 2.5D/3D circuits.
3. 3. Design For Testability
   DFT for modern ICs, including FPGAs, SoCs, NoCs, GPUs, ASICs, low-power designs, and RISC-V designs.
4. 4. Error Detection, Correction, and Recovery
   Robust error handling strategies, including error-control coding, fault masking, and recovery schemes, using hardware/software techniques and architectural approaches.
5. 5. Dependability Analysis and Validation
   Rigorous evaluation of system dependability, employing fault injection, cross-layer reliability analysis, and AI/ML-based methods.
6. 6. Repair, Restructuring and Reconfiguration
   Dynamic adaptation techniques for fault tolerance and resilience, including self-healing reconfigurable circuits, and on-line repair.
7. 7. Defect and Fault Tolerance
   Design of reliable systems in the presence of defects and faults, design space exploration for dependable systems, in critical applications and addressing transient/soft faults.
8. 8. Aging and Radiation effects
   Radiation effects, radiation-induced errors in nano-technologies, modeling radiation environments, development of novel radiation test and simulation techniques and developing radiation hardened designs.
9. 9. Aging and Lifetime Reliability
   Understanding aging mechanisms, designing for long-term reliability, and managing thermal and variability challenges.
10. 10. Emerging Technologies
    Error management strategies for quantum computing, memristive devices, spintronics, microfluidics, and approximate computing.
11. 11. RISC-V
    Use of open ISAs in dependable and security applications.
12. 12. Design for Security
    Protecting ICs against fault attacks, hardware trojans, and other security threats, the interplay between security, reliability, and trust.
13. 13. Dependable Applications and Case Studies
    Real world applications of dependability techniques in 2.5D/3D ICs, IoT, automotive, aerospace, autonomous systems, and AI systems.
14. 14. Sustainability and Green EEE
    Highlight the need for energy-efficient and environmentally friendly EEE designs, including low-power design techniques and green manufacturing processes.