May 19, 2016
US Finals of the Challenge Cup to be held Wednesday, June 8 at DAC
LOUISVILLE, Colo. – May 19, 2016 –– On the show floor at the 53rd Design Automation Conference (DAC 2016), DAC is hosting the NXP Cup Challenge, a collaborative, competitive, and hands-on way for teams to learn about embedded systems and control. The 53rd DAC will be held in the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas from Sunday, June 5 to Thursday, June 9. DAC is the premier conference devoted to the design and automation of electronic systems, offering attendees outstanding training, education, exhibits and networking opportunities.
The NXP Cup began in 2003 in Korea at Hanyang University, hosting 80 teams of students. Since that time the NXP Cup has spread to China, India, Malaysia, Latin America, North...
May 4, 2016
Experts conduct Workshops on Sunday and Tutorials through the week in these tracks: automotive, design, EDA, embedded systems, IoT, IP and security
LOUISVILLE, Colo. – May 4, 2016 –– Continuing its dedication to education for designers, researchers, academics and tool developers in the design and automation of electronic systems, 53rd Design Automation Conference (DAC) has released its program of tutorials and workshops for 2016. The 53rd DAC will be held in the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas from Sunday, June 5 to Thursday, June 9. DAC is the premier conference devoted to the design and automation of electronic systems, offering attendees outstanding training, education, exhibits and networking opportunities.
“Education is one of DAC’s primary goals, and we are...
May 3, 2016
Technical training tracks presented by Doulos along with expanded tracks on management & professional training by University of Texas at Austin
LOUISVILLE, Colo. – May 3, 2016 –– The Design Automation Conference (DAC) once again will host Thursday is Training Day at the 53rd DAC, held this year from June 5 to June 9, 2016 in the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas.
For over 50 years DAC has offers outstanding education, exhibits and networking opportunities for designers, researchers, tool developers and vendors. Thursday is Training Day is one of the many ways the user/design community can be trained on the very latest design techniques. This year training day has been expanded to include management and professional sessions taught by experts from the University of...
Apr 25, 2016
Award-winning researcher and educator honored for her contributions to EDA
LOUISVILLE, Colo. – April 25, 2016 –– Soha Hassoun, Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science at Tufts University and a past general chair of the Design Automation Conference (DAC), has been selected as the recipient of the Marie R. Pistilli Women in Engineering Achievement Award for 2016. An accomplished academic and researcher, Dr. Hassoun also has held executive and leadership positions in conferences and workshops for computer-aided design, design automation, logic synthesis, timing issues in the specification and synthesis of digital systems, and bio-design automation. In addition to providing a role model for female students in graduate and undergraduate engineering, Dr. Hassoun has given...
Mar 31, 2016
Self-driving Cars, Visual and Accelerated Computing, Product Development Challenges, Reasoning for Robots, Biologically-inspired Electronic Design and More
LOUISVILLE, Colo. – March 31, 2016 – Keynotes at the 53rd Design Automation Conference (DAC) take place at the Austin Convention Center in Ballroom A. Keynotes start between 8:45 and 9:15am with exhibits opening at 10:00am Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Keynotes are open to all attendees and exhibitors. DAC 2016 will be held at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas, from June 5 - 9, 2016.
This year’s Keynote topics are:
• Monday: “Revolution Ahead – What It Takes to Enable Securely Connected, Self-driving Cars” by Lars Reger, NXP Semiconductors, Hamburg, Germany
• Tuesday Visionary Talk: “Learning...
Mar 10, 2016
Free three-day floor passes with access to keynotes, exhibits, and DAC Pavilion presentations
LOUISVILLE, Colo. – March 10, 2016 –ATopTech, ClioSoft and OneSpin Solutions are sponsoring free three-day exhibit floor passes to the 2016 Design Automation Conference (DAC). For the eighth year, the “I LOVE DAC” badge provides access to keynotes, the DAC Pavilion and the exhibition floor which includes over 180 exhibitors, the new World of IoT exhibit, a food court featuring local favorite selections and more. DAC is the premier conference devoted to the design and automation of electronic systems. The conference offers outstanding training, education, exhibits and networking opportunities for designers, researchers, tool developers and vendors. The 53rd DAC will be held at the...
Feb 16, 2016
EDA Consortium-, IEEE Council on EDA-Sponsored Award Recognizes Individuals Whose Contributions Impact EDA
SAN JOSE, CALIF. –– February 16, 2016 –– Nominations for the 2016 Phil Kaufman Award for Distinguished Contributions to Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Award opened today and will be accepted until Thursday, June 30, announced the EDA Consortium (EDAC) and the IEEE Council on EDA (CEDA).
The award, established in 1994, honors the late EDA industry pioneer Phil Kaufman, who turned innovative technologies such as silicon compilation and hardware emulation into businesses. It recognizes individuals whose contributions have made a significant impact within EDA in business, industry direction, promotion, technology and engineering, educational or mentoring....
Feb 10, 2016
An opportunity for students to engage in the premier event focused on design and automation of electronic systems
LOUISVILLE, Colo. – February 10, 2016 -- In honor of the memory of Dr. A. Richard Newton, the Design Automation Conference (DAC) is pleased to offer The Newton Young Student Fellow Program sponsored by Synopsys . This program actively supports the next engineering generation by enabling young students at the beginning of a career to enter the dynamic world of design and automation of electronic systems. Each Young Student Fellow will actively engage in DAC through a number of events, including meetings with design automation luminaries, attendance at technical sessions and exhibits, participation in student-related events at DAC, and a poster session designed...
Feb 2, 2016
Nominating period open through March 3rd, 2016
LOUISVILLE, Colo. – February 2, 2016 – The Design Automation Conference (DAC), the premier conference devoted to the design and automation of electronic systems, is now accepting nominations for the Marie R. Pistilli Women in EDA Achievement Award. The 53rd DAC will be held at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas from June 6 - 10, 2016. Nominations must be received no later than 5:00 PM, MST, Friday, March 3rd, 2016.
This annual award, named for the late Marie R. Pistilli, the former organizer of DAC, recognizes individuals who have visibly helped to advance the profile of women in the EDA industry. This year’s honoree (to be announced prior to DAC) will be presented with the award at...
Jan 14, 2016
Grand prize winner will be submitted to a technology museum
Louisville, Colo. –– January 14, 2016 -- We all know the creativity it takes to conceive of and then design functioning leading-edge electronic systems and components. The results can be beautiful as well as elegant. This year, the Design Automation Conference (DAC) -- the premier conference devoted to the design and automation of electronic systems -- is hosting a silicon and technology art show to showcase that beauty. The 53rd DAC will be held at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas from June 5 - 9, 2016.
The DAC 2016 invites members of the design automation community to submit digital images related to EDA and semiconductor worthy of framing and display by March 24th, 2016. DAC will handle...
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