8th Int. Symposium on System Synthesis : Program

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                                                  8 t h I S S S
                    8th International Symposium on System Synthesis
                  Cannes, Cote d'Azur, France, September 13-15, 1995
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The final program of the 8th ISSS, as well as registration and hotel
reservation forms are now available. Please consult :


                              http://www.imec.be/isss/isss95.html


An ASCII version of these documents is included below.


ISSS is the successor of the High-Level Synthesis Workshop/Symposium.
In addition to high-level synthesis, this year's symposium will cover
new topics in full electronic system design, such as estimation and
transformation, software/hardware co-design, use of embedded
processors, high-level synthesis and modeling.


Please note that ISSS'95 is:
        -1- Presenting a high-quality and well focused technical program.
        -2- Affordable: low registration fee.
        -3- Organized in a wonderful place: Cannes, French Riviera.


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                                        EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
                                                  ON SYSTEM SYNTHESIS
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                                            Cannes, Cote d'Azur, France
                                                  September 13-15, 1995


                                                      ADVANCE PROGRAM


                        Co-sponsored by the ACM/SIGDA and IEEE/DATC in cooperation
                            with IFIP/WG 10.5, SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, France
                                                  Telecom and TIMA/CNRS-INPG-UJF


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AIM OF THE SYMPOSIUM
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This symposium is the eighth in a series of high-quality technical
forums. It is the continuation of the previous High-Level Synthesis
workshop and symposium events. The symposium is oriented
towards design automation professionals and presents the latest
results in emerging synthesis and system design technologies. This
includes: System-level synthesis, programmable processor based
design and software synthesis, hardware-software co-design and
behavioral synthesis.
The program committee has selected 25 out of 79 submissions.
Regular papers will be presented in five sessions of two hours,
starting with a 10 minutes verbal presentation and followed by a
poster session during which refreshments will be served. In addition
there will be two invited presentations in the emerging areas of multi-
media system design and state of-the-art real time system
technology. An original element of the symposium is a series of
workgroup focus discussion periods that will involve all attendees.
Finally two panels will address power issues at the system level and
the convergence of industry expectation and system synthesis
research.


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ADVANCE PROGRAM
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TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 12
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06:00 PM - 08:00 PM Registration
07:00 PM - 09:00 PM Reception


WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 13
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08 : 00 AM Breakfast
08 : 30 AM Opening, Welcoming remarks: Pierre Paulin/Farhad Mavaddat
09 : 00 AM Invited talk: Multi-media system design (to be confirmed)
10 : 00 AM Session 1: HW/SW codesign
                                Chair: Wolfgang Rosenstiel, Univ. of Tuebingen, Germany


"Sensitivity-Driven Co-Synthesis of Distributed Embedded
Systems" Ti-Yen Yen, W. Wolf - Princeton University, USA


"Multiple-Process Behavioral Synthesis for Mixed
Hardware/Software Systems" J.K. Adams, D.E. Thomas - Carnegie
Mellon University, USA


"An Approach to Interface Synthesis" J. Madsen, B. Hald -
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark


"The Chinook Hardware/Software Co-Synthesis System" P.H.
Chou, R.B. Ortega, G. Borriello - University of Washington, USA


"Clustering for Improved System-Level Functional Partitioning" F.
Vahid - University of California, Riverside, D.D. Gajski -
University of California at Irvine, USA
12 : 00 AM Focus groups: Workgroup discussion periods
involving all attendees


13 : 00 PM Lunch


02 : 30 PM Session 2: Code generation and software synthesis
                                Chair: Gert Goossens - IMEC, Belgium


"Optimal Code Generation for Embedded Memory Non-
Homogeneous Register Architectures" G. Araujo, S. Malik -
Princeton University, USA


"Optimal Register Assignment to Loops for Embedded Code
Generation" D.J. Kolson, A. Nicolau, N. Dutt - University of
California at Irvine, USA, K. Kennedy - Rice University, USA


"Real-time Multi-tasking in Software Synthesis for Real-Time
Information Processing Systems", F. Thoen - IMEC, Belgium, M.
Cornero - SGS-Thomson, France, G. Goossens - IMEC, Belgium,
H. De Man - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium


"Time-constrained Code Compaction for DSPs", R. Leupers, P.
Marwedel - University of Dortmund, Germany


"Industrial Experience Using Rule-driven Retargetable Code
Generation for Multimedia Applications", C. Liem - TIMA
Laboratory and SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, France, P. Paulin,
M. Cornero- SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, France, A.A. Jerraya
- TIMA Laboratory, France


04 : 30 PM Panel: "System synthesis research and industry expectations:
                                                  how do we converge?"
                                Moderator: Pierre Paulin, SGS/Thomson, France


Panelists:
Joseph Borel, SGS/Thomson, France
Theo Claasen, Philips, Netherlands
Leon Cloetens, Alcatel, Belgium
Hugo De Man, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Dan Gajski, University of California at Irvine, USA
Ron Miller, Synopsys, USA


THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 14
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08 : 00 AM Breakfast


08 : 30 AM Invited Talk: Real-Time System Specification and Verification,
                                Joseph Sifakis, VERIMAG, France


09 : 30 AM Session 3: Behavioral synthesis
                                Chair: Cathy Gebotys, Univ. of Waterloo, Canada


"Synthesis of Pipelined DSP Accelerators with Dynamic
Scheduling", P. Schaumont, B. Vanthournout, I. Bolsens -
IMEC/VSDM, Belgium, H. De Man - Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven, Belgium


"An Exact Solution Methodology for Scheduling in a 3D Design , S.
Chaudhuri, S.A. Blythe, R.A. Walker - Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, USA


"Procedure Exlining: A Transformation for Improved System and
Behavioral Synthesis", F. Vahid - University of California,
Riverside, USA


"Array Mapping in Behavioral Synthesis", H. Schmidt, D. Thomas -
Carnegie Mellon University, USA


"On the use of VHDL-based behavioral synthesis for telecom ASIC
design", M. Genoe, P. Vanoostende, G. Van Wauwe - Alcatel-Bell,
Belgium


11 : 30 AM Focus groups: Consolidation of results


12 : 30 PM Lunch


02 : 30 PM Session 4: Low-power and estimation techniques for behavioral and
                                                      system level synthesis
                                Chair: Leon Stok, IBM, USA


"Scheduling and Resource Binding for Low Power", E. Musoll,
J.Cortadella - Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain


"Power Analysis and Low-Power Scheduling Techniques for
Embedded DSP Software", M. Tien-Chien Lee - Fujitsu
Laboratories of America, USA, V. Tiwari, S. Malik - Princeton
University, USA, M. Fujita - Fujitsu Laboratories of America, USA


"A Path-Based Technique for Estimating Hardware Runtime in
HW/SW Cosynthesis", J. Henkel, R. Ernst - Technische Universitt
Braunschweig, Germany


"A Comprehensive Estimation Technique for High-Level Synthesis,
S. Yong Ohm, F.J. Kurdahi, N. Dutt, M. Xu - University of
California, Irvine, USA


"Profiling in the ASP Codesign Environment", M.F. Parkinson,
P.M. Taylor, S. Parameswaran - University of Queensland, Australia


04 : 30 PM Panel: "How do we reduce digital system power at the system level?"
                                Moderator: Paul Landman, TI, Dallas, USA
Panelists:
Francky Catthoor, IMEC, Belgium
Theresa Meng, Stanford Univ, USA
Tobias Noll, Univ. Aachen
Stefaan Note , Philips/ITCL
Jan Rabaey, U.C.Berkeley, USA


07 : 00 PM Conference Dinner


FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 15
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08 : 00 AM Breakfast


08 : 30 AM Session 5: Design methods for HW/SW systems.
                                Chair: Bob Walker, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA


"WWW Based Structuring of Codesigns", P.G. Plger, J. Wilberg,
M. Langevin - GMD-SET, Germany, R. Camposano - Synopsys,
Inc., USA,


"System Level Verification of Video and Image Processing
Specifications" , H. Samson, F. Franssen, F. Catthoor, H. De Man
- IMEC, VSDM Division, Belgium


"Synthesis of System-Level Communication by an Allocation-Based
Approach", J.M. Daveau, T. Ben Ismail, A.A. Jerraya - TIMA
Laboratory, France


"Modeling and Simulation of Heterogeneous Real-Time Systems
Based on a Deterministic Discrete Event Model", J. Teich, E.A. Lee
- University of California at Berkeley, USA, L. Thiele - ETH
Zrich, Switzerland


"A System Level Design Methodology for the Optimization of
Heterogeneous Multiprocessors", M. Schwiegershausen, P. Pirsch -
University of Hannover, Germany


10 : 30 AM Focus groups: Presentation of results, discussion


12 : 00 PM Future Directions: Ahmed A. Jerraya


01 : 00 PM Close of Symposium


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LOCATION
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The Eighth International Symposium on System Synthesis will be
held at the Gray d'Albion Hotel, Cannes, Cote d'Azur, France.
Cannes is a well-known city on the "Cote d'Azur", the famous
French Riviera. Along its ever blue setting and the beautiful Croisette
walk, Cannes offers a cocktail of international modernism and
traditional Provence. Whether you like historical sightseeing,
shopping, entertainment, boating, or fine gourmet food, Cannes
offers numerous possibilities for taking a few days off. Cannes is
also close to several other gorgeous Riviera cities such as Saint
Tropez, Antibes, Nice or Monte Carlo.
The "Gray d'Albion" Hotel is a renowned hotel located right in the
center of Cannes, close to the croisette and the beaches. This
Luxurious Hotel is particularly appreciated for its quality of service
and its food which you will never forget.


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TRANSPORTATION
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"By air:" The International Airport of Nice Cote d'Azur is 27 kms
>from Cannes by highway. There are numerous daily flights from
European cities. Several non stop flights are also available from New
York. Transportation by BUS from the Airport takes about 30
minutes and costs about FF70. By taxi, the trip costs about FF350.
A special ISSS'95 shuttle will be organized between the International
Airport of Nice Cote d'Azur and the Gray d'Albion Hotel, it will
leave the Airport at 5:00 PM on September 12, 1995.


"By train": The Gray d'Albion Hotel is located at 5 minutes walking
distance from the train station of Cannes. You can reach Cannes by
TGV (Bullet train).


"By car:" Cannes is about 30 minutes drive from Nice, take the
Highways "l'Esterel'.


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WWW AND INQUIRIES
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All the latest information on ISSS'95, can now be accessed via a
WWW page. The URL for this document is :
http://www.imec.be/isss/isss95.html. For all other inquiries send
email to jerraya@imag.fr or call (+33) 76 57 47 59 during office
hours (GMT+2)


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REGISTRATION
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Registration form, 8th ISSS: Please type or print, make sure your
name appears on the payment document and give your ACM or IEEE
membership number.
Last name: ...................... First name: ........................
Affiliation ...................... Membership # ...................
Address:
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Registration fee includes one copy of the proceedings, two
lunches, reception cocktail, one conference dinner, and all coffee
breaks. Students fee doesn't include the conference dinner. Extra
tickets for lunches and dinner may be purchased at the registration
desk.
Registration fee by August 1 after August 1
Members (ACM or IEEE) FF1400 FF1680
Non-members FF1750 FF2100
Students FF1000 FF1200


Please mail a copy of this form and the payment (in French Francs FF) to:
TIMA/INPG-UJF-CNRS (ISSS'95 Registration)
46, Avenue Felix Viallet, 38031 Grenoble CEDEX, France
Fax (33) 76 47 38 14, Phone (+33) 76 57 46 22


Payment should be sent in the form of an international money order,
a bank draft or a bank transfer made payable to Madame l'agent
comptable Secondaire du CNRS, Delegation Regionale Rhone-
Alpes, Secteur Alpes-CNRS, 25 avenue des martyrs, BP166,
38000, Grenoble, France.
Bank: TPGrenoble 10071-38000-00003000056-07, mentioning
ISSS'95-B0706
We are sorry that we can not accept credit cards or personal cheques
for pre- or on-site registration. No refund will be made unless a
written request for cancellation is made before August 10, 1995.


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HOTEL RESERVATIONS
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THE GRAY D'ALBION HOTEL
38 Rue des Serbes, 06408 CANNES Cedex, FRANCE
Telephone: (+33) 92 99 79 79 Fax (+33) 93 99 26 10
Hotel Room Registration Form, 8th ISSS:
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CONFERENCE RATES: FF750 single per room per night
FF900 double per room per night
TYPE OF ROOM: SINGLE (1 PERSON) [ ]
DOUBLE (2 PERSONS - 1 BED) [ ]
TWIN (2 PERSONS - 2 BEDS) [ ]


A one-night deposit either by credit card number or advance deposit,
will be required by Tuesday August 1, 1995. It will be deduced from
the hotel bill. Should you wish to cancel your reservation, please do
so at least one week before your arrival. No refund will be made for
cancellation after September 4, 1995. All prices are given in French
Francs. A continental buffet breakfast is included. The local tax
(FF5/night/person) is extra. All other taxes are included. American
Express, Master Card and Visa are accepted.
A limited number of rooms, at the same reduced rate, are available
for the following weekend.


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Please send this form directly to:
Ms. Christine Gojon,
Gray d'Albion Hotel, 38 Rue des Serbes,
06408 CANNES Cedex, FRANCE
Telephone: (+33) 92 99 79 79 Fax (+33) 93 99 26 10


  Check in is 2 p.m. Check out is 12 noon.


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STEERING COMMITTEE
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Symposium Co-Chairs: Pierre G. Paulin, SGS-Thomson, France/
Farhad Mavaddat, Univ. Waterloo, Canada
Technical Program and Organization Chairperson: Ahmed Amine
Jerraya, TIMA/INPG-UJF-CNRS, France
Past Chair: Dan D. Gajski, Univ. of California, Irvine, USA
Publicity Chairperson: Gert Goossens, IMEC, Belgium
Panel Chairperson: Francky Catthoor, IMEC, Belgium


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TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Ivo Bolsens, IMEC, Belgium,
Raul Camposano, Synopsys, USA,
Giovanni De Micheli, Stanford Univ., USA,
Nikil Dutt, Univ. of California, Irvine, USA,
Rolf Ernst, T.U. Braunschweig, Germany,
Jean Frehel, SGS Thomson, France,
Eric Flamand, France Telecom-CNET, France,
Cathy Gebotys, Univ. of Waterloo, Canada,
Gert Goossens, IMEC, Belgium,
Michel Israel, Univ. of Evry, France,
Fadi Kurdahi, U.C. Irvine, USA,
Clifford Liem, INPG/TIMA France,
Steve Y-L Lin, rsing Hua Univ., Taiwan,
Carlos Lopez Barrio, Telefonica, Spain,
Paul Lippens, Philips, Netherlands,
Lev Markov, Mentor Graphics, USA,
Peter Marwedel, Univ. of Dortmund, Germany,
Yukihiro Nakamura, NTT, Japan,
Kevin O'Brien, Leda, France,
Alice C. Parker, Univ. of Southern CA, USA,
Adam Postula, Griffith University, Australia,
Jan Rabaey, U.C. Berkeley, USA,
Wolfgang Rosenstiel, Univ. of Tuebingen & FZI, Germany,
Bruno Rouzeyre, Univ. de Montpellier, France,
Leon Stok, IBM, USA,
Donald E. Thomas, CMU, USA,
Kazutoshi Wakabayashi, NEC, Japan,
Robert A. Walker, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA,
Wayne Wolf, Princeton Univ., USA


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                        FAX : +32/16/28.15.15 B-3001 Leuven
                        E-MAIL : goossens@imec.be Belgium


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