1996 Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems
August 18 - 21, 1996
PARTICULARS
All sessions of the 1996 Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems will be held in the Scheman Continuing Education Building, located at Elwood Drive and Center Drive, on the Iowa State University campus, Ames, Iowa. Parking is available adjacent to the Scheman Building.
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Symposium Registration
Registration fees (in US dollars) for the 1996 Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems are as follows:
Early IEEE Members (On or before July 31, 1996) $295.00 IEEE Members (After July31, 1996) $345.00 Early Non-members (On or before July 31, 1996) $345.00 Non-members (After July31, 1996) $395.00 Full-time Students $120.00 Each Tutorial Session $100.00 Each Additional Proceedings Copy $45.00
The member and non-member fees include a continental breakfast on August 19, 20, 21, lunch on August 19 and 20, one banquet ticket on Tuesday, August 20, refreshment breaks each day and one complete copy of the symposium proceedings. The student fee includes all of the above except the banquet ticket and the proceedings. The tutorial fee includes lunch and refreshment breaks.
To register, mail the completed registration form with payment to Connie Middleton, Iowa State University, Extended and Continuing Education, 102 Scheman Building, Ames, Iowa 50011-1112. You may register via FAX by dialing 515-294-6223 and transmitting a copy of the completed registration form, including billing information. If you have questions concerning registration, please call Connie Middleton at 515-294-6229.
UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR REGISTRATION
You will be sent an acknowledgment showing we have received your symposium registration. It will show your payment status and include information about on-site registration. You will also be sent other information such as a map showing routes between the Des Moines Airport and Ames when we receive your symposium registration.
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The Symposium will hold a full day of tutorials on Sunday, August 18. Listed below are the tutorials with a brief description of each. Please indicate on your registration form if you want to attend any of these, lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Morning Sessions
Multimedia: Concepts, Technical Challenges, and Implementation
Manu Malek, Presenter
Multimedia refers to the ability to integrate voice, graphics, text and video seamlessly. It is a multibillion dollar/year business, and is growing rapidly. The objective of this seminar is to:
1) provide an understanding of the current and emerging multimedia technologies,
2) describe the technical issues and current solutions,
3) review the strategies and industry trends to implement it, and
4) identify the standards and state-of-the-art capabilities and product offerings.
Low Power Design Methods
Suresh Rajgopal and Sachin S. Sapatnekar, Presenters
This tutorial session will wed theory and practice, and a strong emphasis will be placed on low power design practices in industry, with a vision of methods likely to be useful in the future. This tutorial focuses on the optimization decisions that must be made in developing high-performance circuits. Specifically, the following will be discussed:
Motivation: real-life examples
Sources of power dissipation
Future trends
Power estimation methodologies
Power reduction - system level methods
Power reduction - RTL and logic levels
Power reduction - layout and circuit level methods
CAD and design methodology impact
Afternoon Sessions
Integrated Circuit Broadbanding
John Choma, Jr. and David A. Weldon, Presenters
Topics of discussion in this tutorial session will include the following:
Basic Broadbanding Strategies
Voltage-To-Current Conversion
Interstages
Output Stages
Current Mode Non-Inverting Operational Amplifier
Current Mode Wideband RF Amplifier
Charge Neutralization of Differential Amplifier
Design for Test of Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuits
Ramesh Harjani and Bapiraju Vinnakota, Presenters
This tutorial session will examine test issues particular to analog and mixed-signal ICs. Circuit specific techniques for common macro-and micro-modules will be presented. Also, there will be discussion of general DFT techniques.
Full Day Sessions
Introduction to Computer System Security and Technology (Morning)
James Davis and Doug Jacobson, Presenters
This session provides a background in computer security that will enable attendees to understand important issues and terminology in computer security. Specific topics include:
Introduction(resources; types of security threats; threat assessment),
Cryptography (simple ciphers; RSA; DES; IDEA),
Key-Based Protocols (private and public keys systems; key management; Kerberos; X.509),
Information Models (military lattice & BLP; trusted systems; evaluation of security mechanisms).
Current Technology in Computer System Security (Afternoon)
James Davis and Doug Jacobson, Presenters
This session is focused on current solutions to computer security problems. To be discussed will be many of the methods used to attack a networked computer, along with countermeasures ranging from simple TCP wrappers to more complex solutions, like authentication using X.509 or Kerberos.
Multimedia Videoconferencing Standards Developments
K. R. Rao, Presenter
Air transportation is available to the Des Moines International Airport through most major carriers. Ames is located 35 miles north of Des Moines on Interstate 35. Car rental is available at the Des Moines Airport. The symposium will also provide transportation from the Des Moines Airport to Ames and from Ames to the Des Moines Airport. If you are interested in this service, please provide your flight information on the registration form. If you have not made flight arrangements at the time you register, please call Connie Middleton at 515-294-6229 when you know your flight information. Return transportation to the Des Moines Airport will be requested from you at the symposium.
Transportation will also be provided between the official symposium motels/hotel (see below) and the Scheman Continuing Education Building. The schedule for this service will be available at your motels/hotel when you check in.
The official symposium motels/hotel are listed below. Blocks of rooms have been reserved at these three motels/hotel until July 28, 1996 for symposium participants. To make reservations, call the number listed and indicate you are with the 1996 Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems.
Holiday Inn Gateway Center
PO Box X, U.S. 30 & ISU Exit
Ames, Iowa 50014
515-292-8600 or 800-465-4329
Single Room Rate - $68.00 + 10% tax
Budgetel Inn
2500 Elwood Drive
Ames, Iowa 50010
515-296-2500 or 800-428-3438
Single Room Rate - $46.95 + 10% tax
Heartland Inn
I-35 & Hwy. 30
Ames, Iowa 50010
515-233-6060 or 800-334-3277
Single Room Rate - $35.00 + 10% tax
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
For more information about program content, please contact
the General Chair
Dr. Marwan Hassoun.
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