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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ( jpg | pdf | png )
The CAD Contest at ICCAD is a challenging, multi-month, research and
development competition, focusing on advanced, real-world problems in
the field of Electronic Design Automation (EDA). It is open to
multi-person teams world-wide. Each year the organizing committee
announce three challenging problems in different topic
areas provided by industrial companies. Contestants can participate in
one or
more problems. The prizes will be awarded at an ICCAD special session
dedicated to this contest.
Since its inaugural year of 2012, the CAD Contest at ICCAD has been
attracting more than a hundred teams per year (112 teams from 12 regions
in 2015, 135 teams from
11 regions in 2016, and 123 teams from 10 regions in 2017), fostering
productive industry-academia
collaborations, and leading to hundreds of publications in top-tier
conferences and journals. The contest undoubtedly boosts EDA research
and keeps enhancing its impact.
Contest Problems
Problem
A
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Smart EC:
Program-Building for Name Mapping
(Cadence Design Systems, Inc.)
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Problem B
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Obstacle-Aware
On-Track Bus Routing
(Synopsys Taiwan Co., Ltd.)
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Problem C
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Timing-Aware Fill Insertion
(Synopsys, Inc.)
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Tentative Schedule
Contest starts!
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February 5,
2018
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Registration begins.
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March 15, 2018
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| Registration ends. |
May 11, 2018 |
| Alpha test
submission |
June 22, 2018 |
| Beta test
submission |
July 27, 2018 |
Final
submission
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August 31, 2018 |
| Award ceremony |
November 2018
(at ICCAD) |
Awards for each Problem
1st
Place Award
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NTD
50,000 / team (approx. US$ 1,650)
Certificate / person
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2nd
Place Award
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NTD
30,000 / team (approx. US$ 1,000)
Certificate / person
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3rd
Place Award
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NTD
30,000 / team (approx. US$ 1,000)
Certificate / person
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Honorable
Mentions
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Certificate / person |
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***Important
Notice***
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The recipients of monetary awards must be students. |
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The
amount of monetary awards in US dollars may change due to currency
fluctuation. |
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According
to the Law of Taiwan, 10% of the monetary award will be deducted if the
recipient is a Taiwanese taxpayer, whereas it is 20% if the recipient
is a non-Taiwanese taxpayer. |
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We
reserve the right to adjust the numbers of prize winners and honorable
mentions. |
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Organizing Committee
| Contest
Chair |
Mark Po-Hung
Lin
National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan |
| Contest
Co-chairs |
Ing-Chao Lin
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan |
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Shigetoshi
Nakatake
The University of Kitakyushu, Japan |
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Ulf
Schlichtmann
Technical University of Munich, Germany |
Topic Chairs
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Chi-An (Rocky) Wu, Ching-Yi Huang, and Chih-Jen (Jacky) Hsu
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
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About Liao, Hua-Yu Chang, Owen Chi, and Jane Wang
Synopsys Taiwan Co., Ltd.
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Bo Yang, Sriraaman Sridharan
Synopsys, Inc.
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