The International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD) will be held in Istanbul (Turkey) as a dedicated forum devoted to Design Methods and Tools for Analog, Mixedsignal, RF (AMS/RF) and multi-domain (MEMs, nanoelectronic, optoelectronic, biological, etc.) integrated circuits and systems.
SMACD 2015 topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Performance modeling
Power and thermal modeling
Reliability modeling
Variability modeling
Compact device and circuit modeling
Multi-domain modeling (optoelectronics, MEMs, biological, biochemical, etc.)
Modeling languages and applications
Linear and non-linear model reduction
Circuit and system theory and applications
Behavioral modeling and simulation
Numerical and symbolic simulation methods
Distributed and parallel circuit simulation
Analysis and simulation techniques for emerging nanoscale devices
Analysis of reliability effects: aging, electro-migration, BTI, etc.
Simulation and estimation methods of variability and yield
Fault modeling and simulation
System-level specification and simulation
Novel system-level design flows
Innovative design methodologies enabled by behavioral, performance, and/or symbolic modeling techniques
Synthesis methods in multi-domain (MEMs, electro-optical, etc.) systems
Physical synthesis
High-frequency modeling, simulation and design
Low-power design techniques
Parasitic-aware synthesis
Variability-aware and reliability-aware design methodologies
Test and design-for-test methods
Language-based synthesis techniques
Optimization methods applied to circuit and system design: high-level synthesis, structural synthesis, sizing, etc.