25th International Symposium on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems – DDECS 2022

April 6 – 8, 2022
Prague | Czech Republic

About DDECS 2022

The International Symposium on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems (DDECS) provides a forum for exchanging ideas, discussing research results, and presenting practical applications in the areas of design, test, and diagnosis of microelectronic digital, analog, and mixed-signal circuits and systems.

The 25th anniversary edition of the DDECS symposium will be located in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, which is one of the most charming cities in Europe.

Announcements

  • 2022-04-08 DDECS 2022 Best Paper Awards
  • 2022-03-31 DDECS 2022 final program is online
  • 2022-03-05 DDECS 2022 preliminary program is online
  • 2022-02-24 DDECS 2022 registration is open
  • 2022-02-18 DDECS 2022 paper acceptence notification sent
  • 2022-01-07 DDECS 2022 paper submission deadline extended to January 16, 2022 (final extension)
  • 2021-12-14 DDECS 2022 paper submission deadline extended to January 10, 2022
  • 2021-11-24 DDECS 2022 submission website online
  • 2021-06-21 DDECS 2022 webpage and CFP online

Important Dates

  • Paper Submission Deadline: December 31, 2021
  • 16th January 2022, 11:59:59pm CET (final extension)
  • Notification of Acceptance: February 18, 2022
  • Informal Paper Submission: March 10, 2022
  • Camera-Ready Papers and Registration: March 10, 2022

Registration IS OPEN »

Call For Papers PDF VERSION »

The areas of interest include (but are not limited to) the following topics:

Topic 1. Analog, Mixed Signal, RF and Sensors
  • Analog and mixed-signal circuits design and test
  • Wireless circuits and systems
  • High-frequency circuits
  • Sensor technologies
  • RF design and test
  • Analog neuromorphic circuits
Topic 2. Digital Circuit and System Design
  • Digital architectures for DNNs
  • AI and edge computing architectures
  • Neural architecture search (NAS)
  • Autonomous systems
  • VLSI circuits design
  • SoC and NoC architectures
  • FPGA, DSP, accelerators
  • Approximate computing
  • High-performance computing
  • Low-power design
  • Embedded and cyber-physical systems
  • Embedded applications
  • EDA tools and methodologies
  • ML-based EDA tools
Topic 3. Test, Verification and Dependability
  • Circuits and systems test
  • Reliability and robustness of DNNs
  • Fault-tolerance
  • Self-health awareness and fault management
  • Test infrastructures
  • Diagnosis and debug
  • Formal and simulation-based verification
  • Functional safety
  • Reliability
  • ML-based test and dependability solutions
Topic 4. Secure HW and Embedded Systems
  • Cryptographic implementations
  • Attacks against implementations
  • Side-channel analysis
  • Trusted computing platforms
  • IP protection and reverse engineering
  • Hardware trojans
Topic 5. Emerging Technologies and New Computing Paradigms
  • Brain-inspired computing
  • Polymorphic and ambipolar circuits
  • Reversible logic
  • Quantum computing
  • Quantum dot cellular automata
  • Stochastic computing
  • In-memory computing
  • Memristor technology
  • Emerging memory devices
  • Silicon photonics
  • Microfluidics and biochips
  • DNA computing

Submission: DDECS 2022 seeks original, unpublished contributions of the following types:

  • Regular Papers presenting novel and complete research work (6 pages)
  • Student Papers from students eager to discuss their on-going research (4 pages)
DDECS review process is single-blind, i.e. the author information is not hidden.
Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements.

Venue

Hotel Diplomat Prague Hotel Diplomat Prague

Conference Venue

Hotel Diplomat Prague
Czech Technical University in Prague
Evropska 15, 160 41 Prague 6
Czech Republic

The Vienna House Diplomat Prague is located in the diplomatic district, close to the historic centre. Where better to meet and enjoy the good life than where diplomacy prevails? The hotel is one of the most popular conference venues and the views over the rooftops alone make a visit worthwhile. From the multifunctional area on the 9th floor with an open terrace, the Prague Castle seems so close that you could almost touch it and it is only 20 minutes away by foot.

Local Organizers

Czech Technical University in Prague is one of the biggest and oldest technical universities in Europe. It was founded on the initiative of Josef Christian Willenberg on the basis of a decree issued on January 18th, 1707 by Emperor Josef I.

Faculty of Information Technology has been established as the eighth faculty of the Czech Technical University in Prague on 1st July 2009.

Travel Information

Thanks to its location, Prague is easily accessible from all the major European airports as well as by using the highway or railway networks.

The Vaclav Havel Airport Prague is the nearest airport. It offers the visitors of Prague a direct connection to around 130 destinations in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America.

Vaclav Havel Airport Prague to Conference Venue

  • Take the bus nr. 119 to stop Nádraží Veleslavín (terminus of bus 119)
  • Change to subway (Metro) green line A and go to stop Dejvická (2 stops)

Main Train Station (Hlavní nádraží) to Conference Venue

  • Take the subway (Metro) red line C to stop Muzeum (1 stop)
  • Change to green line A and go to stop Dejvická (5 stops)

By Car

An advanced public transport system is available in Prague (public transport search). The local currency is the Czech Crown (CZK). The exchange rate is ~ 26 CZK for 1 EUR.

Points of Interest

Prague
Cesky Krumlov
Pilsen
Karlstejn
Hluboka nad Vltavou
Adrespach

Contact

General Chair

Hana Kubátová
Faculty of Information Technology
Czech Technical University in Prague
Thákurova 9, Praha 6, CZ-160 00, Czech Republic
Phone.: +420 224 359 840
E-mail: hana.kubatova@fit.cvut.cz

Organization Issues

AMCA, spol. s r.o.
Academic and Medical Conference Agency
Vyšehradská 320/49, CZ-128 00 Prague 2, Czech Republic
Phone: +420 221 979 351, +420 731 496 060
Fax: +420 221 979 352
E-mail: amca@amca.cz