MANHASSET, NY The Design Automation Conference to be held in July will include a "Community-Driven" DAC Pavilion Panel for the first time, featuring a topic chosen by the DAC community.
The new community-driven selection process is part of DAC's ongoing efforts to ensure its program addresses the needs of IC designers and design tool users, as well as EDA developers and researchers, according to Rich Goldman, chairman of the Pavilion Panel Committee.
The four timely topics cover wearable sensor networks, power scavenging, the collision of mobile and PC technologies, and career survival advice during the current economic situation.
The topic that receives the most votes will be presented in the DAC Pavilion on Wednesday, July 29 from 10 to 10:45 a.m. The panelists and moderator will be announced on June 15, 2009. DAC will take place July 26 " 31, 2009 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
"Now we have a great way for the design community to get directly involved in setting the Pavilion Program," said Goldman, in a statement.
Members of the DAC community are invited to to vote for their favorite of four topics by May 31.