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General Co-Chairs Yiran Chen Call for Special Session Proposals Duke University, USA Victor Zhirnov The 31th edition of GLSVLSI will be held as online conference. We would also like to invite Semiconductor Research Corporation, USA proposals for special sessions in GLSVLSI 2021. Proposals that address any topics of

Program Co-Chairs interest to the GLSVLSI community, and take the form of any format (e.g., panels, hot-topic Avesta Sasan sessions, embedded tutorials, debates) are all welcome. Special sessions typically run for George Mason University, USA 1.5-2 hours. Each speaker at a special session has the opportunity to include a paper of up Ioannis Savidis to 6 pages, but minimally a 1-page extended abstract is required in the proceedings. All Drexel University, USA papers/extended abstracts will be reviewed before being published in the official proceedings Arrangement Chair Fan Chen of the conference. Detailed paper/extended abstract submission instructions will be provided Indiana University Bloomington, USA upon acceptance of the proposal. Proceedings Chair Inna Partin-Vaisband University of Illinois Chicago, USA Special Session Format: Presentation Chair Binghui Wang Special sessions can take the form of: (1) panels discussing visionary and/or controversial Duke University, USA issues; (2) hot-topic sessions dealing with the introduction and discussion of emerging Finance Chair Himanshu Thapliyal problems; or (3) embedded tutorials addressing recent technical trends that are of interest to University of Kentucky, USA the conference participants. Special Sessions Co-Chairs Bo Yuan Rutgers University, USA Proposal Submission Instructions: Bonan Yan Peking University, China Please follow these guidelines while preparing the proposal: Panel Co-Chairs Ulf Schlichtmann — Prepare a single PDF not exceeding three pages and submit the file to the “special session TUM, Germany Iraj Motabar track” Broadcom, USA — Describe the session topic, the format and intended audience Web & Registration Chair Yi-Chung Chen — Include a list of speakers with their biographical sketch and presentation titles/abstracts Tennessee State University, USA Publicity Co-Chairs Naghmeh Karimi UMBC, USA Please submit your special session proposal in the form of a single PDF file to the “special Cheng Zhuo session track” on the Easychair submission site. To be eligible for review, your proposal must Tohoku University, Japan be submitted by February 28, 2021. Notification of acceptance/rejection will be sent by March Steering Committee 31, 2021. José Ayala Iris Bahar Laleh Behjat Sanjukta Bhanja Please contact Bo Yuan ([email protected]) and Bonan Yan Erik Brunvand Deming Chen ([email protected]) if you have any questions or need additional information. Jie Han H. Homayoun Yehea Ismail Alex Jones Hai (Helen) Li Fabrizio Lombardi Important Dates: Enrico Macii Martin Margala T. Mohsenin Gang Qu Proposal Submission Deadline: March 18, 2021 Ken Stevens Baris Taskin Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: March 31, 2021 Zhiyuan Yan Weisheng Zhao Hai Zhou