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 nanoelectronic digital, analog, and mixed-signal circuits and systems. The 26th edition of the DDECS Symposium will be held in Tallinn, the capital of the Estonia, which is is one of the best-preserved medieval cities in Europe.

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

Publication and submission:
DDECS 2023 seeks original, unpublished contributions of the following types: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.

Further information
General Chair
Maksim Jenihhin, TalTech, EE maksim.jenihhin@taltech.ee

Program Chairs
Nele Mentens, KU Leuven, BE nele.mentens@kuleuven.be
Jaan Raik, TalTech, EE jaan.raik@taltech.ee