Chairs' Message
Welcome to ISCAS 2008 and Seattle, the Emerald City
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On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we are pleased and honored to invite and welcome you to Seattle and to the 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2008. The conference theme this year, “Green Circuits and Systems: Engineering the Environmental Revolution,” is particularly fitting considering that Seattle, the Emerald City in the Evergreen State of Washington, is a leader in sound environmental practices and green technology research and development.
ISCAS 2008 enhances our leadership in the Circuits and Systems areas, attracting 1858 paper submissions from academic and industry authors. The Technical Program Co-Chairs, Professors Gianluca Setti and Un-Ku Moon, have assembled an outstanding program accepting 911 papers spanning three full days of 132 lecture and 57 poster sessions covering 17 tracks representing the Society technical committees. Student paper contest and live demo contest continue attract high-quality contributions.
ISCAS 2008 seeks to broaden our scope and diversify our attraction to various technical constituencies. This year we are pleased to host the first-ever Industry Panel to focus on increasing industry participation in ISCAS, and the first-ever reception for Women in CAS, WiCAS. These constituencies have enriched our technical programs and will continue to be the centerpiece of the Society.
The conference will open with Dr. John Delaney, Chief Scientist of the NSF Regional Cable Observatory (Ocean Observatories Initiative), delivering a talk on engineering perspectives on exploring and understanding life in the Pacific Ocean, reinforcing our general theme of Green Circuits and Systems.
Tuesday's events will begin with Dr. John Cohn, Chief Scientist of Design Automation in the IBM Systems and Technology Group in Burlington, Vermont, and an IBM Fellow. His Keynote: "Kids these days--How we can inspire the next generation of Engineers and Scientists" highlights his passionate efforts over the past 15 years to make engineering fun for nearly 30,000 kids.
Wednesday's keynote speaker is Mr. Allen Alley, Chairman of the Board of Pixelworks, Inc., and former Deputy Chief of Staff to Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski. He will describe ways in which leading-edge high technology research and development leaders can contribute to energy efficiency, which also reinforces the green theme of ISCAS 2008.
Recognizing that lifelong learning is a requirement for continuing excellence, ISCAS 2008 offers 11 high-quality tutorials from worldwide experts in the design of communication transceivers, medical-imaging circuits, microfluidic biochips, synchronization circuits in high-frequency systems, and hybrid nano-CMOS circuits. System-oriented tutorials include topics on power electronic modeling, data converters, high-speed data links, sensor networks and MIMO.
The richness of the technical program and the tutorial offerings will be amply matched by the richness of the social program. The cynosure of the social program is a Traditional Native American feast followed by a spellbinding cultural show. Attendees will be transported by chartered boats to Blake Island, the ancestral home of the Suquamish and Duwamish Indian Tribes, to share an unforgettable celebration of cultures, foods, green environment, and history.
ISCAS 2008 is first and foremost a team effort. Besides the outstanding contributions from the authors, we extend special thanks to CASS Board of Governors, Ex-Com, and ISCAS Steering Committee for their support and cooperation. The members of the Organizing Committee have devoted countless hours to make the event into a reality, and this reality is superbly enhanced by the incomparable support and dedicated service by Barbara and Tom Wehner of the Alliance Management Group. Just like any research and technology development, this active team is our key ingredient for success.
ISCAS 2008 celebrates diverse technical developments and accomplishments, diverse history and cultures, diverse participants, and diverse technology directions in the overall green environment. We look forward to your active participation in this magnificent celebration!
David and Mani