Please select up to two of the following Topic Areas:

Please select up to three of the following Keywords:

If a submission will be relevant to a specific industry or industries, one or more of the following industries may be selected:

DAC tutorials are 1.5 or 3 hour tutorials presented by you on Sunday, July 26, 2026. This format enables attendees to participate in multiple tutorials, as well as in other DAC activities. In addition, DAC attendees will have the opportunity to learn about two different topics during that day. The preferred structure for a tutorial is to have multiple viewpoints on a topic from multiple presenters with different affiliations.

DAC is looking for timely, relevant and tangible hands-on topics that provide immediate value and learning for its attendees on design, methodology, design automation fundamentals, as well as automotive electronics, hardware and embedded system security, machine learning and Internet of Things. Sample Topic Areas:

• Traditional EDA topics (e.g., " Prevent Clock Domain Crossings from Breaking Your Chip")

• Chiplet (e.g. "AI Computing Acceleration on Chiplets")

• Autonomous systems, ML, Security (e.g. “Security Opportunities and Challenges of Emerging Technologies”)

• Cloud, Embedded systems, IP (e.g. “EDA in the Cloud – Best Practices for Cloud Migration”)

• Emerging technologies (e.g. "Quantum Circuit Design Automation")

All proposals must be submitted by 5:00pm PT (-08:00 GMT) on November 24, 2025. For further information regarding DAC submissions, visit the DAC website or email the Tutorial Chair, Jingtong Hu (jthu@pitt.edu)

Tutorial Organizer:

The Organizer coordinates all tutorial activities with DAC, including ensuring that content is delivered in a timely manner and that the final presentation goes smoothly; follow through is critical.

• The Organizer must interact frequently with the DAC Tutorial Chair.

• The Organizer writes the proposal for the tutorial and the abstract that is submitted for proposal evaluation.

• The Organizer selects and confirms the participation of the Presenter(s) (who could include the Organizer).

• The Organizer writes the material that will be included in the Conference Program. It is very important that the Organizer write the Conference Program material to help a potential attendee decide whether they should attend this tutorial.

• The Conference Program material should describe the target audience (e.g. EDA User, EDA tool developer, designer, SW engineer, Academic, embedded systems developer, etc.), and their expected level of familiarity with the topic (Expert/Intermediate/Beginner).

• An Organizer can propose multiple tutorials on aligned topics with different speakers.

Presenter(s):

The Presenter(s) is/are responsible for delivering the presentation.

• The Presenter(s) must have a good speaking voice, and be clearly understandable by English speakers.

• The Presenter(s) must be comfortable speaking before a large audience, and maintaining control of the audience.

• The Presenter(s) is/are responsible for ensuring that the presentation slides and any handouts are of professional quality, clear and easy to understand, complete, and can be covered within the tutorial timeframe.

• The Presenter(s) is/are responsible for being at the DAC Tutorial room 20 minutes before each scheduled presentation and staying until 10 minutes after the scheduled completion time to answer questions and coordinate a smooth delivery of the material.

• The presenters must represent multiple different organizations.

First, the tutorial should be clear, informative, interesting, timely, and instructional. Please keep these qualifications in mind as you develop your topic ideas and consider your potential presenter. The topic should be relevant to one or more segments of DAC attendees, including: DA developers, designers, SW engineers and engineers who use DA, managers of DA developers and users, embedded systems developers, and members of the EDA industry.

When selecting a Presenter, choose a good communicator who is effective at explaining technical problems to a non-specialist audience. Consider that attendees expect to learn from a tutorial. Remember, presenters represent approaches and experiences, not companies. It is the responsibility of the Organizer to choose a presenter that has interesting viewpoints on the proposed topic.

There is a strong chance that the initial proposal may be changed. Once the tutorial submission has been reviewed, the Tutorial Chair will provide initial feedback that must be incorporated in the final tutorial. See timeline above for the deadlines.

If multiple tutorial proposals are submitted on the same or similar topics, the Tutorial Chair may choose to accept one proposal over the others; or may decide to merge the proposed tutorial teams and require a unified presentation.

DAC is dedicated to the success of the tutorial program! Once the selection is final, you will be sent detailed guidelines and deadlines to assist you with your planning.