Please find information below for DAC presentation guidelines and best practices to prepare your final manuscript and session presentation.
TIMELINE
- September 27, 2024: Submission Opens
- November 12, 2024, 5pm US Pacific Time: Abstract Deadline
- November 19, 2024, 5pm US Pacific Time: Manuscript Deadline
- February 26, 2025: Accept/Reject Notifications Sent
- March 13, 2025: Confirmation Forms Due
- March 15, 2025 - Speaker Registration Opens
- April 10, 2025: Proceedings Manuscript Deadline
- April 10, 2025: Registration Deadline
- April 25, 2025: Draft Slides Due for Subcommittee Chair Review
- May 27, 2025: Slide Feedback Provided
- June 2, 2025: Final Slides Due
- June 22, 2025: DAC begins
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REGISTRATION
I need an invitation letter for my visa. How do I request this?
Prior to the launch of registration on March 20, authors may request an invitation letter by submitting our visa letter request form. After registration is open, you may request a letter as part of the registration process.
Do Speakers need to register for DAC? If so, which registration rates are acceptable?
Yes, each accepted manuscript must have one author register for DAC at the Research Speaker Rate; please reference your acceptance email for information on how to receive the Speaker Rate. This is a full conference registration. Research Speakers may not use the Full Conference Student, Engineering Track or I LOVE DAC registration rates.
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CAMERA READY PAPER GUIDELINES
IEEE is the 2025 copyright holder for 62DAC so your final paper will be published on IEEE Xplore for archival value after the conference.
The manuscript must be within 6 pages, excluding references, double-columned, 9 or 10-pt font, in PDF format only, be a readable file and follow the IEEE style template.
You may not, in any way, revise the content of your manuscript other than to address minor formatting issues, or to add acknowledgements or references that would have invalidated a double-blind review.
Following IEEEs policy on authorship, anyone listed as Author on a paper must meet all the following criteria:
- made a significant intellectual contribution to the theoretical development, system or experimental design, prototype development, and/or the analysis and interpretation of data associated with the work contained in the paper;
- contributed to drafting the paper or reviewing and/or revising it for intellectual content;
- approved the final version of the paper as accepted for publication, including references.
Contributors who do not meet all of the above criteria may be included in the Acknowledgment section of the paper. Submissions which fail to follow the above guidelines will be automatically rejected. Serious violations will be reported to IEEE and ACM for disciplinary action.
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COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
Authors of accepted papers must complete the IEEE Copyright Form, which will be emailed to the contact author in March. One copyright form is required for each accepted paper.
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POLICY ON AI/CHATGPT
We follow ACM/IEEE policy ond the AI/ChatGPT. In brief, the use of AI software tools (such as ChatGPT, Jasper, AI Write, Lex, for example) is permitted, subject to the following requirements.
- That these systems do not plagiarize, misrepresent, or falsify contents in submissions.
- That if any of generative AI software tools are used to generate new content such as text, images, tables, code, etc., it must be disclosed in either the acknowledgements section of the work or elsewhere in the work prominently, including but not limited to the specific tools and versions, the text of the prompts provided as input, and any post-generation editing (such as rephrasing the generated text).
- That if authors are using generate AI software tools to edit and improve the quality of your existing text in much the same way you would use a typing assistant like Grammarly to improve spelling, grammar, punctuation, clarity, engagement or to use a basic word processing system to correct spelling or grammar, it is not necessary to disclose such usage of these tools in the work.
- That the authors accept full responsibility for the veracity and correctness of all material in their work, including any computer-generated materials.
- Authors of accepted papers must complete the IEEE Copyright Form, which will be emailed to the contact author in March. One copyright form is required for each accepted paper.
- Any issues/questions authors have regarding the copyright form or IEEE Policy may be addressed to IEEE.
- Authors and co-authors are subject to all IEEE Publications Policies
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PRESENTATION GUIDELINES AND REVIEW:
- You are required to use the DAC template for all presentations
- ONLY PPT, PPTX, or PDF files are allowed
- Only landscape format may be used
- We do not allow any information in the footer except for the page number. Everything else will just distract from the content of the slides
- Company/University name and/or logo may only appear on the title (first slide) page
- Please note if the presentation guidelines and template are not used in the final pre-recorded video your presentation may be removed from the program.
REVIEW PROCESS:
STEP 1: SUBMIT DRAFT SLIDES AND BIO FOR REVIEW
Deadline: April 25, 2025
Prior to the conference, the session chair will review each presenter's slides and provide feedback to the speaker. When the session chair has completed their slide review, the speaker will receive an email notification to log back into the review site to view the session chair comments. If you do not receive feedback, you can consider your slides approved and begin your recording and final slides.
STEP 2: UPLOAD FINAL SLIDES FOR PRESENTATION AND ARCHIVE
Deadline: June 2, 2025
All speakers are required to upload their final presentation slides so they can be included in the DAC Archive pages on dac.com. Research presentation slides from this upload will also be loaded onto the presentation computers in the meeting rooms for your use during the presentation. If you update your slides after the final slide upload, email speakers@dac.com to provide a final version for uploading to the DAC computers.
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POSTER GUIDELINES
Research presenters are required to bring a poster describing their work for the Q&A portion of the session; the poster will be placed at the back of the session room. This provides an opportunity for extended discussion with interested members of the audience. Authors have the option to print their presentation slides for posting, rather than create an additional poster. These slides must still fit in the designated poster dimensions once assembled.
Each author is allocated a 42” tall x 36” wide area for a poster.
- Half of one poster board is allocated to each presentation.
- Posters must be mounted using push pins provided by the organizing committee.
- Do not use foam core material for your poster or any other thick/heavy material.
- Poster presenters are responsible for printing their own poster and carrying or shipping it to the conference.
- The title of your poster should be done in block letters which are AT LEAST 8 to 10 cm (3 to 4 inches) high.
- All text must be easily readable from a distance of 1 to 2 meters. Make the lettering at least 1 cm high, smaller lettering will not be legible from a distance of 1 to 2 meters.
- All graphs and charts should be AT LEAST 25 X 30 cm (approximately 8.5 x 11 inches) or larger.
- It is a good idea to sequentially number your materials in the poster. This will indicate to the viewer a logical progression through your poster.
- Provide an introduction (outline) and a summary or conclusion for your poster.
- Please include a copy of the DAC logo at the bottom right corner of your poster. You can download the PNG image file here.
- Prepare your poster carefully so that it can be used as the basis to explain and answer questions from the viewers.
- Have your business cards available for those who may wish to contact you at a later date.
- Bring along a tablet of blank paper that you may use for a discussion of technical details relating to your poster.
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ONSITE INFORMATION
REQUIRED EVENTS
Please attend the Speaker's Breakfast the day of your presentation:
- Monday, June 23 at 7:30am
- Tuesday, June 24 at 7:30am
- Wednesday, June 25 at 7:30am
AV INFORMATION
Meeting rooms will have the following equipment:
- LCD Projector
- 16x9 Aspect Ratio Screen
- Laptop Computer with Microsoft Office
- Wireless Lavaliere Microphone
- Audio Equipment
- Aisle Microphones for Questions
- Laser Pointer
- Speaker Timer
PRACTICE ROOMS
Practice rooms will be available for:
- Last-minute polishing.
- Rehearsing your presentation in front of friends or colleagues.
- Fine-tuning your timing.
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SUBMISSION RULES (ABSTRACT & MANUSCRIPT)
- Research manuscripts only submission policy: An individual may not be an author on more than 20 research manuscripts. If an individual exceeds this limit, the first 20 submitted manuscripts (time base submissions) that include that individual’s name will be reviewed. All other submitted manuscripts over 20, will be rejected immediately. Serious violations will be reported to IEEE and ACM for disciplinary action. DAC Technical Program Committee members have additional submission limitations:
- Technical program committee members are limited to submitting at most five manuscripts, posters, or presentations to their conference program (Research or Engineering Track).
- In addition, technical program committee members are not allowed to submit more than three manuscripts to their own sub-committee and may be included in at most one invited submission/presentation.
- Moreover, no Subcommittee Chair, Sub-Committee Co-Chair within a Technical Program Committee shall submit to its own subcommittee.
- A submitter must enter the names, affiliations, countries, and email addresses of ALL co-authors. The addition of new co-authors or re-ordering of authors will not be permitted after the November 19 deadline
- An abstract of approximately 100 words must clearly state the significant contribution, impact and results of the manuscript.
- No new submissions are allowed after the November 12 deadline.
- The submission must not disclose the author(s) by their name(s) or affiliation(s) anywhere in the manuscript or abstract. Submissions that reveal the authors’ identities will be desk rejected and will not be reviewed by the TPC. Any reference to the author(s)' own previous work or affiliations in the bibliographic citations must be cited in the third person. The use of “omitted for blind review” in the bibliography section is not permitted. The authors must make sure that the PDF metadata does not contain the author information.
- The manuscript must be within 6 pages, excluding references, double-columned, 9 or 10-pt font, in PDF format only, be a readable file and follow the IEEE style template. The length and content of the submitted version and that of the final version (if accepted) should not be significantly different. All references must be listed in the additional reference page. Only one page of references is allowed. Inclusion of any content other than the references on the reference page will result in the desk rejection of the submission. The manuscript and the reference page must be formatted as a single PDF file.
- Your draft manuscript must leave enough space to include authors, acknowledgements and other identifying information for the final version without exceeding the 6 page limit..
- A submitter is required to check the conflicts of interests (COI) field and the duplicate submission field. See the "Conflict of Interest" section and the "Duplicate Submission" section for further information
One author of each accepted submission is required to:
- Prepare and submit the final version of the manuscription for the official conference proceedings.
- Sign and submit the copyright form.
In addition:
- One co-author on the paper is required to pay the full conference Speaker Registration Fee; student rates cannot be used. Each accepted paper requires a unique registration.
- The speaker must present the paper IN-PERSON at the conference. As part of the acceptance confirmation, international authors will be required to identify an alternative presenter who will present the work if there are any issues in obtaining travel visas.
- The authors of each accepted paper must prepare a poster to be displayed after the conference.
Following IEEEs policy on authorship, anyone listed as Author on a paper must meet all the following criteria:
- made a significant intellectual contribution to the theoretical development, system or experimental design, prototype development, and/or the analysis and interpretation of data associated with the work contained in the paper;
- contributed to drafting the paper or reviewing and/or revising it for intellectual content;
- approved the final version of the paper as accepted for publication, including references.
Contributors who do not meet all of the above criteria may be included in the Acknowledgment section of the paper. Submissions which fail to follow the above guidelines will be automatically rejected. Serious violations will be reported to IEEE and ACM for disciplinary action.
DUPLICATE SUBMISSIONS
DAC adheres to strict rules regarding duplicate submissions. Submissions must be clearly novel and distinct with respect to other submissions to 62 DAC, concurrent submissions to other conferences and previously published work.
- All closely related work should be properly referenced. If such related work is authored by one of the co-author(s) of the manuscript in submission, it should be referenced as if it were written by others.
- Any extended version of the submitted manuscript should not be submitted or under review before the formal notification of the DAC ‘s review decision.
- If any co-author has any paper that may be perceived as having overlapping contributions and that is simultaneously under review by another venue, such papers must be disclosed in the submission process.
The DAC publication policy does allow for papers published on arXiv to be submitted to DAC. Note, however, that the authors are expected to follow all reasonable efforts to ensure that the DAC submission is compliant with the double-blind review process.
Submissions which fail to follow the above guidelines will be automatically rejected. In serious cases, the authors’ names will be reported to IEEE & ACM and kept in records, as well as sent to the Technical Chair or the Editor of the venue where the duplicate manuscript was submitted; the authors may be banned from publishing at future DAC conferences.
DISCLOSURE PROCESS FOR UNPUBLISHED WORK
When submitting to DAC, authors face a dilemma. DAC has a blind review process in which the author’s identity remains anonymous. However, the submission rules compel the authors to cite relevant publications that have already been accepted or are under review by another conference (such as ICCAD, DATE, ASP-DAC, etc.). Disclosing these papers under the citation list reveals the authors’ identities. To circumvent this issue, DAC has implemented a disclosure process.
When submitting a paper, the authors are asked to list each relevant paper that has not yet been published and include the corresponding pdf of the paper. The TPC Chair will be able to check for self-plagiarism and relevance without revealing the author identities to the reviewers. Failure to disclose such papers will be considered as omission of closely related work and subject to the same penalties outlined in the Duplicate Submissions, as discussed in the section.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
To further strengthen the review process, each submitter is asked to identify any Technical Program Committee (TPC) members with whom s/he has conflict of interests (COI). The TPC list is available below.
An author has a conflict with a member of the Technical Program Committee if one or more of the situations below holds:
- Advisor-advisee relation
- Co-authors of a paper (published and/or under review) in the last 24 months
- Author and TPC member are from the same institution
- Co-PIs of a grant in the last 2 years
- Close personal or family relationship
The submitter should indicate the COIs of all authors with members of the Technical Program Committee upon submission and make the best effort to ensure their correctness. Failure to do so may lead to desk rejection of the submission. Intentional omission or false assertion of COI information will also lead to desk rejection of the submission.
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REVIEW AND SELECTION PROCESS
The DAC Technical Program Committee (TPC) determines the selection of research manuscripts to be included in the DAC program, as well as how they are integrated into technical sessions within the conference schedule. The Technical Program Committee is organized into several subcommittees, which focus on the various topic areas that are relevant to the conference. These are reasonably close, but not necessarily identical to the categories in the call for contributions. Manuscripts which are assigned by authors to unfitting categories may be reassigned by the program committee chair and subcommittee chairs to a subcommittee best able to review them.
DAC strives to ensure that there are no conflicts of interest (COI) between authors and reviewers so to provide a review process that is fair to all the authors. Submitters should report conflict of interests for all co-authors with members of the Technical Program Committee by the manuscript submission deadline, as discussed in the “Conflict of Interests” tab. The Technical Program Committee Chair may reassign manuscripts to different subcommittees to resolve conflicts of interest with Technical Program Committee members.
DAC will also compare each submission against a vast database to identify manuscripts which have significant similarity to previously published works. Submissions identified as plagiarized during this process will be rejected. Furthermore, the names of all the authors of the submission will be reported to IEEE and ACM, as well as the TPC Chair or the Editor-in-Chief of the venue where the duplicate was submitted. Further information on duplicate submissions is provided under the "Duplicate Submissions" tab at the top of this page.
Then DAC manuscripts undergo a double-blind review process; i.e., the identity of authors and reviewers is only known to the Technical Program Committee (TPC) Chair. Each subcommittee will select the best manuscripts submitted. The selectivity is influenced by the overall numbers of submissions, the capacity of the DAC schedule, and the number of manuscripts in each area.
The Technical Program Committee and its subcommittees will take into account the following aspects in selecting manuscripts:
- Quality of the technical contribution (design, solution, methodology) described in the manuscript.
- Originality of the concepts used and described. Advances over previous approaches should be reflected in the discussion of significant improvements in the results section. Comparisons with other approaches are also important to justify the advancement claimed in the submitted manuscript.
- Significance of the results obtained, described by measurable quantitative criteria (runtime for tools, optimality of results, time for design process steps, simplification or automation of manual effort, etc.).
- Degree of experimental evidence to support the claims of the manuscript. Results supported by evidence in industry-strength designs or widely accepted benchmarks with measurable criteria are highly desirable, if not essential.
- A good discussion of limitations of the approach and concepts, and possible areas for future improvement.
- The quality of manuscript writing, use of English, organization and clarity of presentation.
- Once a manuscript has been accepted, the subcommittee organizes it into an appropriate technical session; sessions are then scheduled throughout the duration of the conference.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How should I submit a research manuscript?
Authors are asked to submit their work in two stages. In stage one (Abstract Submission), a title, abstract, and a list of all co-authors must be submitted via the DAC web-submission site. In stage two (Manuscript Submission), the manuscript itself is submitted. Authors are responsible to ensure that their manuscript submission meets all guidelines, and that the PDF is readable. To ensure fairness for all submitters, there will be no grace periods to fix problematic submissions.
The manuscript should stand on its own, with references in the last page. The manuscript must be within 6 pages, with one additional reference page, double-columned, 9 or 10-pt font, in PDF format only, be a readable file and follow the IEEE style template. The length and content of the submitted version and that of the final version (if accepted) should not be significantly different; the draft manuscript must leave enough room to allow for the inclusion of author information, acknowledgements and other identifying information in the final version. There will be no chance of resubmitting to correct any issues.
How should I submit the conflict of interest (COI) information?
Submitters should report COIs of all co-authors with respect to members of the Technical Program Committee upon submission. However, it is recommended that submitters work on marking COIs as soon as they submit their manuscript's abstract, since this task may require some time, which is often scarce in the final sprint towards the completion of a manuscript's submission. Modifications to marked COIs can be made any time prior to the manuscript deadline.
Authors are asked to mark all the TPC members who have COIs with at least one of the authors at the time of abstract registration. Do not mark any members of the Technical Program Committee as COI where there is no COI.
What if authors failed to identify TPC members with COI?
DAC assumes that authors have no additional COIs with TPC members, beside those that have been declared at the time of manuscript submission. If a manuscript is found to have failed in identifying a COI, during or after the paper selection process, the submitted manuscript will be automatically rejected. Same hold if members of the Technical Program Committee are marked as COI if no COI exists.
Which category should I select when I submit my manuscript?
The Call for Contributions lists several categories; please select the most appropriate primary topic when submitting your abstract. Authors of submissions that cover cross-cutting topics should select a category that is closest to the essential contribution of the submission. Submissions will be asked to select a broad category (ex. “EDA1. System-on-chip and HW/SW Codesign”). A complete list of available categories and topic areas can be found in the CFP. Please note that there are separate categories for electronic design automation topics, embedded systems and software topics, autonomous electronic design, design and system security, and electronic design topics.
If my work is mainly about design, should I submit it to the regular research track or the Engineering Tracks?
The Research track at 62 DAC will include a DESIGN (DES) focus to feature high-quality contents on design research, design practices, and design automation for cross-cutting topics.
If you think that your work makes a significant contribution to any of the design related topics, you should consider writing a complete 6-page research manuscript and submit it to the regular research track. On the other hand, if your work is more of a design practice using EDA tools or if you cannot meet the research manuscript deadline, you can consider submitting your work to the Engineering Tracks, which do not require a manuscript and entail no publication.
Six pages only, or is additional 4-page supplemental material allowed?
All submissions to the Research Track are subject to the six-page limit, with one additional page for references only. The manuscript plus one page of references should be formatted as a single PDF file. It is the authors’ responsibility to ensure the readability of the PDF file and submit it by the November 19 deadline.
The page limit of the submissions is 6+1, not 7. The last page is reserved for references only. Inclusion of any content other than references on the additional reference page will lead to the desk rejection of the submission.
How do I avoid referencing my own work to ensure the integrity of the blind review process?
To satisfy the criteria for a blind review process, the Call for Contributions states that any references to the author(s) own previous work or affiliations in the bibliographic citations must be in the third person. For the blind review process, DO NOT LIST THE NAMES OR AFFILIATIONS OF ANY OF THE AUTHORS ANYWHERE ON THE MANUSCRIPT, except in the references section (if citation to prior work is required).
Example: A. and B. presented a method for listing self-referential citations in [5].
[5] A. A and B. B, How to write a research DAC paper, 2021.
DO NOT use “omitted for blind review” to cite authors’ own papers. Describe all related papers published by you as if they were written by others.
Citation of authors’ unpublished papers is not allowed, including citation of potential double and/or simultaneous submissions. If this situation arises, submitters must follow the disclosure requirements to disclose their (or their co-authors) related work that is under review or accepted for publication.
I submitted a longer version of my manuscript to another conference/journal. Can I still submit it to DAC?
DAC adheres to strict rules regarding double and/or simultaneous submissions. No new technical content should be under review during any time overlapping with DAC's selection and publication of manuscripts. In general, an extended version of the conference paper should be submitted to a journal after the first day of the conference. Your submissions must be clearly distinct from any other submissions under review. Use your judgment. If in doubt, consult with a more senior colleague. Double submissions are unethical, and a serious issue within the ACM & IEEE communities.
Can a paper that has been uploaded to *arXiv* be submitted to DAC?
The DAC publication policy does allow for papers published on arXiv to be submitted to DAC. Note, however, that the authors are expected to follow all reasonable efforts to ensure that the DAC submission is compliant with the double-blind review process.
How do I disclose a paper under review or an accepted but not published paper?
When submitting a paper, the authors are asked to list all potentially relevant papers that have not yet been published and provide an electronic copy (in pdf format) of those papers. The TPC Chair will be able to check for self-plagiarism and relevance without revealing author identities to the reviewers. Failure to disclose such papers will be considered as omission of closely related work and subject to the same penalties outlined in the "Duplicate Submissions" section.
What makes a good DAC manuscript?
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) research manuscripts feature advances in the field of AI / Machine Learning (ML) with a focus on design automation and designs at the cross section between AI/ML algorithms/applications and hardware. The scope includes but is not limited to novel AI/ML algorithms, applications, infrastructures, and how to address growing security/privacy concerns of AI/ML.
- Electronic Design Automation (EDA) research manuscripts have at their core novel algorithms or novel algorithm implementations for important problems facing leading edge electronic design automation. These may address the problem at any level of abstraction (from high-level blocks down to the bare transistor). They can cover both design implementation (for example, physical layout or logic synthesis) and design analysis (for example, signal integrity analysis, rule checking, functional verification, and circuit simulation).
- Design (DES) research manuscripts feature high-quality contributions on design research, design practices, and design automation for cross-cutting topics, ranging from systems and architectures, particularly specialized solutions to embedded systems, storage and memory structures.
- Security (SEC)
- Systems (SYS) research manuscripts cover novel advances in areas such as embedded systems software and hardware, from the very highest levels of system specification (e.g., domain-specific languages and model based design) to hardware/software implementations of embedded systems, their associated software design tools and architectural platforms, as well as validation, verification, and reliability. Systems topics will also cover modeling, optimization, and exploration of multiple embedded system constraints (e.g., reliability, power, security). Systems case studies, platforms and design methodologies are also an integral part of these topics.
Can I submit as a Work-in-Progress (WIP) presentation if my paper is not accepted as a research manuscript?
If the TPC subcommittee does not accept your manuscript as a research manuscript at DAC, they will also determine if your submission meets the requirements for a WIP presentation and invite WIP-eligible manuscripts to present during a specific poster session at DAC. Note that WIP presentations papers are not published in the DAC proceedings. Thus, in this situation, you do not need to re-submit your manuscript to the WIP submission site.
You may also submit other distinct works directly through the LBR submission site. Please see the Late Breaking Results section in the Call for Contributions for more details.
I still have some questions. Who do I contact?
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