Late Breaking Results Posters
LBR papers should cover new research in any area relevant to the normal paper submission for DAC. Sufficient work must have been completed to indicate viability of the work, but by their nature LBR papers typically outline new and exciting results. Papers must use the template provided on the DAC web site. Accepted LBR submissions will be presented at a poster session where the LBR poster presenters will showcase their work and get timely feedback from professionals including academia, EDA industries, designers, and makers. At least one author must be present at the poster session. Publication in IEEE Xplore is contingent on registration for the conference and presentation at the poster session.
If you notice an issue with your paper in the DAC program or need to request a change, please submit a change request.
TIMELINE | REGISTRATION | CAMERA READY PAPER GUIDELINES | COPYRIGHT INFORMATION | ACM/IEEE POLICY ON AI/CHATGPT | POSTER INFORMATION | SUBMISSION INFORMATION } REVIEW AND SELECTION PROCESS | FAQ'S
TIMELINE
- January 9, 2025: Submission Opens
- February 11, 2025 5pm US Pacific Time: Manuscript Deadline
- March 11, 2025: Accept/Reject Notifications Sent
- March 21, 2025: Confirmation Forms Due
- April 10, 2025: Proceedings Manuscript Deadline
- April 10, 2025: Registration Deadline
- April 25, 2025: Draft Poster Due for Review
- May 27, 2025: Poster Feedback Provided
- June 2, 2025: Final Poster 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, all presenters must 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 2 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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POSTER GUIDELINES
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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SUBMISSION INFORMATION
A title, abstract (approximately 100 words), a list of all co-authors and the entire Late Breaking work must be submitted by February 11, 2025.
Each submitted manuscript must discuss original work that has not been previously published in other indexed research databases. Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscript meets the submission guidelines outlined in the tabs at the top of this page. There will be no opportunity for re-submission to correct any issues. Your manuscript will be reviewed as a finalized manuscript. Preliminary submissions will be at a disadvantage.
SUBMISSION RULES (ABSTRACT & MANUSCRIPT)
- Submitter must enter names, affiliations, city, state, country and email address of ALL co-authors.
- DO NOT identify the author(s) by their name(s) or affiliation(s) anywhere on the manuscript or abstract, with all references to the author(s)’ own previous work or affiliations in the bibliographic citations being in the third person. Avoid the use of “omitted for blind review” in the bibliography section.
- The manuscript must be within 2 pages, double-columned, 9 or 10-pt font, in PDF format only, and be a readable file.
- Title should start with “Late Breaking Results: ...”
- The manuscript should focus on the contributions in these two pages and limit background and related work to the most essential.
- An author of each accepted LBR submission is required to:
- Bring a poster following the instructions provided.
- Sign and submit a Rights and Release form.
In addition:
- One co-author on the presentation is required to pay the Speaker Registration Fee.
- The speaker must present the poster at the conference.
DUPLICATE SUBMISSIONS
DAC adheres to strict rules regarding duplicate submissions. Submissions must be clearly novel and distinct with respect to other submissions to DAC 2025, concurrent submissions to other conferences and previously published work.
Submissions which fail to follow the above guidelines will be automatically rejected. In serious cases, the authors’ names will be reported to IEEE and 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 LBR 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.
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REVIEW AND SELECTION PROCESS
The reported result should be novel and interesting enough to warrant an acceptance as late breaking.
Additional criteria will include:
- Importance of the problem and quality of the technical contribution (design, method, research) described in the manuscript.
- Originality of the concepts used and described (whether tools, methods or design). Advances over previous approaches should be reflected by describing the significant improvement in the results section. Comparisons with other approaches are also important to justify the advancement claimed in your manuscript.
- Significance of the results obtained or expected with clues - by measurable quantitative criteria (runtime for tools, optimal results, time for design process steps, simplification or automation of manual effort, etc.).
- Degree of experimental validation of the concepts. Use in real designs or widely accepted benchmarks with measurable criteria for results is 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.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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.
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.
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 their separate categories for electronic design automation topics, embedded systems and software topics, autonomous electronic design, design and system security, and electronic design topics.
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, 2020.
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 thier co-authors) related work that is under review or accepted for publication.
I still have some questions. Who do I contact?
For additional information, please contact Frank Liu, 62th DAC TPC Co-Chair.
SUBMISSION CATEGORIES
Authors of research manuscripts are required to specify main category from the list below. Authors of submissions that cover cross-cutting topics should select a category that is closest to the essential contribution of the submission. Your selection should take into consideration the likely expertise of the group of people who will serve in reviewing manuscripts for each category.
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