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Richard B. Katz
Call for Papers
7th Mil/Aerospace Applications of Programmable
Logic Devices International Conference (MAPLD)
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
Washington, D.C.
September 8-10, 2004
Hosted by the NASA Office of Logic Design
Abstracts due April 26, 2004 to (e-mail address removed)
The 7th annual MAPLD International Conference's extensive program
will include presentations, seminars, workshops, and exhibits
on programmable logic devices and technologies, digital engineering,
and related fields for military and aerospace applications.
Devices, technologies, logic design, flight applications, fault
tolerance, usage, reliability, radiation susceptibility, and
encryption applications of programmable devices, processors,
and adaptive computing systems in military and aerospace systems
are among the subjects for the conference.
We are planning an exciting event with presentations by
Government, industry, and academia, including talks by
distinguished Invited Speakers. This conference is open to
US and foreign participation and is not classified. For related
information, please see the NASA Office of Logic Design Web Site
(http://klabs.org).
This year, there will be special emphasis on the following themes:
• "War Stories" and Lessons Learned
• Programmable Logic and Obsolescence Issues
• Implementing high performance, high reliability processor cores.
• Logic design evaluation, design guidelines, and recommendations.
• Verification methods for radiation hardness and fault tolerance.
• Applications such as MIL-STD interfaces, UAV's, and controllers.
• Automated Checkers for low reliability design constructs.
• PLD tools/methods that we need but vendors don't supply.
CONFERENCE HOME PAGE - http://klabs.org/mapld04 - contains
an abundance of information on both technical and programmatic
aspects of the conference.
WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
Rear Adm. Craig E. Steidle, USN (Ret.)
NASA Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems
SEMINARS - Two full-day seminars will be presented:
• VHDL Synthesis for High-Reliability Systems
• Aerospace Mishaps and Lessons Learned
PANEL SESSION:
• "Why Is Space Exploration So Hard? The Roles of Man and Machine"
WORKSHOPS & "BIRDS OF A FEATHER" SPECIAL SESSIONS
• Mitigation Methods for Reprogrammable Logic in
The Space Radiation Environment
• Reconfigurable Computing - New Extended Format!
• PLD Failures, Analyses, and the Impact on Systems - NEW for 2004!!!
• Digital Engineering and Computer Design - A Retrospective and
Lessons Learned for Today's Engineers
* Includes a disassembly and discussion of a Block II
Apollo Guidance Computer by the engineers who designed it.
• "An Application Engineer's View" - Back for 2004!
• "NESC and Software" - a joint session of MAPLD and the NASA
Engineering and Safety Center
TECHNICAL SESSIONS:
• Applications: Military and Aerospace
• Systems and Design Tools
• Radiation and Mitigation Techniques
• Processors: General Purpose and Arithmetic
• Reconfigurable Computing, Evolvable Hardware, and Security
• Poster Session
INDUSTRIAL and GOVERNMENT EXHIBITS AND SPONSORS
(early reservations, more to come):
NASA Office of Logic Design Mentor Graphics Corporation
Xilinx Corporation Synthworks
Tensilica Actel Corporation
Annapolis Microsystems Space Micro, Inc.
SEAKR Engineering Aldec
IEEE Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society
Hier Design Global Velocity
Lattice Semiconductor Quicksilver Technology
Celoxica BAE Systems
Nallatech The Andraka Consulting Group
Aeroflex Synopsys
Peregrine Semiconductor Starbridgesystems
Condor Engineering AccelChip
NASA Engineering and Safety Center Synplicity
Defense Microelectronics Activity Southwest Research Institute
Altera
For more information, please visit http://klabs.org/mapld04
or contact:
Richard Katz - Conference Chair NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
(e-mail address removed) Tel: (301) 286-9705
Late abstracts will be accepted for poster and worshop sessions only.
7th Mil/Aerospace Applications of Programmable
Logic Devices International Conference (MAPLD)
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
Washington, D.C.
September 8-10, 2004
Hosted by the NASA Office of Logic Design
Abstracts due April 26, 2004 to (e-mail address removed)
The 7th annual MAPLD International Conference's extensive program
will include presentations, seminars, workshops, and exhibits
on programmable logic devices and technologies, digital engineering,
and related fields for military and aerospace applications.
Devices, technologies, logic design, flight applications, fault
tolerance, usage, reliability, radiation susceptibility, and
encryption applications of programmable devices, processors,
and adaptive computing systems in military and aerospace systems
are among the subjects for the conference.
We are planning an exciting event with presentations by
Government, industry, and academia, including talks by
distinguished Invited Speakers. This conference is open to
US and foreign participation and is not classified. For related
information, please see the NASA Office of Logic Design Web Site
(http://klabs.org).
This year, there will be special emphasis on the following themes:
• "War Stories" and Lessons Learned
• Programmable Logic and Obsolescence Issues
• Implementing high performance, high reliability processor cores.
• Logic design evaluation, design guidelines, and recommendations.
• Verification methods for radiation hardness and fault tolerance.
• Applications such as MIL-STD interfaces, UAV's, and controllers.
• Automated Checkers for low reliability design constructs.
• PLD tools/methods that we need but vendors don't supply.
CONFERENCE HOME PAGE - http://klabs.org/mapld04 - contains
an abundance of information on both technical and programmatic
aspects of the conference.
WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
Rear Adm. Craig E. Steidle, USN (Ret.)
NASA Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems
SEMINARS - Two full-day seminars will be presented:
• VHDL Synthesis for High-Reliability Systems
• Aerospace Mishaps and Lessons Learned
PANEL SESSION:
• "Why Is Space Exploration So Hard? The Roles of Man and Machine"
WORKSHOPS & "BIRDS OF A FEATHER" SPECIAL SESSIONS
• Mitigation Methods for Reprogrammable Logic in
The Space Radiation Environment
• Reconfigurable Computing - New Extended Format!
• PLD Failures, Analyses, and the Impact on Systems - NEW for 2004!!!
• Digital Engineering and Computer Design - A Retrospective and
Lessons Learned for Today's Engineers
* Includes a disassembly and discussion of a Block II
Apollo Guidance Computer by the engineers who designed it.
• "An Application Engineer's View" - Back for 2004!
• "NESC and Software" - a joint session of MAPLD and the NASA
Engineering and Safety Center
TECHNICAL SESSIONS:
• Applications: Military and Aerospace
• Systems and Design Tools
• Radiation and Mitigation Techniques
• Processors: General Purpose and Arithmetic
• Reconfigurable Computing, Evolvable Hardware, and Security
• Poster Session
INDUSTRIAL and GOVERNMENT EXHIBITS AND SPONSORS
(early reservations, more to come):
NASA Office of Logic Design Mentor Graphics Corporation
Xilinx Corporation Synthworks
Tensilica Actel Corporation
Annapolis Microsystems Space Micro, Inc.
SEAKR Engineering Aldec
IEEE Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society
Hier Design Global Velocity
Lattice Semiconductor Quicksilver Technology
Celoxica BAE Systems
Nallatech The Andraka Consulting Group
Aeroflex Synopsys
Peregrine Semiconductor Starbridgesystems
Condor Engineering AccelChip
NASA Engineering and Safety Center Synplicity
Defense Microelectronics Activity Southwest Research Institute
Altera
For more information, please visit http://klabs.org/mapld04
or contact:
Richard Katz - Conference Chair NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
(e-mail address removed) Tel: (301) 286-9705
Late abstracts will be accepted for poster and worshop sessions only.