The Design and Verification Conference & Exhibition Europe (DVCon Europe) is the premier European technical conference on system, software, design, verification, validation and integration. It is a place where the latest methodologies and technologies of tools, languages, and standards for integrated and embedded systems and products are shared and discussed.
Applications of interest include (but not limited to) automotive, mobile communication, aerospace, healthcare, chip-cards, consumer and power electronics. DVCon Europe solicits submissions related to industrial application or research in design and verification. Special interest areas are Digital Twin, Internet-of-Things, Functional Safety and Security, ML/AI, ADAS and Digitalization.
DVCon Europe 2023 accepts submissions of industrial and academic papers, tutorials and panels with highly technical content reflecting real life experiences as well as research topics.
An author of each accepted submission is required to:
- Produce a paper for the official conference proceedings.
- Sign and submit a copyright form.
- All accepted presentations are expected to submit a video of their presentation in advance of the event. This does not replace participation in the event.
In addition:
- One co-author on the paper is required to pay the Speaker Registration Fee.
- The speaker must present the paper at the conference. If anyone other than a co-author of the paper presents the paper at the conference, the paper will be removed from the proceedings.
TOPICS
- Virtual prototyping and Digital Twins
- Transaction-level modeling (e.g., SystemC TLM)
- Hardware-assisted prototyping
- Hardware/software/embedded co-design
- Machine Learning
- Software for verification
- Software development and verification
- Model based software design
- Low level software design and verification
- Model based tools and techniques for application level software.
- Verification process, reuse and resource management
- Methods bridging between verification and validation
- Hardware/software co-verification
- Advanced methodologies, testbenches, and flows (e.g., UVM, HDLs, HVLs)
- Formal and semi-formal V&V techniques
- High-level synthesis from ESL languages
- Interoperability of models and/or tools
- IP tagging, protection or security
- SoC and IP integration methods, flows, and tools
- Configuration management of IPs including different abstraction level
- Flow and tool automation (e.g., IP-XACT)
- Methods and flows for functional safety standard compliance (e.g., ISO 26262, DO-254)
- Safety and security in verification and validation (e.g., ISO 21434)
- Requirements-driven design and verification including traceability
- New methods and tools supporting functional safety and security
- AMS modeling for concept and system-level design
- Application of mixed-signal extensions in verification (e.g., UVM-AMS)
- Real-number modeling approaches
- Self-checking testbenches in analog verification
- Low-power design and verification (e.g., UPF)
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
- DVCon Europe runs a dedicated research track, submissions accepted into this track will be published as an academic paper.
- The program committee is looking for high quality research whether the authors are academics or come from an industrial background.
- Submissions to the Research track will be subject to a full peer review.
SUBMISSION FORMAT
Stage One: Abstract Submission
- A title, abstract (approximately 100 words), and a list of all co-authors must be submitted by July 17, 2023 (5:00pm PT). You may also submit the manuscript at this time.
- A submitter must enter the names, affiliations, cities, states, countries and email addresses of ALL the co-authors. The addition of new co-authors or re-ordering of authors will not be permitted after July 17.
- Title may not be changed after the abstract submission deadline of July 17.
- Authors will be asked to report Conflicts of Interest with TPC members.
Stage Two: Manuscript Submission
- The paper itself (up to 6 pages) is due by August 28, 2023 (5:00pm PT). 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 finished manuscript. Preliminary submissions will be at a disadvantage.
SUBMISSION RULES
- A submitter must enter the names, affiliations, cities, states, countries and email addresses of ALL the co-authors. The addition of new co-authors or re-ordering of authors will not be permitted after the abstract submission deadline.
- Title may not be changed after the abstract submission deadline.
- 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. Make sure the PDF metadata does not contain the author information.
- The abstract of approximately 100 words must clearly state the significant contribution, impact, and results of the manuscript.
- The manuscript must be within 6 pages, double-columned, 9 or 10-pt font, in PDF format only, be a readable file and follow the template. The length and content of the submitted version and that of the final version (if accepted) should not be significantly different.
- 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
An author of each accepted submission is required to:
- Produce a paper for the official conference proceedings.
- Sign and submit a copyright form.
- All accepted presentations are expected to submit a video of their presentation in advance of the event. This does not replace participation in the event.
In addition:
- One co-author on the paper is required to pay the Speaker Registration Fee.
- The speaker must present the paper at the conference. If anyone other than a co-author of the paper presents the paper at the conference, the paper will be removed from the proceedings.
Following DVCon policy on authorship, anyone listed as Author on a paper must meet all the following criteria:
- They have made substantial intellectual contributions to some components of the original work described in the paper; and
- They have participated in drafting and/or revision of the paper; and
- They are aware that the paper has been submitted for publication; and
- They agree to be held accountable for any issues relating to correctness or integrity of the work
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
- July 17: Deadline for Initial Submission
- August 28: Full Paper Due
- September 26: Author Notification about Full Paper Submission
- October 9: Accepted Papers – Camera Ready Copies
- Registration Deadline for Accepted Papers/Posters
- October 16: Pre-Recorded Video/Copyright Form Submission Deadline
QUESTIONS?
DVCon Europe honors the Best Paper/Presentation and Best Poster submissions. The awards will be selected by the attendees at DVCon Europe based on the quality of both the paper and the presentation.
DVCon Europe Technical Program Chair:
Mark Burton, Qualcomm
