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September 9-11, 2003

Abstracts are being accepted for the 6^th annual Military and Aerospace Programmable Logic Devices (MAPLD) International Conference.  Programmable devices, technologies, and related aspects of digital engineering will comprise the major emphasis of this conference.

This year, there will be a special emphasis on papers with the following themes:

• Reliability of Hardware and Designs; Fault Tolerance
• Reconfigurable/Adaptive Computing Systems
• Long-term Space Missions: > 15 Years
• Hardware and Software: The line is blurring
• Radiation Hardening by Design
• Digital Signal Processing with Programmable Devices
• Design Security
• "War Stories" and Lessons Learned

A good source of topics for papers comes from our Evaluation Forms.  Based on this and verbal feedback, our continuously running themes will be:

• "War Stories"
• "Lessons Learned"

The Technical Program will consist of technical paper presentations and a poster session. We are planning an exciting program including several special Invited Speakers including the annual Invited History talk.  Select papers will be published in the AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets.  This conference is open to both foreign participation and US citizens and is unclassified.  For conference program and registration information, please visit AIAA - Conferences / Workshops.  For technical information, please visit http://klabs.org/. or the 2003 MAPLD International Conference Home Page

MAPLD topics include (but are not limited to) the following:
 

Design and Analysis CPU Logic Low-Power Techniques High-Speed Techniques	Applications Military (Ground, airborne, artillery, etc.) Launch Vehicle Spaceborne Arithmetic and Signal Processing Encryption Systems
Devices Advanced Devices, Technologies, and Software and Their Impact on Critical System Reliability Programmable Technologies and State-of-the-Art Devices and Programmable Elements Device Architecture	Systems and Software System-on-Chip Software Tools for Design/Analysis - HDLs, Synthesis, Design Entry Systems Translation from High Level Languages Intellectual Property
Reliability Experience and "Lessons Learned" from Mission Experience Radiation Effects, Device Reliability and Element Characteristics Fault Tolerance Use of COTS Devices in the Military and Spaceflight Environment Testing and Analysis Techniques Advanced Packaging	Adaptive Computing Systems Evolvable Hardware Reconfigurable Computing

Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions: The 2002 MAPLD International Conference "Birds-of-a-Feather" session on reconfigurable computing was a success and will be continuing into 2003 as a MAPLD feature.  We are planning to add a second "Birds-of-a-Feather" session on the radiation testing of programmable devices.

Panel Session: Again, we will have leading engineers and managers on our panel for a spirited "discussion."   One question left open from the 2002 panel that will be discussed at the 2003 panel is...

Why Is Software So Hard?
A Discussion of the Technical, Programmatic, and Political Factors
That Have Lead To Failures Over the Last 40 Years and Its Impact for Future Systems

Seminars will again be offered (with a separate registration).  Seminars will be on September 8^th, 2003. Two full-day seminars will be given:

• "Advanced Design: Digital Signal Processing, Programmable Device Architecture, and Military/Aerospace Applications" led by Ray Andraka.
• "Reconfigurable Computing: FPGA-Based, General Purpose, High Performance Systems" led by Tarek El-Ghazawi, Maya Gokhale, Duncan Buell, and Alan Snavely.

The 6^th MAPLD International Conference is:

Hosted By:

• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• NASA Office of Logic Design

Sponsored By:

• Goddard Space Flight Center
• National Security Agency
• NASA's Electronics Radiation Characterization Project
• NASA Theme: Mission and Science Measurement Technology

Supported By:

• Air Force Research Laboratory
• The IEEE,  IEEE Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society (AESS)

For more conference information, please visit AIAA - Conferences / Workshops.or contact:

Richard Katz - Conference [Grunt] Chair NASA Goddard Space Flight Center mapld2003@klabs.org Tel: (301) 286-9705	Alan W. Hunsberger - Conference Co-Chair National Security Agency al@klabs.org Tel: (301) 688-0692
Tanya Vladimirova - Conference Co-Chair University of Surrey tanya@klabs.org +44(0)1483 879137	Kevin Hames - Conference Co-Chair for the AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. NASA Johnson Space Center kevin@klabs.org Tel: 281 483-8592
Hans Tiggeler Conference Co-Chair, European Liaison hans@klabs.org	Rod Barto - Conference Co-Chair rod@klabs.org Office of Logic Design/Spacecraft Digital Engineering

Abstracts should be approximately 2 pages long.  They should include an introduction, a brief summary of related work and references, and a discussion of the key elements of the paper and conclusions. 

Please send abstracts to mailto:mapld2003@klabs.org?subject=2003 MAPLD: Abstract.   Your abstract must be in an attached file, named using this format: lastname_a.ext  - where last name is the name of the first author - e.g., katz_a.txt.  Please include first author information for point of contact (name, affiliation, phone number, and e-mail address).  

Important: Technology Transfer Considerations, Copyright, and Proprietary Information

Prospective authors are reminded that technology transfer guidelines and policies can considerably extend the time required for review of abstracts, presentations, and completed papers. Internal (company) plus external (Government) reviews can in some cases consume 16 weeks or more. Proper Government reviews, ownership of copyright, and the absence of proprietary information is solely the responsibility of the author. Authors should determine the extent of approval necessary early in the paper preparation process to preclude paper withdrawals and late submissions. The organizing committee and AIAA will assume that all abstracts, presentations, and papers are appropriately cleared for unrestricted distribution to an international audience.

Abstracts are due April 25^th, 2003.  Late papers will be accepted for the Poster Session, only.  The program will be announced no later than June 2, 2003.

Industrial exhibit reservations should be sent to mailto:mapld2003@klabs.org?subject=2003 MAPLD: Industrial Exhibit and should include company name and contact information (phone and email).  Please see Industrial Exhibit Request for additional information.

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