Program Announced    ---   Registration Open


                  2005 MAPLD International Conference

         Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
                           Washington, D.C.

                          September 7-9, 2005



   The 8th annual Military and Aerospace Programmable Logic Device
   (MAPLD) International Conference will present papers on programmable
   logic devices and technologies, digital engineering, and related
   fields, for military and aerospace applications.   Devices,
   technologies, logic design, verification, flight applications, fault
   tolerance, reliability, radiation susceptibility, and encryption
   applications of programmable devices, processors, and adaptive
   computing systems in military and aerospace systems are topics for
   papers.  

   For 2005, MAPLD will be expanded to 3 full days and will feature
   expanded "Birds of a Feather" Workshop Sessions.  165 oral and poster
   presentations are currently on the program.  Four full-day seminars
   will be offered on September 6, 2005.


   KEY DATES AND LINKS

      Early Registration Ends: August 8, 2005
      Registration:            http://klabs.org/mapld05/reg
      Conference Home Page:    http://klabs.org/mapld05
      Late Submissions:        Late papers will be accepted for the 
                               Poster and "Birds of a Feather" Workshop
                               sessions only, on a space-avaiable basis.
                               http://klabs.org/mapld05/


   We are planning an exciting program with presentations by Government,
   industry, academia, and consultants, including talks by distinguished
   Invited Speakers.   This conference is open to US and foreign
   participation and is unclassified.  For related information, please
   see the NASA Office of Logic Design Web Site (http://klabs.org). 


   Special Talks Include:

      * Welcome and Opening Address
        Ralph Roe, NASA Engineering and Safety Center
      * Invited History Talk, "The Hubble Space Telescope"
        Steven Beckwith, Director, Space Telescope Science Institute
      * Invited Mishap Talk (new for 2005)
        "Computer Overload and The  Apollo 11 Lunar Landing"
        Jack Garman (formerly NASA MSC/JSC) 
      * Panel Session: "Why Are Space Stations So Hard?" 
        Roger Launius, National Air and Space Museum
        Keith Cowing,  Editor, NASA Watch
        William Dwyer, Engineer, Space Station Freedom and ISS
        and more ....


   Four Seminars for 2005:

      * Design Integrity
      * Device Failure Modes and Reliability 
      * Reconfigurable High-Performance Computing 
      * Space Plug-and-play Avionics (SPA) Technical Committee/Workshop 


   Planned Technical Sessions, Oral, Poster and Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF):

      * Applications: Military & Aerospace I and II
      * Verification of High Reliability Designs
      * Radiation Effects and Mitigation Techniques 
      * Logic Design and Processors 
      * Reconfigurable Computing, Evolvable Hardware, and Security 
      * Poster Session 
      * BOF-L: Mitigation Methods for Reprogrammable Logic in the Space
               Radiation Environment 
      * BOF-H: Reconfigurable Computing 
      * BOF-J: PLD Failures, Analyses, and the Impact on Systems 
      * BOF-S: NESC and Software 
      * BOF-G: Digital Engineering and Computer Design - A Retrospective
               and Lessons Learned for Today's Engineers 
      * BOF-W: Verification of Large Designs and Related Design Methodologies 


   Reservations are being accepts for the Industrial & Gov't Exhibits:
      http://klabs.org/mapld05/exhibits/reservation_request_form.htm


   Industrial and Government participants include:

      NASA Office of Logic Design      Synthworks 
      Space Micro                      SRC Computers 
      BAE Systems: Information and     Aldec 
         Electronic Warfare Systems  
      Actel Corporation                ATK Mission Research Corporation 
      Aeroflex Colorado Springs        Xilinx, Inc. 
      Sigrity                          Mentor Graphics Corporation 
      IEEE Aerospace and Electronics   NASA Engineering and Safety Center
      Systems Society   
      Nallatech                        Celoxica 
      Northrop Grumman Corporation     SEAKR Engineering
      Synplicity                       Aitech Defense Systems
      LSI Logic                        Andraka Consulting Group
      Pentek                           NRO: Director's Innovation Initiative
      Southwest Research Institute     Star Bridge Systems 
      Cray                             Alpha Data 
      EM Photonics                     NASA MSFC Traveling Exhibits Program 
      VMETRO                           MathStar 


   For additional information:

      Conference home page: http://klabs.org/mapld05

      Richard B. Katz
      NASA Office of Logic Design
      mapld2005@klabs.org