The twentieth IEEE technically co-sponsored International Conference on Microelectronics ICM 2008 will be held at the University of Sharjah, located only a few miles away from Dubai, UAE. ICM 2008 is held in cooperation with University of Sharjah and University of Waterloo.

The ICM has been held in numerous countries across the Middle East and Asia over the past 19 years. ICM 2008 will include oral, poster sessions and tutorials given by experts in state-of-the-art topics.

Call for Paper in PDF format

The regular technical program will run for three days. In addition, tutorial sessions will be held on the first day of the conference. Papers are solicited in, but not limited to, the following topics:

1- Circuits and Systems

• Analog and RF circuit design techniques
• Digital Signal and data processing
• Wireless communication systems
• Nonlinear circuits
• Systems on Chip (SoCs)
• VLSI for signal and Image processing
• Integrated antenna and front-end co-design
• Signal Processing in Communications

2- Computer-Aided Design

• Simulation (process, device, circuit, logic, timing,functional)
• Layout (placement, routing, floor planning, symbolic, ERC, DRC)
• Silicon optimization
• Parallel embeded systems
• Testing: formal verification
• CAD for FPGAs
• High level synthesis tools
• Design for testability

3- Micro / Nanoelectronics

• Device characterization and modeling
• Device physics and novel structures
• Process technology, CMOS, BJT,BiCMOS, GaAs
• Reliability and failure analysis
• Optoelectronics
• MEMS Devices
• Packaging, surface mount technology
• Others