Call for Special Sessions



Special Sessions

The ISVLSI 2025 is inviting proposals for special sessions that explore emerging trends and concepts covering a broad range of topics in the area of VLSI. In particular, special sessions (academic and industrial) concerning hot topics in VLSI, including those dealing with the introduction and discussion of emerging problems, or addressing recent technical trends in computer architecture, IoT systems, security, artificial intelligence and machine learning, edge intelligence, data analytics, autonomous systems, and other that are of interest to ISVLSI participant, are encouraged to apply.

  • Special sessions typically run for 1.5 – 2 hours and will consist of minimum 4 papers per session.
  • Each speaker at a special session has to submit a 1-page extended abstract for inclusion in the conference proceedings.
  • In addition to the extended abstract, each speaker may submit a full paper (up to maximum 6 pages) for inclusion in conference proceedings. Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements.
  • All papers/extended abstract will be reviewed before being published in the official proceedings of the conference in a separate track.
  • Special session organizers are welcome to present their own research in their organized sessions.
  • The online submission system (Paper Submission Page) will be used for review of the proposals as well as individual papers.
  • Detailed submission instructions will be provided upon acceptance of the proposal.

Submission Guidelines: Prepare a single PDF file (not exceeding 3 pages), using the template, for the proposal where you:

  • describe the session topic, the format, and intended audience, and
  • include a list of speakers, their biographical sketch, presentation titles and short abstract.

Submit your special session proposal in EasyChair (See Paper Submission Page for more details).

For questions regarding the special sessions please contact:






Organization

General Chairs:
Nikolaos Voros, University of Peloponnese, Greece
Michael Huebner, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany

TPC Chairs:
Georgios Keramidas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Paraskevas Kitsos, University of Peloponnese, Greece
Diana Goehringer, Technical University of Dresden, Germany

Steering Committee:
Juergen Becker (chair)
Saraju Mohanty (vice-chair)
Hai (Helen)Li
Lionel Torres
Michael Hübner
Nikolaos Voros
Ricardo Reis
Sandip Kundu
Sanjukta Bhanja
Susmita Sur-Kolay
Theocharis Theocharides
Vijay Narayanan
Himanshu Thapliyal
Fernanda Lima Kastensmidt

Contact Us

Michael Huebner - Michael.Huebner@b-tu.de
Nikolaos Voros - voros@go.uop.gr