BTW 2007 - Call for Papers

CALL FOR PAPERS & PARTICIPATION

Overview -- Submissions -- Additional Information -- Committees

Overview

Following the very successful 5th Board Test Workshop (BTW) held in Fort Collins, the BTW Organizing Committee is organizing the sixth BTW event, which will be hosted by Intel in Fort Collins, Colorado. BTW07 will focus on current issues and trends related to board test. Similar to prior Board Test workshops, perspectives are invited from contract manufacturers, test equipment providers, researchers, end users and systems providers.

BTW07 is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society - Test Technology Technical Council (TTTC) and supported by the IEEE Computer Society Board Test Technical Activities Committee (BTTAC)

We cordially invite you to participate and submit your contribution to BTW07, which includes (but is not limited to) the following topics:

Traditional Board Test Techniques
Boundary Scan-based test techniques
Assessing BSDL compliance and accuracy
Board test: structural versus functional test
Board Flex issues
Parametric testing
OnBoard Built-In Self Test techniques
Electrical, Optical and X-Ray board test mix
Board test for high-volume consumer products
Advances in flying probe technology
Creating board functional tests
Advances in ICT fixturing
Interfacing test flows with manufacturing flows
Board test: linking ICT with low-cost PC testers
Board test: fault-coverage metrics
Board test: reducing false fails
Applications of VXI/PXI plug ‘n play technology
In-System Configuration
OnBoard programmability of CPLDs/FPGAs
How to program PLDs to execute test functions
New Standards and New Problems
Practical use of P1581 SCITT
Advances in 1149.6 AC-EXTEST
Advances in 1149.4 Mixed-Signal test Bus
Test techniques for SERDES boards
Outsourcing to EMS companies
Outsourcing to EMSs – issues and solutions
Re-using prototype tests in volume manufacturing
At-speed board and system structural test
System-Level and Field-Service Test
Using 1149.1 as a backplane test-bus
1149.1 backplane test-bus support devices
Systems design integration and test issues
Field servicing: test needs and solutions
Board and System Test Economics
Board test economics
Emulation in a field-service environment
Board test: educational requirement

Submissions

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As with last year’s BTW, there will be three opportunities to participate (paper, presentation or short “Elevator talk”). All attendees are encouraged to participate. For papers and presentations, the Program Committee invites original submissions of at least 1,000 and at most 5,000 words focusing on new concepts and methodologies. Full paper submissions are preferred and recommended but the Program Committee will accept extended abstracts. A one paragraph submission is required for Elevator Talks.

Electronic submission in Adobe PDF via the workshop submission web page is mandatory. The web site also informs about the review criteria. Please identify a contact author with complete information (mailing address, phone number, fax number and e-mail address).

Proceedings: Following the event, BTW07 will post presentations and papers from the accepted contributions whose authors wish to provide the corresponding materials on the BTW web site.

Submission deadline: July 20 , 2007
Acceptance Notification: August 10, 2007
Camera Ready: September 7, 2007

Additional Information

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To find out more about the IEEE Computer Society Board Test Technical Activities Committee (BTTAC), go to: http://www.tttcdb.org/tttc_website/index.php?section=activities_board_test

Committees

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General Chair

Bill Eklow - Cisco Systems, Inc.

General Vice Chair

Ken Parker

Program Chair

Bill Eklow – Cisco Systems, Inc.

Program Vice Chair

Jay Njedlo - Intel

Publicity & Web Chair

Giorgio di Natale - LIRMM

Finance Chair

TBD

Academic Program Chair

Tony Ambler - Univ. Texas at Austin

Publications Chair

Ken Filliter – National Semiconductor

Local Arrangements Chair

Ken Parker – Agilent Technologies

For more information, visit us on the web at: http://www.molesystems.com/BTW07

IEEE 6th International Board Test Workshop (BTW07) is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society TC on Test Technology and supported by the IEEE Computer Society Board Test Technical Activities Committee (BTTAC).