BTW 2008 - Call for Papers

Submission Deadline: Friday, July 25th, 2008!

CALL FOR PAPERS

Scope -- Submissions -- Key Dates -- Additional Information -- Committees

Scope

Following the very successful 6th Board Test Workshop (BTW) held in Fort Collins, the BTW Organizing Committee is organizing the seventh BTW event, which will be hosted in Fort Collins, Colorado. BTW08 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.

BTW08 is sponsored by the IEEE Philadelphia Section, in cooperation with the IEEE Computer Society and the Test Technology Technical Council (TTTC) and is supported by the Board Test Technical Activities Committee (BTTAC).

We cordially invite you to participate and submit your contribution to BTW08, 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/bead probes
Interfacing test flows with manufacturing flows
Linking ICT with low-cost PC testers
Fault -coverage metrics
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
P1687 (IJTAG)
SJTAG
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 t est-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 requirements

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 web page (see below) 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, BTW08 will post presentations and papers from the accepted contributions whose authors wish to provide the corresponding materials on the BTW web site.

Key Dates

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Submission deadline: July 25th, 2008
Notification of acceptance: August 15th, 2008
Final copy deadline: September 5th, 2008

Additional Information

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The BTW 2008 web site will provide more information on the workshop and how to submit papers.

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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Organizing Committee

General Chair

Bill Eklow - Cisco Systems, Inc.

General Vice Chair

Ken Parker - Agilent

Program Chair

Bill Eklow – Cisco Systems, Inc.

Program Vice Chair

Jay Njedlo - Intel

Publicity & Web Chair

Giorgio di Natale - LIRMM

Finance Chair

Bill Eklow - Cisco Systems, Inc.
CEM, Inc.

Local Arrangements

Kevin Daverin – Intel
Jeff Huff - Intel

For more information, visit us on the web at: http://www.molesystems.com/BTW08

The IEEE 7th Intl. Board Test Workshop (BTW 2008 ) is sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society's Test Technology Technical Council (TTTC) and the IEEE Computer Society Design Automation Technical Committee.