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Best Doctoral Thesis Award Semi-Final
at IEEE Asian Test Symposium 2011

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Scope -- Contest -- Submissions -- ATS Semi-Final -- Additional Information -- Past Recipients

Scope

Since 2005, the TTTC Best Doctoral Thesis Award in test technology has been presented annually to the winner of a contest, which took place at the IEEE VLSI Test Symposium. The Award serves the purpose to promote most impactful doctoral student work, to provide the students with the exposure to the community and the prospective employers, and to support interaction between academia and industry in the field of test technology.In order to increase the worldwide participation of doctoral students, starting in 2010, the contest was expanded to a two-stage process. Semi-finals will be held at TTTC-sponsored conferences, symposia or workshops. The winners of the semi-finals, determined by jurys composed of industrial experts, will compete against each other in the finals, held at a major TTTC-sponsored conference or symposium. This major Award has recentlybeen named after Prof. Edward J. McCluskey, a key educator and mentor in the fields of test technology, logic design, and reliability.

Contest

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The Doctoral Student Contest

  • The contest is held in two stages: semi-finals and finals.
  • Asian semi-finals 2011 are held at ATS 2011.
  • The industrial jury and the academic jury will determine the winner.
  • The winner will compete against other regional winners in the finals at ITC 2012.
  • Both the student and the advisor of the winning work will be recognized.

Submission Instructions

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Eligibility

  • Doctoral students working on test-related topics are eligible for the Award.
  • An individual can only participate in the contest once in a lifetime.
  • Student who graduated in 2010/2011 or will graduate in 2012 are invited.
  • Participation is encouraged when the thesis is close to completion.
  • Submissions to multiple regional sites are prohibited.
Submission Instructions

  • Contestants must submit a summary of their thesis work (up to 2000 words), beginning with the title of the thesis, the student’s name and affiliation, and the expected date of graduation.
  • The summary should clearly address the following:
    1. define the problem and its relevance to industry
    2. describe existing industrial practices for solving the problem, and
    3. explain the proposed methodology (and any pertinent case study) and how it advances the theory and/or practice in the particular field
  • One additional page is allowed for figures and references only.
  • In addition, please submit an endorsement by the advisor (i.e. a statement that he/she supports the student’s participation in the contest with a signature).
  • The above contents must be included in one PDF file. Please use your first name plus last initial to name the PDF file.
  • Contestants are free to submit up to three published papers in PDF version (named: Ref1.pdf, Ref2.pdf, Ref3.pdf), referenced as supporting materials.
  • All submissions must email to: lihuawei@ict.ac.cn , by August 26, 2011 (extended).
ATS Semi-Final
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  • Submissions will undergo a selection process.
  • Selected contestants, notified by Sept. 20, will be given a short (about 6 minutes) presentation slot in a designated technical session at ATS’11.
  • The winner selected by the jury will be announced in the Banquet of ATS’11.
Additional Information
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TTTC: http://tab.computer.org/tttc/ ->Awards->Doctoral Thesis

ATS’11: http://www.ecs.umass.edu/ece/ats11/

Organizer: Huawei Li,  lihuawei@ict.ac.cn
Past Recipients
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2010 Finals (held at IEEE International Test Conference)
First place winner: Stephan Eggersgluess, University of Bremen
Thesis topic: Robust Algorithms for High Quality Test Pattern Generation using Boolean Satisfiability

Second place winner: Hsiu-Ming (Sherman) Chang, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Thesis topic: Low-Cost Quality Assurance Techniques for High-Performance Mixed-Signal/RF Circuits and Systems

Third place winner: Alex Roschildt Pinto, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
Thesis topic: Autonomic Methods for Enhancing Communication Quality of Service in Dense Wireless Sensor Networks with Real Time Requirements

2009 (held at IEEE VLSI Test Symposium)

First place winner: Mahmut Yilmaz, Duke University
Thesis topic: "Automated Test Grading And Pattern Selection for Small-Delay Defects"

Second place winner: Erkan Acar, Duke University
Thesis topic: "Architectural and Defect-Based Test and Diagnosis Techniques for RF Integrated Circuits"

Third place winner: Bo Yang, Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Thesis topic: "Design-for-Test Techniques for Securing Scan-based Designs"

2008 (held at IEEE VLSI Test Symposium)

First place winner: Devanathan Varadarajan, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
Thesis topic: "On Power-safe Testing of System-on-Chips"

Second place winner: Sudarshan Bahukudumbi, Duke University, USA
Thesis topic: "Wafer-Level Testing and Test Planning for Integrated Circuits"

Third place winner: Francois-Fabien Ferhani, Stanford University, USA
Thesis topic: "Comparing Partial and Complete Test Sets and Test Metrics"

2007 (held at IEEE VLSI Test Symposium)

First place winner: Nisar Ahmed, University of Connecticut, USA
Thesis topic: "High Quality Delay Tests for Very Deep Submicron Designs"

Second place winner: Nikola Bombieri, University of Verona, Italy
Thesis topic: "A TLM Design for Verification Methodology"

Third place winner: Ahcene Bounceur, TIMA Laboratory, Grenoble, France
Thesis topic: "CAT Platform for Mixed-Signal Circuit Testing"

2006 (held at IEEE VLSI Test Symposium)

First place winner: Federico di Palma, University of Pavia, Italy
Thesis topic: "End-of-line Algorithms for Process Diagnosis in Semiconductor Manufacturing"

Second place winner: Achraf Dhayni, TIMA Laboratory, Grenoble, France
Thesis topic: "Pseudorandom Built-In Self-Test for MEMS"

Third place winner: Paolo Bernardi, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Thesis topic: "Test Techniques for Systems on a Chip"

2005 (held at IEEE VLSI Test Symposium)

First place winner: Alberto Valdes-Garcia
Thesis topic: "Development and Implementation of Built-In Testing Techniques for Analog and RF Integrated Circuits"

Second place winner: Anand Gopalan
Thesis topic: "Built-In-Self-Test of RF Front-end Circuitry"

Third place co-winner: Swarup Bhunia
Thesis topic: "Novel Low-Overhead Design-For-Testability Techniques for Improving Testability in Nano-Scaled Circuits"

Third place co-winner: Haralampos Stratigopoulos
Thesis topic: "Neural Classification of Analog Circuits"

For more information, email Huawei Li at: TTTC Student Activities Group

The Doctoral Thesis Award is sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society's Test Technology Technical Council Student Activities Group (TTTC).


IEEE Computer Society- Test Technology Technical Council

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Adit D. SINGH
Auburn University - USA
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University of British Columbia - Canada
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TIMA Laboratory - France
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Mentor Graphics - USA
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Synopsys, Inc.- USA
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University of Athens
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Synopsys
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University of British Columbia - Canada
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Politecnico di Torino - Italy
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Synopsys, Inc.- USA
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Politecnico di Torino - Italy
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Chen-Huan CHIANG

Alcatel-Lucent
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Michael NICOLAIDIS
TIMA Laboratory - France
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Duke University - USA
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NAIST - Japan
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Università di Bologna - Italy
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Virage Logic Corporation- USA
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