NASA Office of Logic Design

A scientific study of the problems of digital engineering for space flight systems,
with a view to their practical solution.

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
Washington, D.C.

September 7-9, 2005

Call for Papers Brochure (in .pdf format)

Abstracts are being accepted for the 8^th annual Military and Aerospace Programmable Logic Devices (MAPLD) International Conference.  MAPLD will continue its policy of accepting late papers for the Poster Session on a first-come, first-served, space-available basis.  Poster papers are eligible for discussion in the workshop sessions.

Conference Overview:

The 8^th annual MAPLD International Conference will present papers on programmable logic devices and technologies, digital engineering, and related fields, for military and aerospace applications. Devices, technologies, logic design, flight applications, fault tolerance, usage, reliability, radiation susceptibility, and encryption applications of programmable devices, processors, and adaptive computing systems in military and aerospace systems are topics for papers.

Note new abstract submission procedures.

The Technical Program will consist of technical paper presentations, workshops, and a poster session. We are planning an exciting program including several special Invited Speakers including the annual Invited History talk.  We will also continue a feature introduced in 2004, a workshop on "Digital Engineering and Computer Design - A Retrospective and Lessons Learned for Today's Engineers," featuring key design engineers from the 1960s and 1970s.

This conference is open to both foreign participation and US citizens and is unclassified.  For conference program, technical, and registration information, please visit the Office of Logic Design Home Page or the 2005 MAPLD International Conference Home Page

This year, there will be a special emphasis on papers with the following themes:

"War Stories" and Lessons Learned High integrity systems design considerations. Design verification methods. Logic design guidelines. Do's and Don'ts for SEU mitigation and immunity; how to analyze and evaluate a design for SEU  immunity or susceptibility. Reliability and fault tolerance with FPGAs General-purpose, high-performance, PLD-based computing systems and applications. Micro air vehicle/unmanned air vehicle controllers

Digital Device Obsolescence Issues Reconfigurable Computing applications such as MIL-STD interfaces, munitions controllers, and computational fluid dynamics analysis. Implementing high performance, high reliability processor cores in FPGAs. Software tools that check for low reliability design constructs. PLD tools/methods that we need but vendors don't supply.

Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions: The 2004 MAPLD International Conference "Birds-of-a-Feather" workshop sessions were very popular and they will be returning, with additional time devoted to them.  The following BOF sessions are planned:

• Mitigation Methods for Reprogrammable Logic in the Space Radiation Environment
• Reconfigurable Computing
• PLD Failures, Analyses, and the Impact on Systems
• NESC and Software
• Digital Engineering and Computer Design - A Retrospective and Lessons Learned for Today's Engineers

Panel Session: Again, we will have leading engineers and managers on our panel for a most spirited "discussion."  This year's planned topic is:

"Why Are Space Stations So Hard?"
A Discussion of the Technical, Programmatic, and Political Factors
That Have Lead To Successes and Failures Over the Last Three Decades
and Implications for Future Private Sector and Government Facilities

Seminars will again be offered (with a separate registration).  Seminars will be on September 6^th, 2005 with three full-day seminars will be given:

1. Signal Integrity, Power Integrity, and Interfacing
2. Real-Time, Hi-Rel Software Issues for Computer Designers
3. Device Failure Modes and Reliability
4. Reconfigurable High-Performance Computing

MAPLD topics include (but are not limited to) the following:

Design and Analysis CPU Logic Low-Power Techniques High-Speed Techniques	Applications Military (Ground, airborne, artillery, etc.) Launch Vehicle Spaceborne Arithmetic and Signal Processing Encryption Systems
Devices Advanced Devices, Technologies, and Software and Their Impact on Critical System Reliability Programmable Technologies and State-of-the-Art Devices and Programmable Elements Device Architecture	Systems and Software System-on-Chip Software Tools for Design/Analysis - HDLs, Synthesis, Design Entry Systems Translation from High Level Languages Intellectual Property
Reliability Experience and "Lessons Learned" from Mission Experience Radiation Effects, Device Reliability and Element Characteristics Fault Tolerance Use of COTS Devices in the Military and Spaceflight Environment Testing and Analysis Techniques Advanced Packaging	Adaptive Computing Systems Evolvable Hardware Reconfigurable Computing

The 8^th MAPLD International Conference is hosted by: NASA Office of Logic Design

Sponsored By: Goddard Space Flight Center National Security Agency NASA's Electronics Radiation Characterization Project

For more conference information, please visit 2005 MAPLD International Conference Home Page or contact:

Richard Katz - Conference [Grunt] Chair NASA Goddard Space Flight Center mapld2005@klabs.org Tel: (301) 286-9705	Alan W. Hunsberger - Conference Co-Chair National Security Agency Tel: (443) 479-8135
Tanya Vladimirova - Conference Co-Chair University of Surrey tanya@klabs.org +44(0)1483 879137	Kevin Hames - Conference Co-Chair for Peer-Reviewed Publications. NASA Johnson Space Center Tel: 281 483-8592
Hans Tiggeler Conference Co-Chair, European Liaison hans@klabs.org	Rod Barto - Conference Co-Chair rod@klabs.org Office of Logic Design/Spacecraft Digital Engineering

 

Abstract Submission Procedures - Modified for 2005.

Abstracts should be approximately 1/2 page long.  They should include a brief introduction and the key points that the paper will make. 

Please send abstracts to mapld2005@klabs.org.   Submit abstracts in an attached file, using the following format: lastname_a.ext  - where last name is the name of the first author - e.g., katz_a.txt.  Please include first author information for point of contact (name, affiliation, phone number, and e-mail address).   Please do not send any locked files, for example .pdf files that have security features enabled, as this increases the amount of effort in processing your submission.

Please note the key dates and some new procedures for 2005.  Late papers will be accepted for the Poster Session, only.

April 25, 2005		Abstracts Due
May 16, 2005		Paper Acceptance Letters Sent
June 13, 2005		Preliminary presentations (Oral and poster) are due to mapld2005@klabs.org
July 5, 2005		Program Announced
August 8, 2005		Final presentations (Oral and poster) are due to mapld2005@klabs.org
September 7, 2005		Papers (Oral and poster) are due to mapld2005@klabs.org
October 7, 2005		Final Update for Contributed Papers Due
November 7, 2005		Deadline for submission of Select papers.  Specify that your paper is from the 2005 MAPLD International Conference for proper routing and that the paper is to be put into the public domain with no copyright assignment or marks.  Please send one copy to mapld2005@klabs.org.

Important: Technology Transfer Considerations, Copyright, and Proprietary Information

Prospective authors are reminded that technology transfer guidelines and policies can considerably extend the time required for review of abstracts, presentations, and completed papers.  Proper Government reviews, ownership of copyright, and the absence of proprietary information is solely the responsibility of the author.  The organizing committee and their employing organizations will assume that all abstracts, presentations, and papers are appropriately cleared for unrestricted distribution to an international audience. All work submitted to MAPLD will be free of any copyright restrictions and marks and will be placed into the public domain for unlimited distribution and use.

Industrial exhibit reservations should be sent to mapld2005@klabs.org and should include company name and contact information (phone and email).  Please see Industrial Exhibit Request for additional information.

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