2002 IEEE Symposium on VLSI Technology

The 22nd Annual Symposium on VLSI Technology will be held in the beautiful city of Honolulu, Hawaii, June 10-13, 2002. The Symposium on VLSI Technology is jointly sponsored by the Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) and the IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS).

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Hilton Hawaiian Village

The conference will be held in the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu, Hawaii. The conference begins with a one-day short course held on Monday, June 10, 2002. This is followed by three days of technical sessions held June 11-13, 2002. The technical sessions commence with a plenary session given by distinguished invited speakers, and then continue with presentations of submitted technical papers. Evening “Rump Sessions” on topics of current technical interest will also be held. A banquet will be held on the evening of Tuesday, June 11, 2002.

The Symposium welcomes the submission of papers on all aspects of VLSI Technology. The scope of the Symposium includes:

  • New concepts and breakthroughs in VLSI devices and processes.
  • New functional devices including quantum effect devices with possible VLSI implementation.
  • Materials innovation for MOSFET and interconnect in VLSI.
  • Advanced lithography and fine patterning technologies for high density VLSI.
  • Process/Device modeling of VLSI devices.
  • Packaging and reliability of VLSI devices.
  • Theories and fundamentals related to the above devices.
  • New concepts and technologies for VLSI manufacturing.

Submitted technical papers are reviewed by two technical committees consisting of technical experts from industry and academia. These two committees are a North America and Europe (NAE) committee, and a Japan and the Far East (JFE) committee. Based on the combined ranking of these two committees, the best papers are selected and organized into technical sessions.

One of the strengths of the Symposium on VLSI Technology is its association with the Symposium on VLSI Circuits, which is held each year at the same location during the same week. The 2002 Symposium on VLSI circuits will also be held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, June 12-15, 2002. A joint “Rump Session”, on a topic of interest to both technologists and circuit designers, will be held on the evening of Wednesday, June 12, 2002.

The 2002 Symposium on VLSI Technology will be the 22nd such meeting. The Symposium was initiated for the purpose of bringing together VLSI technologists from around the world in a forum where ideas and results can be exchanged and directions for future advances can be discussed and debated. The location of the Symposium typically alternates between the United States and Japan. The 2001 Symposium on VLSI Technology, held in Kyoto, Japan, was attended by more than 500 participants from around the world, including significant attendance from the U.S., Japan, Europe, Taiwan, and Korea.

Honolulu, Hawaii is a beautiful city which includes many beautiful physical and cultural attractions. Travel to the other surrounding Hawaiian islands, each of which offers a unique setting and flavor, is also relatively easy. The Hilton Hawaiian Village, located on world-famous Waikiki Beach, is a world-class facility which offers many recreational opportunities in addition to the intellectual stimulation of the conference. The Hotel is easily reached by taxi from nearby Honolulu International Airport.

For further information, please visit our web site at http://www.vlsisymposium.org, or contact the following organizations:

Secretariat for VLSI Symposia (Japan)
c/o Business Center
for Academic Societies Japan
5-16-9 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyo 113-8622, Japan.
Tel: +81 3 5814 5800
Fax: +81 3 5814 5823
E-mail: vlsisym@bcasj.or.jp

Secretariat for VLSI Symposia (USA) Widerkehr and Associates
101 Lake Forest Blvd., Suite 400B
Gaithersburg, Md. 20877 USA
Tel: +1 301 527 0900 ext. 103
Fax: +1 301 527 0994
E-mail: vlsi01@aol.com

Symposium Chairman:
Craig Lage
Motorola
Austin, Texas, USA

Symposium Co-Chairman:
Seiichiro Kawamura
Advanced Semiconductor Research Center
Tsukuba, Japan

Program Chairman:
Yuan Taur
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA, USA

Program Co-Chairman:
Kenji Maeguchi
Toshiba Corporation
Kawasaki, Japan

Craig Lage
Motorola
Austin, TX, USA