Session Index

Lecture Sessions
Monday September 01, 2008 (10:30-12:00)

Biomedical Circuits and Systems I  Chair: Mohamad Sawan - Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, Quebec, Canada;

Multiplier Circuits  Chair: Edward Gatt - University of Malta, Malta;

Design Automation and Test I  Chair: Herming Chiueh - National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan;

Digital Signal Processing I  Chair: Lars Wanhammer - University of LINKÖPING;

Power Electronics  Chair: Ke-Horng Chen - National Taiwan University, Taiwan;

Analog Circuits I  Chair: Andrei Vladimirescu - University of California at Berkeley, California, USA;

Monday September 01, 2008 (13:00-14:30)

Transistor Level and Logic Cell Design  Chair: Mohammad Obaidat - Monmouth University, NJ, USA;

RF Amplifiers  Chair: Fadhel Ghannouchi - University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada;

Analog Filters  Chair: George S. Moschytz - Bar-Ilan University, Israel;

Special Session on Hardware Security  Chair: Wael Adi - Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany;

MEMS  Chair: Christopher Grinde - Vestfold University College Horten, Norway;

Advanced Technologies  Chair: Malgorzata Chrzanowska-Jeske - Portland State University, Oregon, USA;

Monday September 01, 2008 (15:30-17:00)

Sigma Delta Converters I  Chair: Ivan Grech - University of Malta, Malta;

Security and Cryptography  Chair: Michael Maaser - IHP Microelectronics, Germany;

RF Oscillators  Chair: Domenico Zito - University of Pisa, Italy;

Voltage References and Regulators  Chair: Piero Malcovati - University of Pavia, Italy;

Embedded Systems  Chair: Bassel Soudan - University of Sharjah, UAE; Wael Adi - Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany;

Device Layout and Modeling  Chair: Carlos A. De La Cruz Blas - Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain;

Tuesday September 02, 2008 (10:30-12:00)

Nyquist Rate A/D Converters  Chair: Franco Maloberti - University of Pavia, Italy;

Power and Memory Issues  Chair: Valentino Liberali - Universitā degli Studi di Milano, Italy;

Amplifier Circuits  Chair: Alberto Gola - Infineon Technologies, Italy;

Design Automation and Test II  Chair: Regis Leveugle - TIMA-CMP Laboratory, France;

Digital Signal Processing II  Chair: Lars Wanhammer - University of LINKÖPING;

Power Converters  Chair: Cyril Spiteri Staines - University of Malta, Malta;

Tuesday September 02, 2008 (14:00-15:30)

Biomedical Circuits and Systems II  Chair: Mohamad Sawan - Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, Quebec, Canada;

Arithmetic Circuits  Chair: Antonio J. Acosta - Instituto de Microelectrķnica de Sevilla, Spain;

RF Integrated Circuits  Chair: Eric Kerhervé - University of Bordeaux, France;

Design Automation and Test III  Chair: Mohammed Ismail - KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden;

Special Session on Matrix Converters and Electric Drives  Chair: Cyril Spiteri Staines - University of Malta, Malta;

Analog Neural Networks and Signal Processing  Chair: Edward Gatt - University of Malta, Malta;

Tuesday September 02, 2008 (16:00-17:30)

Mixed Mode Circuits  Chair: Franco Maloberti - University of Pavia, Italy;

Photonics and Sensors  Chair: Joseph Micallef - University of Malta, Malta;

Wired/Wireless Communications I  Chair: Wei-Zen Chen - ICS Laboratory, Taiwan;

Phase and Delay Locked Loops  Chair: Ivan Grech - University of Malta, Malta;

Digital Filters  Chair: Cem Goknar - Dogus University, Turkey;

Special Session on Information Security Theory and Applications  Chair: Ibrahim Kamel - University of Sharjah, UAE;

Wednesday September 03, 2008 (10:30-12:00)

Sigma Delta Converters II  Chair: Krzysztof Wawryn - Koszalin University of Technology, Poland;

Noise, Interconnect and Timing  Chair: Massimo Alioto - Universitā degli Studi di Siena, Italy;

Special Session on Power Electronic Topologies  Chair: Cyril Spiteri Staines - University of Malta, Malta; Maurice Apap - University of Malta, Malta;

Radio and Microwave Circuits  Chair: Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;

Programmable Analog Circuits  Chair: Mohamad Sawan - Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, Quebec, Canada;

Wednesday September 03, 2008 (13:00-14:30)

Data Converter Design and Test Issues  Chair: Erik Bruun - Technical University of Denmark, Denmark;

System Design  Chair: Mark Zwolinski - University of Southampton, UK;

Wired / Wireless Communications II  Chair: Jeff Reeve - University of Southampton, UK;

Digital Signal Processing III  Chair: Amine Samet - LETI, Tunisia;

Oscillators and R.F. circuits  Chair: Yann Deval - University of Bordeaux, France;

Wednesday September 03, 2008 (15:00-16:30)

Implementation of DSP  Chair: Lars Wanhammer - University of LINKÖPING;

Design Automation and Test IV  Chair: Yasuhiro Takashima - University of Kitakyushu, Japan;

Special Session on Wireless Circuits and Systems for Environmental Safeguard  Chair: Domenico Zito - University of Pisa, Italy;

Data Converters and Sensing Circuits  Chair: Yann Deval - University of Bordeaux, France;

Analog Circuits II  Chair: Piero Malcovati - University of Pavia, Italy;

Poster Sessions
Monday September 01, 2008 (14:30-15:30)

Analog and Mixed-Signal Design  Chair: Edward Gatt - University of Malta, Malta;

Tuesday September 02, 2008 (09:30-10:30)

Digital Design, Digital Signal Processing and Design Automation  Chair: Joseph Micallef - University of Malta, Malta;

Wednesday September 03, 2008 (09:30-10:30)

Communication Circuits, Versatile Networks and Power Systems  Chair: Ivan Grech - University of Malta, Malta;