Design Automation Conference 2007

The 44^th Design Automation Conference is sponsoring a Professional Development Program to encourage advanced undergraduate students (Junior or Senior levels) and first-year graduate students (beginning first year, or finishing first and beginning second year) to join the electronic design automation profession or pursue graduate studies in this field. This program will introduce students to DAC and the design automation profession through meetings, tours, and by association with a mentor who is an advanced graduate student already working in the area.

DAC will pay the student registration fee, a banquet ticket, and

for partial coverage of the travel expenses for the students.
The awardees are required to attend an organizational meeting in San Diego, CA and submit a one-page report describing their experience at DAC. The location and timing of the organizational meeting will be announced later.

To organize this effort, we also need student mentors. Student mentors are advanced graduate students who are already working in the DA field and volunteer to bring in qualified students from their university or college and act as tour guides for these students at DAC.
The student mentors will receive the same award as the student awardees.

Candidate students must be recommended by a professor in the DA profession. The professor must provide a reference letter for the student stating that he/she is enrolled in a major suitable for DA profession, is considering working in the DA profession, or will benefit professionally by attending DAC. The professor should also commit to help the student make arrangements for transportation and lodging at the conference site. The student should in turn provide a brief (2 pages maximum) biography and a short statement outlining his or her goals and objectives. Please include the postal address and a day-time phone number as well. If you are qualified and interested in taking advantage of this opportunity to attend DAC, please send the required documents to Parth Malani via email (mail to: parth@binghamton.edu ) by Wednesday, April 25^th, 2007.

Parth Malani
Binghamton University
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, EB188
Binghamton, NY - 13905
Office: (607) 777-5682
Email: parth@binghamton.edu

Qing Wu
Binghamton University
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, EB-Q10
Binghamton, NY - 13905
Office: (607) 777-4536
Email: qwu@binghamton.edu

DAC thanks ACM Special Interest Group on Design Automation (SIGDA ) for administering the Young Student Support Program. DAC also thanks all the sponsors, (ACM/SIGDA) , (EDA Consortium), (IEEE CASS) for their financial support of the Young Student Support Program.