Call For Papers (PDF)

It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the 2011 International Conference on Reconfigurable Computing and FPGAs (ReConFig 2011). The fifth ReConFig will be held in Cancun, Mexico, during November 30 - December 2, 2011. Cancun, a world class tourist resort, is located on the Mexican Caribbean.

ReConFig is one of the leading forums in the field. It aims to bring together an appropriate mix of all theoretical and practical aspects of reconfigurable computing and FPGA technology. The conference seeks to promote the use of reconfigurable computing and FPGAs devices for research, education, and applications, covering from hardware architectures and devices to custom computers and high performance systems.

Reconfigurable computing and FPGA technology have become major subjects of research in computing and electrical engineering as they have been identified as powerful alternatives for creating highly efficient computing systems. Reconfigurable computing offers substantial performance improvements when compared against traditional processing architectures via custom design and reconfiguration capabilities. Reconfiguration is characterized by the ability of hardware architectures or devices to rapidly alter the functionalities of its components and the interconnection between them as needed. Existing theoretical models and algorithms combined with commercially available devices, such as FPGAs, make Reconfigurable Computing a very powerful computing paradigm.

Topics

ReConFig covers a broad spectrum of topics including, but not limited to:

• Models, methods, tools, and architectures for reconfigurable computing
• Compilation, simulation, debugging, synthesis, verification, and test of reconfigurable systems
• Field programmable gate arrays and other reconfigurable technologies
• Evolvable hardware and dynamic reconfiguration
• Algorithms implemented on reconfigurable hardware
• Reconfigurable computing education
• Reconfigurable computing applications



In addition to the general session, submissions are invited for the following tracks:

• High Performance Reconfigurable Computing
• Reconfigurable Computing for Security and Cryptography
• Reconfigurable Computing for DSP and Communications
• Multiprocessor Systems and Networks on Chip
• Reconfiguration techniques
• Productivity Environments and High Level Languages
• Controversy track: FPGAs Vs GPUs

Contributions are also welcome to the ReConFig 2011 PhD Forum. All attendees will be encouraged to bring their hardware/software for display at the ReConFig 2011 Demo Night .

Submission Information

Regular submissions should be no more than 6 pages long including tables, figures and references (4 pages for PhD Forum). They have to be submitted for evaluation as a PDF file using IEEE formatting. Additional pages can be purchased for regular papers at a price of 75 USD per page (up to 2 extra pages are allowed). No additional pages will be allowed for PhD forum papers.

Conference Proceedings

Conference proceddings will be edited by IEEE Computer Society´s Conference Publishing Services (CPS) and will appear at the IEEE Digital Library (IEEE Xplore). Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version for a Special Issue of the International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing (IJRC).

Important dates

Paper Submission:July 22, 2011 Aug 6, 2011
Acceptance Notification: September 19, 2011 September 26, 2011
Final paper submission: October 7, 2011 October 15, 2011
Conference: November 30 - December 2, 2011