1 DATE 2015, Grenoble, France March 10, 2015 Proposal to the Steering Committee of the IFIP Working Group 10.5 To Host the 2017 VLSI-SoC In the City of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Ibrahim (Abe) Elfadel Masdar Institute of Science and Technology Abu Dhabi, UAE

2 UAE and Abu Dhabi are now heavily invested in semiconductors Emergence of a vibrant R & D hub in Abu Dhabi devoted to human capital development The Global Context $15B investment in semiconductors 6000 patents 15,000 patents (IBM Micro)

3 Abu Dhabi in the Gulf Region $15B investment in semiconductors 6000 patents 15,000 patents (IBM Micro)

4 Abu Dhabi R & D Emergence

5 Sponsors: 4 Global Industrial Liaisons: 5+ Academic International Collaborations: 5+ Masdar Institute Center for Microsystems

6 Abu Dhabi SRC Center of Excellence on Energy-Efficeint Electronic Systems – 1 st Annual Review March 2014 April 2014

7 TwinLab 3DSC Workshop at TU-Dresden June 2014

8 MEMS TwinLab Singapore EDA Workshop at IME Singapore: Oct 2014

9 Within 3-4 hours flight from Abu Dhabi Bangalore, India: Vibrant high tech hub of the Indian subcontinent Cairo, Egypt: Mentor Graphics R & D, 300 engineers and scientist Yerevan, Armenia: Synopsys University Program – students, staff and faculty Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Turkey: several top tier academic and research institutions

10 October Weather in Abu Dhabi Very mild No humidity Sunny 18 o C during the day Light jacket may be needed by night Exciting Desert Safari and Camping Beach and water sports

11 Venue: Yas Viceroy 5-star hotel has grand ballroom and 10 conference rooms Only 15 minutes from Abu Dhabi International Airport 10 minutes from Masdar City (first zero-carbon footprint city in the world!) 1hr15 minutes from Dubai International Airport

12 Venue: Yas Viceroy Meeting rooms are fully capable of hosting plenary and 4 parallel conference lecture sessions, as well as 3 simultaneous committee meetings. Hosted, in Dec 2013, the 20 th IEEE Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS), which is the Region 8 flagship conference of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society. 7 international restaurants and a host of amenities Overlooks the Yas Marina Circuits – Home of the Abu Dhabi Formula 1.

13 Yas Island Hotels At two per room, several Yas Island hotels are affordable by students

14 Expected Attendance and Revenue

15 Expected Cost Based on these projected revenues and costs, the conference will break even at about 210 attendees and will have a surplus of about $53K with the expected 400 attendees.

16 Possible Support Abu Dhabi Educational Council: – Planned: AED250K = US$68K Can be used to support increased participation: – Student travel grant – Outreach: Faculty travel grant – Social and co-located activities

17 VLSI-SoC 2017 Committees General Chairs: – Ozgur Sinanoglu, NYU Abu Dhabi General Chair of DTIS 2013 in Abu Dhabi Track Co-Chair of VLSI-SOC 2012 & 2013 – Abe Elfadel, Masdar Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE Technical Co-chair of ICECS 2013 in Abu Dhabi Co-Director ATIC-SRC Center of Excellence on Energy Efficient Electronic Systems, Abu Dhabi, UAE Head of Microsystems, Masdar Institute, Abu Dhabi

18 VLSI-SoC 2017 Committees Program Chairs: – Mohamed Ismail, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi General Co-chair, ICECS 2013, Abu Dhabi EECS Department Chair Head of ATIC Semiconductor Center – Ramesh Karri, Polytechnic Institute of NYU Program Co-Chair of DTIS 2013 in Abu Dhabi

19 Places to go

20 Places to go

21 Thank You