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Sympoisum Objective: When we think about one single thing that has caused maximum social impact, the "mobile phone" comes to our mind. Mobile phones and other similar systems are essentially embedded systems designed using system-on-chip (SoC) technology. This system consists of several heterogeneous components, such as: (1) analog/mixed signal circuits including radio frequency (RF) components, (2) digital circuits, (3) power management systems, including the battery, and (4) system and application software. The objective of the International Symposium on Electronic System Design (ISED) is to bring experts from these fields together so that efficient design of such portable systems is made possible. The next issue that arises, is how to train the next generation of engineers to acquire the needed expertise. Thus, in conjunction with ISED, the Workshop for Engineering Scholars (WES) will be organized. The 3rd component of the event is the Expo on Electronic Systems (EES) where different industries come together to highlight the latest developments in the field. All accepted papers will appear in the symposium proceedings to be published by the  Conference Publishing Services () provided at least one of the authors of each paper registers for the symposium at full rate. The extended versions of selected papers will be considered for possible publication in a journal.

Symposium Tracks: Overall the event, International Symposium on Electronic System Design (ISED), will have the following tracks:
(1) Analog/Mixed-Signal System Design (AMS) -- Mobile phones rely on extensive manipulation of analog and Radio Frequency (RF) signals for voice and data communication. This track considers research addressing Analog/Mixed-Signal (AMS) and RF designs needed for mobile and communications applications.
(2) Digital System Design and Validation (DSD) -- The trends of integrating multiple functions on chips, growing technology complexity, and performance advances at low costs, demand innovative methodologies for their design. This track deals with research in design, modeling, validation, and testing of digital circuits and systems. FPGA prototyping of algorithms and other applications belong to this track.
(3) Embedded System Design (ESD) -- Typical consumer applications are designed as an embedded system potentially using hardware and software together for design tradeoffs. This track considers research in efficient hardware and software system-level design for embedded applications, as opposed to circuit-level hardware design only. FPGA prototyping of complete systems  belong to this track.
(4) Power Aware System Design (PSD) -- Portable applications heavily rely on batteries as the main source of energy. This track considers research addressing energy-efficient circuit and system design, particularly emphasizing leakage power, as well as hardware and software techniques for power management.
(5) CAD for Embedded System Design (CAD) -- Current design practices for embedded systems rely on a large variety of heterogeneous algorithms, frameworks, design styles and languages and tools. New designs typically fail to reach the market on time because of the inability of these ad hoc approaches to produce robust, verifiable designs. This track addresses research on new and existing design languages and methodologies, targeted towards analog/mixed-signal/RF/digital embedded systems.
(6) Software System and Application Design (SSD) -- Software plays a key role in controlling the hardware in addition to providing the user interface in embedded systems. This track focuses on energy-efficient software that can execute with minimal resource usage.  Social computing, communications, and multimedia (image, audio, and video) applications also belong in this track.
(7) Emerging Technology and System Design (ETD) -- The design of efficient electronic systems must take advantage of emerging computing paradigms and emerging technologies. This track includes the use of nanoelectronics,  nanotechnology and Nano-Electro-Mechanical Systems (NEMS) for efficient electronic system design. Application areas such as green technology and battery design also belong in this track.
(8) Workshop for Engineering Scholars (WES) -- This track focuses on educational research and general education materials for guiding students in their future career, to enhance their employability, to motivate students to higher studies, and to advise young faculty for new research and career advancement. Various disciplines (or programs) of electrical sciences, including computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and communication engineering are targeted.
(9) Expo on Electronic Systems (EES) -- This track brings together industry and institutes involved in research and development of tools and products for electronic systems.

Symposium Awards:
One of the presented papers will be awarded as the "Best Paper of ISED 2010".