12th IEEE International On-Line Testing Symposium
Grand Hotel di Como - Lake of Como, Italy
July 10-12, 2006.
Technical Program
Monday July 10th, 2006
07.30 - 08.30 Registration
08.30 - 08.45 Welcome Message
General Co-Chairs: C. Metra, M. Nicolaidis
Program Co-Chairs: R. Aitken, R. Leveugle
08.45 - 09.30 Keynote Talk: “The challenge of reliability in future complex systems”
Andrea Cuomo, STMicroelectronics Executive Vice-President
09.30 - 10.00 Invited Talk: “Extending Moore's Law into the next Decade - the SER Challenge”
Norbert Seifert, Intel Corp.

10.00 - 10.20    
10.20 - 11.20 Session 1: Fault effects and self-checking techniques
Moderators: P. Ienne, EPFL
L. Anghel, TIMA Laboratory
1.1. Characterizing Laser-Induced Pulses in ICs: Methodology and Results, D. Leroy (iRoC Technologies), S.J. Piestrak, F. Monteiro, A. Dandache (U. Metz), S. Rossignol (iRoC Technologies), P. Moitrel (Gemplus)
1.2. Path (Min) Delay Faults and Their Impact on Self-Checking Circuits’ Operation, C. Metra, M. Omaña, D. Rossi, J.M. Cazeaux (U. Bologna), T.M. Mak (Intel)
1.3. A New Self-Checking and Code-Disjoint Non-Restoring Array Divider, D. Marienfeld, E.S. Sogomonyan, V. Otcheretnij, M. Gössel (U. Potsdam)
11.20 - 11.25     Break
11.25 - 12.25 Session 2: BIST Techniques
Moderators: S. Hellebrand, U. Innsbruck
P. Girard, LIRMM
2.1. Delay Fault Localization in Test-Per-Scan BIST Using Built-In Delay Sensor, S. Ghosh, S. Bhunia, A. Raychowdhury, K. Roy (Purdue U.)
2.2. A Partitioning Technique for Identification of Error-Capturing Scan Cells in Scan-BIST, C. Yu, S.M. Reddy (U. Iowa)
2.3. Efficient Deterministic Test Generation for BIST Schemes with LFSR Reseeding, S. Neophytou, M.K. Michael (U. Cyprus), S. Tragoudas (Southern Illinois U.)
12.25 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 14.30 Session 3: Technology robustness
Moderators: R. Velazco, TIMA Laboratory
C. Metra, U. Bologna
3.1. Erratic Effects of Irradiation in Floating Gate Memory Cells, G. Cellere, A. Paccagnella, A. Visconti, M. Bonanomi (Padova U., INFN and STMicroelectronics)
3.2. Factors that impact the Critical Charge of Memory Elements, T. Heijmen (Philips Research), D. Giot, P. Roche (STMicroelectronics)
3.3. Prediction of Transient induced by Neutron/Proton in CMOS Combinational Logic Cells, G. Hubert, A. Bougerol, F. Miller, N. Buard, L. Anghel, T. Carriere, F. Wrobel, R.Gaillard (EADS, TIMA Laboratory, U. of Nice and INFODUC)
14.30 - 14.35     Break
14.35 - 15.55 Special Session 1: Memory Reliability Challenges
Organizer: C. Metra, U. Bologna
Moderators: H. J. Wunderlich, U. Stuttgart
F. Salice, Politec. di Milano
S1.1. Embedded Memory Reliability Trends and Solutions, Y. Zorian (Virage Logic)
S1.2. Reliability Issues for Embedded SRAM at 90nm and Below, R. Aitken (ARM)
S1.3. Testing Strategies for Non Volatile Memory Reliability, G. Crisenza (STMicroelectronics)
S1.4. Towards the Methodology Of On-line Diagnosis, R. Rajsuman (Advantest)
15.55 - 16.15    
16.15 - 17.35 Special Session 2: Test and Reliability Challenges for Innovative Systems
Organizer: C. Metra, U. Bologna
Moderators: P. Prinetto, Politecnico di Torino
J. Hayes, U. Michigan
S2.1. Test Challenges for 3D Circuits, T.M. Mak (Intel Corporation)
S2.2. Trends and Tradeoffs in Designing Highly Robust Throughput on Chip Communication Network, M. Coppola (STMicroelectronics)
S2.3. Floorplanning and Thermal Impact on Leakage Power and Proper Operation of Complex SOC Designs, M. Abadir (Freescale)
S2.4. The Consequences of Variability in Software, I. Levendel (Levendel & Associates)
17.35 - 17.40     Break
17.40 - 19.00 Panel 1: From Nuclear Reaction to System Failures: Can We Address All Levels of Soft Errors Accurately ?
Organizers: L. Anghel, TIMA Laboratory
N. Buard, EADS-CCR
Moderators: P. Heins, Airbus
T. Carriere, EADS-ST
Panelists D. Alexandrescu, IRoC Technologies
L. Anghel, TIMA Laboratory
S. Bota, U. Iles Baleares
N. Buard, EADS-CCR
C.Lopez, U. Carlos III Madrid
A. Nieuwland, Philips
N. Renaud, Atmel
20.30 Welcome Reception


Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
08.30 - 09.30 Embedded tutorials. Innovative Design for Robustness
Moderators: B. Straube, Fraunhofer IIS/EAS
A. Munoz, Intel Corp.
ET.1. Fault Tolerance Implementation within SRAM Based FPGA Designs based upon the Increased Level of Single Event Upset Susceptibility, M. Berg (NASA)
ET.2. Asynchronous Design and Fault Robustness, M. Renaudin (TIMA Laboratory)
09.30 - 09.50    
09.50 - 10.50 Session 4: Soft Errors and Latchup Mitigations
Moderators: F. Lima Kastensmidt, UFRGS
A. Rosti, STMicroelectronics
4.1. Combinational Logic Soft Error Analysis and Protection, A.K. Nieuwland, S. Jasarevic, G. Jerin (Philips Research, Philips Semiconductor, and Lund U.)
4.2. An Improved Technique for Reducing False Alarms Due to Soft Errors, S. Kundu (U. Massachusetts), I Polian (Albert-Ludwigs U.)
4.3. A Low-Cost Single-Event Latchup Mitigation Scheme, M. Nicolaidis (iRoC Technologies and TIMA Laboratory)
10.50 - 11.00     Break
11.00 - 12.00 Session 5: Secure circuits
Moderators: L. Sourgen, STMicroelectronics
R. Leveugle, TIMA Laboratory
5.1. Secure Scan Techniques: a Comparison, D. Hély, F. Bancel (STMicroelectronics), M.-L. Flottes, B. Rouzeyre (LIRMM)
5.2. Practical Evaluation of Fault Countermeasures on an Asynchronous DES Crypto Processor, Y. Monnet, M. Renaudin, R. Leveugle (TIMA Laboratory), N. Feyt, P. Moitrel, M'Buwa Nzengue (Gemplus)
5.3. Power Attacks on Secure Hardware Based on Early Propagation of Data, K.J. Kulikowski, M.G. Karpovsky, A. Taubin (Boston U.)
12.00 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 14.30 Session 6: Fault detection techniques
Moderators: M. Pflanz, IBM Germany
S. Fanfoni, STMicroelectronics
6.1. Evaluating One-Hot Encoding Finite State Machines for SEU Reliability in SRAM-based FPGAs, M. Cassel dos Santos, F. Lima Kastensmidt (UFRGS)
6.2. On-line Fault Detection and Location for NoC Interconnects, C. Grecu, A. Ivanov, R. Saleh, E. Sogomonyan, P. Pande (U. British Columbia, U. Postdam, and Washington State U.)
6.3. CEDA: Control-flow Error Detection through Assertions, R. Vemu, J.A. Abraham (U. Texas)
14.30 - 14.35     Break
14.35 - 15.15 Session 7: Analog circuits dependability
Moderators: E. Simeu, TIMA Laboratory
R. Aitken, ARM
7.1. On-Line Error Detection in Wireless RF Transmitters using Real-Time Streaming Data, V. Natarajan, G. Srinivasan, A. Chatterjee (Georgia Institute of Technology)
7.2. Phase-Locked Loop Automatic Layout Generation and Transient Fault Injection Analysis: A Case Study, C. Lazzari, L. Anghel, R. Reis (UFRGS and TIMA Laboratory)
15.15 - 16.00 Session 8: Posters
Moderator: C. Landrault, LIRMM
8.1. Embedded Borden 2-UED Code Checkers, S. Tarnick (4TECH GmbH)
8.2. Error Detection in an RSA Architecture by means of Residue Codes, L. Breveglieri (Politecnico di Milano), I. Koren (U. Massachusetts), P. Maistri (Politecnico di Milano)
8.3. Localization of Faults in Radix-n Signed Digit Adders, G.C. Cardarilli, M. Ottavi, S. Pontarelli, M. Re, A. Salsano (U. Rome)
8.4. Embedded Scan Test with Diagnostic Features for Self-Testing SoCs, C. Galke, R. Kothe, J. Honko, K. Winkler, H.T. Vierhaus (U.T. Cottbus)
8.5. Emulation-based Fault Injection in Circuits with Embedded Memories, M. Garcia-Valderas, M. Portela-Garcia, C. Lopez-Ongil, L. Entrena (U. Madrid)
8.6. Fault Tolerant System Design Method Based on Self-Checking Circuits, P. Kubalik, P. Fiser, H. Kubatova (CTU. Prague)
8.7. Built-in Self Repair by Reconfiguration of FPGAs, S. Habermann, R. Kothe, H.T. Vierhaus (U.T. Cottbus)
8.8. Dependability Evaluation of Transient Fault Effects in Reconfigurable Compute Fabric Devices, L. Sterpone, M. Violante (Politecnico di Torino)
8.9. Evaluating SEU and Crosstalk Effects in Network-on-Chip Routers, A. Pereira Frantz, L. Carro, E. Cota, F. Lima Kastensmidt (UFRGS)
8.10. Diophantine-Equation Based Arithmetic Test Set Embedding, D. Nikolos, D. Kagaris, S. Gidaros (U. Patras)
8.11. Design of a Robust 8-Bit Microprocessor to Soft Single Event Effects, R. Possamai Bastos, F. Lima Kastensmidt, R. Reis (UFRGS)
8.12. Online Fault Detection, Diagnosis and Recovery Algorithms in RTL Domain, N. Karimi, S. Mirkhani, Z. Navabi (U. Tehran)
16.00 - 17.00 Panel 2: Should logic SER be solved at the circuit level ?
Organizers: T.M. Mak, Intel Corp.
S. Mitra, Stanford U.
Moderator: T.M. Mak, Intel Corp.
Panelists J. Abraham, U. Texas at Austin
T. Austin, U. Michigan
R. Iyer, U. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
S. Mitra, Stanford U.
A. Wood, Sun
17.30 Social Event, Tour and Gala Dinner


Wednesday, July 12th, 2006
08.30 - 09.30 Session 9: Reliable systems
Moderators: B.C. Paul, Stanford U.
R. Negrini, Politec. di Milano
9.1. DMT and DT2: Two Fault-Tolerant Architectures developed by CNES for COTS-based Spacecraft Supercomputers, M. Pignol (CNES)
9.2. Fault-robust microcontrollers for automotive applications, R. Mariani, P. Fuhrmann, B. Vittorelli (YOGITECH SpA, Philips Research, and ARM)
9.3. Contribution of Communications to Dependability in Massively-Defective General-Purpose Nanoarchitectures, J. Collet, P. Zajac, Y. Crouzet, A. Napieralski (LAAS-CNRS and T.U. Lodz)
09.30 - 09.50    
09.50 - 10.50 Session 10: Dependability analysis
Moderators: E. Boehl, Robert Bosch GmbH
A. Galluzzo, STMicroelectronics
10.1. Hardware-in-the-loop-based Dependability Analysis of Automotive Systems, M. Sonza Reorda, M. Violante (Politecnico di Torino)
10.2. A Low-Cost SEU Fault Emulation Platform for SRAM-Based FPGAs, P. Kenterlis, N. Kranitis, A. Paschalis, D. Gizopoulos, M. Psarakis (U. Athens and U. Piraeus)
10.3. Real Time Fault Injection Using a Modified Debugging Infrastructure, A.V. Fidalgo, G.R. Alves, J.M. Ferreira (ISEP)
10.50 - 11.00     Break
11.00 - 12.00 Session 11: New topics in fault detection
Moderators: M. Rebaudengo, Politec. di Torino
R. Stefanelli, Politec. di Milano
11.1. The Problem of On-Line Testing Methods in Approximate Data Processing, A. Drozd, M. Lobachev, J. Drozd (Odessa National Polytechnic U.)
11.2. Dynamic Fault Detection in Digital Systems Using Dynamic Voltage Scaling and Multi-Temperature Schemes, M. Rodriguez-Irago, J.J. Rodriguez Andina, F. Vargas, J. Semiao, I.C. Teixeira, J.P. Teixeira (IST / INESC-ID, U. Vigo, and PUCRS)
11.3. Online testing by protocol decomposition, D. Koppad, D. Sokolov, A. Bystrov, A. Yakovlev (U. Newcastle)
12.00 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 14.30 Panel 3: Reliability in Automotive
Organizer: A. Pagni, STMicroelectronics
Moderator: D. Appello, STMicroelectronics
Panelists M. Abate, Magneti Marelli Powertrain
R. Mariani, YOGITECH SPA
L. Valsecchi, STMicroelectronics
14.30 - 14.35     Break
14.35 - 15.15 Special Session 3: SER Trends: Vision and Developments from European IDMs
Organizer: M. Nicolaidis, TIMA Laboratory
Moderator: M. Nicolaidis, TIMA Laboratory
S3.1. Soft Error Rates in Deep-Submicron CMOS Technologies, T. Heijmen (Philips Research)
S3.2. Trend of DRAM Soft Errors, G. Schindlbeck (Infineon)
15.15 - 15.20     Break
15.20 - 16.20 Session 12: Checkers and error correction
Moderators: Y. Tsiatouhas, U. Ioannina
P. Gloesekoetter, Intel Corp.
12.1. Checker No-Harm Alarm Robustness, D. Rossi, M. Omana, C. Metra, A. Pagni (U. Bologna)
12.2. Designing Robust Checkers in the Presence of Massive Timing Errors, F. Worm, P. Thiran, P. Ienne (EPFL)
12.3. Error Correction in Arithmetic Operations by I/O Inversion, P. Oikonomakos, P. Fox (U. Cambridge)
16.20 - 16.30 Closing

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