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Bylaws of Asia-South Pacific Design Automation Conference

Section 1. Rules of Order

These bylaws describe the basic rules which govern the organization and operations of the Asia-South Pacific Design Automation Conference (hereafter referred　to as ASP-DAC). In all matters not covered by this document, the conference shall be governed by the Steering Committee. The said matter can be delegated to the Organizing Committee or to the Technical Program Committee by the Steering Committee.

Section 2. Steering Committee

Section 2-1. Roles of Steering Committee

The Steering Committee (SC) is responsible for: 1) the policies which regulate the conference, and 2) scheduling of future series of conferences. Specifically, the role of the SC as follows:

1. Schedule the future series of ASP-DAC: The date, the location, the General Chair and the Technical Program Chair of the conference should be approved by the SC at least 3 years before the conference.

2. Supervision of the Organizing Committee (OC): The members and the organization of the OC shall be announced to the SC at least 2 years before the conference. The General Chair shall report a plan and a summary of the conference to the SC. The SC may give suggestions and recommendations to the OC on the planning and operations of the conference.

3. Supervision of the Technical Program Committee (TPC): The Technical Program Committee Chair and Vice Chairs of the TPC shall be announced to the SC at least 2 years before the conference. The TPC Chair shall report a plan and a summary of the conference to the SC. The SC may give suggestions and recommendations to the TPC on the organization and operations of the conference.

4. Cooperation with sister conferences: The SC shall maintain a relationship with the following sister conferences: Design Automation Conference (DAC); International Conference on CAD (ICCAD); and Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE).

5. Relationship with sponsoring societies: SC shall maintain a relationship with academic and industrial societies, which sponsor ASP-DAC.

6. Directions and policies of the conference.

Section 2-2. Steering Committee Chair

The chair of the SC shall be elected from past General Chairs of ASP-DAC.

Section 2-3. Steering Committee Members

The SC shall consist of the following members.

1. SC Chair

2. Vice Chair and Secretaries, who are designated by the SC Chair

3. Past SC Chairs

4. International Members

5. General Chairs of the present and the immediately preceding ASP-DAC.

6. Representatives of Sponsoring Societies

7. Representatives of Sister Conferences

8. Advisory Members

9. Individuals who are approved by the SC

All changes of members shall require the approval of the SC.

Section 2-4. Voting

The SC Chair shall call a vote in a committee meeting, if it is necessary. The voting rights are assigned to the following members.

1. SC Chair

2. Vice Chair and Secretaries, who are designated by the SC Chair

3. Past SC Chairs

4. International Members

5. General Chairs of the present and the immediately preceding ASP-DAC.

6. Representatives of IEEE CASS and ACM SIGDA, which are regularly sponsoring ASP-DAC.

Section 3. Organizing Committee

Section 3-1. Roles of Organizing Committee

The Organizing Committee (OC), chaired by the General Chair, shall be organized for every conference and shall operate the conference. The OC shall be fully responsible for the conference of the year.

Section 3-2. General Chair

The General Chair, who is designated by the SC, shall organize the OC and assign chairs of the conference, except for the Technical Program Committee Chair. The General Chair shall invite the Technical Program Chair, who will be designated by the SC, to the OC.

Section 4. Technical Program Committee

Section 4-1. Roles of Technical Program Committee

The Technical Program Committee (TPC), chaired by the Technical Program Committee Chair, shall be responsible for the technical sessions, and paper selections of the conference for the year. The TPC shall be organized independently from the OC. The TPC shall make an effort to improve the technical quality of the conference, and keep the continuity of the series of ASP-DAC.

Section 4-2. Technical Program Committee Chair

The TPC Chair shall be designated by the SC from Technical Program Committee Vice Chairs of the previous year. The TPC Vice Chairs shall be elected from the subcommittee Chairs of the previous years. The TPC and SC shall negotiate with each other on the rotation of the TPC Chair and the TPC Vice Chairs.

Section 4-3. Organization of the Technical Program Committee

The Technical Program Committee shall consist of subcommittees chaired by the Subcommittee Chairs. Technical Program Committee members, except the TPC Chair, the TPC Vice Chairs and the Subcommittee Chairs, should not stay more than three consecutive years in the committee. A member can stay at most five consecutive years, when he/she serves as a subcommittee chair two or more years in these five years. The TPC Chair and the Vice TPC Chairs are out of the rule of the term in TPC. More than half the TPC members shall be assembled from the members of the previous year. The counting of the term years starts from 2007.

Section 4-4. Role of Technical Program Committee Member

The committee member shall review all papers assigned to the subcommittee to which he/she belongs and should attend a paper selection meeting. The subcommittee Chair shall lead a process of paper selection in the subcommittee. TPC Vice Chairs shall be responsible for special sessions, the best paper selection, communications with the OC and other technical events planned for the conference.

Section 5. Location of the Conference

The location of the conference shall alternate between Japan and other countries or areas in the Asia South Pacific Region. The location shall be decided by the SC. The SC Chair may call for proposals from the hosting country or area, if necessary. The hosting country or area shall be decided at least three years before the conference.

Section 6. Sponsorships

The conference shall be sponsored by IEEE Circuit and System Society and ACM SIGDA. OC may add other local organizations, if necessary.

Section 7. Revision of the Bylaw

These bylaws shall be enacted and revised through discussions and an approval process by the SC. These bylaws shall be effective from January 25, 2008.

Last Updated on: June 12, 2008