Best Paper Award
9C-1: Classification Accuracy Improvement for Neuromorphic Computing Systems with One-level Precision Synapses
Yandan Wang, Wei Wen, Linghao Song, Hai Li (Univ. of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.)
8B-1: Spendthrift: Machine Learning Based Resource and Frequency Scaling for Ambient Energy Harvesting Nonvolatile Processors
Kaisheng Ma, Xueqing Li, Srivatsa Rangachar Srinivasa (Penn State Univ., U.S.A.), Yongpan Liu (Tsinghua Univ., China), John (Jack) Sampson (Penn State Univ., U.S.A.), Yuan Xie (UCSB, U.S.A.), Vijaykrishnan Narayanan (Penn State Univ., U.S.A.)
University LSI Design Contest Awards
Best Design Award
1S-1: W-Band Ultra-High Data-Rate 65nm CMOS Wireless Transceiver
Korkut Kaan Tokgoz, Shotaro Maki, Seitarou Kawai, Noriaki Nagashima (Tokyo Inst. of Tech., Japan), Yoichi Kawano, Toshihide Suzuki, Taisuke Iwai (Fujitsu Labs., Japan), Kenichi Okada, Akira Matsuzawa (Tokyo Inst. of Tech., Japan)
Special Feature Award
1S-20: Design of High-Frequency Piezoelectric Resonator-Based Cascaded Fractional-N PLL with Sub-ppb-Order Channel Adjusting Technique
Yosuke Ishikawa, Sho Ikeda, Hiroyuki Ito (Tokyo Inst. of Tech., Japan), Akihumi Kasamatsu (NICT, Japan), Takayoshi Obara, Naoki Noguchi, Koji Kamisuki, Yao Jiyang (Tokyo Inst. of Tech., Japan), Shinsuke Hara, Ruibing Dong (NICT, Japan), Shiro Dosho, Noboru Ishihara, Kazuya Masu (Tokyo Inst. of Tech., Japan)
10-Year Retrospective Most Influential Paper Award
Thermal-Aware 3D IC Placement Via Transformation
Jason Cong, Guojie Luo, Jie Wei, Yan Zhang