ACM/SIGDA FPGA and Reconfigurable Computing Technical Committee

ACM/SIGDA Technical Committee on FPGA and reconfigurable computing is a new initiative to establish new research directions and provide new initiatives, support and ideas in the field of FPGA and reconfigurable computing. The committee will focus on providing a link between the research community and ACM/SIGDA.

1. Steve Trimberger (Xilinx) - Chair
2. Vikas Chandra (Cswitch) - Co-Chair
3. Vaughn Betz (Altera)
4. Jason Cong (Univ. of California - Los Angeles)
5. Andre' Dehon (Univ. of Pennsylvania)
6. Wayne Luk (Imperial College, London)

1. Wayne Luk and Duncan Buell succeeded in getting their new journal approved by ACM publications board. "Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems" was announced at FPGA 2007.
2. ACM Fellows are being nominated from FPGA & Reconfigurable Computing area to promote the field
3. We are planning to get a website (perhaps a wiki) which will act as a repository for tutorial articles, online books, annotated references and so on.
4. There is also a plan to initiate a best paper award at the FPGA Conference and the paper will be chosen by the TC.
5. With the help of Kati Compton (Univ. of Wisconsin), the TC is working to get a set of benchmarks ready for FPGA research.
6. Andre' Dehon is presenting at the Design Automation Summer School, 2007.

If you need more details or have any questions, please contact

• Steve Trimberger (Steve.Trimberger@xilinx.com)
• Vikas Chandra (vikas@alumni.cmu.edu)