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FILENUMBER: 1148 BEGIN_KEYWORDS Research and Training Action for System On Chip Design END_KEYWORDS DATE: December 2003 TITLE: Research and Training Action for System On Chip Design
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TITLE: Research and Training Action for System On Chip Design

REsearch And Training Action for System On Chip DesigN or  REASON 
is  a  project  involving  22  organizations from 18 countries in
Central and Eastern Europe.  The goal of  the  consortium  is  to
facilitate  integration  of the activities of member academic and
research institutions working in the  field  of  microelectronics
with  mainstream  activities  going  on  in  the  European  Union
countries.

The main objectives of the project are as follows:

* Raising the level of awareness of industrial problems  and  the
level  of  competencies among researchers in CEE in methodologies
of system-on-chip design and test and analogue and  mixed  signal
IC design for wireless communication, networking, and multimedia.

*  Strengthening  of  links  between  academic   and   industrial
partners,  in order to facilitate formulation of new RTD projects
and formation of project consortia.

* Maintaining and expanding the research  infrastructure  in  the
academic and research institutions of Central and Eastern Europe.

* Knowledge transfer  to  the  SMEs  and  raising  the  level  of
awareness   of   the   IST  programme,  in  order  to  facilitate
participation of SMEs in the Sixth Framework Programme projects.

Topics of interest include:

Methods and tools for system-on-chip design - courses

Methods and tools for system-on-chip design - tutorials

Methods and tools for system-on-chip design - summer schools

Testing and design for testability of SoCs

Thermal modeling, simulation and testing

Microsystem Design: Methods and Tools

Research Training in New Chip Architectures

Future and Emerging Problems in Microelectronics

The primary public scene for presentation of the  REASON  project
are the annual MIXDES conferences.

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