ISSCC 2013 Review and 2014 Plans
Anantha P. Chandrakasan
ISSCC Conference and Executive Committee Chair
August 12, 2013
Summary Slide 2013
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Date of Conference: February 17-21, 2013
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Attendance: 3,036
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# of Papers Submitted: 629
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# of Papers Accepted: 209
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# of Attendees at Sessions: 63.8%
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Budget: Income: $2,002,000, Expenses: $1,757,000
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Actuals: Income: $2,228,000, Expenses: $1,910,000
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Surplus: $318,000.00
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Ratio of Industry to Academic:
 North
America: 74 (30 Ind., 43 Univ., 1 Institution/Lab)
 Far East: 84 (33 Ind., 50 Univ., 1 Institution/Lab)
 Europe: 51 (17 Ind., 22 Univ., 12 Institution/Lab)
60th Anniversary Celebrations
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ISSCC honor role (recognized at the Plenary)
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Special 60th anniversary ISSCC gift with 60th logo
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Special 60th Anniversary Panel entitled
“Antiques from the Innovations Attic”
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2013 Commemorative Supplement DVD and
Special DVD with the 40th, 50th, and 60th booklets
in PDF along with the 1 hour video for the 50th,
“The Early Pioneers”
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WiFi for attendees in the ballrooms
60th Anniversary Planning Chair: John Trnka
Editor:
Laura Fujino
Other Attendee Benefits
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Starbucks appreciation card and
registration discount for SSCS members
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Continue hotel rebate ($100 rebate if
staying at the Marriott Marquis for 3
or more nights)
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17 SSCS partial travel awards for students to attend ISSCC
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ISSCC 2013 Publications
 At the conference: Digest DVD and digest hardcopy
 At the conference (trial at 2012): Download of the digest
PDF (for tablets, PC, etc.)
 At the conference (New): download session by session
slides (morning for morning session, afternoon for
afternoon sessions)
 After the conference : download Digest and Visuals
Supplement until March 15 (login and password mailed to
attendees)
ISSCC Attendance History
4000
3796
3800
25 Years of
ISSCC Paid
Attendance
3600
3400
3200
3494
3357
3000
2875
2800
2965
3305
3564
3391
3035
2905
3036
2982 2997
2899
2800
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2681
2665
2600
2400
2329
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2200
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Regular early member fee
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2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
$655
$695
$640
$595
$550
$550
$550
Maintain registration rate for ISSCC 2014 (SSCS members get a benefit)
ISSCC 2013/14 Financial Summary ($k)
Paid Attendees
Item
Registration
Education
Publications
Other income
Total Income
3,036
2013
Estimate
1,674
438
98
19
2,228
2,800
2014
Budget
1,550
401
83
17
2,050
Travel
Contractors
Public & Press Relations
Papers Process
Publications
Planning operations
Conference operations
Overhead
External funding/reserves
Total Expenses
99
114
99
79
211
216
1,081
16
-5
1,910
94
114
57
84
222
230
953
15
0
1,770
Surplus
Advance Required
318
600
280
600
ISSCC 2014 Overview
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Location: Marriott Marquis, San Francisco, CA
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Dates: February 9 – 13, 2014
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Program Chair: Trudy Stetzler
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Vice-Program Chair: Hoi Jun Yoo
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4 Plenary Presentations, Plenary Panel
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4 Evening Sessions
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6 Forums
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Short course – Biomedical and Sensor Interface
Circuits
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10 Tutorials
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Unified (industry + academic) Demonstration sessions
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Student Research Preview
Technical Program for ISSCC 2014
Changes for ISSCC 2014
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Eliminate paper advance program – only program flyer
(AP will be available on-line in November AND will be
available in paper form at the conference)
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Room rate: $235 vs. $229 (no $100 rebate)
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$15 credit for no printed digest. No DVD at the
conference
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A download DVD – slides + digest ($20)
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Virtual ISSCC EC meeting in August 2014 – Webex
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Technology Directions – move towards more systems
papers (solicited a few papers this year). Hope to grow
this into a new sub-committee
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Clicker based paper ratings – ITPC (October)
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NA networking meeting (October) – to parallel FE/EU
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Smartphone App
IEEE/SSCS Member Audit
Membership Errors
1) IEEE Number does not match
IEEE Fail % of IEEE
2011
42
1.8%
2012
69
3.0%
2013
178
7.5%
2) SSCS claim, but not
SSCS Fail % of SSCS claim
101
8.2%
93
7.7%
120
7.2%
3) SSCS not claimed, but is
Missed SSCS % of no SSCS claim
183
17.2%
149
13.6%
58
8.1%
All information correct
All correct %
1,979
86.3%
2,004
87.2%
2,048
86.4%
Note: 2013 was first year of $40 SSCS credit.
Other Topics
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Strategic area: how to best leverage MOOCs
infrastructures for continuing education in
circuits
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Proposal for 2014 is to pick 10 topics (10 minutes each).
Organized by ITPC for the attendees and SSCS members
Simple Q&A for each module