Tutorials
Tutorials
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Tutorial Sessions
Session 1A Tutorial: Digital, Analog, and Mixed-Signal IC Design Education Using Open-Source Tools and IHP-Open-PDK: From Concepts to Tape-Out
Speakers: Jorge Marin (Santa María University, Chile), Martin Andraud (ULouvain, Belgium), Krzysztof Herman (Institute for High Performance Microelectronics, Germany), and Daniel Arévalos (Santa María University, Chile)
- Day: February 25th (Tuesday)
- Time: 09:00 – 12:30
Abstract: This workshop will present the educational methodologies and practical design experiences developed for the CANELOS 2025 seminar in Valparaíso, Chile, using the open-source IHP PDK. Attendees will be introduced to design flows covering digital, analog, and mixed-signal circuits:
- Digital design: Implementing digital subsystems using open source tools (OpenROAD flow scripts) and IHP-Open-PDK.
- Analog design: Exploring analog circuits design using open source tools and implementation of an analog block based on IHP-Open-PDK primitives.
- Mixed-signal design: Developing a digital-on-top building block, which integrates analog and digital components developed previously, with a focus on co-simulation and physical integration challenges unique to open-source tools.
Session 1B Tutorial: Intro DGMs, GANs and VAEs with Applications in Deep Learning
Speakers: Tokunbo Ogunfunmi (Santa Clara University, United States)
- Day: February 25th (Tuesday)
- Time: 09:00 – 12:30
Abstract: The DGMs are a powerful way to learn any distribution of observed data. They are composed mainly by variational autoencoders (VAEs), and generative adversarial networks (GANs). The VAEs are mainly used to extract features from the input vector in an unsupervised way while the GANs are used to generate synthetic samples through an adversarial learning by achieving an equilibrium between a Generator and a Discriminator. This tutorial is important to the CAS community in general and the LASCAS community in particular because these models are applicable for solving several problems in machine learning, deep learning and applications e.g. dimensionality reduction, image synthesis, speech/audio source separation, bio-signal applications and finance, etc.
Session 2A Tutorial: Analysis, Design, and Simulation of Analog/RF & Digital Integrated Circuits with Opensource EDA Tools and Process Design Kit
Speakers: Carlos Galup Montoro (UFSC, Brazil), Márcio Schneider (UFSC, Brazil), Sylvain Bourdel (TIMA Laboratory, France), Deni Neto (UFSC, Brazil), and Gabriel Maranhão (UFSC, Brazil)
- Day: February 25th (Tuesday)
- Time: 14:00 – 17:30
Abstract: This tutorial will discuss several issues associated with design of MOS circuits. An understanding of the behavior of the MOS transistor in all the operating regions and its application to elementary circuits is one of the main learning goals of the tutorial. An all-region MOSFET model will be addressed to give attendees a better mastering of the transistor characteristics. The audience will be aware of the advantage of ACM2 model that allows analog/RF design to be close to the desired specifications without the need for many tweaking simulations. Finally, RF LNA circuit designs will be discussed in a low-power context.
Session 2B Tutorial: Entropy Coding: Entropy Coding: the Somewhat mysterious wildcard of data compression
Speakers: Fabio Ramos (Unipampa, Brazil) and Jiovana Gomes (UFRGS, Brazil)
- Day: February 25th (Tuesday)
- Time: 14:00 – 17:30
Abstract: Entropy coding has been widely employed in many applications (e.g., image, video) for decades, being a powerful tool to compress the information redundancy of a given coding scenario. Even being widely applied, this stage of the coding process is not so well dominated by compression researchers due to the intrinsic complexity of the schemes involved. Moreover, it is not obvious for a given solution which is the most suitable entropy coding scheme to be used when considering coding gains versus complexity. As part of the LASCAS audience is composed of image, video and machine learning researchers, one may find it useful that the rationale of Entropy Encoding is spread to the public, in order to have more related research on the area. With that in mind, and to expand the know-how among other researchers who would like to delve into this area, this tutorial will introduce the basic concepts of Entropy from the Information Theory principle. Following that, some options of entropy encoding techniques will be presented, with the main focus on the concepts of some of the most prominent entropy coding algorithms, with a special look on Arithmetic Coding (AC) and Asymmetric Numeral Systems (ANS) - the two most effective techniques up to date available - and examples of its usage on well-known applications are also intended (e.g., image, video, data and neural networks). The tutorial is planned to have a set of examples for each algorithm, to help clarify its understanding. Whenever possible, comparisons among the techniques will also be presented, based on related literature. At the end of the tutorial, the authors expect that the audience will have a clear view of the Entropy Encoding techniques, and at least an initial comprehension of AC and ANS and how to apply them on its own research projects.