The workshop puts the focus on the following topics:

1.     Design verification and test
The embedding of AMS components in system-on-chips challenges the verification of overall system performance with the clash of two completely different worlds. New methods for verification and test of AMS components shall be presented and discussed.

2.     Statistical design
Ever increasing variability in manufacturing requires efficient methods for design and verification of high-sigma designs. Where are we and were should be go? The workshop will discuss recent trends from application point of view.

3.     Constraints and layout design
AMS layout is one of the last frontiers where design automation has not yet found its way into industrial application: industrial analog layout is still mostly “polygon pushing”. But recently, strong research effort has been spent to improve analog layout automation. We will review and discuss new layout approaches.

4.Analog benchmarks reloaded
At ISCAS`84, several researchers made an attempt to provide benchmarks for analog design. 30 years after, analog design automation still lacks reproducibility of algorithmic results by the community. We want to discuss pro and con of analog benchmarks and consider a potential initiative to create a benchmark suite for analog design problems.

Contributions that address any of the aforementioned topics, or other topics, are kindly invited. The workshop will NOT publish official proceedings.