Call For Special Sessions

The ISCAS 2025 Organizing Committee invites proposals for Special Sessions to be held during the conference in London, UK.

Special sessions complement the regular technical program by highlighting new and emerging research topics or innovative applications of established approaches. The topic of a special session proposal should be timely and compelling.

While we welcome special sessions in all areas of Circuits and Systems, we are particularly interested in focused research topics, especially those with interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary nature, specifically those related to the conference innovation themes:

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Special sessions can also cover any other area focusing on challenging open problems of relevance in applications.

The participation of speakers from industry in a special session proposal is encouraged and will be positively evaluated when the proposal is assessed.

Note that all papers will be subject to the same peer review process as for regular papers.

  • August 28, 2024
    Special Session Proposals Submission - Final Extension

  • September 6, 2024
    Special Session Proposals Notification

  • October 14, 2024
    Special Session Papers Submission Deadline

  • January 20, 2025
    Notification of Acceptance

Special Session Proposals

Please submit proposals (approximately 3 pages) in pdf format through the Google Form below. 

Proposal should include the following information:

  • Title and abstract: Propose a title and a brief abstract of no more than approximately 100 words that will allow conference attendees to understand the topic and the focus of the special session.
  • Rationale: Please explain why the topic of the special session is novel and timely, why it is relevant to the ISCAS community and how it possibly fits within the innovation themes listed above.
  • Proposed speakers: Provide a list of all talks, speakers, and co-authors (in each associated paper). Technical sessions are normally expected to have 5 papers. In exceptional cases (like industrial talks, or contributions by particularly renowned speakers) it may be possible to have sessions of one talk without an associate paper or a talk which will have a double-time slot for the presentation. In these cases, please contact the Special Sessions Chair in advance (before submitting your proposal) to explain the rationale of your request.
  • Biographies: Provide a short bio-sketch of the session proposers.

An important aspect in the evaluation of special session proposals will be the timeliness of the topic, quality/track record of the proposers and speakers, coherence of the session and expected value added to the overall technical program.