SAMOS XIV 2014

SAMOS is a unique conference. It deals with embedded systems (sort of)  
but that is not what makes it different. It brings together every year  
researchers from both academia and industry on the quiet and inspiring  
northern mountainside of the Mediterranean island of  Samos, which  in  
itself  is  different. But  more   importantly,   it   really  fosters  
collaboration rather than competition. Formal and  intensive technical  
sessions are only held in the mornings. A lively panel ends the formal  
part of the day, and leads nicely into  the  afternoons  and  evenings  
-- reserved for  informal  discussions, good food,  and  the  inviting  
Aegean Sea. SAMOS has IEEE  technical  co-sponsorship by the  IEEE CAS  
Society and the IEEE SSCS Germany Chapter. The conference papers  will  
be submitted for inclusion  to  IEEE  Xplore. Authors  are  invited to  
submit technical  papers  in  accordance  to the author's instructions  
describing original work in either one of the Conference Tracks or one  
of the Special Sessions.
 
KEYNOTES. The conference keynotes are given  by  leaders in the field.  
This year's  keynotes  will  be  given by  Todd  Austin, University of  
Michigan (US) and Bruce Jacob, University of Maryland (US).

** SAMOS  SPECIAL  SESSION  on   "Brain-targeted  and  brain-inspired   

computing", organized by C. Strydis, Erasmus Medical Center (NL)
 
 
** SAMOS PANEL **
The agenda of the conference  will  include  a  panel  coordinated  by  
Trevor Mudge, University  of Michigan - Ann  Arbor (US) and Yale Patt,   
University of Texas at Austin (US). The topic of  the  panel  is "Open  
Mic", and often digs deeper into topics  presented during the  morning  
sessions.
 
** TRAVEL GRANTS **
SAMOS will provide 10 travel grants  to  authors and participants, who  
are students from Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Portugal, and Spain  and,  in  
general, to people with limited support from their organizations.  
 
 
SAMOS XIV Organization:
 
* General Chair
A. V. Veidenbaum, University of California - Irvine (US)
 
* Program Chair
C. Galuzzi, Delft University of Technology (NL)
 
* Track Chairs
- I. Sourdis, Chalmers University of Technology (SE)
- D. Soudris, National Technical University of Athens (GR)
 
* SAMOS Steering Committee
 S. Bhattacharyya, University of Maryland – College Park (US)
 H. Blume, Leibniz University Hannover (DE)
 E. Deprettere, Leiden University (NL)
 N. Dimopoulos, University of Victoria (CA)
 G.N. Gaydadjiev, Chalmers University of Technology (SE)
 J. Glossner, Optimum Semiconductor Technologies (US)
 W. Najjar, University of California - Riverside (US)
 A.D. Pimentel, University of Amsterdam (NL)
 O. Silvén, University of Oulu (FI)
 J. Takala, Tampere University of Technology (FI)
 S. Wong, Delft University of Technology (NL)
 
* Program Committee: See http://www.samos-conference.com