2026 Information

Date

June 29th - July 2nd. 2026

Location

Dresden, Germany

Paper Submission Live

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Call for Papers

Deadline: Mar 6th, 2026

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Paper Guidelines & Submission

General Information

The working language for SMACD is English, used for all presentations and printed materials. SMACD will only accept electronic submissions in PDF format.

Paper Specifications (Max. 4 pages)

  • Paper Length: Maximum of 4 pages , including figures, tables, and references. Documents exceeding this limit will be automatically rejected.
  • Paper Size: Only US Letter (8.5″ × 11″) or A4 (210 mm × 297 mm) formats are accepted.
  • Paper Format: Authors must follow IEEE double-column conference paper template .
  • File Size: PDF files should not exceed 2.0 MB.

Reviewing Process

Papers submitted for review must clearly state:

  • The purpose of the work
  • How and to what extent it advances the state-of-the-art
  • Specific new results and their impact

The degree to which the paper addresses these criteria will affect the selection process. The most common reason for rejection is the lack of new results. Only work not previously published will be considered.

Submission of a paper for review and subsequent acceptance implies the authors agree that the work will not be made public before the conference.

Notification

Submitted papers will be peer reviewed by competent reviewers selected by the international Technical Program Committee . Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings, which will be published in IEEE Xplore.

After review, authors will be notified of the decision by the Technical Program Committee via email.

Steering Committee

Francisco V. Fernandez

IMSE-CNM, University of Seville and CSIC, ES

Günhan Dündar

Boğaziçi University, TR

Nuno Lourenço

IT, PT

Ralf Sommer

IMMS GmbH & TU Ilmenau, DE

Giulia Di Capua

University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, IT

Nuno Horta

IT and University of Lisbon, PT

Rafael Castro López

IMSE-CNM, University of Seville and CSIC, ES

Ricardo Martins

IT and University of Lisbon, PT

Nestor Evmorfopoulos

University of Thessaly, Greece

Engin Afacan

Gebze Technical University, TR

Organizing Committee

General Chair

Benjamin Prautsch

Fraunhofer IIS, Dresden, DE

TPC Chairs

Günhan Dündar

Boğaziçi University, TR

Nuno Horta

IT and University of Lisbon, PT

Ricardo Martins

Instituto Superior Técnico, PT

Francisco V. Fernandez

IMSE-CNM, ES

Publication Chairs

Fabio Passos

IST - University of Lisbon and INESC-ID, PT

Rafael Castro-López

IMSE-CNM, ES

Publicity Chairs

Giulia Di Capua

University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, IT

Paula Hartmann

Fraunhofer IIS, Dresden, DE

EDA Competition Chair

Andreas Krinke

TU Dresden, DE

IC Design Competition Chair

Björn Zeugmann

Fraunhofer IIS, Dresden, DE

Tutorial & Special Session Chair

Ralf Sommer

TU Ilmenau, DE

Industrial Liaison Chairs

Ngoc Ha Doan

Fraunhofer IIS, Dresden, DE

Katja Lohmann-Schwitale

Fraunhofer IIS, Dresden, DE

History

The International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD) has its origins in the International Workshop on Symbolic Methods and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD) held in:

  • 1991: Bagneux, France.
  • 1992: Firenze, Italy.
  • 1994: Seville, Spain.
  • 1996: Leuven, Belgium.
  • 1998: Kaiserslautern, Germany.
  • 2000: Lisboa, Portugal.
  • 2002: Sinaia, Romania.
  • 2004: Wroclaw, Poland.
  • 2006: Firenze, Italy.

With an updated scope and named International Workshop on Symbolic and Numerical Methods, Modeling and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD), two new editions took place in:

  • 2008: Erfurt, Germany.
  • 2010: Gammarth, Tunisia.

For the 2012’s edition in Sevilla, we changed the conference name to its present name, and the acronym changed back to the original one (SMACD). There was a dramatic update and expansion of the scope in which our traditional (and beloved) symbolic activity started to play a marginal role. From that edition, the name and acronym have remained the same, and we have usually performed some minor updates of the scope in each edition and the structuring in areas we can see today. Since 2016, SMACD has been co-located with PRIME bringing designers and EDA developers together.

Contact

For any inquiries regarding the SMACD 2026 Conference, please feel free to reach out to the conference chair or the organizing team.

Conference Chair: benjamin.prautsch@iis.fraunhofer.de

General Inquiries: info@smacd-conference.org

We look forward to hearing from you and are happy to assist with any questions or concerns regarding the conference.