The topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following ones:

• Verification challenges of IoT
• High-level test generation for functional verification
• Emulation techniques and FPGA prototyping
• Triage and debug methodologies
• Silicon debugging
• Low-power verification
• Formal techniques and their applications
• Verification coverage
• Performance validation and characterization
• Design for Verifiability (DFV)
• Memory and coherency verification
• ESL design and Virtual Platforms
• Design for security and security validation
• CAD metrics and tools for security
• Cryptography and trusted computing
• Detection of Trojans and counterfeit electronics
• Methods for IP protection (obfuscation, encryption, etc.)
• Fault-based side-channel attacks & countermeasures
• Hardware security primitives design and evaluation
• Security for analog/mixed signal (AMS) circuits
• Security in automotive, railway, avionics, space, and Internet of Things (IoT)
• Data analytics in verification and security
• Cross layer security and verification
• Security of design environment & tools, and supply chain