Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

• Rapid prototyping and emulation methods and tools

• Specification models and methodologies for hardware/software systems

• Emerging technologies, devices, boards, and applications

• Prototyping experiences related to emerging technologies (memories, 3D integration, next generation wireless, Internet of Things)

• Prototyping of embedded systems for real-time, low power, and flexibility

• Hardware and software platforms for IoT systems

• Middleware for embedded systems

• Model-driven engineering and prototyping

• Formal methods and verification/validation of embedded systems

• Reliability and failure analysis for embedded systems

• Embedded system virtualization

• Virtual prototyping and platforms for embedded systems

• Prototyping methods and tools for reconfigurable computing

• Rapid design approaches for application-specific processors

• MPSoC and GPU-based system design and challenges

• Hardware platforms and approaches for simulations acceleration

• Industrial experiences in embedded system prototyping