3^rd Advanced Training Course
Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
Łódź, 30 May-1 June 1996

The MIXDES'96 Conference took place in Łódź, Poland. The topics of the MIXDES Conference included:

1. Design Methodologies, Techniques and Practical Examples
2. Thermal Problems in Semiconductor Devices and ICs
3. Analog and Digital Filters and Signal Processing
4. Advanced Testing Methods and Reliability
5. Neural Networks
6. Sensors and Actuators: Modeling, Simulation and Design
7. Power Devices and Smart-Power Modules
8. Educational Issues and Student Projects

The total number of 105 papers from 21 countries were accepted for publication including 6 invited papers.

The following invited papers were presented during the conference:

1. An Overview on Hardware/Software Co-Design, M. Glesner, M. Gasteier, M. Muench (Tech. Univ. Darmstadt, GERMANY)
2. Educating Engineers in an Internet 2000 Environment, R. Walser (Retired Project Manager, Silicon Valley, USA)
3. EUROEAST - a Basis for Electronic System Design in Eastern Countries, A.W. Kaesser (GMD-SET, St. Augustin, GERMANY)
4. Quality-driven Design of Electronic Systems: Why and How?, L. Jóźwiak (Eindhoven Univ. of Tech., THE NETHERLANDS)
5. The Public Domain ALLIANCE VLSI/CAD System, A. Greiner (Univ. PMC Paris VI, FRANCE)
6. What Could Be "Good" Descriptions of Finite State Machines in Integrated Circuits Computer Aided Design?, P. Amblard (Univ. Grenoble, FRANCE)