25th International Conference Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
June 21-23, 2018, Gdynia, Poland

The MIXDES 2018 Conference took place in Bydgoszcz. The topics of the MIXDES Conference included:

1. Design of Integrated Circuits and Microsystems
2. Thermal Issues in Microelectronics
3. Analysis and Modelling of ICs and Microsystems
4. Microelectronics Technology and Packaging
5. Testing and Reliability
6. Power Electronics
7. Signal Processing
8. Embedded Systems
9. Medical Applications

The total number of 92 papers from 27 countries were presented including 8 invited papers.

The following invited papers were presented during the conference:

1. Artificial Intelligence Contribution to eHealth Applications
   Joan Cabestany (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain)
2. Commissioning and First User Operation of European XFEL
   Holger Schlarb (DESY, Germany)
3. Footprints of RF CMOS Compact Modeling Technology: From Wireless Communication to IoT Applications
   Sadayuki Yoshitomi (Toshiba, Japan)
4. Learning Robust Feature Representations in Deep Networks for Image Classification
   Breton Minnehan and Andreas Savakis (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA)
5. Modern Physical Verification for Advanced Technology Nodes
   Wojciech Wójciak (Cadence, USA)
6. Qualification of Electronic Components/Systems for a Radiation Environment of Particle Accelerators: When Standards Do Not Exist
   Sławosz Uznański (CERN, Switzerland)
7. Towards a World of More Functions in Integrated Sustainable Systems
   Simon Deleonibus (CEA, France)
8. Virtual Prototyping of µ-Structured Devices and Systems by High-Fidelity Predictive Simulation
   Gerhard Wachutka (Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany)

The following special sessions were organised during the conference:

1. Compact Modeling for Characterization and Design of Micro- and Nanoelectronic Systems
   organised by Dr. Daniel Tomaszewski (Institute of Electron Technology, Poland) and Dr. Władysław Grabiński (GMC, Switzerland)
   
2. Large Scale Research Facilities
   organised by Dr. Stefan Simrock (ITER, France) and Dr. Dariusz Makowski (Lodz University of Technology, Poland)
   
3. Methods for Human Balance Disorders Assessment and Rehabilitation
   organised by Dr. Bartosz Sakowicz (Department of Microelectronics and Computer Science, Lodz University of Technology, Poland ) within “Innovative system for evaluation and rehabilitation of human imbalance” (InnoReh) project realisation