ACM/SIGDA, Special Interest Group on Design Automation) provides a broad array of resources to our members, to students, professors, industry professionals and, to the EDA field in general. SIGDA sponsors various events to promote interaction among the community to share the latest technical and professional advances. It also serves as a forum to support events that nurture new ideas and infuse vitality into new emerging trends in the field.

SIGDA has a long history of supporting conferences and the EDA profession including ICCAD, DAC, DATE, and ASP-DAC, plus around 15 focused symposia and workshops. SIGDA supports various events such as - the Univ. Research Demonstration that helps to foster interactions between students and industry; Design Automation Summer School that exposes students to trending topics; Young Faculty Workshops; Ph.D. Forums in conjunction with major conferences, design contests such as CAD Athlon. SIGDA funds various scholarships and recognizes outstanding research publications. Awards recognize significant contributions at all stages of the professional career from student awards to the Pioneer Award for Lifetime achievement. SIGDA has launched new programs such as SIGDA Live, a series of monthly webinars on topics of general interest to the SIGDA community and a more global E-Newsletter with a newly formed editorial board. SIGDA also supports local chapters that help with professional networking. SIGDA also administrates Student Research Competition on behalf of ACM.

SIGDA pioneered electronic publishing of EDA literature, beginning with the DA Library in 1989. SIGDA also provides strong support for the ACM journal TODAES Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems). Major benefits provided to SIGDA members include free access to all SIGDA sponsored publications in the ACM Digital Library, and reduced registration rates for SIGDA sponsored events.

For further information on SIGDA’s programs and resources, see http://www.sigda.org. Please join us in building a more vibrant community and volunteer for SIGDA.

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