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The CANDE (Computer-Aided Network DEsign) Committee is a technical activity of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society and IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation which acts as a working group for electronic computer-aided design. The CANDE Committee holds a yearly workshop to discuss advanced issues relevant to the CAD community, bringing together practitioners, researchers, and managers from industry and academia.

The CANDE workshop is a working meeting, as opposed to a conference or symposium.   Everyone who attends is expected to interact, so it is kept small by design.  All sessions are interactive, by tradition and in practice, and dominated by discussion and not slides.  To further encourage long-range and open discussion, no proceedings are published and no recordings of sessions are allowed.

CANDE community members take an active part in identifying topics and organizing sessions. Planning sessions for the workshop are held at DAC and ICCAD each year. Attendance at the CANDE workshop is open to all EDA/CAD professionals. Members of the CAD community are encouraged to contact the chair for more information.

The best known result from the CANDE workshops are their 5-year predictions of topics of interest to the EDA community.

The 2012 CANDE Workshop will be held in conjunction with DATE on March 16, 2012 at Dresden, Germany.  Check out the 2012 program, including the technical session details- it's full of hot topics and expert participants.  Due to the nature of CANDE workshop, the number of attendees is limited (roughly 50) to ensure lively discussions and participation.  Therefore, early registration is strongly encouraged! Register online for CANDE, as part of your online DATE registration.

Past CANDE Meetings CANDE 2011 was held November 10 in San Jose, CA Final Program CANDE 2010 was held November 4-6 in Monterey, CA Final Program CANDE 2009 was held October 29-31 in Monterey, CA Final Program CANDE 2008 was held November 7-8 in Pacifica, CA Final Program CANDE 2007 was held September 6-8 in The Queen Mary, Long Beach, CA Final Program CANDE 2006 was held September 21-23 in Whistler, B.C., Canada Final Program CANDE 2005 was held September 8-10 in Santa Cruz, CA Final Program CANDE 2004 was canceled CANDE 2003 was held September 11-12 in Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico Final Program CANDE 2002 was held September 22-24 in the Alyeska Prince Resort, Anchorage, Alaska Final Program CANDE 2001 was held September 20-22 in the Jackson Lake Lodge, Grand Teton, Wyoming Final Program

Are you a CAD professional who would like to find out more about CANDE? Please contact CANDE officers below.