2026 Information

Date

June 29th - July 2nd. 2026

Location

Dresden, Germany

Abstract Submission Live

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Call for Papers

Deadline: Mar 6th, 2026

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Download poster: Poster PDF

Steering Committee

Francisco V. Fernandez

IMSE-CNM, University of Seville and CSIC, ES

Günhan Dündar

Boğaziçi University, TR

Nuno Lourenço

IT, PT

Ralf Sommer

IMMS GmbH & TU Ilmenau, DE

Giulia Di Capua

University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, IT

Nuno Horta

IT and University of Lisbon, PT

Rafael Castro López

IMSE-CNM, University of Seville and CSIC, ES

Ricardo Martins

IT and University of Lisbon, PT

Nestor Evmorfopoulos

University of Thessaly, Greece

Engin Afacan

Gebze Technical University, TR

Organizing Committee

General Chair

Benjamin Prautsch

Fraunhofer IIS, Dresden, DE

TPC Chairs

Günhan Dündar

Boğaziçi University, TR

Nuno Horta

IT and University of Lisbon, PT

Ricardo Martins

Instituto Superior Técnico, PT

Francisco V. Fernandez

IMSE-CNM, ES

Publication Chairs

Fabio Passos

IST - University of Lisbon and INESC-ID, PT

Rafael Castro-López

IMSE-CNM, ES

Publicity Chairs

Giulia Di Capua

University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, IT

Paula Hartmann

Fraunhofer IIS, Dresden, DE

EDA Competition Chair

Andreas Krinke

TU Dresden, DE

IC Design Competition Chair

Björn Zeugmann

Fraunhofer IIS, Dresden, DE

Tutorial & Special Session Chair

Ralf Sommer

TU Ilmenau, DE

Industrial Liaison Chairs

Ngoc Ha Doan

Fraunhofer IIS, Dresden, DE

Katja Lohmann-Schwitale

Fraunhofer IIS, Dresden, DE

History

The International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD) has its origins in the International Workshop on Symbolic Methods and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD) held in:

  • 1991: Bagneux, France.
  • 1992: Firenze, Italy.
  • 1994: Seville, Spain.
  • 1996: Leuven, Belgium.
  • 1998: Kaiserslautern, Germany.
  • 2000: Lisboa, Portugal.
  • 2002: Sinaia, Romania.
  • 2004: Wroclaw, Poland.
  • 2006: Firenze, Italy.

With an updated scope and named International Workshop on Symbolic and Numerical Methods, Modeling and Applications to Circuit Design (SMACD), two new editions took place in:

  • 2008: Erfurt, Germany.
  • 2010: Gammarth, Tunisia.

For the 2012’s edition in Sevilla, we changed the conference name to its present name, and the acronym changed back to the original one (SMACD). There was a dramatic update and expansion of the scope in which our traditional (and beloved) symbolic activity started to play a marginal role. From that edition, the name and acronym have remained the same, and we have usually performed some minor updates of the scope in each edition and the structuring in areas we can see today. Since 2016, SMACD has been co-located with PRIME bringing designers and EDA developers together.

Contact

For any inquiries regarding the SMACD 2026 Conference, please feel free to reach out to the conference chair or the organizing team.

Conference Chair: benjamin.prautsch@iis.fraunhofer.de

General Inquiries: info@smacd-conference.org

We look forward to hearing from you and are happy to assist with any questions or concerns regarding the conference.