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The following topics are dealt with: application specific hardware accelerators; nanoelectronic devices; information systems; reliability and security aware RTL/system design; energy efficient WSN; multicore system simulation; information processing applications; system-on-chips; power aware design; high performance architecture; next-generation network processor architectures; advanced memory and digital systems design; doping and junction free transistors; energy efficient VLSI systems; graphene based interconnects; post-CMOS era; low power design; cloud resource management; Big Data and Internet of Things era; neuromorphic circuits; smart and secure system design; nanoelectronic materials; advanced sensor design; trustworthy system design; and performance optimization.