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The following topics are dealt with: computer aided design; digital designs; physical design and testing; FPGA and NoC based designs; IP protection; biosignal processing embedded systems; mixed-signal and optimization; energy consumption; unconventional computing; nonvolatile memories; post-CMOS computing systems; secure and trusted systems; software engineering; VLSI; carbon-based materials; THz nanoelectronics; ultra low power digital; fault-tolerant design; reliable design techniques; manycore embedded systems; reliable circuits; power and noise aware systems; analog/RF circuits; signal converter circuits; and analog design and test.