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Introduction
The CAD Contest at ICCAD is a challenging,
multi-month, research and development
competition, focusing on advanced, real-world
problems in the field of Electronic Design
Automation (EDA). It is open to multi-person
teams world-wide. Each year the organizing
committee announce three challenging
problems in different topic areas provided
by industrial companies. Contestants can
participate in one or more problems. The prizes
will be awarded at an ICCAD special session
dedicated to this contest.
Since its inaugural year of 2012, the CAD
Contest at ICCAD has been attracting more than a
hundred teams per year, fostering productive
industry-academia collaborations, and leading to
hundreds of publications in top-tier conferences
and journals. The contest undoubtedly boosts EDA
research and keeps enhancing its impact.
Contest Problems
Problem A
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Announced at the end of February.
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Problem B
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Announced at the end of February.
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Problem C
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Announced at the end of February.
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Tentative Schedule
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Registration deadline
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2026.05.08 (GMT+8)
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Alpha test submission
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2026.06.12 (GMT+8)
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Beta test submission
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2026.07.24 (GMT+8)
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Final submission
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2026.08.21 (GMT+8)
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Award ceremony
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Held in November.
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Awards for each Problem
1st Place Award
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NTD 70,000 / team (approx.
US$ 2,350)
Certificate / person
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2nd Place Award
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NTD 40,000 / team (approx.
US$ 1,350)
Certificate / person
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3rd Place Award
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NTD 40,000 / team (approx.
US$ 1,350)
Certificate / person
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Honorable Mentions
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Certificate / person
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***Important Notice***
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1.
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The recipients of monetary awards
must be students.
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2.
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The amount of monetary awards in US
dollars may change due to currency
fluctuation.
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3.
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According to the Law of Taiwan, 10%
of the monetary award will be
deducted if the recipient is a
Taiwanese taxpayer, whereas it is
20% if the recipient is a
non-Taiwanese taxpayer.
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4.
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We reserve the right to adjust the
numbers of prize winners and
honorable mentions.
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Organizing Committee
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Contest Chair
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Shao-Yun Fang
National Taiwan University of Science and
Technology, Taiwan
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Contest Co-chairs
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Yi-Yu Liu
National Taiwan University of Science and
Technology, Taiwan
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Chung-Kuan Cheng
University of California, San Diego
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Tsun-Ming Tseng
Technical University of Munich
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Topic Chairs
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Chung-Han Chou, Hung-Chun Chiu,
Jacky(Chih-Jen) Hsu
(Cadence Design Systems, Inc.)
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Grant Gung-Yu Pan
(Synopsys, Inc.)
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Uday Mallappa, Sachin Bhat, Pei Chun Ch'ng,
Somdeb Majumdar, Yuan Lu, Yusu Wang
(Intel, Inc.)
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Advisory
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IEEE Council on Electronic Design
Automation
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ACM Special Interest Group on Design
Automation
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Ministry of Education, Taiwan
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