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z-index:1;mso-wrap-distance-left:3.75pt;mso-wrap-distance-right:3.75pt; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t"> <v:imagedata src="Imperial_logo.gif"/> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="http://www.imperial.ac.uk/"><img border=0 width=245 height=100 src="Imperial_logo.gif" align=right hspace=5 alt="Imperial College London logo" v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"></a><![endif]><span style='font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="http://www.imperial.ac.uk/"></a></span><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center'><span style='font-family:Arial'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </span></div> <h3><span style='font-family:Arial'>Overview<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p>The UK Asynchronous Forum is an informal 1-day meeting where those working in asynchronous design in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> (and particularly research students) can meet to present and discuss ideas.&nbsp; The event is optimised for <a href="http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/apt/async/groups/countryidx.html#country_uk">UK participants</a> though others are welcome to attend.&nbsp; See the <a href="http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/apt/async/events/ukforum.html">UK Asynchronous Forum home page</a> for further details.<o:p></o:p></p> <h3><span style='font-family:Arial'><!--<P><A HREF="Forum18.pdf"><B>Download proceedings here - PDF 3.44MB</B></A>.</P>-->Scope<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p>The scope of the Async Forum will be interpreted broadly to include: </p> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>clockless and multi-clocked systems <o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>novel architectures with asynchronous dynamics <o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>synchronization and metastability <o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>communication-centric design for SoCs, NoCs <o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>all sorts of timing issues in system and circuit design <o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>variability analysis and variability-tolerance <o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>and anything else relevant of interest. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <h3><span style='font-family:Arial'>Deadlines<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>4th August, 2007 - submission deadline (will not be moved!) <o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>6th August, 2007 - registration deadline (will not be moved!) <o:p></o:p></span></li> </ul> <h3><span style='font-family:Arial'>Submissions<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p>Extended abstracts of not more than 4 pages must be submitted to <a href="mailto:alex.yakovlev@newcastle.ac.uk">alex.yakovlev@newcastle.ac.uk</a> by 4th August 2007. &nbsp; Abstracts must be sent in either ASCII, postscript (which must be viewable with ghostview) or pdf.</p> <h3><span style='font-family:Arial'>Schedule<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p>The general structure of the forum is below.</p> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="80%" style='width:80.0%;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width="40%" style='width:40.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="20%" style='width:20.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Morning&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></strong><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="20%" style='width:20.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Afternoon&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></strong><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="20%" style='width:20.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Evening&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></strong><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>3rd September, 2007 (Monday)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center'><span style='font-family:Arial'>travel<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center'><span style='font-family:Arial'>talks<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center'><span style='font-family:Arial'>dinner<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>4th September, 2007 (Tuesday)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center'><span style='font-family:Arial'>talks<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center'><span style='font-family:Arial'>travel<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center'><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <h3><span style='font-family:Arial'>Programme<o:p></o:p></span></h3> The proceedings are available as a PDF: <a href="forum19-proceedings.pdf">forum19.pdf<a>. <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width="80%" style='width:80.0%;mso-cellspacing:1.5pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:Arial'>Day 1 Monday, 3rd September 2007</span></b><span style='font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width="9%" valign=top style='width:9.86%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>13.00 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="88%" valign=top style='width:88.84%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>Registration <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td width="9%" valign=top style='width:9.86%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>13.30 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="88%" valign=top style='width:88.84%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>Resolving deadlock failures in 2-phase interconnect<br> <i>Yebin Shi and Steve Furber, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Manchester</st1:PlaceName></st1:place></i> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td width="9%" valign=top style='width:9.86%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>14.00<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="88%" valign=top style='width:88.84%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>System-Level Model for a GALS Massively Parallel Multiprocessor <br> <i>Mukaram Khan, Xin Jin, Steve B. Furber, Luis A. Plana, University of Manchester</st1:PlaceName></st1:place></i> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td width="9%" valign=top style='width:9.86%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>14.30<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="88%" valign=top style='width:88.84%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>Average Interconnections Delay Prediction for On-FPGA Communication Links<br> <i> Terrence S.T. Mak, Pete Sedcole, Peter Y.K. Cheung and Wayne Luk, Imperial College London </i> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td width="9%" valign=top style='width:9.86%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>15.00<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="88%" valign=top style='width:88.84%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>Throughput-Centric Optimisation for fixed width Links with Crosstalk Avoidance Methods<br> <i>Basel Halak, Alex Yakovlev, Newcastle University </i> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span style='font-family:Arial'>15.30 <o:p></o:p></span> </td> <td width="88%" valign=top style='width:88.84%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>Coffee <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7'> <td width="9%" valign=top style='width:9.86%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>16.00 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="88%" valign=top style='width:88.84%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>Avoiding Irreducable CSC Conicts in Component STGs <br> <i>Dominic Wist, Ralf Wollowski, Hasso-Plattner-Institut fur Softwaresystemtechnik GmbH, Potsdam, Germany </i> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:8'> <td width="9%" valign=top style='width:9.86%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>16.30 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="88%" valign=top style='width:88.84%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>Conditional Partial Order Graphs and Dynamically Recongurable Control Synthesis<br> <st1:City w:st="on"><i>Andrey Mokhov and Alex Yakovlev, Newcastle University </i> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:9'> <td width="9%" valign=top style='width:9.86%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>17.00 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="88%" valign=top style='width:88.84%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>Relative Timing Applied to Asynchronous Circuit Synthesis and Decomposition <br> <i>Yu Li, Alex Yakovlev, Newcastle University </i> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:10'> <td width="9%" valign=top style='width:9.86%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>17.15 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="88%" valign=top style='width:88.84%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>Refined Delay Model for Geometric Program-based Delay Optimization<br> <i>Ping Wang, Alex Yakovlev, Newcastle University </i> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:11'> <td width="9%" valign=top style='width:9.86%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>17.30 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="88%" valign=top style='width:88.84%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>Presentation by attendees <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:12'> <td width="9%" valign=top style='width:9.86%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>17.45 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="88%" valign=top style='width:88.84%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>Business Meeting <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:13'> <td width="9%" valign=top style='width:9.86%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>19.30 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="88%" valign=top style='width:88.84%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>Forum Dinner <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:14'> <td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:Arial'>Day 2 Tuesday, 4th September 2007</span></b><span style='font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:15'> <td width="9%" valign=top style='width:9.86%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>09.00 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="88%" valign=top style='width:88.84%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>High Performance Asynchronous Circuit Design Method and Application<br> <i>Charlie Brej, University of Manchester</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:16'> <td width="9%" valign=top style='width:9.86%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>09.30 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="88%" valign=top style='width:88.84%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>Architectural enhancements for a synthesised self-timed processor<br> <i>L. A. Tarazona, L.A. Plana, and D. A. Edwards, University of Manchester </i> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:17'> <td width="9%" valign=top style='width:9.86%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>10.00 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="88%" valign=top style='width:88.84%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>Automatic Buffer Insertion in Balsa-synthesised Asynchronous Circuits<br> <i>L. A. Tarazona, D. A. Edwards, University of Manchester </i> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:18'> <td width="9%" valign=top style='width:9.86%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>10.30 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="88%" valign=top style='width:88.84%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>High-level model verification within Workcraft Framework<br> <i>Ivan Poliakov, Andrey Mokhov, Danil Sokolov, Alex Yakovlev, Newcastle University </i> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:20'> <td width="9%" valign=top style='width:9.86%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>11.00 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="88%" valign=top style='width:88.84%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>Coffee<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:21'> <td width="9%" valign=top style='width:9.86%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>11.30 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="88%" valign=top style='width:88.84%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>Variability analysis of a high performance strained silicon Jamb latch synchronizer <br> <i>H. Ramakrishnan, S. Shedabale, J. Zhou, G. Russell, and A. Yakovlev, Newcastle University </i> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:22'> <td width="9%" valign=top style='width:9.86%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>12.00 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="88%" valign=top style='width:88.84%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>On-chip Measurement of MTBF for A Robust Synchronizer <br> <i>Jun Zhou, David Kinniment, Gordon Russell, and Alex Yakovlev, Newcastle University </i> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:23'> <td width="9%" valign=top style='width:9.86%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>12.30 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="88%" valign=top style='width:88.84%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>Implementation and Testing Asynchronous Circuits with the Aid of Programmable Devices <br> <i>Nikolaos Minas, Matthew Marshall, Gordon Russell, Newcastle University </i> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:24'> <td width="9%" valign=top style='width:9.86%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>13.00 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="88%" valign=top style='width:88.84%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>Power Management with Accumulation and Fire Mechanism <br> <i>Yuan Chen, Fei Xia, Delong Shang, Alex Yakovlev, Newcastle University </i> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:25;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width="9%" valign=top style='width:9.86%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>13.30 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="88%" valign=top style='width:88.84%;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:Arial'>Close <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <h3><span style='font-family:Arial'>Location<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p>The 19th <a href="http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/apt/async/events/ukforum.html">UK Asynchronous Forum</a> is being hosted by the <a href="http://cas.ee.ic.ac.uk/">Circuits and Systems Group</a> at the <a href="http://www.ee.ic.ac.uk/">Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering</a>, <a href="http://www.imperial.ac.uk/">Imperial College London</a>.</p> <p>Room details : Room 611, Gabor Seminar Room, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Electrical</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Engineering</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Building</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, South Kensington Campus (<a href="http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/electricalengineering/about/location">Map</a>).</p> <p>Day 1 evening meal will be at 170 Queen's Gate. </p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:1.5pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='position:absolute; margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:322.5pt;height:251.25pt;z-index:2; mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0; mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://www.imperial.ac.uk/conferences/images/pics/sk/170.jpg"/> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=430 height=335 src="http://www.imperial.ac.uk/conferences/images/pics/sk/170.jpg" align=left border=0 v:shapes="_x0000_s1027"><![endif]><span style='font-family: Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <h3><span style='font-family:Arial'>Transpotation<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <h4><span style='font-family:Arial'>From Heathrow airport<o:p></o:p></span></h4> <p>Take the Underground train (Piccadilly Line) to <st1:place w:st="on">South Kensington</st1:place> station (50 minutes travelling time).</p> <h4><span style='font-family:Arial'>From Gatwick airport<o:p></o:p></span></h4> <p>Take a British Rail train to <st1:State w:st="on">Victoria</st1:State> station (journey time 40 minutes) and then by Underground train (Circle or District Line; westbound) to <st1:place w:st="on">South Kensington</st1:place>.</p> <p>Both airports are some distance from central <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:City> and a taxi is not recommended for the whole journey. However, if you have to do so, establish the cost before you get in.</p> <h4><span style='font-family:Arial'>On foot<o:p></o:p></span></h4> <p>From <st1:place w:st="on">South Kensington</st1:place> station, the campus is only five minutes' walk. Either follow the subway signposted to the museums or walk north up <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Exhibition Road</st1:address></st1:Street>. The College is next to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Science</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.</p> <h4><span style='font-family:Arial'>By car<o:p></o:p></span></h4> <p>Car parking at the <st1:place w:st="on">South Kensington</st1:place> campus is severely restricted and you are advised NOT to bring a car unless permission has been given. After 6pm, at weekends and during vacations the car park is open to the paying public. Parking in the streets surrounding the College is at pay and display or parking meters for limited periods only.</p> <p><a href="http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/contactsgettinghere/travelguidesandmaps">Travel Guides and Maps</a></p> <h3><span style='font-family:Arial'>Registration and Accommodation<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p><a href="registration-form.html">Registration form </a>. Payment will be cheque only to &quot;Imperial College Science, Technology and Medicine&quot; .</p> <p>Accommodation will be at <a href="http://www.wmin.ac.uk/page-5380">Wigram House, Victoria</a>.</p> <h3><span style='font-family:Arial'>Cost<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <p>Workshop fee (including proceedings, dinner and accomodation at Wigram House) is £65.00 per person.</p> <p>Workshop fee without accomodation will be £35.00 per person. You will have to make your own accomodation arrangements.</p> <h3><span style='font-family:Arial'>Contacts<o:p></o:p></span></h3> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-table-lspace:2.25pt;mso-table-rspace:2.25pt; mso-table-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-table-anchor-horizontal:column; mso-table-left:left;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:Arial'>Programme&nbsp;organiser:&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/alex.yakovlev/">Alex&nbsp;Yakovlev </a>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:Arial'>(<a href="mailto:alex.yakovlev@newcastle.ac.uk)">alex.yakovlev@newcastle.ac.uk</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <!-- <TD align=left>0191&nbsp;222&nbsp;8184</TD>--> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:Arial'>Local&nbsp;organisers:&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.ee.ic.ac.uk/pcheung/">Peter&nbsp;Cheung</a>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-element:frame; 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