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Arial">Call for Papers</span></b></p>

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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">HLDVT 2010</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">IEEE International High-Level Design Validation and
Test Workshop Collocated with DAC 2010, Anaheim, California, June 10–12, 2010</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The fifteenth annual workshop HLDVT 2010 aims to
bring together a community of researchers in the areas of design, validation,
and test. The workshop addresses the integration of multiple functions on-chip
at higher levels of design abstraction, and the techniques and methodologies
for modeling, analyzing, and validating such systems. In particular, the
workshop has become a unique forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss
the practical issues associated with validation of extremely large designs. </span></p>

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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

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Arial">Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:</span></b></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">• Simulation-Based Validation</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">• Formal Verification and Hybrid Methods</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">• Design Abstraction &amp; Behavioral Modeling</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">• Error Trace Interpretation and Debugging</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">• On-Chip and Core-Based Testing</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">• Test Generation for Defects, Design Errors, and
Delay</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">• Hardware/Software and Mixed-signal System
Co-Validation</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">• Emulation and Prototyping</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">• Post-silicon Validation and Debug</span></p>

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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

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Arial">Paper Submission:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;
font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> The Program
Committee invites authors to submit papers not to exceed 8 pages (IEEE
two-column conference format with 10pt minimum font size) describing original
and unpublished work. Panels and special session proposals are also invited.
All submissions must be made electronically in PDF format using the paper
submission webpage: <a href="http://www.hldvt.com/submissions"><span style="color:windowtext">http://www.hldvt.com/submissions</span></a> . Please
ensure that all the required contact details are entered during online
submission.</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">Paper Publication and Presenter Registration:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial"> The submission of a paper or panel proposal will be considered as
evidence that upon acceptance, the author(s) will present their paper. For the
papers to appear in the program and proceedings, required is at least one full
workshop registration by an author before the submis- sion of camera-ready
version. IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution (e.g.,
removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the workshop.</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Submission deadline: March 7, 2010</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Acceptance Notification: April 6, 2010</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Final manuscript: April 19, 2010</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Questions regarding paper submissions and the
program may be ad- dressed to the program chair: Zeljko Zilic, <a href="mailto:programchair@hldvt.com"><span style="color:windowtext">programchair@hldvt.com</span></a>.
Other questions may be addressed to the general chair: Prabhat Mishra, <a href="mailto:generalchair@hldvt.com"><span style="color:windowtext">generalchair@hldvt.com</span></a>.
    Additional pertinent information will be made available at <a href="http://www.hldvt.com/10/"><span style="color:windowtext">http://www.hldvt.com/10/</span></a>
.</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Journal Special Section: The best papers on
validation of multicore systems will be considered for inclusion in a special
section of IEEE Design and Test of Com- puters, to be published in May 2011.</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">HLDVT 2010 is sponsored by the IEEE Computer
Society Test Technology Tech- nical Council and the IEEE CS Design Automation
Technical Committee.</span></p>

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Arial">Organizing Committee</span></b></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">General Chair</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Prabhat Mishra, Univ. of Florida</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Program Chair</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Zeljko Zilic, McGill University</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Past Chair</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Priyank Kalla, Univ. of Utah</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Finance Chair</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Hao Zheng, Univ. of South Florida</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Publications Chair</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Miroslav Velev, Aries Design Automation</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Web Publicity Chair</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ismet Bayraktaroglu, Sun</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Publicity Chair</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Shireesh Verma, Conexant</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Local Arrangements Chair</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ian Harris, UC Irvine</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Industry Liaison</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Shankar Hemmady, Synopsys</span></p>

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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Panel/Special Session Chair</span></p>

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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Sandeep Shukla, Virginia Tech</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Samar Abdi, Concordia Univ.</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Valeria Bertacco, Univ. of Michigan</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Marc Boulé, Ecole de Tech. Supérieure</span></p>

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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ed Cerny, Synopsys</span></p>

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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Pankaj Chauhan, Calypto</span></p>

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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Tim Cheng, UC Santa Barbara</span></p>

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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Franco Fummi, Univ. di Verona</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">John Hayes, Univ. of Michigan</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Michael Hsiao, Virginia Tech</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Alan Hu, Univ. British Columbia</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Nicola Nicolici, McMaster Univ.</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Priyadarsan Patra, Intel</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Laurence Pierre, Univ. Grenoble</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Wolfgang Rosenstiel, Tu ̈bingen Univ.</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Pablo Sanchez, Univ. of Cantabria</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Torsten Schober, IBM Germany</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Namrata Shekhar, Synopsys</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Li-C. Wang, UC Santa Barbara</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Jin Yang, Intel Avi Ziv, IBM</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial">Steering Committee</span></b></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Bernard Courtois, CMP-TIMA</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Masahiro Fujita, Univ. of Tokyo</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Prab Varma, Blue Pearl Software</span></p>

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