New Associate Editor

The 24 papers in this special issue were presented at the 2006 Symposium on VLSI circuits, which was held in Honolulu, Hawaii, June 15-17, 2006. Included in this issue are seven analog papers, four digital papers, six memory papers, and seven wireless communications papers.     

Special Issue on Device Technologies and Circuit Techniques for Power Management

The 20 papers in this special issue, including 12 invited papers and 8 contributed papers, cover a wide variety of topics, all dealing with managing power and variability in ultrascaled CMOS technologies. The papers are summarized here.     

Editorial Special Issue on Power Electronics for Wind Energy Conversion

The seventeen papers in this special issue can be classified into three groups: control of power electronic systems (nine papers); power electronic FACT and HVDC applications (two papers); and configurations of wind power conversion systems (six papers).     

Special Section on International Symposium on Networks-on-Chip (NOCS)

The idea for this special section started with the intention to archive the top papers from the First ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Networks on Chips (NOCS) in 2007. The first two papers tackle the tight power constraints of on-chip network design. The next two papers tackle routing protocol design in the the face of VLSI constraints of area and floorplanning. The last two papers present case studies of real NoC-based chip implementations.     

Foreword Special Section on Tin Whiskers

The four papers in this special section focus on tin whiskers. Two of the four papers are based on presentations given at the Tin Whisker Workshop sponsored by the ECTC, iNEMI, and NIST on May 30, 2006. The papers are briefly summarized here.     

An Overview of Broad-Band Systems-Applications and Tradeoffs

This paper is written specifically to be one of a group of papers on local broad-band networks published in this special issue. The task of this paper is to present an overview of system aspects while other papers in the group deal with components and field trials. The reader is, therefore, referred to other papers for detailed information on actual circuits and systems.     

Guest Editorial Control and Communications

The 13 papers in this special issue focus on control and communications. The papers are summarized here.     

Guest Editorial Introduction to the Focused Section on Medical Mechatronics

The six papers in this focused section were originally presented at the first IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob'06), held February 20-22, 2006, in Pisa, Italy. The first three papers illustrate mechatronic devices for rehabilitation applications; the fourth paper presents a mechatronic system for disabled people; and the last two papers deal with mechatronic devices and technologies for minimally invasive and teleoperated surgery. The papers are summarized here.     

Guest Editorial Special Issue on Microwave Photonics

The 47 contributed papers and 12 invited papers in this special issue focus on microwave photonics.     

Cognitive Wireless Networks {Guest Editorial}

The seven articles in this special topic have been selected to reflect the different aspects and paradigm possibilities with a broader scope than typically found in papers in this area. The papers are summarized here.     

Editorial to the Special Issue on Computational Systems Biology

The 12 papers in this special issue focus on computational systems biology. The papers are summarized here.     

Guest Editorial Foreword to the Special Issue on Enterprise Services Computing and Industrial Applications

The two review papers and four regular papers in this special issue focus on enterprise computing and industrial applications.     

Foreword Special Section on Drop Testing

The six papers in this special section focus on drop testing. The papers are briefly summarized here.     

Guest Editorial Special Section on Communication in Automation—Part I

The three papers in part 1 of this special section focus on communication in automation. The papers are summarized here.     

Guest Editorial Introduction to the Special Section on Computer Vision for Intravascular and Intracardiac Imaging

The ten papers in this special section focus on computer vision for intravascular and intracardiac imaging. The papers are summarized here.     

Overview for the Special Section on the 2008 Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium

The twelve papers in this special issue were selected from a total of 129 papers presented at the 2008 RFIC Symposium.     

Guest editorial: fully 3-D reconstruction of medical images

The 11 papers in this special issue focus on 3-D reconstruction of medical images. Two main classes of reconstructive algorithms are covered in this issue: analytic and iterative. The papers are briefly summarized here.     

Medium access control protocols for wireless LANs [guest editorial]

The six papers in this special issue focus on medium access control protocols for wireless LANs. The papers are summarized here.     

Introduction to the Special Issue on the IEEE 2007 Custom Integrated Circuits Conference

The 14 papers in this special issues are selections from the IEEE 2007 Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC). The papers are summarized here.     

Guest Editorial Special Section on Low-Power Electronics and Design

The eight papers in this special section were published in the ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), held in Tegernsee, Germany, October 4-6, 2006. The papers cover various areas related to low-power electronics and design, ranging from circuit and design technology to system level power modeling and optimization. The papers are summarized here.