The goal of the VSA-TC is to promote research and education in the field of digital VLSI systems and its applications in electrical engineering, computer science and engineering, and related fields. System design aspects include design of architectures, algorithms, developing theory, design methodologies, and implementation, as they relate to design of VLSI systems and system-on-chips. Application areas include, but are not limited to, signal processing, communications, wireless, networking systems, video, multimedia, radar, optical, nanotechnologies, biotechnology, and other emerging technologies.