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            <div>Dear Colleagues,<br>
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            <div>Please note some general announcements for the<span
                style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 2018 IEEE Real Time
                Conference</span> below:<br>
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            <div>Final notifications to authors have gone out, and we
              anticipate publication of the full scientific program<br>
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            <div>on the website by the end of this week. Due to the
              delay we have also extended the the early conference
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            <div>deadline until <strong>April 20</strong>. <br>
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            <div>Also note that the conference hotel registration
              deadline is fixed at <strong>May 4</strong>. Available
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            <div>after this date cannot be guaranteed. <br>
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            <div>There is still space available for both pre-conference
              programs on Saturday and Sunday (June 9-10). Users can <br>
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            <div> sign up for both courses. Student IEEE members may
              also be eligible for tuition assistance through an NPSS
              Grant.<br>
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            <div>(please see the RT2018 website for details). <br>
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            <div>  Saturday June 9 - MTCA  Workshop<br>
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            <div>    Full day workshop and tutorial on the MTCA Standard
              (MTCA.4) with a focus on real time applications in
              experimental<br>
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            <div>    physics. Practical opportunities to work with the
              hardware will be available. Lunch will be included.<br>
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            <div>  Sunday June 10 - High Level Synthesis (HLS)
              Programming (C/C++) with SoC based FPGAs<br>
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            <div>    Full day introduction to HLS programming within the
              Xilinx Vivado development environment. Participants will
              receive<br>
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            <div>    a SoC/FPGA development board and educational
              license as part of the course. Lunch will be included.<br>
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            <div>All other conference details can be found on the
              website.<br>
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                <div class="" style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;"
                    class="">Regards,</span></div>
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                <div class="" style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;"
                    class="">David Abbott, General Chair RT2018</span></div>
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                <div class="" style=""><span style="font-size: 14px;"
                    class="">website: <a
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