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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
registration </div>
<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
rooms at the conference hotel </div>
<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
href="https://indico.cern.ch/e/rt2018"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://indico.cern.ch/e/rt2018</a></span><br>
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