The Design Automation Conference (DAC), which was founded in 1964, is the longest running and largest conference focused on the design and automation of electronic circuits and systems. And 2019 was a record year in terms of research paper submissions and accepted papers. In fact, this year DAC experienced an impressive 18 percent increase in submissions, as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. DAC growth in research paper submissions

Of this year’s 815 submissions that were stringently reviewed, 202 were accepted for publication. This resulted in an acceptance rate of about 25 percent, which is consistent with previous years.
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