1. Chip on the Mountains 2016
August 29 to September 3, 2016
www.chip-on-the-mountains.com, www.sbcci.org.br
SBCCI SBMicro WCAS SFORUM INSCIT
BRAZIL Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte UFMG

2. Belo Horizonte
BRAZIL
Minas Gerais
Venue: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
UFMG is located in the northern part of Belo Horizonte, the capital of the
State of Minas Gerais, in the neighborhood of Pampulha Lake.

3. Belo Horizonte

4. Belo Horizonte
• Capital of the State of Minas Gerais (Southeast of Brazil)
• 118 year-old city
• Elevation: ~ 800 m (Hills with the charm of Mountains!)
• Population: ~ 2.5M (metropolitan area 5.5M)

5. Climate Data
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average
high [°C]
28.2 28.8 28.6 27.5 26 25 24.6 26.5 27.2 27.7 27.5 27.3 27.08
Daily mean °C 23.5 23.9 23.7 22.4 20.5 19.2 18.9 20.5 21.7 22.6 22.9 22.9 21.89
Average
low [°C]
18.8 19 18.8 17.3 15 13.4 13.1 14.4 16.2 17.5 18.2 18.4 16.67
Precipitation
[mm]
296.3 188 163 61.2 27.8 14.1 15.7 13.7 40.5 123 228 319.4 1,491
Rain days 17 13 14 7 6 2 3 4 6 10 14 20 116
% humidity 79 75.1 74.7 73.9 72.5 71.4 68.7 64.5 65.1 69.8 74.1 78 72.23

6. • Center of a rich agricultural and mining region
• Located in the Brazilian main economic axis (central hub)
• Strong service sector (85 % of GDP)
• Services: Google, CEMIG, COPASA, tourism, …
• Industrial sector: steel, automobiles, textiles, gemstones,
semiconductors …
International airport (CNF) : direct flights connecting major
Brazilian cities , Europe and North America.
Economy

7. Central Market (Mercado Central)
One of the most traditional and cherished places for
handicraft, traditional food & drinks, …)
Culture

8. Pampulha Lake Waterfront
buildings designed by Oscar Niemeyer
with many cultural highlights
Culture

10. Pampulha Campus

11. UFMG - Overview
• Public University. Founded in 1927
• Staff : 3,000 Academics / 5,000 Admin. & Technical
• Undergraduate : 75 Programs (34,000 students)
• Graduate : 4,000 MSc students, 4,500 PhD students
• 854 Research Groups

12. Pampulha Campus
School of Engineering
Institute for
Exact Sciences

13. School of Engineering - UFMG

14. Chip on the Mountains 2016
Jointly organized by 4 departments:
Electrical Eng., Electronic Eng., Computer Science and Physics
3 top-ranked Graduate Programs in Brazil (CAPES 7):
Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Physics
Local committee:
Davies William de Lima Monteiro (DEE) General Chair
Omar Paranaíba (DCC) Local Chair
Frank Sill Torres (DELT) Associate Chair
Ado Jório (DFIS) Finance Chair
Luciana Salles (DEE) Co-finance Chair
Antônio Otávio Fernandes (DCC) – Social-Events Magnus Chair

15. Chip on the Mountains 2016
SBCCI - 29th SYMPOSIUM ON INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS DESIGN
Frank Sill Torres, UFMG, Brazil, franksill@ufmg.br
Leandro Soares Indrusiak, University of York, United Kingdom
SBMICRO - 31st SYMPOSIUM ON MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY &
DEVICES
Newton Cesario Frateschi, Unicamp, Brazil fratesch@ifi.unicamp.br
Yeshaiahu Fainman, UCSD, USA
WCAS - 6th WORKSHOP ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS DESIGN
Márcio Eduardo Kreutz, UFRN, Brazil, kreutz@dimap.ufrn.br
Fabiano Peixoto, Cadence Design Systems, Brazil
INSCIT - 1st SYMPOSIUM ON INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS, CIRCUITS &
TRANSDUCERS
Sebastian Yuri Catunda, UFRN, Brazil, catunda@dca.ufrn.br
Fernando Rangel de Sousa, UFSC, Brazil
SFORUM - 16th MICROELECTRONICS STUDENTS FORUM
José Augusto Miranda Nacif, UFV, Brazil, jnacif@ufv.br
Michelly de Souza, FEI, Brazil

16. Chip on the Mountains 2016
Exhibition, Demos and Hands-On Training - Networking
A more dynamic and interactive frame for the EXPO.
companies institutes
potential
users industrial
agricultural
medicalacademic
services
transportation
energy
communicationswater
R&D
universities
technical schools
spin-offs
instrumentation
equipment
software
design
manufacturing
start-ups
prototypes
entertainment

17. Chip on the Mountains 2016
Welcome to Belo Horizonte anytime!
We’re confident you will enjoy the experience.