Podcast EP330: An Overview of DVCon U.S. 2026 with Xiaolin Chen
Daniel is joined by Xiaolin Chen, Senior Director of Technical Product Management for Formal Solutions at Synopsys. She has over 20 years of experience applying formal technology in verification and partnering with customers to identify opportunities where formal methods are best suited to solve complex verification challenges. She is currently serving as the General Chair for DVCon U.S. 2026 and has been on the steering committee and has been serving as a member of technical program committees since 2019. She has also authored more than 20 conference papers and holds a patent.
Dan explores the upcoming DVCon event with Xiaolin. The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara from March 2-5, 2026. Xiaolin explains that the Hyatt Regency is a new venue for the event. Its larger size will allow more events and larger sessions. The conference has grown quite a bit and this year there are four Platinum sponsors. Xiaolin explains that this allows a larger number of sponsored events creating a very full agenda.
Dan reviews the keynotes, tutorials, workshops, paper sessions, interactive poster sessions, and panels that are planned. There is also a hackathon. Xiaolin explains there are several high-profile keynote speakers. A main focus for many conference events is the application of AI. Dan and Xiaolin explore the implications of AI for design verification in some detail.
You can register for DVCon USA here.
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