Jean-Pierre Deschamps: received the MS degree in electrical engineering in 1967 from the University of Louvain, Belgium, the Ph.D. degree in computer science in 1983 from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 1984 from the Polytechnic School of Lausanne, Switzerland. He has been working in several companies and universities. He is currently professor at the University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain. His research interests include ASIC and FPGA design, and development of embedded systems. He is author of six books and about hundred international papers.

e-mail: jeanpierre.deschamps_ at_urv.cat (replace `_at_´ with `@´)

Gustavo Sutter: received the MS degree in Computer Science from State University UNCPBA of Tandil (Buenos Aires) Argentina, and the PhD degree from the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. He has been professor at UNCPBA Argentina and is currently professor at the Autonomous University of Madrid Spain. His research interests includes ASIC and FPGA design, and development of embedded systems. He is author of more than fifty international papers and communications.

e-mail: gustavo.sutter_ at_ieee.org (replace `_at_´ with `@´)

http://www.eps.uam.es/~gsutter

Enrique Cantó: received his MS degree in electronic engineering (1995) and his PhD in electronic engineering (2001), both from the Polytechnic University of Barcelona, Spain. He has been a professor at the Polytechnic University of Barcelona, Spain and is, currently, a professor at the University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain. His research interests include ASIC and FPGA design, development of embedded systems, and dynamic reconfiguration of programmable devices. He is the author of about fifty international papers and communications.

e-mail: ecanto_ at_etse.urv.es (replace `_at_´ with `@´)