Few remarks and announcements:
1) The registration is closed by now. We have 17 teams entering the competition, and we’re looking forward to your efforts! Going forward, we will post anonymized rankings every now and then, so that you know where you stand.
2) We should have all your team members in our email list. Please let us know if anyone is missing, or if you like us to drop/update any email address currently used.
3) The Q&A section is updated every now and then. Please check to see if any of your question might already be answered there. If not, please feel free to reach out to us at any time.
4) We have revised the alpha benchmark suite to v3.0. Please re-download from https://drive.google.com/file/d/15D5xDMWLrsUumDOcRTt-5PSkmRSR1uRe/view?usp=sharing
This v3.0 release comprises the following changes:
— Minor updates plot generation: add inkscape call for png generation, lighter grey shade for regular components
— All benchmarks: added free tracks in exploit_regions.rpt files
— All benchmarks: added scores.rpt files for baseline layouts
— All benchmarks: dropped unnecessary links from reports/ folders
— MISTY, PRESENT benchmarks: fix redundant nets assets, related updates
— Updates README files
5) The evaluation backend is now fully automated. This has gone through extensive testing and debugging, so it should be ready for your use, but we’ll also keep an eye on things and would appreciate feedback.