This Symposium is devoted to the current and future challenges in all aspects of the architectures, circuits, design methods, applications, and new technologies of VLSI systems. ISVLSI 2003 covers a range of topics: from VLSI circuits, systems, and design methods to system level design and system-on-chip issues, to bringing VLSI experience to new areas and technologies like nano- and molecular devices, and bio-inspired computing. Future design methodologies are also one of the key topics of ISVLSI, as well as new CAD tools and techniques acting as catalysts.