CALL FOR PAPERS
2nd Workshop on Application Specific Processors
(WASP'03)
held in conjunction with
The 36th International Symposium on Microarchitecture
(MICRO-36)
San Diego, CA, December 2, 2003
WASP'03 Home Page: http://dna.ucsd.edu/wasp2/
(Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this Call for Papers)
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IMPORTANT DEADLINES:
Abstract Submission: September 26, 2003
Paper Submission: October 3, 2003
Author Notification: October 26, 2003
Camera-Ready Papers: November 10, 2003
WORKSHOP INFORMATION:
The dramatic embedded processor volumes and the associated market segments
force a reevaluation of the best way to satisfy the possibly conflicting
demands placed on processor designs. Domain-specific embedded processors,
such as network, automotive, cellular and others, present interesting
architectural refinements, albeit at the cost of splintering the embedded
processor market. Reprogrammable and/or reconfigurable embedded processors
provide an alternative approach, capable of delivering single, fixed-
silicon architectures, thus amortizing design and manufacturing costs
across large volumes, yet necessitating an answer to the challenge of
effective customization of embedded processors.
The workshop papers explore (micro)architectural design approaches and
trade-offs and compiler technologies, for both domain-specific and
customizable embedded processors. The workshop aims at generating a forum
wherein the various approaches to address the twin challenges of cost
amortization over large volumes while delivering optimal cost, performance,
and power characteristics for a wide segment of embedded processor market
niches will be explored and compared. WASP explores emerging trends and
novel concepts in application-specific processors. Major topics include,
but are not limited to:
* Domain-specific processors (Network, multimedia, etc.)
* Application-specific hardware accelerators
* Microarchitectural customization techniques
* (Re)configurable processor architectures
* Dynamically reconfigurable processors (Microarchitectural,
Coarse-grained, FPGA, etc.)
* Application-specific processors in System-on-a-chip (SOC)
* Application-specific customizations for low-power
* Compiler techniques for processor customizations
* OS and Middleware support for application-specific processors
PAPER SUBMISSIONS:
The Program Committee invites authors to submit papers up to 8 pages in
length, describing original, unpublished recent work. Clearly describe
the nature of the work, explain its significance, highlight novel
features, and describe its current status. On the title page, please
indicate: title, name, affiliations of all authors, and the topic
category. Also identify a contact author and provide complete mailing
address, phone number, fax number, and an e-mail address. It is
expected that selected papers will be published in a special issue of
IEEE MICRO Magazine. Please indicate in the cover page if you would
not like your paper to be considered for possible publication in MICRO.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
PROGRAM CHAIR:
Alex Orailoglu University of California, San Diego
SPECIAL SESSIONS CHAIR:
Faraydon Karim ST Micro
SPECIAL ISSUE CHAIR:
Alex Veidenbaum University of California, Irvine
E-MEDIA CHAIR:
Ismet Bayraktaroglu Sun Microsystems
PUBLICATION CHAIR:
Peter Petrov University of California, San Diego
PUBLICITY CHAIR:
Suleyman Sair North Carolina State University
PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Siamak Arya Telairity Inc.
Kiyoung Choi Seoul National University
Apostolos Dollas Technical University of Crete
Nikil Dutt University of California, Irvine
Kemal Ebcioglu IBM
Carl Ebeling University of Washington
Paolo Ienne EPFL
Fadi Kurdahi University of California, Irvine
Reiner Leupers Aachen University
Scott Mahlke University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Walid Najjar University of California, Riverside
Yale Patt University of Texas, Austin
C. Polychronopoulos University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign
Haldun Hadimioglu Polytechnic University
Mateo Valero Technical University of Catalonia
Stamatis Vassiliadis Delft University of Technology
Hiroto Yasuura Kyushu University
Amr Zaky Qualcomm
WASP'03 will be held in conjunction with the MICRO-36 conference held in
San Diego, CA from December 3-5, 2003. MICRO is the premier forum for
discussing microarchitecture and software techniques. The goals of this
symposium are to bring together researchers in the fields related to
processor architecture, compilers, and systems for technical interaction
on traditional MICRO topics, with a special emphasis on optimizations
to take advantage of application-specific opportunities. In addition,
this year's MICRO will be looking for contributions that will benefit
both the microarchitecture and embedded architecture communities. This
year's conference will be held in sunny San Diego.
Information related to MICRO-36 is available at the official MICRO-36 web
site:
http://www.microarch.org/micro36/
MICRO-36 is generously sponsored by ACM SIGMICRO and IEEE, as well as many
corporate sponsors.
