[Acpc-l] CFP: PACT 2003 Workshops [Deadline: June 16, 2003]

Fri, 6 Jun 2003 14:35:46 +0200

                           PACT 2003 Workshops

The following workshops will be held together with PACT:

- AGridM 2003:  Workshop on Adaptive Grid Middleware

- COLP 2003:    Workshop on Compilers and Operating Systems for Low Power

- MEDEA 2003:   MEmory performance: DEaling with Applications, systems
                and architectures

- SNAPI 2003:   Workshop on Storage Network Architecture and
                Parallel I/Os

- SPDSEC 2003:  Workshop on Hardware/Software Support for Parallel
                and Distributed Scientific and Engineering Computing

All workshops follow the following schedules:

    Submission Deadline:  June 16, 2003
    Author Notification:  July 14, 2003
    Final Papers Due:     September 1, 2003

For submission procedures and special announcements, please check the
individual workshop webpages for specific information.

                           Please also check:
               http://www.ccs.neu.edu/pact03/ -> Workshops

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AGridM 2003: Workshop on Adaptive Grid Middleware

Organizers:
Wilson Rivera and Jaime Seguel, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, USA

Scope:
Grid computing research focuses on building a large-scale
computing infrastructure by linking computing facilities at many
distributed locations. By analogy with the electric power Grids, such
systems are known as computational Grids. Significant effort has been
spent in the design and implementation of middleware software for enabling
computational Grids. These software packages have been successfully
deployed and it is now possible to build clusters beyond the boundaries
of a single local area network. However, the challenging problem of
dynamically allocating resources in response to application requests for
computational services remains unsolved. Adaptive middleware is software
that resides between the application and the computer operating system and
enables an application to adapt to changing availability of computing and
networking resources.

The purpose of this workshop is to provide an open forum for researchers
from hardware and software areas to present, discuss, and exchange
research-related ideas, results, and experiences in the area of adaptive
middleware for computational Grids.

Workshop webpage:
http://ece.uprm.edu/agridm2003

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COLP 2003: Workshop on Compilers and Operating Systems for Low Power

Organizers:
Diana Marculescu, Carnegie Mellon University, USA and
J. Ramanujam, Louisiana State University, USA

Scope:
Power consumption has increasingly become important in computer
systems. Current designs of processor cores are predicting power
figures above 100 Watts. The management of power consumption while
simultaneously delivering acceptable levels of performance is
becoming a critical task with the proliferation of application
domains such as wireless communication and embedded signal
processing. In addition, it has become increasingly important to
manage power consumption in high-performance, general purpose
microarchitectures. It has been forecast that, without significant
advances in design for low power, processors of the future will
consume hundreds of watts of power. We believe that a synergistic
hardware-software approach is required. A lot of attention has been
paid to optimizing power at the circuit and gate levels. Recently,
power optimizations at the architecture and software (i.e., compiler,
operating system, and application) level have begun to receive
increasing attention. The purpose of this workshop is to draw
together researchers and practitioners concerned with compiler and
operating system support for low power for a stimulating exchange
of views. Presentations from invited speakers from both the industry
and academia will provide insights into emerging issues related to
this area of research.

Workshop webpage:
http://www.ece.lsu.edu/jxr/colp03.html

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MEDEA 2003: MEmory performance: DEaling with Applications, systems and
            architectures

Organizers:
Sandro Bartolini, University of Siena, Italy
Pierfrancesco Foglia and Cosimo Antonio Prete, University of Pisa, Italy

Scope:
MEDEA-2003 aims to continue the high level of interest in the
first three MEDEA Workshops held with PACT'00, PACT'01 and PACT'02.

Due to the ever-increasing gap between CPU and memory speed, there is a
great interest in evaluating and proposing processor, multiprocessor and
system architectures dealing with the "memory wall" problem. In this
scenario, memory performance issues can be better addressed when
considering system architecture and application domain in a joint manner.
In fact, it is the combined effect of the applications and the system on
which they are executing that stresses the memory subsystem and pushes
towards specific solutions. Typical architectural choices include single
processor vs. multiprocessor solutions, single chip vs. COTS design,
superscalar, multithreaded or VLIW architectures. Application domains
encompass commercial (Web, DB, e-business, and multimedia), embedded
(personal, mobile, automotive, automation and medical), networking
applications, etc.

The MEDEA-2003 Workshop wants to be a forum for academic and industrial
people to meet, discuss and exchange their ideas and experience on the
design and evaluation of architectures for embedded, commercial and
general purpose systems. Main topics are memory performance issues and
solutions in the various application domains.

Workshop webpage:
http://garga.iet.unipi.it/medea03/

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SNAPI 2003: Workshop on Storage Network Architecture and Parallel I/Os

Organizer:
Qing (Ken) Yang, University of Rhode Island, USA

Scope:
Data are the "life-blood" of computing and the main asset of any
organization. Therefore, disk I/O and data storage on which data reside
are becoming "first class citizens" in today's information world. This
workshop intends to bring together researchers and practitioners from
academia and industry to discuss cutting edge research on parallel and
distributed data storage technologies. By discussing ongoing research,
the workshop will expose participants to the most recent developments
in storage network architectures and parallel I/O.

Workshop webpage:
http://www.ele.uri.edu/tcca/SNAPI_CFP.html

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SPDSEC 2003: Workshop on Hardware/Software Support for Parallel and
Distributed Scientific and Engineering Computing

Organizers:
Minyi Guo, University of Aizu, Japan
Laurence Tianruo Yang, Francis Xavier University, Canada

Scope:
The field of parallel and distributed processing has obtained
prominence through advances in electronic and integrated technologies
beginning in the 1940s. Current times are very exciting and the years
to come will witness a proliferation in the use of parallel and distributed
systems, or supercomputers. The scientific and engineering application
domains have a key role in shaping future research and development
activities in academia and industry.

The purpose of this workshop is to provide an open forum for computer
scientists, computational scientists and engineers, applied mathematicians,
and researchers to present, discuss, and exchange research-related ideas,
results, works-in-progress, and experiences in the areas of architectural,
compilation, and language support for problems in science and engineering
applications.

Workshop webpage:
http://juliet.stfx.ca/people/fac/lyang/pact03-spdsec/

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