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SIGARCH-MSG: March 2003 Digest of SIGARCH Messages
This is the March 2003 Digest of SIGARCH Messages (sigarch-mar03):
* 2003 Federated Computing Research Conference
http://www.acm.org/fcrc
Submitted by Barbara G. Ryder <ryder@cs.rutgers.edu>
* The 2003 Maurice Wilkes Award Call for Nominations
http://www.acm.org/sigarch
Submitted by Joel Emer <joel.emer@intel.com>
* 2003 Sensys conference call for papers
http://www.cens.ucla.edu/sensys03/
Submitted by David Culler <culler@cs.berkeley.edu>
* NICELI: Workshop on Network-I/O Convergence: Experience, Lessons, Implications
http://www.acm.org/sigcomm/sigcomm2003/workshop/niceli
Submitted by Jeff Mogul <jeff.mogul@hp.com>
* 1st Workshop on Algorithms and Architectures for Self-Managing Systems Call for Papers
http://tesla.hpl.hp.com/self-manage03
Submitted by Kimberly Keeton <kkeeton@hpl.hp.com>
* Workshop on Computer Architecture Education
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~efg/wcae2003.html
Submitted by Edward Gehringer <efg@ncsu.edu>
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* 2003 Federated Computing Research Conference
June 714, 2003 : San Diego, California
http://www.acm.org/fcrc
The Federated Computer Research Conference (FCRC) assembles a spectrum of
affiliated research conferences and workshops into a week long coordinated
meeting held at a common time in a common place. This model retains the
advantages of the smaller conferences, while at the same time, facilitates
communication among researchers in different fields in computer science and
engineering. Mornings of FCRC week will begin with joint plenary talks on
topics of broad appeal to the computing research community.
Affiliated Conferences:
* APL 2003: Array Programming Language Conference
* CRAW: CRAW MentoringWorkshop
<http://www.cra.org/Activities/craw/projects/mentoring/mentorWrkshp/fcrc_200
3.html>
* EC'03: The Fourth ACMConference on Electronic Commerce
<http://cs.gmu.edu/~menasce/ec03/ecom03cfp.html>
* LCTES: ACM SIGPLAN Symposiumon Languages, Compilers, and Tools for
Embedded Systems <http://www.ce.chalmers.se/~pers/LCTES03/>
* ISCA: InternationalSymposium on Computer Architecture
<http://cs.nyu.edu/isca03>
* MOD/PODS: ACM SIGMOD/PODS 2003Conference
<http://www.db.ucsd.edu/SIGMODPODS03/welcome.htm>
* PLDI: ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Programming Language Design and
Implementation <http://www.cs.arizona.edu/PLDI2003/>
* PPoPP: ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Principles and Practice of Parallel
Programming <http://ppopp.lcs.mit.edu/>
* PADS: Parallel andDistributed Simulation Workshop
<http://www.acm.org/fcrc/construction.htm>
* PCK50: Principles of Computing and Knowledge: Paris C. Kanellakis Memorial
Workshop <http://www.cse.uconn.edu/pck50/>
* SAS: Static Analysis Symposium 2003
<http://www.lix.polytechnique.fr/~radhia/sas03/index.html>
* SCG: Annual ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry
<http://www.cs.umd.edu/areas/Theory/socg03/>
* ACM SIGMETRICS: International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of
Computer Systems <http://www.crhc.uiuc.edu/sigm2003>
* SPAA: ACM Annual Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures
<http://www.spaa-conference.org/>
* STOC: Annual ACM Symposium on the Theory of Computing
<http://sigact.acm.org/stoc03>
* SOFTVIS: ACM Symposium on Software Visualization
<http://www.softvis.org/softvis03.html>
Plenary Keynote Speakers:
* Turing Award Winner TBD!! Sunday
* Michael Rabin (Harvard) Monday
* Michael Flynn (Stanford) Tuesday
* Barbara Liskov (MIT) Wednesday
* Hector Garcia-Molina (Stanford) Thursday
* James Kurose (U Massachusetts) Friday
FCRC General Chair: Barbara Ryder <http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~ryder/>
(ryder@cs.rutgers.edu), Rutgers University.
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* The 2003 Maurice Wilkes Award Call for Nominations
Citation:
The award of $2,500 is given annually for an outstanding contribution
to computer architecture made by an individual whose computer-related
professional career (graduate school or full-time employment,
whichever began first) started no earlier than January 1st of the year
that is 20 years prior to the time of Nominating.
The award is presented annually at the International Symposium on
Computer Architecture Awards Banquet.
Selection Process:
The recipient of the Maurice Wilkes Award is selected by a vote
of the SIGARCH Executive Committee and Board from a list of nominees
submitted by the Maurice Wilkes Award Nominating Committee.
The Maurice Wilkes Award Nominating Committee consists of three members.
Each member of the committee is selected by the Chair of SIGARCH to serve
a three year term, with one member retiring from and one new member added
to the committee each year. Each committee member will serve as the Chair
of the Nominating Committee during their second year on the committee. Each
year at least one member of the Nominating Committee should be a member of the
SIGARCH Executive Committee or Board, and at least one member should not be a
member of the SIGARCH Executive Committee or Board. The Nominating Committee
should nominate from one to three candidates for selection by the SIGARCH
Executive Committee and Board. The Nominating Committee should transmit
supporting materials for its nominees, along with a ranking of the nominees
if the Nominating Committee feels that it is appropriate, to the SIGARCH Chair.
The SIGARCH Executive Committee and Board can consult with the Nominating
Committee after the receipt of the nominations if necessary. When a winner is
selected the SIGARCH Chair and the Nominating Committee Chair will choose a
citation for the Award.
Nominations should consist of:
1. Name, address, and phone number of person making the Nominating.
2. Name and address of candidate for whom an award is recommended.
3. A statement (between 200 and 500 words long) as to why the
candidate deserves the award.
4. The name(s) and address(es) or telephone number(s) of others who
agree with the recommendation. Supporting letters from such
persons are useful.
Selection Milestones:
Each year the SIGARCH Chair should appoint the new member of the
Awards Committee by December 15th, and should prepare by that
date a Call for Nominations, which includes the award citation and the
Nominating Committee's contact information, for paper and electronic
distribution. The Call should be mailed to appropriate mailing lists,
printed in the first issue of Computer Architecture News following
the 15th of December, and made available to any computer architecture
conferences that occur before the Nominating deadline.
The nomination deadline should be set for at least 8 weeks before the
start of the award year's ISCA conference. The Nominating Committee
should take no more than three weeks after the deadline to select their
nominees. The SIGARCH Executive Committee and Board should take no
more than a week from the delivery of Nominations from the Nominating
Committee to make their selection. After a citation is determined, no
less than four weeks from the start of the ISCA conference, the SIGARCH
Chair will inform the winner, and inform ACM Headquarters of the decision
so that a plaque can be ordered and a check drawn in time for delivery
to the ISCA conference.
Winners:
2002 - Glenn Hinton
2001 - Anant Agarwal
2000 - William J. Dally
1999 - Gurindar S. Sohi
1998 - Wen-mei Hwu
Current Awards Committee:
Joel Emer, Chair
Intel Corporation
SHR-1/T25
334 South Street
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
Joel.Emer@intel.com
Allan Gottlieb
New York University and
NEC Laboratories
715 Broadway, Room 712
New York NY 10003
gottlieb@nyu.edu
Wen-mei Hwu
215 Computer & Systems Research Laboratory
MC 228
1308 West Main Street
Urbana, IL 61801
hwu@crhc.uiuc.edu
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* 2003 Sensys conference call for papers
SenSys 2003 introduces a high caliber forum for research on systems
issues in the emerging area of embedded, networked sensors. These
distributed systems of numerous smart sensors and actuators connecting
computational capabilities to the physical world have the potential to
revolutionize a wide array of application areas by providing an
unprecedented density and fidelity of instrumentation. They also
present a host of novel systems challenges because of resource
constraints, uncertainty, irregularity, and scale. SenSys design
issues cut across multiple fields, including wireless communication,
networking, operating systems, architecture, low-power circuits,
distributed algorithms, data processing, scheduling, sensors, energy
harvesting, and signal processing, so a holistic approach is
required. SenSys seeks to provide a cross-disciplinary venue for
researchers addressing the rich space of networked sensor system
design issues to interact and exchange recent results. It is the first
of a planned series of annual meetings with a highly selective,
single-track technical program and a hands-on research exhibition.
This inaugural 2003 conference shall take place in Los Angeles, CA.
Paper Registration & Abstract
April 1, 2003
Paper Submission Deadline
April 8, 2003
Notification of Acceptance
June 27, 2003
Camera Ready Copy
August 1, 2003
PAPERS:
Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research,
are solicited. In general this conference is interested in papers that
address system issues in embedded networked systems. Specific topics
of interest include the following:
* Network protocols for sensor networks
* Operating system and middleware for sensor networks
* Distributed database processing in sensor networks
* Distributed algorithms for sensor networks
* Novel sensor node hardware and software platforms
* Sensor network planning and deployment
* Energy management in sensor networks
* Adaptive toplogy management
* In-network processing and aggregation
* Data storage in sensor networks
* Distributed and collaborative signal processing
* Distributed Actuation, Control, and Coordination
* Localization in time and space
* Distributed calibration in sensor networks
* Simulation and optimization tools
* Applications of distributed sensor networks
* Security and Robustness in sensor networks
* Sensor network testbed measurements and benchmarks
Please consult the program co-chairs at
<sensys03-pcchairs@cens.ucla.edu> if you are uncertain whether your
paper falls within the scope of the conference.
PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
All submissions will be handled electronically and must be in PDF or
PostScript format. Papers must not exceed 15 pages (US "Letter" size,
8.5 x 11 inches) including text, figures and references. The font size
must be at least 10 points. Accepted papers will be published in the
conference proceedings. We will adopt a double-blind process for paper
review, where the identities of the authors are withheld from the
reviewers. Authors' names and their affiliations must not be revealed
or mentioned anywhere in the paper or in the postscript or PDF
file. Submitted papers should be orginal, unpublished work and not
currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not
following these guidelines will be rejected.
To submit a paper, please refer to the paper submission link at the
conference website, http://www.cens.ucla.edu/sensys03/. Questions
about the submission process should be directed to the Program
Co-Chairs at <sensys03-pcchairs@cens.ucla.edu>.
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* Workshop on Network-I/O Convergence: Experience, Lessons, Implications
NICELI -- Wed. 27 August 2003
Full and position paper deadline: 17 March 2003
http://www.acm.org/sigcomm/sigcomm2003/workshop/niceli
The performance and commodity price advantages of modern LANs have
created a convergence of networks and I/O. This convergence
promises both price efficiencies and true interoperability, for
storage and for cluster interconnect. The NICELI workshop
provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss
the merits, drawbacks, applications, and practical implications
of protocol and implementation designs. Approaches based on
Internet protocols are of particular interest. NICELI is a forum
for research results, protocol design rationales, significant
implementation experience, and architectural papers related to
the convergence of networks and interconnect.
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* 1st Workshop on Algorithms and Architectures for Self-Managing Systems Call for Papers
Call for Papers
FIRST WORKSHOP ON
ALGORITHMS AND ARCHITECTURES FOR
SELF-MANAGING SYSTEMS
http://tesla.hpl.hp.com/self-manage03
Wednesday, June 11, 2003
Federated Computer Research Conference (FCRC)
San Diego, CA
Co-sponsored by ISCA 2003 and SIGMETRICS 2003
Important Dates:
April 4, 2003 - Paper submission deadline
April 25, 2003 - Notification of acceptance
May 23, 2003 - Camera-ready submission deadline
E-mail submissions to: self-manage03@harp.hpl.hp.com
The increasing complexity of computing systems is beginning to
overwhelm the capabilities of software developers and system
administrators to design, evaluate, integrate, and manage these
systems. Major software and system vendors are concluding that the
only viable long-term solution is to create computer systems that
manage themselves, often referred to as autonomic computing systems.
The purpose of this one-day workshop, co-sponsored by ISCA 2003 and
SIGMETRICS 2003, is to bring together different communities to address
the significant algorithmic, methodological, and architectural
challenges of self-managing systems. In the last decade, the
statistics, probability theory, machine learning and data mining
communities (aided by Moore's law) have developed many exciting new
techniques that infer models of system behavior from large volumes of
data, and employ these models in a variety of self-management
functions, such as problem diagnosis, prediction, and planning. While
systems architects and analysts are recognizing that they must go
beyond traditional methods of building complex systems and
understanding their behavior, incorporating these advances into
practice will pose difficult new challenges. What are the best
opportunities to use these new techniques in real systems, and what
are their limitations? What structural changes are necessary for
dependable self-management? What are the most effective ways to
embed, distribute, and coordinate analytic capabilities in complex
global-scale distributed systems with many interacting elements and
control points?
Workshop Format and Paper Submissions
The workshop program will include presentations of contributed papers,
together with panel discussions on new directions in advanced analysis
and architectures for self-managing systems. We request submissions
of short (up to 6-page) technical papers on the design and evaluation
of self-managing systems at all scales. Submissions will be judged in
part by their potential to encourage discussion and exchange of ideas
at the workshop. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
o Automatic configuration of complex systems based on high-level goals
o Automated failure detection, diagnosis, prediction, and recovery
o Algorithms and architectures for self-optimizing or self-healing
systems
o Statistical, probabilistic, and data mining techniques for analyzing
system behavior
o Formulation of Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for performance and
availability
o Active monitoring and enforcement of SLAs
o Adaptive resource provisioning and instantaneous/incremental capacity
on demand
o Dynamic power management and thermal management for mission-critical
systems
o Techniques for system evaluation, simulation, and verification
o Methods for workload characterization and generation
o Service-oriented or agent-oriented approaches
o Approaches inspired by biology, economics and other domains
o Other novel approaches to monitoring, analysis, and feedback control
Submissions should be formatted according to ACM guidelines found at
http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. E-mail
submissions to self-manage03@harp.hpl.hp.com as attachments in
Postscript or PDF, no later than April 4, 2003.
Organizing Committee:
Jeffrey Chase, Duke University
Moises Goldszmidt (co-chair), HP Labs
Kimberly Keeton, HP Labs
Jeffrey O. Kephart (co-chair), IBM Research
William H. Tetzlaff, IBM Research
Program Committee:
Aaron Brown, UC Berkeley
Armando Fox, Stanford University
Prabhakar Raghavan, Verity, Inc.
Bikash Sabata, IET, Inc.
Anand Sivasubramaniam, Penn State University
Mark Squillante, IBM Research
Yanyong Zhang, Rutgers University
plus Organizing Committee
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* Workshop on Computer Architecture Education
WORKSHOP ON COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION
San Diego, CA, Sunday, June 8, 2003
Held in conjunction with the
30th International Symposium on Computer Architecture
at the Federated Computing Research Conference
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~efg/wcae2003.html
Submission deadline: April 30, 2003 (full paper)
Theme
This is the tenth in a series of workshops that have been held at both
ISCA and at HPCA, most recently at ISCA 2002 in Anchorage. The goal of the
workshop is to provide a forum for educators to discuss and share their
experiences and teaching philosophy. The goal is for participants to come
away from the workshop with new ideas on delivering courses in computer
architecture. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the
following.
Topics of Interest
New approaches to introductory courses Hardware tools
Advanced courses Simulators and other software tools
New curricula Teaching embedded systems
National differences in curricula Prototyping
Interdepartmental issues (CS/ECE) Visualization aids
Distance education VLSI design packages
Active learning Web-based materials
Industrial support for teaching Textbook development
Encouraging students to do research Textbook selection
Encouraging students to pursue the PhD Integration of research into teaching
The workshop format will ample time for discussion as well as presentations
of invited and refereed papers.
Submission of Contributions
Interested authors should submit an extended abstract (not to exceed 4
pages) or a full paper (not to exceed 8 pages, with a minimum font size of
10 points) to
Edward F. Gehringer
e-mail: efg@ncsu.edu
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
North Carolina State University
Box 7256
Raleigh, NC 27695-7256
+1 919 515-2066
Extended abstracts may be submitted for feedback, but the full paper
will be needed by April 30. Electronic submission is required,
preferably as a PDF attachment to an e-mail message.
Industry Participation
We encourage participation by book publishers, computer manufacturers,
software vendors, or companies which develop or market products used in the
delivery of computer architecture education. Any company interested in
participating in the workshop should contact the organizer at the address
above.
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