Call for Papers

The PARIS research group at Ghent University has received a 4-year grant from the Fund for Scientific Research – Flanders (Belgium) to do joint research with IMEC into the use of compiler technology to work around memory defects caused by process variability. The ultimate goal of this research is to improve the processor fabrication yield by including compiler capabilities in the validation and testing process. A more detailed description of the project can be found in http://www.elis.ugent.be/~brdsutte/PhDVAPOR_eng.pdf.

For this project we now invite PhD (or postdoc) applications. We offer a 4-year position (possibly extensible), starting 1 Jan 2009 in the PARIS (Parallel Information Systems) research group at the Engineering Faculty of Ghent University. This group, from which Prof. De Bosschere coordinates the HIPEAC2 European Network of Excellence, performs research into hardware/software codedesign, and into the software/hardware interface (compilers and computer architecture). As such this position offers the ability to participate in the HIPEAC2 network. For more information on how to apply and on this position, contact prof. Bjorn De Sutter at bjorn.desutter@elis.ugent.be.

Applications are invited for two PhD positions in Communication
Systems/Computer Architecture at Simula Research Laboratory in Oslo,
Norway. The positions will be funded jointly by Simula and Sun
Microsystems. Simula collaborates closely with Sun Microsystems in
order to undertake fundamental research in interconnection networks
and high performance computing. This cooperation is aimed at meeting
the network technology requirements for the next generation of
supercomputers.

The PhD positions last for three years and the final degree will be
awarded by the University of Oslo, Norway. Candidates should have a
strong background in computer networks and computer architecture. In
particular, we look for candidates with experience from high
performance computing and interconnection networks. Eligible
applicants are people with:

* A Master of Science in computer science or a related area.
* A strong background in computer networks and computer architecture.
* Strong programming skills.
* A good ability to cooperate with others.
* A good ability to work independently on challenging problems.
* Good written and spoken English skills.

The ideal candidate would be able to show evidence of her interest in
network research and technology through scientific or other types of
publications, or through extracurricular activities. Successful
applicants will be part of a dynamic and highly competent team in the
ICON group at Simula.  More information about the group is available
at simula.no/research/networks/projects/ICONPRO/.

About Simula Research Laboratory AS

Simula Research Laboratory AS was established in 2001 as a limited
company with the Norwegian Government as the principal
shareholder. Simula conducts basic research in the fields of
communication technology, scientific computing, and software
engineering with a focus on fundamental scientific problems that have
a large potential for important applications in society.

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Sun Microsystems Inc., (NASDAQ: JAVA) develops the technologies that
power the global marketplace. Guided by a singular vision — "The
Network is the Computer" — Sun drives network participation through
shared innovation, community development and open source leadership.

Enquiries and Further Information

To apply for these positions, email a short application letter,
curriculum vitae, copies of transcripts and grades, and a publication
list to jobs@simula.no. The subject of the email must contain JOBS:
860 PhD ICONPRO. The application deadline is the 5th of October, 2008.

Please direct any questions regarding these positions to Dr. Sven-Arne
Reinemo (svenar@simula.no). Note that only questions should be sent to
this address. Applications and documents must be sent as described
above.

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Dr. Sven-Arne Reinemo
Networks and Distributed Systems Department
Simula Research Laboratory       www.simula.no/
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First Workshop on I/O Virtualization (WIOV \’08) December 10-11, 2008, San D= iego, CA, USA www.usenix.org/wiov08
WIOV \’08 will be held in conjunction with the 8th USENIX Symposium on Opera= ting Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI \’08), December 8-10, 2008.

Overview

Over the past decade, the use of virtualization technology has grown rapidl= y. Moreover, it is being used in a variety of places, ranging from the data= center to the desktop. Although this has spurred great advances in process= or and memory virtualization in commodity hardware and virtualization softw= are, I/O virtualization has received far less attention. However, both pers= onal computers and servers may perform significant amounts of I/O. For exam= ple, efficient virtualization of graphics hardware has presented significan= t challenges on the desktop and efficient virtualization of network interfa= ces has limited server consolidation in the data center.

This workshop is meant to provide a forum to discuss challenges of I/O virt= ualization that span the virtual machine monitor, guest operating system, p= rocessor, memory subsystem, and I/O subsystem. In that spirit, we welcome p= apers that describe new challenges in I/O virtualization and papers that de= scribe novel approaches to solving known problems in I/O virtualization. Th= e final program will consist of both reviewed submissions and invited talks= . The invited talks will focus on open problems in I/O virtualization and w= ill be accessible to a broad audience.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

* Hardware support for I/O virtualization
* Novel I/O device architectures for virtualization
* Novel software approaches to I/O virtualization
* Software methods for I/O device emulation
* Para-virtualized I/O device driver design for virtualization * Virtual machine monitors I/O subsystems
Important Dates

Submissions due: September 15, 2008
Notification to authors: October 3, 2008 Final files due: November 3, 2008
Workshop Organizers

Program Co-Chairs

Muli Ben-Yehuda, IBM Haifa Research Lab
Alan L. Cox, Rice University
Scott Rixner, Rice University

Program Committee

Eyal de Lara, University of Toronto
Jun Nakajima, Intel
Renato Santos, HP Labs
Karsten Schwan, Georgia Institute of Technology
Pratap Subrahmanyam, Vmware
Leendert van Doorn, AMD
Andrew Warfield, University of British Columbia

Submission Guidelines

Please submit an extended abstract in PDF format through the workshop submi= ssion web form, which will be available at www.usenix.org/wiov08 soon. The extended abstract should be no more = than 4 double-column pages using 10-point type on 12-point leading (\”single= -spaced\”). Figures and references are not included in this 4-page limit.

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Workshop on I/O Virtualization (WIOV \’08) Co-located with OSDI \’08, Dec 200= 8, San Diego, CA www.usenix.org/wiov08

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Call for Papers
MPSoC and System Design Methods
Topic D2 @ DATE 2009
Nice, France
April 20-24, 2009
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Papers are solicited in the areas of multi-core SoC architecture, including= in particular the simulation and design of multi-core SoC.
We are also looking for contributions devoted to electronic system- level d= esign methods, tool flows and their practical application, including applic= ation-specific design methodologies, particularly for embedded hardware and= software, or targeted specification, modeling, and validation flows. Final= ly, the topic will also cover design reuse and platform design support tool= s.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
All manuscripts must be submitted electronically before September 7th, 2008= , following the instructions on the conference Web page: www.date-conference.com The accepted file formats are PDF and Postscript. Manuscripts received in h= ard-copy form will not be processed.
Papers can be submitted for either standard oral presentation or for intera= ctive presentation. Standard oral presentations require novel and complete = research work supported by experimental results, and are held in front of a= full audience. Besides these, DATE will again include interactive presenta= tions of novel ideas that may require additional research or lack experimen= tal data. Presentations are given on a laptop in a face-to-face discussion = area.
Submissions should not exceed 6 pages in length for oral-presentation and 4= pages in length for interactive-presentation papers, and should be formatt= ed as close as possible to the final format: A4 or letter sheets, double co= lumn, single spaced, Times or equivalent font of minimum 10pt (templates ar= e available on the DATE Web site for your convenience). To permit blind rev= iew, submissions should not include the author names. Any submission not i= n line with the above rules will be discarded.
All papers will be evaluated with regard to their suitability for the confe= rence, originality and technical soundness. The Programme Committee reserve= s the right to accept interesting contributions that do not meet the criter= ia for standard oral presentations, as interactive presentations.

TOPIC CHAIRS
Luciano Lavagno
Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Elettronica Corso Duca degli Abruzzi= 24, 10129 Torino, Italy e-mail: luciano.lavagno @polito.it

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CALL FOR PAPERS

3rd Workshop on

Statistical and Machine learning approaches
to ARchitecture and compilaTion
(SMART\’09)

www.hipeac.net/smart-workshop.html

January 25, 2009, Paphos, Cyprus

(co-located with HiPEAC 2009 Conference)

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Selected papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of the International Journal of Parallel Programming.
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The rapid rate of architectural change and the large diversity
of architecture features has made it increasingly difficult
for compiler writers to keep pace with microprocessor evolution.
This problem has been compounded by the introduction of multicores.
Thus, compiler writers have an intractably complex problem to solve.
A similar situation arises in processor design where new approaches are needed to help computer architects make the best use of new underlying technologies and to design systems well adapted to futureapplication domain= s.

Recent studies have shown the great potential of statistical machine learning and search strategies for compilation and machine design.
The purpose of this workshop is to help consolidate and advance the state of the art in this emerging area of research. The workshop is a forum for the presentation of recent developments in compiler techniques and machine design methodologies based on space exploration and statistical machine learning approaches with the objective of improving performance, parallelism, scalability, and adaptability.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

Machine Learning, Statistical Approaches, or Search applied to

* Feedback-Directed Compilation
* Auto-tuning Programs + Language Extensions
* Library Generators
* Iterative Compilation
* Dynamic Compilation/Adaptive Execution
* Parallel Compiler Optimizations
* Low-power Optimizations
* Simulation
* Performance Models
* Adaptive Processor and System Architecture
* Design Space Exploration
* Other Topics relevant to Intelligent and Adaptive Compilers/Architectures

**** Paper Submission Guidelines ****

Paper length – maximum 15 pages. Papers must be submitted in the PDF (preferably) or postscript formats using the workshop submission website: unidapt.org/dissemination/workshops/smart09
An informal collection of the papers to be presented will be distributed at the workshop. All accepted papers will appear on the workshop website.

**** Important Dates ****

Deadline for submission: November 7, 2008
Decision notification: December 19, 2008
Workshop: January 25, 2009

Program Chair:
David Padua, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Organizers:
Grigori Fursin, INRIA Saclay, France
John Cavazos, University of Delaware, USA

Program Committee:
Saman Amarasinghe, MIT, USA
Francois Bodin, CAPS Enterprise, France
Calin Cascaval, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
John Cavazos, University of Delaware, USA
Franz Franchetti, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Ari Freund, IBM Haifa Research Lab, Israel
Grigori Fursin, INRIA Saclay, France
Mary Hall, USC/ISI, USA
Robert Hundt, Google, USA
Michael O\’Boyle, University of Edinburgh, UK
David Padua, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Richard Vuduc, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
David Whalley, Florida State University, USA

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12th International Workshop on
Software and Compilers for Embedded Systems

SCOPES 2009

April 23-24, 2009
Acropolis, Nice, France

www.scopesconf.org

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CALL FOR PAPERS

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ABOUT SCOPES 2009

The influence of embedded systems is constantly growing. Increasingly power= ful and versatile devices are developed and put on the market at a fast pace. T= he number of features is increasing, and so are the constraints on the systems concerning size, performance, energy dissipation and timing predictability.
Since most systems today use a processor to execute an application program rather than using dedicated hardware, the requirements can not be fulfilled= by hardware architects alone: Hardware and software have to work together to m= eet the tight constraints put on modern devices.

One of the key characteristics of embedded software is that it heavily depe= nds on the underlying hardware. The reason of the dependency is that embedded software needs to be designed in an application specific way. To reduce the system design cost, e.g. code size, energy consumption etc., embedded softw= are needs to be optimized exploiting the characteristics of the underlying hardware.

SCOPES focuses on the software generation process for modern embedded syste= ms.
Topics of interest include all aspects of the compilation process, starting with suitable modeling and specification techniques and programming languag= es for embedded systems. The emphasis of the workshop lies on code generation techniques for embedded processors. The exploitation of specialized instruction set characteristics is as important as the development of new optimizations for embedded application domains. Cost criteria for the entir= e code generation and optimization process include runtime, timing predictability, energy dissipation, code size and others. Since today\’s embedded devices frequently consist of a multi-processor system-on-chip, th= e scope of this workshop is not limited to single-processor systems but particularly covers compilation techniques for MPSoC architectures.

In addition, this workshop intends to put a spotlight on the interactions between compilers and other components in the embedded system design proces= s.
This includes compiler support for e.g. architecture exploration during HW/= SW codesign or interactions between operating systems and compilation techniqu= es.
Finally, techniques for compiler aided profiling, measurement, debugging an= d validation of embedded software are also covered by this workshop, because stability of embedded software is mandatory.

SCOPES 2009 is the 12th workshop in a series of workshops initially called \”International Workshop on Code Generation for Embedded Processors\”. The na= me SCOPES has been used since the 4th workshop. The scope of the workshop rema= ins software for embedded systems with emphasis on code generation (compilers) = for embedded processors. SCOPES will be held in cooperation with ACM SIGBED and= is sponsored by EDAA and PREDATOR. SCOPES 2009 is co-located with the DATE conference.

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IMPORTANT DATES

Full paper submission: Nov 21, 2008
Notification of acceptance: Jan 21, 2009
Final paper submission: Mar 02, 2009

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SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Papers should present original research results not published or submitted = for publication in other forums. Papers should not exceed 10 pages (single-spac= ed, 2 columns, 10pt font; see the DATE website www.date-conference.com for detailed guidelines) and must be submitted using the SCOPES paper submissio= n website. To permit blind review, submissions should not include the author names. Accepted papers will be published via the ACM digital library.

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GENERAL CHAIR

Heiko Falk
Computer Science 12
Dortmund University of Technology, DE

PUBLICITY CHAIR

Peter Marwedel
Computer Science 12
Dortmund University of Technology, DE

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Twan Basten
TU Eindhoven, NL

Marco Bekooij
NXP semiconductors, NL

Trevor Carlson
IMEC Leuven, BE

Alain Darte
ENS Lyon, FR

Koen de Bosschere
University of Gent, BE

Nikil Dutt
University of Irvine, USA

J=F6rg Henkel
University of Karlsruhe, DE

Daniel K=E4stner
AbsInt GmbH, DE

Paul Kelly
Imperial College London, UK

Andreas Krall
TU Vienna, AT

Christian Lengauer
University of Passau, DE

Annie Liu
Stony Brook University, USA

Bilha Mendelson
IBM Research Lab, IL

Michael O\’Boyle
University of Edinburgh, UK

Yunheung Paek
Seoul National University, KR

J=FCrgen Teich
University of Erlangen, DE

Hans van Someren
ACE bv, NL

Reinhard Wilhelm
University of Saarbr=FCcken, DE

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FURTHER INFORMATION

Website: www.scopesconf.org
Mailing List: www.scopesconf.org/list

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SPONSORS

SCOPES 2009 is kindly supported and sponsored by the following companies an= d institutions:
+ ACM SIGBED
www.acm.org/sigbed

+ European Design and Automation Association, EDAA
www.edaa.com

+ PREDATOR European 7th Framework Project
www.predator-project.eu

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scopes09@ls12.cs.tu-dortmund.de

Call for Papers

22nd International Conference on

Architecture of Computing Systems ARCS 2009

– System Architecture and Energy Awareness -

held from March, 10th to March 13th in Delft, The Netherlands
Submission deadline October 10th

The ARCS series of conferences has over 30 years of tradition
reporting top notch results in computer architecture and
operating systems research. This year\’s focus is energy
awareness viewed from two different ways Firstly, this deals
with the improvement of computer systems to be as energy
efficient as possible (particularly for specific applications).
One can think of heterogeneous multi-core architectures or
reconfigurable architectures for this purpose. Secondly, this
addresses the usage of computer systems to reduce the energy
consumption of other systems, which might lead to problems of
communication and cooperation. Both aspects are relevant for
the conference. Like the previous conferences in this series,
it continues to be an important forum for computer architecture research. In 2009 ARCS will be hosted by the Delft University of Technology, which has one of the leading information technology schools in Europe. The proceedings of ARCS 2009 will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS) series (pending). After the conference, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version
of their contribution for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Systems Architecture. Also, a best paper and best presentation award will be presented at the conference.

Paper submission
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Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research
papers on one of the following topics:
- Energy-awareness, green computing.
- Computer architecture topics such as multi-cores, memory
systems, and parallel computing.
- Adaptive system architectures such as reconfigurable systems
in hardware and software.
- Operating Systems including but not limited to scheduling,
memory management, power management, and RTOS.
- System aspects of ubiquitous and pervasive computing such as
sensor nodes, novel input/output devices, novel computing
platforms, architecture modeling, and middleware.
- Organic and Autonomic Computing including both theoretical
and practical results on self-organization, self-configuration, self-optimization, self-healing, and self-protection techniques.
- Embedded systems including but not limited to architecture,
communication, design methodologies, and applications.
- Network Centric and Grid Computing issues with a focus on
middleware.

Submissions should be done through the link provided at the
conference website www.ida.ing.tu-bs.de/arcs09/. Papers
should be submitted in pdf or postscript format. They should be formatted according to Springer LNCS style and not exceed 12 pages (see: www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html)
Workshop and Tutorial Proposals
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Proposals for workshops and tutorials within the technical
scope of the conference are solicited. Submissions should be
done through email directly to the workshops and tutorials
chair J=F6rg H=E4hner (haehner@sra.uni-hannover.de).

Important Dates
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Paper submission deadline: 10th October 2008
Notification of acceptance: 28th November 2008
Camera ready papers: 12th December 2008

General Chairs
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Mladen Berekovic, TU Braunschweig, DE
Christian M=FCller-Schloer, University of Hannover, DE

Program Chairs
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Christian Hochberger, Technische Universit=E4t Dresden, DE
Stephan Wong, Delft University of Technology, NL

Workshop and Tutorial Chair
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J=F6rg H=E4hner, University of Hannover, DE

We are announcing the following positions, all related to parallel and embedded computing. You are welcome to contact me for further information!
Best Regards,
–Bertil Svensson, Director of CERES, Halmstad University, Sweden
bertil.svensson@hh.se

The School of Information Systems, Computer and Electrical Engineering at Halmstad University, Sweden ,
invites applications for three research and teaching positions:
- Associate Professor in Computer Engineering (ref. IDE 10/08)
- Postdoctoral Researcher in Parallel Computation Models and Architectures (ref. IDE 8/08)
- Postdoctoral Researcher in Computer Science (ref. IDE 9/08)

The positions are connected to the long-term research programme CERES (Centre for Research on Embedded Systems) in cooperation with industry and with support from The Knowledge Foundation. The focus of the research is on Cooperating Embedded Systems, in particular on the opportunities offered by intelligent and massive cooperation between and within embedded systems. For the benefit of industry, the research aims at exploiting the opportunities for cooperation that new, enabling technologies provide. Read more about CERES at www.hh.se/ceres (click then on "This page in English" for English version)

Associate Professor in Computer Engineering (ref. IDE 10/08)

This is a permanent faculty position with a preferred specialization in Computer Architecture and Digital Systems Design

Within the field, areas relevant to cooperating embedded systems are of particular interest. These include novel parallel architectures, reconfigurable architectures, systems on a chip, energy-efficient systems, and hardware-software co-design.

Candidates must have a proven record of excellence in research funding, publications, teaching, and professional service, as well as demonstrated ability for developing and leading collaborative research projects. Successful candidates are expected to develop a high-quality funded research program together with colleagues and must be committed to excellence in teaching at both graduate and undergraduate levels.

Researcher (Postdoc) in Parallel Computation Models and Architectures (ref. IDE 8/08)

This is a researcher position for one year starting preferably from October 1, 2008.

The successful candidate will work in close cooperation with PhD students and senior researchers in projects dealing with applications of parallel architectures and programming tool in areas of high-performance embedded signal processing or energy-efficient adaptive processing in networked systems. The candidate will be expected to follow CERES publication strategy targeting high-rated journals and conferences.

Areas of interest include: parallel programming models and tools; compilation techniques; reconfigurable computing; parallel processor arrays; parallel algorithms ; and fault-tolerant (nano-) architectures.

Researcher (Postdoc) in Computer Science (ref. IDE 9/08)

This is a researcher position for one year starting preferably from October 1, 2008.

The successful candidate will work in close cooperation with PhD students and senior researchers in projects dealing with techniques for and applications of cooperating embedded systems. The projects deal with, e.g., applications of sensor networks to vehicle-infrastructure cooperation as well as health- and elderly care; language based tools for the implementation of protocol stacks; and real-time data communication protocols. The candidate will be expected to follow CERES publication strategy targeting high-rated journals and conferences.

Areas of interest include programming of cooperating embedded systems, design and implementation of real-time operating systems, system software for distributed real-time systems, and design and implementation of language based tools applicable to cooperating embedded systems.

More information , including contact persons and guidelines about how to apply, can be found at:
http://www.hh.se/english/ide/research/centreforresearchonembeddedsystemsceres/vacantpositions.5077.html

The deadline for application is September 10, 2008 for the postdoc researcher positions and September 17, 2008 for the associate professor position.