Workshop on Compilers and Operating Systems for Low Power (COLP'03)

CALL FOR PAPERS

In conjunction with
PACT'03: International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
September 27, 2003


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

The format of the workshop will include presentations of selected papers and plenty of time for discussion.

Submission Guidelines

Papers will be accepted on the basis of their novelty and relevance to the theme of the workshop. Papers should be at most 8 pages in length. The papers should be submitted in either postscript or PDF format by email to the following address: jxr@ece.lsu.edu. Please include the following information in plain text with the submission: Hard copy (postal) submissions will not be accepted.

Important Dates

     August     4:   Electronic submission due
     September  2:   Notification of authors
     September 10:   Final version of papers due

All submissions will be refereed, and workshop attendees will receive copies of all accepted papers.

Workshop Co-Chairs

 
Diana Marculescu, Carnegie Mellon University            dianam@ece.cmu.edu
J. Ramanujam, Louisiana State University                jxr@ece.lsu.edu

Program Committee

Ricardo Bianchini, Rutgers University                   ricardob@cs.rutgers.edu
R. Chandramouli, Stevens Institute of Technology        rchandr1@stevens-tech.edu
Bruce Childers, University of Pittsburgh                childers@cs.pitt.edu
Nikil Dutt, University of California, Irvine            dutt@ics.uci.edu
Rajiv Gupta, University of Arizona                      gupta@cs.arizona.edu
Jinpyo Hong, Louisiana State University                 jphong1@ece.lsu.edu
Mahmut Kandemir, Penn State University                  kandemir@cse.psu.edu
Uli Kremer, Rutgers University                          uli@cs.rutgers.edu
Daniel Mosse, University of Pittsburgh                  mosse@cs.pitt.edu
Santosh Pande, Georgia Tech                             santosh@cc.gatech.edu
Anand Sivasubramaniam, Penn State University            anand@cse.psu.edu
Vamsi K. Srikantam, Agilent Laboratories                vamsi@labs.agilent.com
Chau-Wen Tseng,  University of Maryland                 tseng@cs.umd.edu   
Arnout Vandecappelle, IMEC/DESICS                       vdcappel@imec.be 
N. Vijaykrishnan, Penn State University                 vijay@cse.psu.edu  
Roberto Zafalon, STMicroelectronics                     roberto.zafalon@st.com