Quantitative Workload Behavior CharacterizationCALL FOR PAPERS
WORKSHOP ON WORKLOAD CHARACTERIZATION
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Sheraton Park Central |
Dallas, Texas |
November 29, 1998
Held In Conjunction with
The 31st Annual ACM/IEEE
International Symposium on
Micro Architecture
Workload behavior studies are extremely important in guiding the design of computer architectures. Accurate characterization of application and operation system behavior leads to the design of improved architectures. This 1-day workshop will focus on quantitative characterization and analytical modeling of workloads from commercial and scientific computing. Analytical modeling of workloads is extremely difficult and warrants careful consideration, especially because it takes significant amounts of time to perform trace-driven or execution-driven simulations due to the increased complexity of the processor, memory subsystem and the workload domain. The quantitative characterization studies can lead to the creation and validation of analytical models that capture the essential features of systems and workloads, which can be very useful in efficient exploration of the design space and making early design tradeoffs.
Topics of Interest
Papers are solicited in all areas related to characterization of workloads (system and/or application behavior) in a variety of computing environments. Topics of interest include (but not limited to) :
Quantitative Workload Behavior Characterization
Analytical Modeling of Workload Behavior
Characterization of Emerging Applications, such as Network Computing and Java workloads
Effects of Compiler Optimization on Workload Behavior
Effects of Out of Order Execution on Memory Access Behavior
Effects of Memory Access Reordering on Parallel Computer Architectures
Characterization of Multiprocessor Applications
Multithreaded Workload Characterization
Studies on Parallelism/Granularity in Programs
Profiling, Trace Collection and Validation Issues
Authors are requested to submit an extended abstract of approximately 8 double-spaced pages by 09/11/98 to:
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Lizy K. John |
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Ann Marie G. Maynard |
Clearly describe the nature of the work, its significance and the current status of the research. Include a title page containing the title of the paper, list of authors and their affiliations, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, email addresses and the name of the corresponding author.
Acceptances will be mailed out by 10/15/98. Final version of the papers must be submitted by 10/30/98. Selected papers will be considered for publication in a special journal issue (to be organized).
Author Schedule
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September 09, '98 |
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Extended Abstract Submission |
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October 15, '98 |
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Acceptance Notified |
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October 30, '98 |
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Final Manuscript Submission |
Program Committee
Pradip Bose, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Tom Conte, North Carolina State University
Manoj Franklin, University of Maryland
Lizy K. John, University of Texas at Austin
Corinna G. Lee, University of Toronto
Ann Marie Maynard, IBM-Austin Research Labs
Balaram Sinharoy, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
John P. Shen, Carnegie Mellon University
Jim Smith, The University of Wisconsin Madison
Nasr Ullah, Motorola
Last Revised: March 31, 1998