Roadmap: Introduction

This action is shared by all clusters, aiming to contribute rich and original material to build a HiPEAC roadmap. It stems from the release of the first HiPEAC roadmap, and plans to revise it into a comprehensive and forward-looking document.

Marc Duranton is responsible for the HiPEAC2 roadmap and asks us (as a cluster) to work on the following issues, aiming for a first document (informal but information-rich) by the end of Spring.

First, define the challenges for our domain:

1. What are the main problems/challenges you see in the next 5 years?
2. What are the main problems/challenges you see in the next 5 to 10 years?
3. What are the main problems/challenges you see after the next 10 years?
4. For all of the challenges you enumerate, please give an assessment of:
   • Who is working on it? (person, country, university, industry, ...)
   • What is the state-of-the-art?
   • Try to classify and sort the most promising approaches.
   • Comment on the European activity (strengths/weaknesses, impact) in the area.
   • Comment on HiPEAC's activity in the area.
   • What could be the impact if the challenge is not solved?
   • What could be the impact if the challenge is solved?
5. Do you see other challenges in other domains that could impact (positively or negatively) your domain?
6. Provide extensive references and justifications for the above.

Then, look for a cristal ball and answer the following questions
(these differ from the first series: current and probable evolution could ignore a problem/challenge):

• What do you see as probable key evolutions in your domain in the next 5 years?
• In the next 10 years?
• Beyond 15 years?
• Which is the (sub-)domain you see as most topical for the next 5 years... outside yours?
• In the next 10 years?
• Beyond 15 years?