[HiPEAC-announce] CFP: 6th IEEE Symposium on Application Specific Processors (SASP 2008)

[Cristina Silvano]

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                          Call for Papers

   6th IEEE Symposium on Application Specific Processors 
(SASP 2008)
                         8-9 June 2008
             Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim CA USA
                  http://www.sasp-conference.org

                        co-located with the
                 Design Automation Conference (DAC)
                         http://www.dac.com

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   DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: March 1st, 2008
   DEADLINE FOR FULL PAPER SUBMISSION: March 5th, 2008
   ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION: April 21st, 2008
   FINAL VERSION DUE: Monday, May 8th, 2008

   Submissions will be done online on the SASP web site
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SASP 2008 Areas of Interest
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(more details on the web site)

Dramatic embedded systems volumes and associated market 
segments force
a reevaluation of the best way to satisfy the possibly 
conflicting
demands placed on processor designs. Domain-specific 
embedded processors,
such as network, automotive, cellular and others, present 
interesting
architectural refinements, albeit at the cost of 
splintering the embedded
processor market. Reprogrammable and/or reconfigurable 
embedded processors
provide an alternative approach, capable of delivering 
single,
fixed-silicon architectures, thus amortizing design and 
manufacturing
costs across large volumes, yet necessitating an answer to 
the challenge
of effective customization of embedded processors.

The symposium explores (micro)architectural design 
approaches and
trade-offs and compiler technologies, for both 
domain-specific and
customizable embedded processors. The symposium aims at 
generating a
forum wherein challenges and solutions will be explored, 
discussed and
compared.

Major topics include, but are not limited to:

-   Domain-specific processors (network, multimedia, etc.)
-   Application-specific hardware accelerators
-   Microarchitectural customization techniques
-   (Re)configurable architectures (coarse-grained, FPGA, 
etc.)
-   Application specific processors in System-on-a-chip 
(SOC)
-   Application specific customizations for low-power
-   Compiler technology targeting customizable processors
-   Architectural exploration and hardware software 
codesign
-   Application specific MPSoC
-   Design Automation for NoCs
-   OS and Middleware support for application specific 
processors


SASP 2008 Paper Submission
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The Program Committee invites authors to submit papers up 
to
6 pages in length (8 pages possible, additional fee 
required),
describing original, unpublished work.

Clearly describe the nature of the work, explain its 
significance,
highlight novel features, and describe its current status.
The paper submission will be considered evidence that, 
upon acceptance,
the author(s) will present their paper at the symposium.

Proceedings will appear in the IEEE Digital Library; a 
special issue in
a major IEEE journal is also planned for best papers.


SASP 2008 Contacts
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GENERAL CHAIRS
Paolo Ienne, EPFL
Peter Petrov, U Maryland

PROGRAM CHAIRS
Alex Orailoglu, UC San Diego
Laura Pozzi, U Lugano

PUBLICITY CHAIR
Cristina Silvano, Politecnico di Milano

FINANCE CHAIR
Peter Petrov, U Maryland

PROGRAM COMMITTEE Includes:
Elaheh Bozorgzadeh, UC Irvine
Philip Brisk, EPFL
Ching-Te Chiu, National Tsing Hua U
Nikil Dutt, UC Irvine
Joerg Henkel, U Karlsruhe
Ryan Kastner, UC San Diego
Rainer Leupers, RWTH Aachen U
Grant Martin, Tensilica
Tulika Mitra, National U Singapore
Walid Najjar, UC Riverside
Sri Parameswaran, U New S Wales
JoAnn Paul, Virginia Tech
Norbert Wehn, U Kaiserslautern
Sami Yehia, Thales Group