3rd Annual Work in Progress Session

Researchers are invited to submit abstracts of new research for inclusion in an informal "Work In Progress" session at the 8th International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture to be held in Cambridge, Mass., USA, from February 2-6, 2000. The idea behind the session is to have fun, and to describe new and novel research ideas and directions that elicit exciting discussion among conference attendees.

This is intended to be a fun, informal session that will spark ideas and interactions. In keeping with this spirit, prizes will be awarded based on audience feedback. Topics of interest include all aspects of high-peformance computer architecture, including (but not limited to):

• Processor architectures
• Cache and memory architectures
• Parallel computer architectures
• Impact of VLSI scaling on architecture
• Novel architectures for emerging applications
• Architectural support for dynamic optimization
• Power-efficient architectures
• High-availability architectures
• High-performance I/O architectures
• Embedded and reconfigurable architectures
• Real-time architectures
• Interconnection networks and network interfaces
• Innovative hardware/software tradeoffs
• Simulation and performance evaluation
• Benchmarking and measurements

Important Dates

Abstracts due:	December 1, 2001
Notification:	January 4, 2002
Revised abstract for booklet:	January 21st, 2002
Final abstract for CAN:	March 15th, 2002

Additional Information for Presenters

• The early registration deadline has been extended to 1/17.
• WIP presenters need to register for the conference. No special registration for the WiP Session is required.
• The eight-minute presentation limit will be strictly enforced.
• Presenters are reminded that the session is supposed to be FUN, and so humor and levity in the presentation is STRONGLY encouraged (indeed, required!).
• In case your abstract has multiple authors, please let us know who will be presenting.
• Please let us know preferred shirt size in the event that we are able to make WIP T-shirts (this isn't certain yet).
• Let us know if you need any special equipment beyond what the conference provides for other sessions (i.e. overhead and LCD projector).
• Your abstracts will appear in the June issue of the ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News - in order to make this possible we will need a revised, properly formatted, and camera-ready version of your abstract by March 15th. We will send some additional formatting instructions soon via email.

Session Organizers

Bruce Childers	University of Pittsburgh, USA
Koji Inoue	Fukuoka University, Japan
Sally McKee	University of Utah, USA
Martin Schulz	Technische Universität München, Germany