CSE590G: Architecture Seminar, Fall 2011

Mondays, 12:30-13:30, Room CSE503.

A discussion leader does not need to prepare a full presentation, just 2-3 slides with the summary and discussion points. Focus on what we should all think about!

DateDiscussion LeaderPaper
Oct 3 Luis Organizational Meeting, paper assignments
Oct 10 Katelin Crafting a usable microkernel, processor, and I/O system with strict and provable information flow security
Oct 17 Robin and Nathaniel Releasing Efficient Beta Cores Early to Market
Oct 24 Mark Z and Nick H. DoublePlay: Parallelizing sequential logging and replay
Oct 31 (Boo!) Jim and Brandon H. Cohesion: A Hybrid Memory Model for Accelerators
Nov 7 Jacob and Adrian Atomic Coherence: Leveraging Nanophotonics to Build Race-Free Cache Coherence Protocols
Nov 14 Owen and Marshall Google-Wide Profiling: A Continuous Profiling Infrastructure For Data Centers
Nov 21 Joe and Brandon M. Vantage: Scalable and Efficient Fine-Grain Cache Partitioning
Nov 28 Ben and Brandon L. Kremlin: Rethinking and Rebooting gprof for the Multicore Age
Dec 5 Pete and Seungyeop SERVER ENGINEERING INSIGHTS FOR LARGE-SCALE ONLINE SERVICES


Here is the list of papers to choose from. Email luisceze if you have any questions, suggestions or complaints. We can also use the mailing list.
  1. Cohesion: A Hybrid Memory Model for Accelerators, ISCA 2010.

  2. DoublePlay: Parallelizing sequential logging and replay, ASPLOS 2011.

  3. Crafting a usable microkernel, processor, and I/O system with strict and provable information flow security, ISCA 2011

  4. Vantage: Scalable and Efficient Fine-Grain Cache Partitioning, ISCA 2011

  5. Atomic Coherence: Leveraging Nanophotonics to Build Race-Free Cache Coherence Protocols, HPCA 2011.

  6. Releasing Efficient Beta Cores Early to Market, ISCA 2011.

  7. Exploring circuit timing-aware language and compilation, ASPLOS 2011.

  8. Google-Wide Profiling: A Continuous Profiling Infrastructure For Data Centers, IEEE Micro, Jul 2010.

  9. SERVER ENGINEERING INSIGHTS FOR LARGE-SCALE ONLINE SERVICES, IEEE Micro, Jul 2010.

  10. i-NVMM: A Secure Non-Volatile Main Memory System with Incremental Encryption, ISCA 2011.

  11. Dark Silicon and the End of Multicore Scaling, ISCA 2011.

  12. Kremlin: Rethinking and Rebooting gprof for the Multicore Age, PLDI 2011.