CSE590G: Architecture Seminar, Winter 2013

Mondays, 12:30-13:30, Room CSE203.

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
Jan 7 Luis/Mark. Organizational Meeting, paper assignments
Jan 14 Hadi and Katelin Dewdrop: An Energy-Aware Runtime for Computational RFID
Jan 21 MLK I have a dream.
Jan 28 Jacob and Ben W. Parcae: A System for Flexible Parallel Execution
Feb 4 Brandon M and Thierry Kernel Weaver: Automatically Fusing Database Primitives for Efficient GPU Computation
Feb 11 Adrian and Colin The Yin and Yang of Power and Performance for Asymmetric Hardware and Managed Software
Feb 18 Obama Fiscal cliff.
Feb 25 Eric Reed and Brandon Holt Control-Flow Decoupling
Mar 4 Stuart and Jialin Computational Sprinting
Mar 11 Naveen, Irene and Adriana CoLT: Coalesced Large-Reach TLBs


Here is the list of papers to choose from. Email luisceze and oskin if you have any questions, suggestions or complaints. We can also use the mailing list.
  1. Dewdrop: An Energy-Aware Runtime for Computational RFID , NSDI 2011.

  2. iSwitch: coordinating and optimizing renewable energy powered server clusters , ISCA 2012.

  3. Computational Sprinting , HPCA 2012.

  4. The Yin and Yang of Power and Performance for Asymmetric Hardware and Managed Software , ISCA 2012.

  5. Understanding and Detecting Real-World Performance Bugs , PLDI 2012.

  6. Parcae: A System for Flexible Parallel Execution , PLDI 2012.

  7. Control-Flow Decoupling , MICRO 2012.

  8. CoLT: Coalesced Large-Reach TLBs , MICRO 2012.

  9. Transactional Memory Architecture and Implementation for IBM System z , MICRO 2012.

  10. Cache-Conscious Wavefront Scheduling , MICRO 2012.

  11. Unifying Primary Cache, Scratch, and Register File Memories in a Throughput Processor , MICRO 2012.

  12. Designing a Programmable Wire-Speed Regular-Expression Matching Accelerator , MICRO 2012.

  13. Kernel Weaver: Automatically Fusing Database Primitives for Efficient GPU Computation , MICRO 2012.