2nd Workshop on Approximate Computing - In conjunction with HiPEAC 2016

2^nd  Workshop on Approximate Computing
In conjunction with HiPEAC 2016

January 20, 2016, Prague

http://wapco.inf.uth.gr/

Workshop Description

Research in the last few years has focused on approximate computing as a means to overcome the energy scaling barrier of computer systems. Such savings can be achieved by utilizing the inherent error resilience of algorithms in many application domains such as signal processing, multimedia, data analytics and computational engineering, among others. Indeed, fully accurate arithmetic in specific phases of a computation in those applications may have only a marginal effect on output quality, especially if combined with error correction frameworks such as iterative refinement. Thus, accurate execution may be traded off with lower energy consumption by providing the ability to scale supply voltage below nominal values or to use lower precision arithmetic (i.e. 8 or 16 bit), thus, trading off low energy with quality of output results.

Rather than focusing on a single layer, designing such systems in a general-purpose computing environment requires a holistic view of all layers from algorithms, programming models, system software, and hardware down to the transistor level. This half-day workshop is an inter-disciplinary effort to bring together researchers from the areas of mathematics, computer science, computer and electrical engineering to discuss challenges, risks and opportunities of approximate computing in all design layers. Papers will not be published in proceedings, so submitting to WAPCO will not preclude future publication opportunities. We are soliciting original papers on topics that include but are not limited to the following:

·        Formal and mathematical methods for approximate computing

·        Programming languages  and models for approximate computing

·        Compiler and system software support for approximate computing

·        Hardware support for approximate computing

·        Hardware-software interaction for approximate computing

·        Applications that can benefit from approximate computing

·        Simulation and modeling techniques for approximate computing

·        Position papers on the potential and limitations of approximate computing

Important Dates

Submission deadline:	November 13, 2015
Notification of decision:	December 4, 2015

Organizers

Nikolaos Bellas	University of Thessaly and CERTH, Greece
Dimitrios Nikolopoulos	Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Andy Burg	EPFL, Switzerland
Uwe Naumann	RWTH-Aachen, Germany
Peter Debacker	IMEC, Belgium
Frederick Vivien	INRIA, France
Georgios Karakonstantis	EPFL, Switzerland and QUB, UK
Christos Antonopoulos	University of Thessaly and CERTH, Greece
Spyros Lalis	University of Thessaly and CERTH, Greece
Costas Bekas	IBM Research – Zurich
Vincent Heuveline	University of Heidelberg, Germany
Thomas Ludwig	University of Hamburg and DKRZ
Enrique Quintana – Orti	Universitat Jaume I de Castellon, Spain
Dimitris Gizopoulos	University of Athens, Greece
Pedro Trancoso	University of Cyprus
Stefano Di Carlo	Politecnico di Torino
Giorgio Di Natale,	CNRS, Montpellier
Antonio Gonzalez	UPC, Barcelona
Ramon Canal	UPC, Barcelona
Sek Chai	SRI, International, USA
Lukas Sekanina	Brno University of Technology, Czech Rep.

Contact nbellas@inf.uth.gr for questions.

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Nikolaos Bellas
Associate Professor
ECE Department
University of Thessaly
Greece

http://inf-server.inf.uth.gr/~nbellas

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