Thursday 17 November 2016

3rd Workshop on Approximate Computing (WAPCO) - Deadline extended to 30/11/2016

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3rd   Workshop on Approximate Computing
In conjunction with HiPEAC 2017
January 25, 2017, Stockholm
SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 30/11/2016

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. 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 for 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).
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 full-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 Papers will not be published in proceedings, so submitting to WAPCO will not preclude future publication opportunities.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 18, 2016
Notification of decision:
December 9, 2016
Organizers
Nikolaos Bellas
University of Thessaly, Greece
Georgios Karakonstantis
Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Dimitris Gizopoulos
University of Athens, Greece
Program Committee
Nikolaos Bellas
University of Thessaly, Greece
Dimitrios Nikolopoulos
Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Andy Burg
EPFL, Switzerland
Uwe Naumann
RWTH-Aachen, Germany
Georgios Karakonstantis
Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Christos Antonopoulos
University of Thessaly, Greece
Spyros Lalis
University of Thessaly, Greece
Costas Bekas
IBM Research – Zurich
Vincent Heuveline
University of Heidelberg, Germany
Holger Froening
University of Heidelberg, Germany
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
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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