HPCA-7 Call for Papers

Seventh International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture

Monterrey, Mexico, January 19-24, 2001

The International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture provides a high quality forum for scientists and engineers to present their latest research findings in this rapidly changing field. Authors are invited to submit full papers on all aspects of high-performance computer architecture. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Processor architectures
Cache and memory architectures
Parallel computer architectures
Impact of VLSI scaling on architecture
Novel architectures for emerging applications
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 trade-offs
Simulation and performance evaluation
Benchmarking and measurements

Please submit one electronic copy of your paper in Adobe PDF format to the web site:

http://www.crhc.uiuc.edu/hpca7/submit.html

The submission should not exceed 6,000 words. Papers that exceed the length limit or that can not be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 3.0 or higher) may not be reviewed. The official submission receipt deadline is July 10, 2000 (Midnight EST, USA). No other exten- sions will be given. Papers may be submitted for blind review at the option of the authors. Please indicate whether the paper is a student paper for best student paper nominations.

Please submit proposals for tutorials to tutorial@cet.mty.itesm.mx and proposals for workshops to isaac@ics.uci.edu by July 10, 2000.

Important Dates

Paper submission deadline:	July 10, 2000
Workshop/Tutorials proposals due:	July 10, 2000
Author notification:	October 2, 2000
Camera ready copy:	November 4, 2000

General Chairs
   Ashwini Nanda, IBM TJ Watson Research Center
   Gabby Silberman, IBM Centre for Advanced Studies, Toronto

Program Committee
   Wen-mei Hwu, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Chair)
   Sarita Adve, University of Illinois
   Krste Asanovic, MIT
   David August, Princeton University
   John Carter, University of Utah
   Ignacio Celis, ITESM, MTY
   Tom Conte, NC State
   Michel Dubois, University of Southern California
   Greg Ganger, Carnegie-Mellon University
   Jeffrey Kuskin, T-Span Systems
   Thomas D. Lovett, IBM NUMAQ
   Steven S. Lumetta, University of Illinois
   Shubu Mukherjee, Alpha Technology
   Trevor Mudge, University of Michigan
   Ashwini Nanda, IBM Research
   Yale Patt, University of Texas, Austin
   Lawrence Rauchwerger, Texas A&M University
   Rob Schreiber, HP
   Andre Seznec, IRISA/INRIA, France
   Gabriel Silberman, IBM Toronto
   Per Stenstrom, Chalmers University of Technology
   James E. Smith, University of Wisconsin-Madison
   Josep Torrellas, University of Illinois
   Mateo Valero, UPC, Barcelona
   Wen-Hann Wang, Intel
   Pen-Chung Yew, University of Minnesota
   Willy Zwaenepoel, Rice University

Local Arrangements Chair:
   Ignacio Celis, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico

Finance Chair:
   David Garza Salazar, ITESM, Mexico

Tutorial Chair:
   Patricia Hinojosa, ITESM, Mexico

Workshop Chair:
   Isaac Scherson, UC Irvine

Publications Chair:
   Sally McKee, Univ. of Utah

Publicity Chair:
   Mark Heinrich, Cornell University

Registration Chair:
   Alfonso Avila, ITESM, Mexico

Questions? Contact heinrich@csl.cornell.edu