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WIOSCA 2007

Workshop on the Interaction between Operating Systems and Computer Architecture

( WIOSCA 2007 )

Held in conjunction with the 2007 International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA-34)

Call for Papers Alternate Formats ( html )

Click here to register for WIOSCA and ISCA - Both Part of the 2007 FCRC

(Early Registration Deadline - 05/11/2007)

Click here for the final proceedings

Workshop Overview and Topics:

Operating systems (OS) constitute a major software component and are essential to any computing system. Commercial and server workloads such as online transaction processing, database, file/e-mail servers involve significant OS-level activity. The interactions between OS and emerging architectures (e.g. homogeneous and heterogeneous chip multiprocessors, simultaneous multithreading systems) / technology (e.g. hardware-assisted virtualization) are projected to continuously increase. To optimize system performance/power/reliability/security, it is important to facilitate efficient interaction and cooperation between the two constantly evolving components - computer architecture and OS.

This workshop focuses on characterizing, modeling, and optimizing the interaction between OS and hardware in the light of emerging architecture paradigms, workloads, and computing technology. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to:

Architectural support and mechanisms for OS functionality and services
OS support for emerging computer architectures
Architectural support for virtual machines and hypervisors
Implications of hardware virtualization and virtual machines on OS design
Frameworks and tools for full-system simulation
Techniques for mitigating the bottlenecks of OS execution
OS-aware microarchitecture (e.g. predictor, cache, and execution unit) design
Performance, power, dependability, and security in OS
Evaluation of the interactions and interference between OS and user applications
Workload variability issues full-system evaluation
Effect of OS mechanisms (e.g. scheduling, resource management) on emerging architectures
Characterization of OS activity in existing and emerging workloads
Leveraging OS to optimize reliability/thermal/power

Furthermore, the workshop aims at providing a forum for researchers, engineers, and students from academia and industry to discuss their latest research in computer architecture and OS, to bring their ideas and research problems to the attention of others, and to obtain valuable and instant feedback from fellow researchers.

Workshop Co-Organizers

Tao Li, University of Florida (http://www.taoli.ece.ufl.edu/)
Sangyeun Cho, University of Pittsburgh (http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~cho/)
Onur Mutlu, Microsoft Research (http://research.microsoft.com/~onur/)

Publicity/Publication Chair

James Poe, University of Florida (jpoe@ufl.edu)

Program Committee:

Richard Draves, Microsoft Research
Alexandra Fedorova, Simon Fraser University
Renato Figueiredo, University of Florida
Christos Kozyrakis, Stanford University
Hsien-Hsin S. Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology
Grigorios Magklis, Intel Barcelona
Chuck Moore, AMD
Feng Qin, Ohio State University
Steve Reinhardt, Reservoir Labs / University of Michigan
Yan Solihin, North Carolina State University
Brad Waters, Microsoft
Emmett Witchel, University of Texas at Austin
Min Xu, VMware
Jun Yang, University of Pittsburgh
Lixin Zhang, IBM

Submission Guidelines:

Please follow this link to the paper submission site: https://msrcmt.research.microsoft.com/WIOSCA2007

Note: Accounts must be created before the abstract deadline date. Please be sure to confirm and finalize your submission after every modification to save your changes. All submissions can be modified/edited until the paper submission deadline. If you have any questions or problems, feel free to email James Poe.

1. Submit an abstract under 200 words by March 29, 2007.
2. Submit the full paper under 5,000 words by April 5, 2007.

Important Dates

Abstract Submission: ~~March 29, 2007~~ DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL APRIL 5TH
Paper Submission: April 5, 2007.
Author Notification: May 8, 2007.
Camera-ready Version: May 15, 2007.
The workshop will be held in San Diego, California on Sunday, June 10, 2007.

Please feel free to visit the website from last years workshop: http://www.ideal.ece.ufl.edu/main.php?action=wiosca06