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*       Workshop on Architectures for Real-Time Computing (ART-C)       *
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                    To be held in conjunction with
    The 37th International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO-37)
                              Portland, OR
                            December 5, 2004

                   URL: http://www.cesr.ncsu.edu/artc


Embedded computing applications require real-time performance -- program
execution must meet deadlines for the system to operate properly. Modern 
embedded computing systems require high-performance processors to execute
sophisticated algorithms, but most architectural techniques that improve
performance do so at the cost of real-time performance. Mechanisms such as
pipelining, speculative execution, and caches not only cause the execution
time of an operation to depend on context, but in many cases it is difficult
to predict execution time.

This workshop will study the relationship between high-performance and
real-time architectures. Some techniques for improving the predictability
of embedded computing architectures have appeared over the past decade,
but as high-performance embedded processors become ubiquitous, the community
needs to more intensively study architectural predictability.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
* Analysis of architectural predictability.
* Predictable memory systems.
* Predictable pipelines.
* Predictable multiprocessors.
* Speculation mechanisms.
* Self-aware and self-measuring real-time architectures and programs.
* Real-time and low-power computing.
* Reconfigurable architectures and real time.
* Worst-case timing analysis of complex architectures.


IMPORTANT DATES
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Abstract:            October 7
Paper submission:    October 15
Author notification: November 1
Final copy due:      November 15


PAPER SUBMISSIONS
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Authors are requested to electronically submit a text abstract by October 7
and the full PDF paper (not exceeding 8 pages) by October 15, via the workshop
website.

For electronic submission instructions, please consult the ART-C website:
http://www.cesr.ncsu.edu/artc


GENERAL CHAIR
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Wayne Wolf, Princeton

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
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Eric Rotenberg, NCSU
Frank Mueller, NCSU

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Sarita Adve, UIUC
Eric Debes, Intel
Nik Dutt, UC-Irvine
Kris Flautner, ARM
Joerg Henkel, U. Karlsruhe
Peter Puschner, TU Vienna