CRA-W/CDC Workshop on Multicore Systems – Architectures,

Runtime Systems and Software Development

Sunday, March 6, 2011

7:30am – 9:30 pm

Laguna & Sunset Rooms

Workshop Agenda

7:30 -8:15 Continental Breakfast

Welcome – Mary Jane Irwin and Mary Lou Soffa

8:30-10:00 Session 1: Multicore architecture systems research challenges

Speakers:

Tajana Simunic Rosing, Univ. of California, San Diego

Valentina Salapura, IBM Research

10:00 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 12:00 Session 2: Multicore software systems research challenges
Speakers:

Alexandra (Sasha) Fedorova, Simon Fraser University

Kunle Olukotun, Stanford University

12:00 - 1:30 Lunch

Discussion: "Effective networking at conferences"

Mary Jane Irwin, Penn State University

1:30 - 3:00 Session 3: Getting started in multicore research

Speakers:

Bruce Childers, University of Pittsburgh

Jason Mars, University of Virginia

3:00 - 3:30 Break

3:30 - 5:00 Session 4: Panel session: Career opportunities and research

directions in multicore systems

Speakers:

Evelyn Dusterwald, IBM Research

Robert Hundt, Google

Karen Strauss, Microsoft Research

Mary Lou Soffa, University of Virginia

5:00 - 5:15 Concluding remarks

6:30 - 9:30 ASPLOS Opening Reception and Poster Session

Room Salousa-C

Sponsors: CRA-W, CDC, SIGPLAN, SIGARCH, NSF