Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Nikos Bellas Newsgroups: comp.parallel,news.announce.conferences Subject: First Workshop On Approximate Computing - In conjunction with HiPEAC 2015 Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:47:04 +0300 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 91 Approved: Jason Riedy Message-ID: <543C4858.9090901@inf.uth.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="38ef4292dfe0d8f5e7d669af073dadf2"; logging-data="3765"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+l4BndmTWkdb3tB1fcrnKcfhb2ZxK5PMI=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:hpsu7iPUOKGQdL+k9w4Y/X1nIUQ= Xref: csiph.com comp.parallel:1313 **Call for Papers ** ***1st Workshop on Approximate Computing* *In conjunction with HiPEAC 2015* ** *January 19, 2015, Amsterdam * http://wapco.inf.uth.gr/ Research in the last few years has focused on approximate computing as a means to overcome the energy scaling barrier of computer systems. Energy 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, among others. Indeed, fully accurate arithmetic in specific phases of those applications may have only a marginal effect on output quality, especially if combined with error correction frameworks such as iterative refinement. For example, accurate execution may be traded off with lower energy consumption by providing the ability to scale supply voltage below nominal values and accommodate errors at the software layers, or use a simpler approximate solution such as lower precision arithmetic. 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, which is organized in conjunction with HiPEAC 2015 , 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 be published online in this website, but not in proceedings. Submitting to WAPCO will not preclude future publication opportunities. Website is http://wapco.inf.uth.gr/ *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 *Nov 7, 2014: * Submission deadline *Nov 28, 2014: * Notification of decision *Dec 12, 2014: * Final manuscript due General Chair Nikolaos Bellas University of Thessaly, Greece Program Chairs Georgios Karakonstantis EPFL, Switzerland and Queen's University Belfast, UK Costas Bekas IBM Research -- Zurich Program Committee Dimitrios Nikolopoulos Queen's University Belfast, UK Andy Burg EPFL, Switzerland Uwe Naumann RWTH-Aachen, Germany Christos D. Antonopoulos University of Thessaly, Greece Spyros Lalis University of Thessaly, Greece Peter Debacker IMEC, Belgium Frederick Vivien INRIA, France Will Sawyer CSCS, Switzerland Vincent Heuveline University of Heidelberg, Germany Thomas Ludwig University of Hamburg and DKRZ Enrique Quintana -- Orti Universitat Jaume I de Castellon, Spain -- Nikolaos Bellas Associate Professor ECE Department University of Thessaly Greece http://inf-server.inf.uth.gr/~nbellas