Tentative Workshop Agenda

The workshop will span two days, with the first day consisting of presentations and discussion oriented panel sessions, and the second day primarily focused on breakout sessions, discussions, and report writing. The agenda will be updated with talks, panel questions, panel presentations and working group reports as they become available. Please note that some of the talk titles are tentative. The agenda is as follows:

Agenda (printable version)

Day 1 - Feb 2, 2012

7:15 AM Breakfast
8:00 AM
Welcome - Dave Albonesi (Cornell) and Susanne Hambrusch (CISE Directorate/CCF Division Director)
8:15 - 9:15 AM

Session 1: Application/Architecture Challenges

Session Chair: Avinash Kodi (Ohio Univ)
Speakers: Srini Devadas (MIT) - On-Chip Interconnect Implications of Shared Memory Multicores
                 Trevor Mudge (Univ Michigan) - Interconnect and 3D Systems
                  Pradip Bose (IBM) - The Risk of Underestimating the Power of Communication"
9:15 - 10:15 AM

Session 2: Technology Challenges

Session Chair: Vladamir Stojanovic (MIT)
Speakers: Gurtej Sandhu (Micron) - DRAM Scaling & Bandwidth Challenges
                 John Knickerbocker (IBM) - 3D Integration & Packaging Challenges
                 Jim Clarke (Intel) - "The Challenges of Cu/low-k Interconnect Scaling: Where are the risks & worries?"
10:15 - 10:30 AM Break
10:30 - 12:00 AM

Session 3: State-of-the-art Electronics

Panel Questions
Moderator: Ron Ho (Oracle) Slides
Panelists:  Shekhar Borkar (Intel) Slides
                  Kaustav Bannerjee (UCSB) Slides                 
                  Patrick Chiang (Oregon State) Slides
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 PM

Session 4: Nanophotonics Technology

Panel Questions
Moderator: Keren Bergman (Columbia) Slides
Panelists:  Yurii Vlasov (IBM)
                  Michal Lipson (Cornell)
                  Rajeev Ram (MIT) Slides

2:30 - 2:45 PM Break
2:45 - 4:15 PM

Session 5: Nanophotonic Interconnect Architectures

Panel Questions
Moderator: Christopher Batten (Cornell) Slides
Panelists:   Norm Jouppi (HP) Slides
                  Ashok Krishnamoorthy (Oracle) Slides Supplemental
                  Jose Martinez (Cornell) Slides
4:15 - 4:30 PM Break
4:30 - 6:00 PM

Session 6: Crosscutting Tools

Moderator: Li-Shiuan Peh (MIT) Panel Questions
Panelists:   Luca Carloni (Columbia) Slides
                  Matt Farrens (UC Davis) Slides
                  Brian Welch (Luxtera) Slides
6:00 - 8:00 PM Working Group Assignments and Dinner

 

Day 2 - Feb 3, 2012

7:15 AM Breakfast
8:00 - 10:00 AM Working Group Discussions
  • Electrical Interconnect Architecture
  • Nanophotonics Interconnect Architecture
  • Crosscutting Tools
10:00 - 10:30 AM
 Break
10:30 - 12:00 PM
 Working Group Discussions - (continued)
  • Electrical Interconnect Architecture
  • Nanophotonics Interconnect Architecture
  • Crosscutting Tools
12:00 - 1:30 PM
 Lunch
1:30 - 3:00 PM
Remarks by Dr. Farnam Jahanian (Director of CISE)

Working Group Reports & Discussions
3:00 - 3:30 PM Break
3:30 - 5:00 PM
Report Writing
5:00 PM
 Workshop Ends
5:30 PM
 Dinner

Tentative Working Group Assignment

Working Group 1:
Electrical Interconnect
Architecture: Questions
 Working Group 2:
Nanophotonic Interconnect
Architecture: Questions 		Working Group 3:
Crosscutting Tools
Questions
Working Group Co-Leaders:
Shekhar Borkar, Intel
Pradip Bose, IBM

Working Group Members:
Rod Augur, Global Foundries
Rajeev Balasubramonian, Utah
Kaustav Banerjee, UCSB
Ken Chang, Xilinx
Patrick Chiang, Oregon
Jim Clarke, Intel
Srini Devadas, MIT
Chita Das, Penn State
Eby Friedman, Rochester
Jane Gu, University of Florida
John Knickerbocker, IBM
Trevor Mudge, Michigan
Onur Mutlu, CMU
Gurtej Sandhu, Micron
 Working Group Co-Leaders:
Keren Bergman, Columbia
Norm Jouppi, HP

Working Group Members:
Alyssa Apsel, Cornell
Mahmoud Fallahi, Arizona
Ron Ho, Oracle/Sun
Michael Huang, Rochester
Ashok Krishnamoorthy, Oracle/Sun
Mikko Lipasti, Wisconsin
Michal Lipson, Cornell
Jose Martinez, Cornell
Milos Popovic, Colorado
Rajeev Ram, MIT
Axel Scherer, Caltech
Yurii Vlasov, IBM

 Working Group Co-Leaders:
Luca Carloni, Columbia
Shaya Fainman, UCSD

Working Group Members:
Venkatesh Akella, UC Davis
Christopher Batten, Cornell
Jack Cunningham, Oracle/Sun
Matthew Farrens, UC Davis
Michael Hochberg, Washington
Rami Melhem, Pittsburgh
Gokhan Memik, Northwestern
Li-Shiuan Peh, MIT
Adel Saleh, UCSB
Marc Taubenblatt, IBM
Brian Welch, Luxtera
Hui Wu, Rochester

 

Last Updated 2/7/2012