The Workshop on the Intersections of Computer Architecture and Reconfigurable Logic (CARL) is a new forum for presenting FPGA and reconfigurable logic research relevant to a computer architecture audience. In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in reconfigurable computing, driven by the need for greater computing performance and, at the same time, better power and energy efficiency. Reconfigurable computing is a key technology candidate to efficiently leverage exponential device scaling beyond current multicore processors.
This full-day workshop will be held on Sunday, June 10, 2012, co-located with ISCA-39 in Portland, Oregon.
Two categories of submissions were solicited for review, (1) new unpublished manuscripts and (2) audience-appropriate revisions of papers already published or under review outside of traditional computer architecture forums. (See Call for Papers below.) Each 4~6-page submission was assigned to 4~5 members of the program committee for review. At the end, the program committee invited 7 out of the 12 submitted papers for presentation at the CARL Workshop. (Submissions selected for presentation at CARL are not published.) In addition, the program include a keynote presentation by Jason Cong (UCLA) and invited industry talks on Intel QPI-FPGA by Neal Oliver (Intel) and ArchES MPI by Paul Chow (U of Toronto).
Research Papers. We invite research papers from all areas of FPGA and reconfigurable logic that impact the computer architecture community. Major areas of interests include, but are not limited to:
We will accept submissions in two categories: (1) new unpublished manuscripts, and (2) audience-appropriate revisions of papers already published or under review outside of traditional computer architecture forums (ISCA, MICRO, HPCA, PACT, etc.). Papers selected for presentations will not be published in any formal proceedings.
A submission should be 4~6 pages in double-column format. The review process is not blind; please include authors' names and affiliations. Please clearly indicate whether a submission is category 1 or 2 in the header area of the submission. If category 2, the source materials must be explicitly introduced in both the abstract and introduction.
Quick Pitches. In addition to formal research presentations, CARL 2012 will have a “quick-pitch” session for short 8-minute informal presentations to pitch a new idea, make an announcement, etc. The presenter's goal is to engage the CARL audience so they will want to find out more from a website. Interested presenters should submit a 1-page proposal that includes a title; presenter's name and affiliation; an abstract of the presentation; and a web-link to the website being pitched. Preference will be given to topics that are current and has a broad appeal to the CARL audience.
Questions? Please email questions about this Call-for-Papers to jhoe@ece.cmu.edu.
Please submit your paper and quick-pitch proposal through the submission site before March 30, 2012. (We like to thank Microsoft Research for this service.) If you encounter any problems with your submission, please email jhoe@ece.cmu.edu.