ERSA'07: June 26, 2007 Schedule

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6:45am - 5:00pm:  Registration (Second Floor, Conference Lobby: 1-5)


SESSION 2-ERSA:   RECONFIGURABLE SYSTEMS ON CHIP
                  Chair: Dr. Markus Koester, Univ. of Paderborn, Germany
                  June 26, 2007 (Tuesday); 08:20am - 10:20am
                  (LOCATION: Gold Room)

08:20 - 08:40am:  Energy-Efficient Dynamic Task Scheduling Algorithm for
                  Reconfigurable System-on-Chip Architectures
                  Swathi T. Gurumani and B. Earl Wells
                  The University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA

08:40 - 09:00am:  Power Efficient Domain-Specific Reconfigurable Architectures
                  for System-on-Chip Applications
                  Arjun K. Pai and Khaled Benkrid
                  Queen's University Belfast, UK

09:00 - 09:20am:  Memory Hierarchy for MCSoPC Multithreaded Systems
                  Erik Anderson, Wesley Peck, Jim Stevens, Jason Agron,
                  Fabrice Baijot, Seth Warn, and David Andrews
                  University of Kansas, USA

09:20 - 09:30am:  SHORT BREAK

09:30 - 10:00am:  Distinguished Paper
                  Design Space Exploration of Multiprocessor Systems with
                  MultiContext Reconfigurable Co-Processors
                  Pranav Vaidya and Jaehwan John Lee
                  Purdue University, Indiana, USA

10:00 - 10:20am:  Energy-Aware System Synthesis for Reconfigurable Chip Multiprocessors
                  Xiaofang Wang, Sotirios G. Ziavras, and Jie Hu
                  New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, USA

10:20 - 10:40am:  BREAK

10:40 - 11:25am:  Invited Talk
                  A Unified Retargetable Design Methodology for Dedicated and
                  Re-Programmable Multiprocessor Arrays: Case Study and Quantitative
                  Evaluation
                  Juergen Teich, Frank Hannig, Holger Ruckdeschel, Hritam Dutta,
                  Dmitrij Kissler, and AndreJ. Stravet
                  University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

11:30 - 12:15am:  Invited Talk
                  An Integrated Platform For Heterogeneous Reconfigurable Computing
                  Bernard Pottier, Jalil Boukhobza, and Thierry Goubier
                  University of Bretagne Occidentale, France


12:15 - 01:20pm:  LUNCH (On Your Own)


SESSION 3-ERSA:   RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE - I
                  Chair: Prof. Paul Chow, Univ. of Toronto, Canada
                  June 26, 2007 (Tuesday); 01:20pm - 02:40pm
                  (LOCATION: Gold Room)

01:20 - 01:40pm:  Optimization of Shared High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing
                  Resources
                  Melissa C. Smith and Gregory D. Peterson
                  Clemson University, USA;
                  University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA

01:40 - 02:00pm:  272 Gate Count Optically Differential Reconfigurable Gate Array VLSI
                  Minoru Watanabe, Takenori Shiki, and Fuminori Kobayashi
                  Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan

02:00 - 02:20pm:  Computation Patterns Identification for Instruction Set Extensions
                  Implemented as Reconfigurable Hardware
                  Christophe Wolinski and Krzysztof Kuchcinski
                  Lund University, Sweden;
                  IRISA, IFSIC, France

02:20 - 02:40pm:  Feasibility of Hardware Acceleration of a Neocortex Model
                  Sebastien Lafontant and Tarek M. Taha
                  Clemson University, USA

02:40 - 03:20pm:  BREAK

03:20 - 04:20pm:  DISCUSSION SESSION
                  Chair: TBA
                  June 26, 2007 (Tuesday); 03:20pm - 04:20pm
                  (LOCATION: Gold Room)

                  O. Autonomous Computing Systems: A Proposed Roadmap
                     Neil Steiner and Peter Athanas
                     University City, USA
                  O. A TCP/IP Fragmentation Monitoring Core For Intrusion Prevention
                     Vukasin Pejovic, Slobodan Bojanic, and Carlos Carreras
                     Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
                  O. Performance Evaluation of Two Allocation Schemes for
                     Combinatorial Group Testing Fault Isolation Method
                     Rawad N. Al-Haddad, Carthik A. Sharma and Ronald F. DeMara
                     University of Central Florida, USA
                  O. High-Level Specification of Runtime Reconfigurable Designs
                     Stephen D. Craven and Peter M. Athanas
                     Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
                  O. Optimization of Reconfiguration Speed Control Bits for an
                     Optically Reconfigurable Gate Array
                     Minoru Watanabe
                     Shizuoka University, Japan
                  O. Autonomous Computing Systems: A Proof-of-Concept
                     Neil Steiner and Peter Athanas
                     Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
                  O. FPGA Implementation of a Reconfigurable License Plate Detection Method
                     Ludek Bryan and Otto Fucik


06:00 - 09:00pm:  FIVE TUTORIALS  (planned)

                  Real-Time Image and Video Processing: From Research to Reality
                  Prof. Nasser Kehtarnavaz
                  University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, USA
                  Location: Ballroom 1

                  Moving On, Moving Online That Is: An Introduction to Teaching Online
                  Dr. Michael L. Nelson
                  School of Technology Graduate Program Director, International College,
                  Ft. Myers, Florida, USA
                  Location: Ballroom 2

                  Computational Challenges in RNAi Gene Silencing
                  Amanda Birmingham
                  Dharmacon, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Bioinformatics Manager, USA
                  Location: Ballroom 3

                  Introduction to Game Programming
                  Lakshmi Prayaga
                  University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, USA
                  Location: Ballroom 4

                  The Integrated Microbial Genomes system (IMG)
                  Dr. Konstantinos Mavrommatis
                  Genome Biology Program, DOE Joint Genome Institute, California, USA
                  Location: Ballroom 5

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