Summary

New computer applications and programming paradigms are constantly emerging to complement new and improving technology. It is essential to understand the characteristics of today's emerging workloads in order to design efficient architectures for them. This one-day workshop, sponsored by IEEE and the Technical Committee on Computer Architecture, will focus on characterizing and understanding modern computer applications commercial and scientific computing.

Topics of Interest

Papers are solicited in all areas related to characterization of workloads (system and/or application behavior) in a variety of computing environments. Topics of interest include (but not limited to):

• Workload characterization or related studies focusing on the following types of applications:
  • E-commerce
    
  • Web server
    
  • Database
    
  • Embedded
    
  • Mobile
    
  • Multimedia
    
  • Java
    
  • Network computing
    
  • Multiprocessor
    
  • Scientific
    
  • Operating system intensive
    
  • Multi-threaded
    
• Effects of architectural features on workload behavior
  
• Machine independent characterization of workloads
  
• Memory and I/O access patterns
  
• Benchmark creation and validation
  
• Representative trace generation
  
• Profiling, trace collection and validation issues
  
• Workload synthesis
  
• Abstract modeling of program behavior
  

Author Schedule

Submission Guidelines

Full papers of up to 20 double spaced pages can be submitted. Clearly describe the nature of the work, its significance and the current status of the research. Include a title page containing the title of the paper, list of authors and their affiliations, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, email addresses. Specify the corresponding author. Selected papers will be published in the form of an IEEE conference proceedings.