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                                        CALL FOR PAPERS

        The Seventh Annual IEEE International Workshop on Workload Characterization (WWC-7)

                                Austin, Texas, October 25, 2004
                            Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society and 
                        the Technical Committee on Computer Architecture
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New computer applications and programming paradigms are constantly emerging to complement 
new and improving technology. Design of next generation microprocessors and computer systems 
should be based on understanding of emerging workloads. This one-day workshop, sponsored by 
IEEE and the Technical Committee on Computer Architecture, will focus on characterizing and 
understanding modern computer applications from both commercial and scientific computing.

Papers are solicited in all areas related to characterization of workloads (system or application) 
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
  - OS 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

IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES:
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 Abstract Submission: August 2, 2004
 Final Paper Submission:  August 9, 2004
 Acceptance Notified: September 14, 2004
 Final Manuscript Submission: September 21, 2004

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS:
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 Lizy K. John                           Ann Marie G. Maynard
 The University of Texas at Austin      IBM Center for Advanced Studies
 ljohn@ece.utexas.edu                   amg@us.ibm.com

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
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 Murali Annavaram, Intel Corporation
 Ravi Bhargava, AMD
 Koen De Bosschere, Ghent University
 Lieven Eeckhout, Ghent University
 Kelly Flanagan, Brigham Young University
 Ravishankar Iyer, Intel Corporation
 Lizy John, The University of Texas at Austin
 David Kaeli, Northeastern University
 Kevin Lepak, AMD
 Ann Marie Maynard, IBM Center for Advanced Studies
 Ramesh Radhakrishnan, Dell
 Deepu Talla, Texas Instruments
 Pedro Trancoso, University of Cyprus
 Nasr Ullah, Motorola

PUBLICITY CHAIR:
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 Tao Li, University of Florida

PUBLICATIONS CHAIR:
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 Ajay Joshi, The University of Texas at Austin

WEB CHAIR:
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 Juan Rubio, The University of Texas at Austin

REGISTRATION CHAIR:
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 Aashish Phansalkar, The University of Texas at Austin

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CO-CHAIRS:
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 Ann Marie G. Maynard, IBM Center for Advanced Studies
 Debi Prather, The University of Texas at Austin


PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND MORE INFORMATION:
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 Papers will appear in the workshop proceedings, published by IEEE. 
 For paper submission guidelines and other information, visit 
 the WWC web site at: http://www.ece.utexas.edu/~ljohn/wwc/