Int. Symp. on System Synthesis, Nov 6-8, CA

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                  9TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SYSTEM SYNTHESIS (ISSS)
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                                La Jolla, California, November 6-8, 1996


                                                      ADVANCE PROGRAM
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                                        (http://www.cs.ucr.edu/isss96/)






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                                                      Important Dates
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                      Advance Registration Deadline : September 30, 1996
                      Hotel Reservation Deadline : October 4, 1996
                      On-Site Registration : November 5-6, 1996
                      Conference Dates : November 6-8, 1996




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                                                            About ISSS
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ISSS is a major international forum presenting emerging techniques for the
system-level design and synthesis of computing systems. Having begun as the
International Workshop on High-Level Synthesis in the mid-80's, it attracts
leading design automation professionals from around the world. The growing
acceptance of commercial synthesis tools, and the unified view of both
hardware and software that such tools enable, has led to the symposium
expanding to now cover hardware/software codesign, programmable
processor-based design, system and high-level synthesis, system-design
methodologies, synthesis for low power and test, and embedded and
real-time software. ISSS96 features 23 papers selected from over 80
submissions. Paper presentations will consist of short talks followed by
poster sessions, allowing ample time for discussion and interaction.




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                                                  La Jolla, California
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The symposium's location, La Jolla, California, is a widely-acclaimed
San Diego village just 20 minutes north of San Diego International Airport.
Situated along the Pacific Ocean, La Jolla includes several of Southern
California's popular tourist spots, including the La Jolla Cove's
breathtaking ocean views, excellent snorkeling, and caves; the La Jolla
Shores beach; the Stephen Birch Aquarium; Torrey Pines State Reserve;
La Jolla shops and restaurants; hot-air ballooning; the Del Mar Race Track;
and U.C. San Diego (all within reach by complimentary hotel transportation).


Nearby attractions include Sea World, the San Diego Zoo, Seaport Village,
Balboa Park (galleries, museums, and theaters) and Tijuana, Mexico.
Los Angeles is a two-hour drive from La Jolla, Disneyland in Anaheim is a
1.5 hour drive, while San Jose (site of ICCAD96, being held the week after
ISSS) is about an hours flight away.






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                                                      Technical Program
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Tuesday, November 5, 1996
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18:00 - 20:00 Registration
19:00 - 21:00 Reception




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Wednesday, November 6, 1996
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8:00-12:00 Registration


8:30 Opening Session & Invited Talk
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              o Opening & Welcoming remarks
                  Ahmed Jerraya, TIMA-CNRS, Genoble, France.


              o "System Design: Problems and Solutions" ,
                  Randolph Harr, Electronics Technology Office, DARPA, USA.




10:00 Session 1 : System-Level Synthesis I
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              Chair : Rajesh Gupta, University of California-Irvine, USA.


    1.1 System-level Synthesis of Application Specific Systems using A* Search
              and Generalized Force-Directed Heuristics,
              C. Lee, M.M. Potkonjak, University of California at Los Angeles, USA,
              W. Wolf, Princeton University, USA.
    1.2 Towards a Practical Methodology for Completely Characterizing the
              Optimal Design Space,
              S.A. Blythe, R.A. Walker, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA.
    1.3 Grammar-based Hardware Synthesis of Data Communication Protocols,
              J. Oeberg, A. Kumar, A. Hemani, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
    1.4 ADOPT: Efficient Hardware Address Generation in Distributed Memory
              Architectures,
              M. Miranda, F. Catthoor, M. Janssen, H. De Man, IMEC, Belgium.
    1.5 Breakpoints and Breakpoint Detection in Source Level Emulation,
              G. Koch, U. Kebschull, Forschungszentrum Informatik, Germany,
              W.Rosenstiel, University of Tubingen, Germany.


12:00 Lunch


13:30 Focus Group
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              Workshop discussions involving all attendees


14:30 Session 2 : High-Level Synthesis
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              Chair: Robert Walker, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA.


    2.1 Layout-driven RTL Binding Techniques for High-Level Synthesis,
              M. Xu, F.J. Kurdahi, University of California, Irvine, USA.
    2.2 Eliminating False Loops Caused by Sharing in Control Path,
              A. Su, T. Liu, Y. Hsu, University of California, Riverside, USA,
              M.T. Lee, Fujitsu Laboratories of America, USA.
    2.3 An Efficient ILP-Based Scheduling Algorithm for Control-Dominated VHDL
              Descriptions,
              M. Munch, M. Glesner, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany,
              N. Wehn, Siemens, Germany.
    2.4 A Constructive Method for Exploiting Code Motion,
              L.C.V. dos Santos, M.J.M. Heijligers, C.A.J. van Eijk, J.T.J. van
              Eijndhoven, J.A.G. Jess, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands.
    2.5 Synthesis of Low-Power Partially-Clocked Systems from High-Level
              Specifications,
              L. Benini, P. Vuillod, C. Coelho, G. De Micheli, Stanford University,USA.


16:30 Panel Discussion
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              "Where is Codesign heading ?"


              Panelists: Rolf Ernst, T.U. Braunschweig, Germany.
                                      Randolph Harr, DARPA, USA.
                                      Masaharu Imai, Osaka University, Japan.
                                      Vijay Nagasami, VSIS, USA.
                                      Steve Sapiro, SC Associates, USA.




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Thursday, November 7, 1996
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8:30 Invited Talk
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              "Trends in Architectures and Compilers",
              Gary Tyson, University of Michingan, USA.




9:30 Session 3 : Hardware/Software Codesign
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              Chair : TBD


    3.1 Bus-Based Communication Synthesis on System-Level,
              M. Gasteier, M. Glesner, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany.
    3.2 Hardware/Software Partitioning with Iterative Improvement Heuristics,
              P. Eles, Z. Peng, K. Kuchcinski - Linkoping University, Sweden,
              A. Doboli, Technical University Timisoara, Romania.
    3.3 The Use of a Virtual Instruction Set for the Software Synthesis of
              Hw/Sw Embedded Systems,
              A. Balboni, ITALTEL, Italy, W. Fornaciari, M. Vincenzi, CEFRIEL, Italy,
              D. Sciuto, Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
    3.4 A Codesign Experiment in Acoustic Echo Cancellation: GMDFa,
              L. Freund, M. Israel, F. Rousseau, LAMI Universite D'Evry, J.M. Berge,
              France Telecom CNET, M. Auguin, C. Belleudy, G. Gogniat, Universite de
              Nice Sophia/Antipolis CNRS, France.




11:30 Focus Group
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              Consolidation of results of discussions.


12:30 Lunch




14:30 Session 4 : Programmable Processor based Design & Synthesis
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              Chair : Francky Cathoor, IMEC, Belgium.


    4.1 Memory Organization for Improved Data Cache Performance in Embedded
              Processors, P.R. Panda, N.D. Dutt, A. Nicolau, University of California,
              Irvine, USA.
    4.2 Size-Constrained Code Placement for Cache Miss Rate Reduction,
              H. Tomiyama, H. Yasuura, Kyushu University, Japan.
    4.3 Instruction Set Design and Optimizations for Address Computation in
              DSP architectures,
              G. Araujo, A. Sudarsanam, S. Malik, Princeton University, USA.
    4.4 DSP Processor/Compiler Co-Design: A Quantitative Approach,
              V. Zivojnovic, S. Pees, C. Schlager, M. Willems, R. Schoenen, H. Meyr,
              Aachen University of Technology, Germany.


16:30 Panel Discussion
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              "Real Requirements for High-Level Synthesis"


              Panelists: Raul Camposano, Synopsys, USA.
                                    Francky Cathoor, IMEC, Belgium.
                                    Kayhan Kucukcakar, Motorola, USA.
                                    Wanda Gass, Texas Instruments, USA.




18:30 Banquet




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Friday, November 8, 1996
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8:30 Session 5 : System-Level Synthesis II
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              Chair : TBD


    5.1 Modeling Multicomputer Task Allocation as a Vector Packing Problem,
              J. Beck, Delco Electronics Corporation, USA, D. Siewiorek, Carnegie
              Mellon University, USA.
    5.2 A Comparison of Functional and Structural Partitioning, F. Vahid,
              T. Le, Y. Hsu, University of California, Riverside, USA.
    5.3 Flow Graph Balancing for Minimizing the Required Memory Bandwidth,
              S. Wuytack, F. Cathoor, G. de Jong, B. Lin, H. De Man, IMEC, Belgium.
    5.4 Throughput Optimization in Disk-Based Real-Time Application Specific
              Systems, S. Docy, I. Hong, M.M. Potkonjak, Univ. of California at Los
              Angeles, USA.
    5.5 Testability Insertion in Behavioral Descriptions,
              F.F. Hsu, E.M. Rudnick, J.H. Patel, Univ. of Illinois, USA.


10:30 Focus Group
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              Presentation of results, discussion.


12:00 Future Directions
13:00 Symposium Ends




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                                                    Hotel Information
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Make reservations directly with the Sheraton Grande Torrey Pines, mentioning
ISSS'96 to obtain the special low rates. Rates are guaranteed until October 4,
1996 after which reservations will be based on availability. Cancellations
can be made up to 72 hours prior to arrival.


Address:
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                  Sheraton Grande Torrey Pines
                  10950 North Torrey Pines Road
                  La Jolla, CA 92037-1705, USA


                  Tel: (619) 558-1500
                              (800) 762-6160
                  Fax: (619) 450-4584
                  Web: http://www.infopost.com/sheraton/


Rates:
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                  Single: $120
                  Double: $160


Directions:
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Inexpensive independent shuttles operate regularly from the airport - the
hotel recommends Cloud 9 ($11/person each way).
Driving from the airport: Follow signs to I-5 North, take exit Genesse.
Make a left on Genesse, then right on North Torrey Pines Road. At the third
intersection, turn left into driveway.


Local transportation:
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The hotel provides free transportation within a 5-mile radius. There is a
charge for hotel parking. Car rental service is available at the hotel
(Enterprise, Avis).




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                                            Registration Information
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To register, please fill in the registration form below and enclose the
appropriate fee in the form of a check (payable to "ISSS'96") in US dollars
drawn on a US bank. Mail the completed form and check to:


                                                Frank Vahid, ISSS'96
                                                Computer Science Dept.
                                                University of California
                                                Riverside, CA 92521-0304, USA


Advance registration fee must be received by Sept. 30, 1996. Written requests
for refunds should be made prior to this date. After November 1, 1996, all
registrations will be processed only at the conference site. Registrations
cannot be accepted over phone, fax, email, or through credit-cards.


The conference fee includes all social events, lunches and breaks.
For further information, contact Frank Vahid at vahid@cs.ucr.edu
(Tel: (909) 787-4710).




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                                            Organizing Committee
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                    General Chair: Ahmed Jerraya, TIMA-CNRS, Genoble
                    Program Chair: Frank Vahid, UC Riverside
                    Publications/Publicity Chair: Sanjiv Narayan, Ambit Design Systems
                    Finance Chair: Loganath Ramachandran, UC Irvine
                    Exhibits Chair: Yu-Chin Hsu, UC Riverside
                    Panels Chair: Daniel Gajski: UC Irvine
                    Past Chair: Pierre Paulin, SGS-Thomson


                                      Technical Program Committee
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          Toshiro Akino, Matsushita Raul Camposano, Synopsys
          Francky Cathoor, IMEC Nikil Dutt, UC Irvine
          Rolf Ernst, T.U. Braunschweig Cathy Gebotys, U. Waterloo
          Kayhan Kucukcakar, Motorola Fadi Kurdahi, UC Irvine
          Steve YL Lin, Tsing Hua Univ. Paul Lippens, Philips
          Jan Madsen, Tech. U. Denmark Lev Markov, Mentor Graphics
          Peter Marwedel, U. Dortmund Vijay Nagasamy, VSIS
          Yukihiro Nakamura, NTT Kevin O'Brien, Leda
          Jeanne Pitz, Texas Instruments Wolfgang Rosenstiel, U.Tubingen
          Edwin Sha, Notre Dame Mani Srivastava, AT&T
          Leon Stok, IBM Donald Thomas, CMU
          Kazutoshi Wakabayashi, NEC Robert Walker, RPI
          Wayne Wolf, Princeton




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    ** Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society (DATC) and the ACM SIGDA **
    ** In Cooperation with IFIP/10.5 **
    ** With corporate support from Quickturn Design Systems **
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A special issue of ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems
(TODAES) containing selected papers from ISSS'96 will be published following
the conference.




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