[hpc-announce] First Workshop On Approximate Computing - In conjunction with HiPEAC 2015

[Nikos Bellas]

**Call for Papers **
***1st Workshop on Approximate Computing*
*In conjunction with HiPEAC 2015*
**
*January 19, 2015, Amsterdam
*
http://wapco.inf.uth.gr <http://ppopp15.soe.ucsc.edu/>

Research in the last few years has focused on approximate computing as a 
means to overcome the energy scaling barrier of computer systems. Energy 
savings can be achieved by utilizing the inherent error resilience of 
algorithms in many application domains such as signal processing, 
multimedia, data analytics and computational engineering, among others. 
Indeed, fully accurate arithmetic in specific phases of those 
applications may have only a marginal effect on output quality, 
especially if combined with error correction frameworks such as 
iterative refinement. For example, accurate execution may be traded off 
with lower energy consumption by providing the ability to scale supply 
voltage below nominal values and accommodate errors at the software 
layers, or use a simpler approximate solution such as lower precision 
arithmetic.

Designing such systems in a general-purpose computing environment 
requires a holistic view of all layers from algorithms, programming 
models, system software, and hardware down to the transistor level. This 
full-day workshop, which is organized in conjunction with HiPEAC 2015 
<http://www.hipeac.net/2015/amsterdam>, is an inter-disciplinary effort 
to bring together researchers from the areas of mathematics, computer 
science, computer and electrical engineering to discuss challenges, 
risks and opportunities of approximate computing in all design layers.

Papers will be published online in this website, but not in proceedings. 
Submitting to WAPCO will not preclude future publication opportunities. 
Website is http://wapco.inf.uth.gr/

*We are soliciting original papers on topics that include but are not 
limited to the following:*

  * Formal and mathematical methods for approximate computing
  * Programming languages and models for approximate computing
  * Compiler and system software support for approximate computing
  * Hardware support for approximate computing
  * Hardware-software interaction for approximate computing
  * Applications that can benefit from approximate computing
  * Simulation and modeling techniques for approximate computing
  * Position papers on the potential and limitations of approximate
    computing


      Important Dates

*Nov 7, 2014: * 	Submission deadline
*Nov 28, 2014: * 	Notification of decision
*Dec 12, 2014: * 	Final manuscript due


  Organizers

Nikolaos Bellas 	University of Thessaly and CERTH, Greece
Dimitrios Nikolopoulos 	Queen's University Belfast, UK
Andy Burg 	EPFL, Switzerland
Uwe Naumann 	RWTH-Aachen, Germany
Peter Debacker 	IMEC, Belgium
Frederick Vivien 	INRIA, France
Georgios Karakonstantis 	EPFL, Switzerland and QUB, UK
Costas Bekas 	IBM Research -- Zurich
Will Sawyer 	CSCS, Switzerland
Vincent Heuveline 	University of Heidelberg, Germany
Thomas Ludwig 	University of Hamburg and DKRZ
Enrique Quintana -- Orti 	Universitat Jaume I de Castellon, Spain


-- 
Nikolaos Bellas
Associate Professor
ECE Department
University of Thessaly
Greece

http://inf-server.inf.uth.gr/~nbellas

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