[hpc-announce] WCET 2016 First Call For Papers

[Martin Schoeberl]

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                         16th International Workshop on
                       Worst-Case Execution Time Analysis

                                    WCET 2016

                      Toulouse, France, 5th July 2016
              
     in conjunction with the Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS)

                          http://wcet2016.compute.dtu.dk  

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                                CALL FOR PAPERS

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WCET 2016 is kindly supported by TACLe (www.tacle.eu), an European
COST-Action on Timing Analysis on Code-Level.

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GOALS AND TOPICS

A large class of embedded systems is distinguished from general-purpose
computing systems by the need to satisfy strict requirements on timing, often
under constraints on available resources. Predictable system design is concerned
with the challenge of building systems for which timing requirements can be
guaranteed a priori. Perhaps paradoxically, this problem has become more
difficult by the introduction of performance-enhancing architectural elements,
such as caches, pipelines, and multi-threading, which introduce a large degree
of uncertainty and make timing guarantees harder to provide.

The WCET workshop focuses on the analysis and design of timing-predictable
systems, with a strong emphasis on worst-case execution time (WCET) analysis.
Topics of interest include all aspects of timing analysis and
timing-predictability. This includes (but is not limited to):

- WCET analysis for multi-threaded and multi-core systems
- Low-level timing analysis, modeling and analysis of processor features
- Flow analysis for WCET, loop bounds, infeasible paths
- Measurement-based WCET analysis
- Different approaches to WCET computation
- Probabilistic timing analysis
- Tools for WCET analysis
- Integration of WCET and schedulability analysis
- Integration of WCET analysis in development processes
- Strategies to reduce the complexity of WCET analysis
- Processor and hardware design for timing predictability
- Program design for timing predictability
- Compiler-based optimization of worst-case timing
- Timing-predictable, resource-aware operating systems
- Experimental analysis of the timing behavior of processors
- Methods and benchmarks for WCET analysis evaluation
- Case studies and industrial experiences of WCET analysis
- WCET analysis in the academic curriculum

Statements which are innovative, controversial, or that present new approaches
are specially sought.

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FOCUS OF THE 2016 EDITION

This year we feature papers that provide tools in open source and provide
instructions how the evaluation results can be reproduced. The PC will
explore those open source tools as part of the paper review process.

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WORKSHOP STRUCTURE

The goal of the workshop is to bring together people from academia, tool vendors
and users in industry who are interested in all aspects of timing predictability
of real-time systems. The workshop fosters a highly interactive format with
ample time for in-depth discussions. It provides a relaxed forum to present and
discuss new ideas, new research directions, and to review current trends in this
area. The presentations will be kept short to leave plenty of time for
interaction of attendees.

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SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Research papers should present original research results not published or
submitted for publication in other forums. Accepted papers will be published
via Schloss Dagstuhl's OASIcs online proceedings series, indexed, with ISBN.
Authors of accepted papers agree to attend the workshop and to present their
work during the workshop.

Papers submitted for the WCET workshop must be written in English, must not
exceed 10 pages, should conform to the typesetting requirements specified on the
workshop's website (http://wcet2016.compute.dtu.dk), and must be submitted in
PDF format using the WCET workshop paper submission website. Author names,
affiliations and self-references should not be anonymized.

Paper submission is via EasyChair at:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wcet2016

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IMPORTANT DATES

Paper submission deadline:                 28th April 2016 (23:59 GMT-12)
Notification of acceptance:                27th May 2016
Final paper submission:                    10th June 2016
WCET Workshop:                             5th July 2016
ECRTS Conference:                          6-8th July 2016
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PROGRAM CHAIR

Martin Schoeberl, Technical University of Denmark


PROGRAM COMMITTEE

    - Sebastian Altmeyer, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
    - Guillem Bernat, Rapita Systems, UK
    - Hugues Casse, IRIT - Universite de Toulouse, France
    - Francisco J. Cazorla,  Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain
    - Heiko Falk, TU Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
    - Damien Hardy, IRISA, France
    - Raimund Kirner, University of Hertfordshire, UK
    - Jens Knoop, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
    - Bjorn Lisper, Univ. College of Malardalen, Sweden
    - Claire Maiza, Grenoble INP/Verimag, France
    - Enrico Mezzetti, Univ. of Padua, Italy
    - Wolfgang Puffitsch, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
    - Isabelle Puaut, IRISA, France
    - Peter Puschner, TU Wien, Austria
    - Harini Ramaprasad, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
    - Christine Rochange, IRIT, France
    - Martin Schoeberl, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
    - Tullio Vardanega, Univ. of Padua, Italy


STEERING COMMITTEE

    - Guillem Bernat, Rapita Systems Ltd., UK
    - Bjorn Lisper, Univ. College of Malardalen
    - Isabelle Puaut, IRISA
    - Peter Puschner, TU Wien

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