[hpc-announce] FCCM 2020 Call for Papers (IV)

Mon Dec 30 13:16:00 CST 2019

Please Note: Deadlines will NOT be extended. All short/long paper abstracts are due January 6. All short/long paper submissions are due January 13. No exceptions or extensions will be granted.

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FCCM 2020 Call for Papers and PhD Forum Submissions

The IEEE International Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines (FCCM) is the original and premier forum for presenting and discussing new research related to computing that exploits the unique features and capabilities of FPGAs and other reconfigurable hardware. Submissions are solicited on the following topics related to Field Programmable Custom Computing Machines (FCCMs) including, but not limited to:

Architectures
	- Novel reconfigurable architectures, including overlay architectures
	- Architectures for high performance and/or low power computing
	- Security assessment and enhancements for reconfigurable computing
	- Specialized memory systems including volatile, non-volatile, and hybrid memory subsystems
	- Emerging technologies with in-field reconfiguration abilities
	- Clusters, data centers, or large systems of reconfigurable devices
	- Heterogeneous programmable architectures
Abstractions, Programming Models, and Tools
	- Abstractions, programming models, interfaces, and runtimes, including virtualization
	- New languages and design frameworks for spatial or heterogeneous applications
	- High-level synthesis and designer productivity in general
	- Software-Defined-systems (e.g. radio, networks, frameworks for new domains)
	- Customizable soft processors systems
Reconfiguration
	- Run-time management of reconfigurable hardware
	- System resilience/fault tolerance for reconfigurable hardware
	- Evolvable, adaptable, or autonomous reconfigurable computing systems
	- Security assessment and enhancement of run-time reconfiguration
Applications
	- Data center or cluster with reconfigurable applications
	- New uses of run-time reconfiguration in applications-specific systems
	- Applications that utilize reconfigurable technology for performance and efficiency, and particularly submissions that make comparisons with other highly parallel architectures such as GPUs or DSPs
	- Novel use of state-of-the-art commercial FPGAs

Submission Website:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fccm20

Important Dates:

Abstracts Due (All Papers): 				January 6, 2020 (No Extensions)
Submissions Due (All Papers): 			January 13, 2020 (No Extensions)
Rebuttal Period: 						February 2 - 7, 2020
Notification of Acceptance (All Papers): 		March 2, 2020
Ph.D. Forum Submissions Due:			March 6 2020 (No Extensions)
Notification of Acceptance (Ph.D. Forum):	March 23 2020
Workshop Proposal Submissions: 			March 30, 2020
Camera-Ready Submission:	 			March 30, 2020
Early Registration Deadline: 				April 5, 2020
Conference: 							May 3 - May 6, 2020

Organizing Committee:

General Chair: 				David Andrews (University of Arkansas)
Program Chair: 				Ken Eguro (Microsoft Corporation)
Publications Chair: 				James Davis (Imperial College London)
Finance Chair: 				Andrew Schmidt (University of Southern California ISI)
Workshops Chair: 				Miaoqing Huang (University of Arkansas)
Publicity and Website Chair: 		Dustin Richmond (University of Washington)
Expo and Demo-Night Chair: 		Grace Zgheib (Intel Corporation)
Panel Chair: 					Guy Lemieux (University of British Columbia)
Sponsorship Chair:				Christophe Bobda (University of Florida)
Local Arrangement Chair: 		Shona Simmons (University of Arkansas)

Paper Formats:

Long papers for oral presentation can be 8 pages of content plus unlimited pages for references. Short papers with short oral presentations are limited to 4 pages of content with unlimited pages for references. Authors are encouraged to submit preliminary work using the 4-page format. This category is intended for new projects and early results or work that can be concisely presented in the 4-page budget. Do not submit the same work to both streams.  Submissions accepted as posters will have a 1-page extended abstract.

All submissions should be written in English. An online submission link will be available on the FCCM website at https://www.fccm.org. Papers must conform to the US letter-sized IEEE conference proceedings format to be reviewed and published. A conformant LaTeX template is available at www.fccm.org/templates/latex_template_fccm19.zip and a Microsoft Word template is available at www.fccm.org/templates/word_template_fccm19.doc. Overleaf users can find the LaTeX template at www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/ieee-bare-demo-template-for-conferences/ypypvwjmvtdf

Review Process:

FCCM uses a double blind reviewing system. Manuscripts must not identify authors or their affiliations. Authors are encouraged to cite their own work but must not implicitly identify themselves. For example, references that clearly identify the authors (“We build on our previous work…”) should be written as “This work builds on XYZ [citation]”. Do not put a “deleted for double-blind” entry in the reference section.

In the case of widely-available Open Source software, authors should cite the website(s) but not claim to own them. Authors should also remember to mask grant numbers and other government markings during the review process. Note that there are resources to blind open-source repositories for review such as: https://github.com/tdurieux/anonymous_github.  Papers that attempt to identify authors or leverage prior work or institutional support for a competitive advantage in the peer review process will not be considered. Placing a preliminary version of the unpublished paper on arXiv is not disqualifying, but it is also not encouraged; just because a paper can be unblinded by active search will not undermine the spirit of the double-blind review. Artifacts, including open-source designs and tools are encouraged; if there are questions about how to handle blind-review, contact the program chair. 

FCCM 2020 includes a rebuttal phase. Specific questions from reviewers will be made available by February 2nd. Authors have the option to provide an up to 500-word response by February 7th. Reviewers will consider the responses during final paper deliberations.

Simultaneous Submissions:

Papers must not be simultaneously under review or waiting to appear at another conference or in a journal, and must not be essentially the same as any paper that has been previously published. If a paper contains text or technical content that is similar to a previously published or submitted paper, that other paper should be cited in the FCCM submission, and the differences should be made clear.

Reviewer Conflicts:

Authors must register any program committee conflicts as they submit their paper. Conflicts can include those that have co-authored a paper in the past 3 years, those that have current or recent shared institutional affiliation, or other situations in which the relationship would prevent a reviewer from being objective. Note that if an undeclared conflict is discovered, or a conflict is declared in an attempt to “game” the review process, the submission may be rejected. If you believe you may have a conflict with the program chair, please contact the program chair well in advance of the submission deadline.

Best Paper Award and a Special Section for the Best FCCM 2020 Papers in ACM TRETS:
FCCM 2020 will continue the tradition of having a best long and short paper award. We will also invite the authors of the best papers to extend their work to be considered for publication in a special section of ACM’s Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems (TRETS) for FCCM 2020.

Special Note to Authors:

At least one author of each accepted submission is expected to attend the conference and present their work. Failure to present in person at the conference will result in the removal of the submission from IEEE Xplore.
Across all topics (and especially for application papers) successful manuscripts will include sufficient details to reproduce the results presented (e.g., full part numbers, software versions). Application papers should not just be an implementation of an application on an FPGA, but should show how reconfigurable technology is leveraged by the application, and should ideally contain insights and lessons that can be carried forward into future designs.  Additional suggestions and guidelines are available on www.fccm.org. See the ACM/TCFPGA Hall-of-Fame (hof.tcfpga.org) and the set of previous FCCM Best Paper winners (wiki.tcfpga.org/FCCMBest) for outstanding examples of FCCM papers.

FCCM 2020 Call for Ph.D. Forum Submissions

The IEEE International Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines (FCCM) is the original and premier forum for presenting and discussing new research related to computing that exploits the unique features and capabilities of FPGAs and other reconfigurable hardware.

FCCM 2020 will include a Ph.D. Forum co-located with Demo Night on May 4th 2020. This is an excellent chance for Ph.D. students who have not yet published to present research ideas plans preliminary results and meet the FCCM community. This is also a good opportunity for more senior students to present an overview of their evolving body of work an excellent step towards preparing a dissertation. The forum will provide feedback and attention from the community of academic and industry attendees.

To encourage participation in the Ph.D. Forum authors of accepted submissions will qualify for discounted conference registration.

Submission Website:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fccm20 

Important Dates:

Ph.D. Forum Submissions Due	March 6 2020
Notification of Acceptance		March 23 2020
Camera-Ready Submissions Due	March 30 2020
Early Registration Deadline		April 5 2020
Conference					May 3 - May 6 2020

Paper Formats:

Authors are invited to submit a 1-page extended abstract including no more than 5 references. Submissions should include a clear description of the Ph.D. motivation objectives problem definition addressed solutions current status and planned work if applicable. All submissions should be written in English. An online submission link will be available on the FCCM website at https://www.fccm.org. Papers must conform to the US letter-sized IEEE conference proceedings format to be reviewed and published. A conformant LaTeX template is available at www.fccm.org/templates/latex_template_fccm19.zipand a Microsoft Word template is available at www.fccm.org/templates/word_template_fccm19.doc. Overleaf users can find the LaTeX template at www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/ieee-bare-demo-template-for-conferences/ypypvwjmvtdf

Review Process and Author Notices:

The FCCM Ph.D. Forum will use a double-blind reviewing system. Authors are encouraged to cite their own work where applicable but should blind the entries in the reference section. Accepted submissions will appear in the conference proceedings. Authors of accepted submissions must attend the conference in person to present their work. Failure to present will result in the removal of the submission from IEEE Xplore.

Questions:

Questions about this call, submissions, and potential submissions should be directed to the program chair, Ken Eguro.

This call for papers is located on the FCCM website at: https://www.fccm.org/home/call-for-papers/