[hpc-announce] International Summer School on Architectures and Algorithms for Energy-Efficient IoT and HPC Applications - Call for Participation

[Igor Neri]

10th NiPS Summer School 2019 - Call for participation
International Summer School on
Architectures and Algorithms for Energy-Efficient IoT and HPC Applications
Perugia (Italy) - September 3rd-6th, 2019
https://www.nipslab.org/nips-summer-school-hpc-iot-2019
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Early registration deadline: June 30, 2019
Final application deadline: July 31, 2019
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International Summer School on Architectures and Algorithms for Energy-Efficient IoT and HPC Applications

Perugia, Italy
Tuesday September 3rd - Friday September 6th, 2019
The Summer School on “Architectures and Algorithms for Energy-Efficient IoT and HPC Applications" is a 4-day school bringing together well-known international scientists from academia, research centers and industry. The school offers the opportunity to students and young researchers to be aware of the state-of-art on the development of energy-efficient computer architecture, algorithms and their applications to the Internet of Things (IoT) and High-Performance Computing (HPC) domains.
The Summer School is organized by the Noise in Physical Systems Laboratory (http://www.nipslab.org<http://www.nipslab.org/>) in collaboration with the OPRECOMP project (http://oprecomp.eu<http://oprecomp.eu/>), and it is open to everybody. Previous training or experience in computer science as well as a background in computer architecture or compilation is recommended.

=== Scientific program ===
Day 1 (Tuesday, September the 3rd)
 - Memory Systems and Memory-Centric Computing Systems: Challenges and Opportunities (Onur Mutlu – ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
 - Understanding performance numbers in HW Design (Frank K. Gürkaynak – ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
 - PULP: A Multi-Core Platform for Micropower In-Sensor Analytics (Davide Rossi, University of Bologna, Italy)
Day 2 (Wednesday, September the 4th)
 - Energy efficient heterogeneous design (Luca Benini – University of Bologna, Italy)
 - Approximate (Trans-Precision) Computing Without Re-Inventing the Wheel (Andreas Burg – EPFL, Switzerland)
 - Summer of Code presentations (Elevator speeches by the SoC winners – part 1)
Day 3 (Thursday, September the 5th)
 - Energy Efficient Inter-Chip Communication in Heterogeneous Application Domains (Vasilis Pavlidis – University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
 - TBA (Andrea Calimera – Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
 - Efficient Memory Controller Architectures and their Integration in Transprecision Compute Platforms (Christian Weis – University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)
 - Summer of Code presentations (Elevator speeches by the SoC winners – part 2)
Day 4 (Friday, September the 6th)
 - TBA (Dimitrios Nikolopoulos – Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom)
 - Dynamic Application Autotuning for Approximate Computing (Cristina Silvano – Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
 - Enabling Machine Learning on FPGA (Mirko Mariotti – University of Perugia, Italy)
 - Neural Network tutorial on GAP8 AI processor (Francesco Paci – GreenWaves Technologies, France)

Lectures will run on mornings and afternoons from 9:00 to 18:00, except on Wednesday when an excursion in the afternoon will take place followed by the social dinner.

=== Poster Session ===
During the school we will give chance to young researchers to present their work through poster sessions which will span all days of the school. The poster sessions will provide an ideal opportunity for students to present their own work in progress and get feedback from senior researchers and fellow students, and can be the beginning of future collaboration.

=== Venue and Social Events ===
The Summer School will take place at the Hotel Giò in Perugia, in central Italy.
On September 4th at 15:45 we will have a touristic guided excursion to Assisi followed by the social dinner in a special location, with typical food and wine.
Accompanying persons are welcome to the summer school. Touristic attractions and cultural events, will be running in Perugia during the summer school days and are located at walking distance from the school site.

=== Certificate ===
All participants will receive a certificate of attendance. Some universities will accept this certificate in their PhD program.

=== Admission ===
Please notice that school attendance is limited and the participation will be assessed on a first-come/first-serve basis, subjected to acceptance from the Organizing Committee.

=== Important dates ===
June 30, 2019: deadline for early registration
July 31, 2019: deadline for late registration

=== Registration ===
The registration fee includes: 7 coffee breaks, 4 lunches and a programmed excursion with the social dinner.
Early registration (until June 30 2019): 450 €
Late registration (from July 1 2019):  600 €

Accompanying persons are welcome, and can choose between the following options:
Option 1: 80 € - it covers the cost of the social dinner and the excursion
Option 2: 160 € - it covers the costs of 4 lunches, the social dinner and the excursion

=== Registration Step by Step ===
1) Please compile the Registration form: https://www.nipslab.org/summer-school-2019-registration-form/ selecting the track “Architectures and Algorithms for Energy-Efficient IoT and HPC Applications”.
2) We will review your application and you will receive a confirmation of admission by e-mail with instructions for the payment of the registration fee.
3) After the payment your registration is completed and you will receive an invoice.
Please notice that school attendance is limited and the participation will be assessed on a first-come/first-serve basis, subjected to acceptance from the Organizing Committee.

=== Lodging ===
The School will take place at the Hotel Giò which will offers the possibility to stay at discounted rates for the Summer School participants. The school location is however very close to the city center and easily reachable from any hotel in the city center by foot or via public service.

=== How to reach Perugia ===
By Air
The closest airport to Perugia is the San Francesco airport located at 15 min drive.
Central Italy's closest major airports are in Rome, Pisa, and Florence. These can be easily reached by train, bus or car.
The major international gateway is Rome's Aeroporto Leonardo da Vinci, known as Fiumicino (FCO) (30 km/19 mi southwest of Rome).
Pisa's Aeroporto Galileo Galilei (PSA) (12 km/7 mi south of Pisa and 80 km (50 mi) west of Florence) has flights from London, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Paris)
Florence's Aeroporto A. Vespucci, known as Peretola (FLR) (10 km/6 mi northwest of Florence), has connections to Brussels, Paris, London, Rome, and Milan.
By train
Arrival at Perugia Fontivegge Railways Station. Information on train schedule are available here: http://www.trenitalia.com/tcom-en

=== Steering committee ===
Igor Neri (University of Perugia, Italy)
Frank K. Gürkaynak (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Cristiano Malossi (IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland)
Enrique Salvador Quintana Ortí (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain)
Davide Rossi (University of Bologna, Italy)
Dimitrios Nikolopoulos  (Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom)
Henri-Pierre Charles (CEA, France)
Giuseppe Tagliavini (University of Bologna, Italy)

=== Scientific Director ===
Luca Gammaitoni, NiPS Laboratory, Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia, Università di Perugia

=== Contact information ===
NiPS Laboratory, Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia, Università di Perugia
via Pascoli 1 - I-06123 - Perugia (Italy)
Email:  school at nipslab.org<mailto:school at nipslab.org>