|
|
Call for Papers2nd Workshop on MRE’04 |
|
![](3D"MRE04CFP_files/image002.gif")
<=
/p>
March 21, 2004
http://research=
.microsoft.com/~zorn/mre04/home.htm
Held
in Conjunction with the IEEE/ACM 2004 International Symposium on Code
Generation and Optimization (CGO’04)
http://www.cgo.org
Objective
Man=
aged
runtime environments (which include, but are not limited to Virtual Machine=
s) bring
higher level abstractions to software design and enable new classes of
applications. Many applicatio=
ns are
being developed for managed environments, and it is increasingly important =
that
architectures, compilers, operating systems, and runtime systems are
well-adapted for new and potentially very different workloads. The goals of this workshop a=
re
two-fold: first, we want to better understand what these new workloads look
like as managed applications are developed, and, second, we want to investi=
gate
design and implementation strategies that optimize the execution of these
workloads.
In =
this
half-day workshop, we seek to bring together diverse participants that are
building the latest managed code applications and designing and implementing
hardware, OS, and managed runtimes that these applications will execute
on. We encourage active
participation from processor architects, system architects, OS designers, VM
architects, compiler writers, performance analysts, and developers.
Topics of Interest
Top=
ics of
interest include (but are not limited to):
- =
Characterization
of Java and .Net applications and runtime environments
- =
Measurements
of environments involving a mix of managed and unmanaged applications
- =
Characterization
of runtime between the OS, the memory system, and the VM
- =
Characterization
of runtime libraries and their impact on behavior and performance
- =
Effects
of architectural features on workload behavior and architecture enhancements
for managed code execution
- =
Characterization
of memory access and allocation patterns, heap structure and usage, and gar=
bage
collection techniques
- =
Emerging
benchmarks of managed applications, including classes of applications rangi=
ng
from clients, servers, embedded and real-time systems
- =
Profiling
methods and tools for measuring, understanding, and optimizing the behavior=
of
managed applications
- =
Measurements
and techniques for identifying bottlenecks in managed applications, especia=
lly
through multiple abstraction layers
- =
Implications
of security, distribution, and concurrency on managed code system behavior =
and
design
- =
Impact
of optimizations on managed workloads
- =
Code
generation techniques for just-in-time compilation scenarios
Important Dates and Deadlines
·
·
·
Submission Guidelines
To
encourage participation, we are not asking for full papers for this worksho=
p.
Please submit an extended abstract and a corresponding foil set. The publis=
hed
record of the workshop will consist of slides presented at the workshop. The
purpose of the extended abstract is to augment the reviewers’ ability=
to
judge the submission. There is no limit on the length of the extended abstr=
act,
but 2-3 pages would be welcome. By only publishing the slides, we allow the
authors to submit work that expands on their MRE’04 submission to a
conference without duplication concerns.&n=
bsp;
Please submit an electronic copy of your extended abstract by emaili=
ng
postscript or pdf and your slides to zorn@microsoft.com In your
abstract, please clearly describe the nature of the work, its significance =
and
the current status of the research. Include the list of authors and their
affiliations, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, email addresses and the
name of the corresponding author.
Related Conferences and Workshops
MRE=
’04
is now one of a number of workshops and conferences related to the design a=
nd
implementation of managed runtime systems and virtual machines. VM’04 is a full
USENIX-sponsored symposium dedicated to the research and engineering of vir=
tual
machines. IVME’04 (Interpreter=
s,
Virtual Machines, and Emulators) targets a broad range of topics that inclu=
des
virtual machine design and implementation.=
MRE’04 differs from these other venues in the following ways: =
1)
because MRE’04 is a workshop, we encourage discussion and presentatio=
n of
relatively preliminary ideas among a small group of interested parties, 2) =
due
to its association with CGO, MRE’04 focuses more on implementation is=
sues
ranging from workload characterization, to hardware, OS, compiler, and runt=
ime
system support.
Organizers
|
|
Microsoft Research=
|
|
|
Microsoft Research=
|
|
Carole
Dulong |
Intel Corporation<= o:p> |
|
Michael
Hind |
IBM Research |
|
Lizy
John |
|
|
Chris
Newburn |
Intel Corporation<= o:p> |
|
Mike
Smith |
|