C A L L F O R P A P E R S
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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Call For Workshop/Session Proposals

The 2009 International Conference on Computer Design
CDES'09

Date and Location: July 13-16, 2009, Las Vegas, USA


You are invited to submit a paper (and/or a proposal to organize
a session/workshop). All accepted papers will be published in the
respective conference proceedings.

SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

O Superscalar and dataflow design
O Interconnect and interface design
O Performance analysis and evaluation
O Multi-thread, multi-cluster, multi-core systems and processors
O Benchmarking and measurements
O Quantum computing
O Processor and co-processor design
O VLSI systems design and scaling techniques
O ASIC design and architectures
O Arithmetic circuits + Logic and circuit design
O Microarchitectures
O Power-efficient computer design and power management
O Parallel/multi-processor computer architectures
O Innovative hardware/software architectures
O Scheduling techniques
O Prefetching techniques
O Architecture simulation systems
O Branch prediction
O Novel design and methodologies
O System-on-a-chip: design and methodologies
O Cache and memory systems
O Reliable architectures
O Computer systems design and applications
O High-level design methodologies
O Support of operating systems and languages
O Compiler technologies
O Synthesis
O Pipelining
O Mixed-signal design and analysis
O Electrical/packaging designs and co-designs
O FPGA-based design
O Impact of novel technologies on computer architecture
O Case studies
O Emerging technologies

O International Workshop on Nanotechnology - all areas of
nanotechnology are of great interest:
- Integration of high-performance computing in nanotechnology
- Bio-inspired and nano-scale integrated computing
- Material science
- Nanodevices and nanostructures
- Biomolecular machinery
- Nanomaterials
- Nanomedicine
- Nanobiotechnology
- Scanning probes
- Nanoelectronics
- Nanosensors
- Self-assembly
- Nanoscale structures and nanosystems
- Biomedical engineering and nanotechnology
- Supramolecular chemistry and technology
- Supercomputing and nanotechnology
- Nanotech and space exploration
- Miniaturization of science
- Nanotechnology and bioinformatics
- Nanotechnology challenges
- Case studies and emerging applications

O International Workshop on Real-Time Computing and Systems:
- Energy-aware real-time systems and applications
- System-on-chip
- Hardware software co-design
- Quality of service and scheduling
- Software engineering for real-time computing and systems
- System design and analysis (probabilistic analysis,
quality of service support, validation technologies,
survivability and security, reliability issues, ...)
- Infrastructure and hardware (embedded devices, resource
constrained methods, time synchronization, ...)
- Software technologies (real-time operating systems,
middleware and distributed technologies, compiler support,
component-based technologies, ...)
- Fault-tolerance
- Embedded systems and ubiquitous computing
- Real-time network connection scheduling
- Multiprocessor scheduling
- Resource management
- Scheduling algorithms and analysis
- Real-time kernel support
- Modeling and synthesis techniques
- Real-time data-flow applications/computing
- Real-time control and sensing
- Real-time and embedded distributed algorithms and systems
- Simulation of real-time systems
- Multimedia and QoS support
- Real-time middleware systems
- Knowledge-based real-time systems
- Algorithms and emerging applications
- Case studies

Web links:
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp09/ws/conferences/cdes09
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/

ACADEMIC CO-SPONSORS:

Currently being prepared - it will include a number of active
research laboratories and centers that have helped to shape our
field. The Academic Co-Sponsors of the last offering of
CDES included research labs at Harvard University, UCLA,
University of Minnesota, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University,
University of Texas at Austin, MIT, George Mason University,
University of Iowa, Russian Academy of Sciences, NEMO/European
Union, and others. Corporate Co-Sponsors included, Google,
Salford Systems, Synplicity, Supermicro, NIIT, and others.

General Co-Chair and Coordinator:

H. R. Arabnia, PhD
Professor, Computer Science
Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer)
Advisory Board, IEEE Technical Committee on TCSC
Vice President, Int'l Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine
The University of Georgia
Department of Computer Science
415 Boyd Building
Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, USA

Tel: (706) 542-3480
Fax: (706) 542-2966
E-mail: hra@...

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:

Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft papers by
uploading them to http://worldcomp.cviog.uga.edu/ .
Submissions must be received by Feb. 25, 2009 and they must be in
either MS doc or pdf formats (about 5 to 7 pages - single space,
font size of 10 to 12). All reasonable typesetting formats are
acceptable (later, the authors of accepted papers will be asked to
follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their papers for
publication.)

The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited
to 7 (IEEE style) pages. Papers must not have been previously
published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The
first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper,
name, affiliation, postal address, and email address for each author.
The first page should also identify the name of the Contact Author
and a maximum of 5 topical keywords that would best represent the
content of the paper. Finally, the name of the conference (CDES)
must be mentioned on the first page.

Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity,
impact, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two experts
in the field who are independent of the conference program committee.
The referees' evaluations will then be reviewed by two members of
the program committee who will recommend a decision to the co-chairs.
The co-chairs will make the final decision. Lastly, the Camera-Ready
papers will be reviewed by one member of the program committee.

PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING SESSIONS/WORKSHOPS:

Each session will have at least 6 paper presentations from
different authors (12 papers in the case of workshops). The
session chairs will be responsible for all aspects of their
sessions; including, soliciting papers, reviewing, selecting, ...
The names of session chairs will appear as Associate Editors in
the conference proceedings and on the cover of the books.

Proposals to organize sessions should include the following
information: name and address (+ email) of proposer, title of
session, a 100-word description of the topic of the session,
the name of the conference the session is submitted for
consideration (ie, CDES'09), and a short description on how
the session will be advertised (in most cases, session proposers
solicit papers from colleagues and researchers whose work is
known to the session proposer). email your session proposal
to Prof. Arabnia (address is given above). We would like to
receive the proposals by January 16, 2009.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Jan. 16, 2009: Proposals for organizing/chairing sessions/workshops
Feb. 25, 2009: Submission of papers (about 5 to 7 pages)
March 25, 2009: Notification of acceptance
April 25, 2009: Camera-Ready papers and Registration due
July 13-16, 2009: The 2009 International Conference on Computer
Design (CDES'09)

MEMBERS OF PROGRAM AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEES:

The Program Committee includes members of chapters of World Academy
of Science (chapters: supercomputing; scientific computing; AI;
imaging science; databases; simulation; software engineering;
embedded systems; internet and web technologies; communications;
bioinformatics; computational biology; and computer security.)
The Program Committee for CDES is currently being formed. Those
interested in joining the Program Committee should email Prof. Arabnia
(hra@...) the following information: Name, affiliation
and position, complete mailing address, email address, a short
biography together with research interests and the name of the
conference (CDES) offering to help with.
Many who have already joined the committees of individual tracks
are renowned leaders, scholars, researchers, scientists and
practitioners of the highest ranks; many are directors of research
laboratories, fellows of various societies, heads/chairs of
departments, deans and provosts.

PURPOSE / HISTORY:

CDES'09 is an annual research conference about computer design. It is
being held jointly (same location and dates) with a number of other
conferences (WORLDCOMP'09). WORLDCOMP is the largest annual
gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engineering
and applied computing.

The motivation is to assemble a spectrum of affiliated research topics
into a coordinated meeting held in a common place at a common time.
The main goal is to provide a forum for exchange of ideas in a number
of research areas that interact. The model used facilitates
communication among researchers from all over the world in different
fields of computer science, computer engineering and applied
computing. Both inward research (core areas of computer science and
engineering) and outward research (multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary,
and applications) will be covered during the event.

CDES'09 and WORLDCOMP'09 will be composed of research presentations,
keynote lectures, invited presentations, tutorials, panel discussions,
and poster presentations. In recent past, keynote and/or tutorial
speakers included: Prof. David A. Patterson (U. of California,
Berkeley); Prof. Michael J. Flynn (Stanford U.); Prof. John H. Holland
(U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor); Prof. Brian D. Athey (U. of Michigan,
Ann Arbor), Prof. H. J. Siegel (Colorado State U.); Prof. Barry Vercoe
(MIT); Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy (U. of California, Berkeley);
Prof. Jun Liu (Harvard U.); Dr. Jim Gettys (OLPC + developer of X
Window); Dr. Chris Rowen (President and CEO, Tensilica, Inc.); and
many other distinguished speakers.

LOCATION OF CONFERENCES:

The conferences will be held in the Monte Carlo hotel, Las Vegas,
Nevada, USA (with any overflows at other near-by hotels). This is
a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3,000
rooms. It is minutes from the airport with 24-hour shuttle
service to and from the airport. This hotel has many recreational
attractions, including: waterfalls, spa, pools, sunning decks, Easy
River, wave pool, lighted tennis courts, health spa, nightly shows,
a number of restaurants, ... The negotiated room rate for
conference attendees is very reasonable. The hotel is within
walking distance from most other attractions (recreational
destinations, Golf courses, ...)