In recent years MICRO has become the leading forum for work on instruction level parallelism. This year interest in the conference has continued to grow; and we had the strongest response yet to the call for papers, with 90 submissions. Of these, 22 were accepted as long papers and 15 as short papers. The reviewing process was extremely rigorous, with each paper receiving nearly six independent reviews (5.6 on average).
In order to complement the strong slate of technical papers, this year we have chosen executives from the computer industry to be our Keynote and Invited Speakers. We are hoping they will be able to provide a different perspective on the industry and its direction. I would like to thank our keynote speaker Richard Baum (IBM Fellow and Vice President), Thomas Jermoluk (President and C.O.O., SGI), and Fred Pollack (Intel Fellow and Director) for agreeing to present their views at MICRO-28. Their visions will be of great interest in their own right.
This year, we also have incorporated a day of tutorials in the conference, featuring three 2 1/2 hour presentations on the microarchitecture design rationale of three important new microprocessors (Intel P6, HAL SPARC64, and IBM PowerPC 604e). The presentations will be given by technical experts from the chip design teams. The tutorials are free of charge to the registrants of MICRO-28.
For the first time the Micro conference has come to the upper midwest and to lovely Ann Arbor, Michigan. Ann Arbor has been selected as the host city because of its central location and proximity to the many outstanding universities in the region.
In addition to the excellent slate of presentations, MICRO is famous for its opportunities for personal interaction with leading researchers in the area. I invite you to join us in Ann Arbor, and I look forward to personally greeting each and every one of you!
Trevor Mudge
General Chair, MICRO-28
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Tuesday, November 28
Wednesday, November 29
Thursday, November 30
Friday, December 1st
Saturday, December 2
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Conference at a glance:
Tuesday, November 28
Data flow and Multithreading Architectures
Wednesday, November 29
Thursday, November 30
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Dr. Baum joined IBM as a Senior Associate Programmer in the MVS Design group in the Poughkeepsie Programming Center in 1976, and advanced to Development Manager in 1979, and then to Senior Programmer Manager in 1982. From 1984 to 1985 he was Technical Assistant to the Poughkeepsie Site General Manager. In 1985, he was promoted to Manager of Systems Technology in the Poughkeepsie Laboratory. After assuming responsibility for Central System Architecture, High End Processor Performance and Future Systems Design, Baum became Director of System Architecture and Design in 1989, and was appointed an IBM fellow while in this assignment in 1991. In 1993, Dr. Baum was appointed Assistant General Manager, Systems Technology, and in 1994, he was appointed Vice President, Systems Architecture and Performance, his current position.
He received a BS in Engineering Physics from Cornell University in
1971, and a PhD in Computer Science in 1975 from Ohio State University.
Since joining Silicon Graphics in 1986, Mr. Jermoluk has worked on
the design of a new CPU and bus architecture and the corresponding
UNIX operating system redesign for bringing new levels of performance
to the workstation class of machines. Previously, he was with
Hewlett-Packard Company as a research and development section manager,
responsible for hardware and software development on a new RISC-based
computer. Prior to H-P, he was manager of systems software at Bell
Laboratories in the UNIX development lab. Mr. Jermoluk has an M.S.
in computer science and a B.S. in computer science/electrical
engineering from Virginia Tech.
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MICRO-28 COMMITTEES
GENERAL CHAIR: PROGRAM CHAIR: PUBLICITY CHAIR:
Trevor Mudge Kemal Ebcioglu Matthew Farrens
U. Michigan IBM T.J. Watson U.C. Davis
STEERING COMMITTEE:
Richard Belgard, Consultant Gearold Johnson, National Tech'l U.
James Bondi, Texas Instruments Hans Mulder, Intel
Matthew Farrens, UC Davis Yale Patt, Michigan
Wen-mei Hwu, Illinois Andrew Wolfe, Princeton
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Vicki Allan, Utah State Richard Belgard, Consultant
David Bernstein, IBM Haifa (Israel) Jim Bondi, Texas Instruments
Bob Colwell, Intel Corp. Henk Corporaal, Delft U. (Netherlands)
Jim Dehnert, Silicon Graphics Josh Fisher, HP Labs
Mike Flynn, Stanford Guang Gao, McGill U. (Canada)
Jean-Luc Gaudiot, USC Rajiv Gupta, Pittsburgh
Stanley Habib, CUNY Martin Hopkins, IBM T.J. Watson
Wen-mei Hwu, Illinois Monica Lam, Stanford
Bill Mangione-Smith, UCLA Steve Melvin, Zytek
Jaime Moreno, IBM T.J. Watson Alex Nicolau, UC Irvine
Yale Patt, Michigan Bob Rau, HP Labs
Vivek Sarkar, IBM Software Solutions John Shen, Carnegie-Mellon
Gabriel Silberman, IBM T.J. Watson Jim Smith, Wisconsin
Mike Smith, Harvard Mary Lou Soffa, Pittsburgh
Andrew Wolfe, Princeton
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MICRO-28 REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Registration
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Early registration must be postmarked by November 8, 1995. Full payment in
U.S. dollars must accompany registration: check drawn from a U.S. bank or
charge to a MasterCard or Visa card. Credit card registrations may be faxed
to (313) 763-4617, attn: Paula Denton. Conference registration includes one
copy of the proceedings, lunch, reception, dinner, and coffee breaks. The
student registration fee does include all meals. Student registration must
include a copy of a valid, full-time student ID.
Conference Site and Accomodation
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All technical sessions and lunch on Friday will be held at the Rackham
Auditorium, located in the heart of the University of Michigan Campus.
Pre-registration on Tuesday night will occur at the Campus Inn.
We recommend attendees stay at either the Campus Inn or the Bell Tower Hotel.
Both are owned by the same company and are within two blocks of Rackham
Auditorium. Please contact the hotel directly for reservations and indicate
MICRO-28 conference. Conference rates at the Campus Inn are $70 per night for
single rooms and $87 for double rooms. At the Bell Tower, rooms are $89 per
night for single rooms and $101 for double rooms. Both hotels include
continental breakfasts each morning in the price of the room. Reservations must
be received by November 3, 1995, to guarantee conference rate. Late
reservations will be accepted on a space-available basis.
Both hotels are on the main campus of the University of Michigan and are
within walking distance of many museums, theaters, bookstores, music stores,
restaurants, and bars.
Campus Inn
E. Huron & State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Call (800) 666-8693 for reservations
$70.00 Single, $89.00 Double (prices include continental breakfast)
Bell Tower Hotel
300 S. Thayer
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Call (800) 999-8693 for reservations
$89.00 Single, $101.00 Double (prices include continental breakfast)
Ground Transportation
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Ann Arbor is approximately 30 miles from Detroit Metro Airport. Taxi fare one
way is approximately $35.00. "Commuter Transportation" is also available,
which costs $15 one way ($27 round trip). It leaves every hour on the hour,
and runs from 7AM to midnight. No reservations are necessary. They can be
reached at 1-800-488-7433 if you need further information.
Weather
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To say the weather is variable in late November is something of an
understatement. Some days are beautiful and warm, others freezing and damp -
it could be anywhere from 10 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit. It is more likely that
it will be quite cool, however, so it is best to bring a warm coat.
Ann Arbor and Surrounding Area
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With more than a hundred parks, an Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, it is easy
to understand why Ann Arbor has been penned "Tree City, USA." There are over
200 restaurants in the City as well as every type of musical and sporting event
that can be imagined - and it's all within walking distance of the University
of Michigan campus.
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MICRO-28 Registration Form
November 29 - December 1, 1995
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Name__________________________________________________________________
Affiliation___________________________________________________________
Address_______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Telephone_____________________________________________________________
Fax___________________________________________________________________
Electronic
Mail Address__________________________________________________________
X ACM X IEEE Member Number____________________________________________
Please list any special needs or accommodations: _____________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
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Before Nov. 8 After Nov. 8
Member $285 $345
Non-member $360 $430
Student* $150 $200
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* Student registration must be accompaneied by a copy of a valid, full-time
student ID; also see the student travel grant program.
______________________________________________________________________________
X Check drawn on U.S. bank payable to: MICRO-28
X Mastercard X Visa
Card No.______________________________________________________________
Expiration Date______________________________________________________
Name on Card__________________________________________________________
Signature_____________________________________________________________
Send or Fax registration form with payment to:
MICRO-28
c/o Paula Denton
2114A EECS Dept.
University of Michigan
1301 Beal Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122
Fax: (313) 763-4617
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This form and other conference information can be accessed via:
World Wide Web at http://american.cs.ucdavis.edu/Micro28
or by anonymous ftp from american.cs.ucdavis.edu:/Micro28
or by sending e-mail to micro28@cs.ucdavis.edu
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STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT INFORMATION
MICRO-28
THE IEEE/ACM 28th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MICROARCHITECTURE
I am pleased to announce the availability of MICRO-28 student travel grants.
The grant program is made possible through generous donations from IBM, Texas
Instruments, and Intel. The purpose of the grant is to supplement the
advisors' research grants or the students' fellowship travel allowance to make
attending MICRO-28 more affordable. The details of the grant are given below:
(1) Students who are presenting papers at MICRO-28 will be given higher
priority in the selection process. We expect to have at least 25 reci-
pients this year.
(2) We are aiming at covering approximately 50% of the airfare, hotel, and
registration expenses with a maximum of $500.
(3) Student applicants should fill out the enclosed application form and
e-mail the application to paulad@eecs.umich.edu by November 1, 1995. The
receipt of the application will be acknowledged immediately. The decision
will be sent to the applicants by November 8, 1994.
(4) The grant checks will be sent to the recipients AFTER the conference.
Each grant recipient is required to send in all expense receipts Paula
Denton at the address listed above, as well as a two-page summary of
his/her experience with MICRO-28 after the conference via e-mail
to paulad@eecs.umich.edu. The check will be delivered after we receive
the receipts and the report.
(5) The grant recipients are still required to pay the conference registra-
tion fee. Note that all student participants will be entitled to ALL
MICRO-28 events and proceedings in spite of the lower registration fee
for students.
Trevor Mudge
General Chair, MICRO-28
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MICRO-28 Student Travel Grant Application Form
Name:_________________________________________________________________
Affiliation:__________________________________________________________
Expected degree and graduation date:__________________________________
Area of research:_____________________________________________________
Name of advisor:______________________________________________________
Postal address for sending the grant check:___________________________
E-mail address:_______________________________________________________
Paper title (if presenting a paper at MICRO-28):______________________
Have you published at MICRO before? If so, please list the years:
Estimate of expenses: airfare ____ hotel _____ registration _____
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