This mail message contains the Call for Papers for the 25th Annual IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA98). This and other conference information can be accessed via: World Wide Web at http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~isca98 http://www.ac.upc.es/ISCA98/ http://shay.ecn.purdue.edu/isca98 ______________________________________________________________________________ CALL FOR PAPERS The 25th Annual ACM/IEEE International Symposium on COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE Barcelona, Spain June 29-July 1, 1998 Important Dates: Submission: NOV 17 Acceptance: FEB 9 Final version: MAR 16 This is the 25th anniversary of the International Symposium on Computer Architecture, the premier venue for presenting research in computer architecture. Papers are being solicited on all aspects of computer architecture, including (but not limited to) the following: + Memory systems + I/O systems and architecture + Impact of technology on architecture + Performance evaluation and measurement + Novel architectures and computing techniques + Instruction-level parallel processors + Multiprocessors, multicomputers, and distributed architectures + Architectural implications of application characteristics + Language and operating systems support + Application-specific architectures + Massively parallel architectures + Non-numeric architectures The DEADLINE for submissions is 9AM CST (US) or 1500 GMT on NOVEMBER 17, 1997. Authors will be granted an automatic extension of up to one week (168 hours) without making a special request; no further extensions will be granted. Please submit one electronic copy of your paper (in postscript format), approximately 6000 words, using the submission instructions provided on the ftp/WWW site listed at the end of this document. In order to minimize problems with your electronic submissions please ensure your postscript file can be previewed by ghostview. Contact the Program Chair if you need any help with the electronic submission procedure. Excessively long papers will be reviewed at the discretion of the Program Chair and/or the reviewers. Papers will be reviewed blind, and will be judged on their scientific merit and anticipated interest to conference attendees. Papers dealing with promising novel ideas that may not have reached the same level of maturity as papers dealing with more well-established concepts are especially encouraged. For purposes of review, it is understood that such papers are likely to contain less quantitative evaluations and comparisons than papers dealing with more well-established concepts. Notification of acceptance will occur by FEBRUARY 9, 1998 and the camera ready copy of the accepted papers will be due on MARCH 16, 1998. A series of tutorials and workshops will be held immediately preceding and/or following the symposium. Tutorial and workshop proposals will be accepted until JANUARY 5, 1998. If you wish to organize a tutorial (1/2 or full day), please send to the Tutorials Chair an electronic version of a detailed proposal, including tutorial title, outline, brief description of topics to be covered, intended audience, assumed attendee background, and the name(s), affiliation(s), and resume(s) of the speaker(s). If you wish to organize a workshop (one or two days), please send to the Workshops Chair an electronic version of a detailed proposal, including workshop title, overview, intended audience, projected attendance, duration, list of invited participants, and name(s) and affiliation(s) of the organizer(s). This and other Conference information is available via anonymous ftp from ftp.cs.wisc.edu:/ISCA98, and on the World Wide Web at mirrored Web sites: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~isca98, http://www.ac.upc.es/ISCA98/, and http://shay.ecn.purdue.edu/~isca98. GENERAL CHAIR Mateo Valero Dept. de Arquitectura de Computadores Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya c/ Jordi Girona, 1-3 Modulo D6 08034 Barcelona, Spain Phone: +34 3 401 6979 Fax: +34 3 401 7055 mateo@ac.upc.es PROGRAM CHAIR Guri Sohi Computer Sciences Dept. University of Wisconsin 1210 W. Dayton Street Madison, Wisconsin 53705 Phone: (608)-262-7985 FAX: (608)-262-9777 isca98@cs.wisc.edu TUTORIALS CHAIR Tom Conte, NC State conte@eos.ncsu.edu WORKSHOPS CHAIR Josep Torrellas, Illinois torrella@cs.uiuc.edu PUBLICITY & PUBLICATIONS CHAIR Jose Fortes, Purdue FINANCE CHAIR Miquel Huguet, CESCA STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS Alan Berenbaum, Bell Labs LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIRS Conference: Eduard Ayguade, UPC Workshops and Tutorials: Antonio Gonzalez, UPC Accomodation and Social Events: Josep L. Larriba, UPC STEERING COMMITTEE Arvind, MIT Jean-Loup Baer, Washington John Gurd, Manchester John Hennessy, Stanford Trevor Mudge, Michigan Yale Patt, Michigan Jim Smith, Wisconsin PROGRAM COMMITTEE Sarita Adve Todd Austin Prith Banerjee Peter Chen David Culler Jose Duato Joel Emer Allan Gottlieb Mark Hill Tom Knight Tomas Lang Dan Lenoski Margaret Martonosi Todd Mowry Kazuaki Murakami Juan Navarro Bob Rau Michael Scott Andre Seznec Uri Weiser