SAMOS XVI

Date: Jul 17, 2016 11:00 pm – Jul 21, 2016 10:00 am
Location: Samos, Greece

International Conference on Embedded Computer Systems:  Architectures, Modeling, and Simulation (SAMOS XVI)

Samos, Greece | July 18-21, 2016 | http://www.samos-conference.com

SAMOS is a unique conference. It deals with embedded systems (sort of) but that is not what makes it different. It brings together every year researchers from both academia and industry on the quiet and inspiring northern mountainside of the Mediterranean island  of  Samos, which in itself  is  different.  But   more   importantly,  it  really fosters collaboration rather than competition.  Formal and intensive technical sessions are only held in the mornings. A lively panel ends the formal part of the day, and leads nicely into the afternoons and  evenings -- reserved for informal discussions, good food, and the inviting Aegean Sea. SAMOS has IEEE technical co-sponsorship by the  IEEE  CAS Society and the IEEE SSCS  Germany  Chapter. The  conference  papers  will be published by IEEE and included in the IEEE Xplore  and  DBLP Database. Authors are invited to submit technical  papers  in  accordance to the author's instructions  describing original work  in  either one of the Conference Tracks or one of the Special Sessions.

KEYNOTES. The conference keynotes are given by leaders in the field.

This year's keynotes:

  • ERIC HENNENHOEFER,  VP Research at ARM (US)
  • ALEX NICOLAU, University  of California, Irvine (US)
  • URI WEISER, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (IL)


Technical submissions are  invited  on  original  work  in  one of the following tracks:

** The Applications, Systems, Architectures, and Processors Track**

This track focuses on  advances in systems efficiency in various domains. We seek original  contributions describing new architectural  and micro architectural techniques  aiming to improve performance (e.g. processing throughput  or  real-time    latency),   energy  and  power efficiency, reliability and dependability of  embedded systems.  We  solicit novel architectures and computing methodologies and solutions for accelerating applications in various embedded domains  such as next  generation life sciences and  medicine,  next generation  automotive and  avionics, next generation learning systems for surveillance and  recognition, immersive virtual reality. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

  • Novel Architectures for Accelerators in High Performance Embedded Systems;
  • Application-specific and  Domain-specific Embedded Heterogeneous Multicore Systems;
  • Embedded Reconfigurable Processors;
  • Software tools, Compilation techniques  and  optimizations,  and Code generation for Reconfigurable Architectures;
  • Architecture synthesis from Functional Languages Descriptions;
  • Virtualization and Energy-aware Secure, Reliable, and High Availability Multi-core Architectures;
  • Embedded Parallel Systems and Multiprocessor Systems-On-Chip;
  • Application level Resource Management of Multi-core Architectures;
  • Memory Management and Smart Caches for big data;
  • Network-on-Chip, Software Defined Network-on-Chips.

** The Modeling, Design, and Design Space Exploration Track**

This track focuses on all design processes for embedded systems ranging from   system-level   specification,  design  languages,  modeling and simulation, performance, power, reliability and thermal estimation and analysis, hardware/software  and  system synthesis,  design and design space exploration methodologies down to hardware and software synthesis and compilation  strategies.  Topics  of  interest include (but are not limited to):

  • Hardware/Software and Algorithm/Architecture Co-design;
  • Design Space Exploration Strategies, Algorithms and CAD Tools;
  • Specification Languages and Models;
  • System-Level Design, Simulation, and Verification;
  • Hardware, Software and System Synthesis Techniques and CAD Tools;
  • MP-SoC and Platform Based Design Methodologies;
  • MP-SoC Programming, Compilers, Simulation and Mapping Technologies;
  • Profiling, Measurement and Analysis Techniques and CAD Tools;
  • (Design for) System Adaptivity;
  • Testing and Debugging.

SAMOS PANEL

The agenda of the conference will include a panel coordinated  by Trevor Mudge, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (US) and Yale Patt, University of Texas at Austin (US). The topic of the panel is "Open Mic", and often digs deeper into topics presented during the morning sessions.

TRAVEL GRANTS

SAMOS will provide 10 travel grants to authors and participants, who are students from Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Portugal, and Spain and, in general, to people with limited support from their organizations.

SAMOS XVI Organization:

General Chair

  • Walid Najjar, University of California - Riverside (US)

Program Chair

  • Andreas Gerstlauer, University of Texas - Austin (US)

Track Chairs

  • S. K. Nandy, Indian Institute of Science (IN)
  • Dimitris Nikolopoulos, Queen's University of Belfast (UK)

SAMOS Steering Committee

  • S. Bhattacharyya, University of Maryland – College Park (US)
  • H. Blume, Leibniz University Hannover (DE)
  • E. Deprettere, Leiden University (NL)
  • N. Dimopoulos, University of Victoria (CA)
  • C. Galuzzi, Delft University of Technology (NL)
  • G.N. Gaydadjiev, Chalmers University of Technology (SE)
  • J. Glossner, Optimum Semiconductor Technologies (US)
  • W. Najjar, University of California - Riverside (US)
  • A.D. Pimentel, University of Amsterdam (NL)
  • O. Silvén, University of Oulu (FI)
  • J. Takala, Tampere University of Technology (FI)
  • S. Wong, Delft University of Technology (NL)

* Program Committee: See http://www.samos-conference.com

Important Dates:

  • February 22, 2016 -- Paper Submission Deadline
  • May 2, 2016 -- Notification of Acceptance
  • May 30, 2016 -- Camera Ready Submission Deadline
  • July 18-21, 2016 -- SAMOS XVI, Greece 
  • CPS Technologies
  • Architectures
  • Embedded Software
  • Systems Engineering
  • Foundations
  • Architectures
  • Modeling
  • Simulation
  • Validation and Verification
  • Testing
  • Conference
  • 2016
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