The Future of Computer Architecture Research

Wise Views and Fresh Perspectives

A panel sponsored by the National Science Foundation

Sunday, June 8th, 2003 - San Diego, CA

This panel was charged with predicting the future of Computer Architecture research.  There were two committees organized, those in the beginnings of their careers as computer architecture reseachers (the "Fresh Perspectives" committee) and those who have established a strong reputation after many years of research in computer architecture (the "Wise Views" committee).  The panel discussion consisted of short presentations made by each of the panelists on their views on specific aspects of the future of computer architecture.  In order to focus things a little, they were presented with a list of five broad topics for panelists to use to frame their presentations.  Each panelist chose two topics to address in their talks.

Panel Organizers:

Chair: Tom Conte, North Carolina State University
Panel Moderators: Wen-mei Hwu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Sanjay Patel, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The committees

Fresh Perspectives

Moderator: Sanjay Patel, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Wise Views

Moderator: Wen-mei Hwu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Members:
Saman Amarasinghe, MIT: position, slides
Krste Asanovic, MIT: position, slides
Doug Burger, University of Texas at Austin: position, skides
Babak Falsafi, Carnegie Mellon University: position, slides
Scott Mahlke, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: position, slides
Chris J. Newburn, Intel: position, slides
Li-Shiuan Peh, Princeton University: position, slides
Eric Rotenberg, North Carolina State University: position, slides
Amir Roth, University of Pennsylvania: position, slides		 Members:
Bill Dally, Stanford University: position, slides
Allan Gottlieb, New York University: position, slides
Mary Jane Irwin, Pennsylvania State University: position, slides
 Yale Patt, University of Texas at Austin: position, slides
David Patterson, University of California, Berkeley: position, slides
Guri Sohi, University of Wisconsin, Madison: position, slides
Per Stenstrom, Chalmers University of Technology: position, slides
Mateo Valero, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona: position, slides
Maurice Wilkes, Computer Pioneer: position



Note: Some presentations and position statements are still being assembled and will appear as they arrive - tmc