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This workshop will present the theory behind auto-tuning,[...] 8:30 am HPDSLs: Scala, LMS and Delite for High-Performance DSLs and Program Generators @ D HPDSLs: Scala, LMS and Delite for High-Performance DSLs and Program Generators @ D Feb 7 @ 8:30 am – 12:00 pm This tutorial is targeted at researchers and practitioners interested in building efficient domain specific languages (DSLs) and program generators. Lightweight Modular Staging (LMS) is a pragmatic approach to runtime code generation in Scala, and Delite[...] 8:30 am LLVM: An Intro to LLVM: IR, optimizations, backends and more @ San Ramon LLVM: An Intro to LLVM: IR, optimizations, backends and more @ San Ramon Feb 7 @ 8:30 am – 5:30 pm Topic Overview High-level overview of LLVM & Clang Will include how to get started coding on LLVM & Clang Overview of core design elements, data structures, APIs, and patterns used in the codebase High-level testing[...] 12:00 pm Lunch @ New World Cafe Lunch @ New World Cafe Feb 7 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Salad Assorted Mixed Greens with Poached Pear, Sweet Onion Mustard Dressing on the side. Entrées Chicken Breast with Mushrooms topped with Cream Sauce. Salmon with Capers topped with Lemon-Butter Sauce. Quinoa Comfit Veggie Moussaka Dessert[...] 2:00 pm Halide: Code generation for image processing and stencil computation in Halide @ A Halide: Code generation for image processing and stencil computation in Halide @ A Feb 7 @ 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm This workshop will cover design and implementation of Halide, a domain-specific language and compiler for image processing and stencil computation, for people interested in using and building on it as a highly configurable code generator.[...] 2:00 pm Periscope: Code Auto-Tuning with the Periscope Tuning Framework @ B Periscope: Code Auto-Tuning with the Periscope Tuning Framework @ B Feb 7 @ 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm In this tutorial, the attendees will have the opportunity to delve into the topic of application auto-tuning, presented by developers and performance engineers from the Auto-Tune project. This tutorial will provide a practical perspective to[...]	8:30 am Altera: Compiling OpenCL to a streaming dataflow architecture on FPGAs @ Irvine Altera: Compiling OpenCL to a streaming dataflow architecture on FPGAs @ Irvine Feb 8 @ 8:30 am – 12:00 pm In recent years, Field-Programmable Gate Arrays have become extremely powerful computational platforms that can efficiently solve many complex problems. Modern FPGAs comprise effectively millions of programmable elements, signal processing elements and high-speed interfaces, all of[...] 8:30 am OpenTuner: Autotuning programs with OpenTuner @ G OpenTuner: Autotuning programs with OpenTuner @ G Feb 8 @ 8:30 am – 12:00 pm This tutorial will cover the usage of OpenTuner, a open source framework for building domain-specific multi-objective program autotuners. OpenTuner supports fully customizable configuration representations, an extensible technique representation to allow for domain-specific techniques, and an[...] 9:00 am COSMIC: Code optimization for multi and many cores @ San Ramon COSMIC: Code optimization for multi and many cores @ San Ramon Feb 8 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Many-core architectures such as mobile SOCs or GPGPUs are quickly becoming the norm in computing devices and consumer electronics. The community sees this development as essential in sustaining the exponential growth of performance in an[...] 12:00 pm Lunch @ New World Cafe Lunch @ New World Cafe Feb 8 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Salad Classic Caesar Salad with Dressing on the side. Entrées Chicken Piccata Seafood Kebab with Salsa Fresca Tomatoes alla Parmigiana Veggie Lasagna Steamed Rice Dessert Tiramisu 2:00 pm DynamoRIO: Building Dynamic Tools with DynamoRIO on x86 and ARM @ A DynamoRIO: Building Dynamic Tools with DynamoRIO on x86 and ARM @ A Feb 8 @ 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm This tutorial will present the DynamoRIO tool platform and describe how to use its API to build custom tools that utilize dynamic code manipulation for instrumentation, profiling, analysis, optimization, introspection, security, and more. The DynamoRIO[...] 2:00 pm Graal: A research platform for dynamic compilation and managed languages @ B Graal: A research platform for dynamic compilation and managed languages @ B Feb 8 @ 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm The tutorial will cover the following topics: Graal: a new high-performance dynamic compiler for Java written in Java Introduction to the Graal intermediate representation, and how it simplifies speculative optimizations Graal API: Separation of the[...] 6:00 pm Welcome Reception and ACM Student Research Competition Posters Welcome Reception and ACM Student Research Competition Posters Feb 8 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Graduate Category Event-Flow Graphs for Efficient Path-Sensitive Analyses Ahmed Tamrawi (Iowa State University) Intelligent Heuristic Construction with Active Learning William Ogilvie (University of Edinburgh) An Intermediate Language for DSLs Providing Support for Automatic Optimization and[...]	8:30 am Conference Opening Conference Opening Feb 9 @ 8:30 am – 8:50 am 8:50 am Keynote: Paolo Faraboschi, HP Labs, The Machine Keynote: Paolo Faraboschi, HP Labs, The Machine Feb 9 @ 8:50 am – 10:00 am Abstract: By end of the decade we expect over 30 billion intelligent devices connected to the internet, resulting in unprecedented amounts of data. At the same time, scaling of the memory technologies that are at[...] 10:20 am Session 1: GPU Optimization Session 1: GPU Optimization Feb 9 @ 10:20 am – 12:00 pm Improving GPGPU Energy-Efficiency through Concurrent Kernel Execution and DVFS Qing Jiao (National University of Singapore), Mian Lu and Huynh Phung Huynh (Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR, Singapore), and Tulika Mitra (National University of Singapore)[...] 1:30 pm Session 2: Tools, Debugging, and Techniques Session 2: Tools, Debugging, and Techniques Feb 9 @ 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm A Parallel Abstract Interpreter for JavaScript Kyle Dewey, Vineeth Kashyap, and Ben Hardekopf (University of California, Santa Barbara) On Performance Debugging of Unnecessary Lock Contentions on Multicore Processors: A Replay-based Approach Long Zheng and Xiaofei[...] 3:10 pm Session 3: Best Paper Session Session 3: Best Paper Session Feb 9 @ 3:10 pm – 4:50 pm Approximating Flow-Sensitive Pointer Analysis Using Frequent Itemset Mining Vaivaswatha Nagaraj and R. Govindarajan (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore) HELIX-UP: Relaxing Program Semantics to Unleash Parallelization Simone Campanoni, Glenn Holloway, Gu-Yeon Wei, and David Brooks (Harvard[...] 5:15 pm Session 4a: Artifact Evaluation Discussion (Joint with PPoPP) Session 4a: Artifact Evaluation Discussion (Joint with PPoPP) Feb 9 @ 5:15 pm – 5:45 pm 5:15 pm Session 4b: ACM Student Research Competition Presentations Session 4b: ACM Student Research Competition Presentations Feb 9 @ 5:15 pm – 6:15 pm 7:00 pm Business Meeting Business Meeting Feb 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm	8:25 am Session 5: Microarchitecture Session 5: Microarchitecture Feb 10 @ 8:25 am – 9:40 am Branch Prediction and the Performance of Interpreters – Don’t Trust Folklore Erven Rohou, Bharath Narasimha Swamy, and André Seznec (Inria, France) Optimizing the flash-RAM energy trade-off in deeply embedded systems James Pallister, Kerstin Eder, and[...] 10:05 am Session 6: Parallelism and Concurrency Session 6: Parallelism and Concurrency Feb 10 @ 10:05 am – 11:20 am Optimizing and Auto-Tuning Scale-Free Sparse Matrix-Vector Multiplication on Intel Xeon Phi Wai Teng Tang (Institute of High Performance Computing, ASTAR, Singapore), Ruizhe Zhao (Peking University, China), Mian Lu (Institute of High Performance Computing, ASTAR, Singapore),[...] 1:15 pm Keynote: Dharmendra S Modha, IBM, Brain-Inspired Computing Keynote: Dharmendra S Modha, IBM, Brain-Inspired Computing Feb 10 @ 1:15 pm – 2:25 pm Abstract: I will describe a decade-long, multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional effort spanning neuroscience, supercomputing, and nanotechnology to build and demonstrate a brain-inspired computer and describe the architecture, programming model, and applications. For more information, see: modha.org. Biography:[...] 2:45 pm Session 7: Code Generation and Optimization Session 7: Code Generation and Optimization Feb 10 @ 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm Getting in Control of Your Control Flow with Control-Data Isolation William Arthur (University of Michigan), Ben Mehne (University of California – Berkeley), and Reetuparna Das and Todd Austin (University of Michigan) Checking Correctness of Code[...] 4:00 pm Excursion: Beach Blanket Babylon @ Club Fugazi Excursion: Beach Blanket Babylon @ Club Fugazi Feb 10 @ 4:00 pm – 10:15 pm We will be attending a private showing of Beach Blanket Babylon from 5:45 pm – 7:15 pm along with PPoPP. After the show you will have time for dinner on your own with colleagues and[...]	8:15 am Keynote: David Wecker, Microsoft Research, Simulation and Compilation of Quantum Algorithms Keynote: David Wecker, Microsoft Research, Simulation and Compilation of Quantum Algorithms Feb 11 @ 8:15 am – 9:25 am Abstract: Languages, compilers, and computer-aided design tools will be essential for scalable quantum computing, which promises an exponential leap in our ability to execute complex tasks. LIQUi\|> is a modular software architecture designed to simulate[...] 9:40 am Session 8: Static Program Analysis and Optimization Session 8: Static Program Analysis and Optimization Feb 11 @ 9:40 am – 10:55 am PSLP: Padded SLP Automatic Vectorization Vasileios Porpodas (University of Cambridge), Alberto Magni (University of Edinburgh), and Timothy M. Jones (University of Cambridge) A Graph-Based Higher-Order Intermediate Representation Roland Leißa, Marcel Köster, and Sebastian Hack (Saarland[...] 11:15 am Session 9: Runtime Optimization and Techniques Session 9: Runtime Optimization and Techniques Feb 11 @ 11:15 am – 12:05 pm Optimizing Binary Translation for Dynamically Generated Code Byron Hawkins and Brian Demsky (University of California, Irvine) and Derek Bruening and Qin Zhao (Google, Inc.) MemorySanitizer: fast detector of uninitialized memory use in C++ Evgeniy Stepanov[...] 12:05 pm Awards and Closing Awards and Closing Feb 11 @ 12:05 pm – 12:20 pm