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designing computer systems, flash memory as well as emerging
storage class memories such as phase change memory require new hardware
and software designs for higher performance, reliability and lower power
consumption. Due to the varied ways such storage and memory can be used (for
caching, for higher IOPs, etc) and the associated shift in constraints
(possibly challenging certain long standing assumptions from previous
technologies), the design of computer systems is likely to change substantially
in areas such as file systems, data bases and virtual memory. Potential
applications that benefit from these technologies span a wide range of systems
and workloads from laptops/PCs to storage/database servers, HPC checkpointing to emerging data-centric
"warehouse" computing environments. The main goal of this workshop is
to bring together people from industry and academia who are interested in all
aspects of hardware and software computer systems design using such emerging
storage and memory technologies and any support needed for pursuing research in
this area. The workshop will provide a forum to present and discuss new ideas,
new research directions, and current trends in this area.
The
topics of the workshop include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
Proposed
length of the workshop: half a day (4 hours). Scheduled for
Saturday, Jan 9, 2010 (morning).
NOTE:
We have just extended the submission deadline to November 15th 2009, but
request authors who would like to avail of this extension to send us a note rightaway indicating the tentative topic of their
submission to enable us to plan the reviews. All paper submissions will be handled electronically.
Papers in PDF format should be submitted electronically by e-mail to
bsuparna@in.ibm.com or gopi@csa.iisc.ernet.in no later than November 15, 2009
by 6pm PST. The papers should be prepared using the 2-column ACM conference format, and no longer than 6 pages. All the submitted papers
will be reviewed by the program committee, and acceptance will be based on
standard criterion of research merit. Submission of the paper implies that at
least one of the authors will register and present the paper at the workshop if
the paper is accepted. Submission inquiries should be sent to
bsuparna@in.ibm.com or gopi@csa.iisc.ernet.in. The papers and presentations
will be made available online. However, publication in this workshop does not
preclude later publication in regular conferences and journals.