Institute of Information Science: Multicore Research Forum November 23, 2009

Agenda Objectives of Multicore Research Forum ( Yew, 9:30am-9:40am)  Promote multicore research in Taiwan  Identify interest groups and research agenda  Build common/shared research infrastructure support  Facilitate domestic and international research collaboration Current multicore research activities in Taiwan ( Y.H. Kuo – 9:40am-10:30am, 50 min) Potential research issues ( W.C. Hsu, 10:30am-11:20am, 50 min) Common/Shared research infrastructure support ( T.F. Chen, 11:20am-12:10pm, 50 min) Open forum ( Yew, 12:10pm-1:30pm, working lunch, 80 min) 2

Objectives of Forum (Anticipated Outcomes) Promote multicore research - forming a consortium including academia and industry  UIUC – Universal Parallel Computing Research Center (UPCRC) ( – (The UPCRC Agenda, 2008)  UC Berkeley – Parallel Computing Lab ( – (List of current research projects) Identify research focuses and interests – forming sub-interest groups Build common/shared system research infrastructures – a CIC- like organization Facilitate domestic/international research collaboration: Initiate a local annual multicore research workshop 3

FOLLOW-UP ACTIONS LIST Lunch Meeting Agenda 4

Action Item - 1 Forming a research consortium  UIUC or UCB model? Or something else?  Need to identify agenda, objectives and memberships Identify sub-interest groups  Systems research – architectures, compilers, OS, virtualization, security, low power  System design methodologies/support – simulation, CAD  Programming support – debugging, testing, prog. models  Applications – multimedia, embedded applications, games, cloud comuting Identify a lead person Establish a time-line/schedule for its formation 5

Action Item - 2 Build a community-shared system research support infrastructure  In what form? CIC-like? Or something else?  What should be its missions?  Compilers, simulators, OS, virtualization software, programming support tools, etc.  Licensing, tutorials, documentations, consulting  Where to get its financial support? Identify a lead person for this action item Establish a time-line/schedule for its formation 6

Action Item - 3 Establish an annual research workshop on multicore research  A new workshop? Or expand existing one (e.g. CTHPC)? Or tag onto existing one (e.g. VLSI-CAD)?  Research papers/abstracts/posters/demos (w/ or w/o proceedings)?  Tutorials for software, hot research subjects  Invited international keynote speakers  Discussion panels on hot issues  Programming or systems research competitions Identify a lead person, name and date of the workshop 7