Benchmarking Workshops:
"Benchmarking
Parallel and High-Performance Computing Systems"
at University of Wuppertal (Wuppertal, Germany), September 13 1999.
"Benchmarking Computer Systems:
SPEC Meets Researchers and Benchmark Users"
at Siemens AG (Paderborn, Germany), September 14 1999.
Announcement and Call for Participation!
The workshops will be sponsored by the Standard Performance Evaluation
Corporation (SPEC), Siemens AG (Paderborn, Germany) and the University of
Wuppertal's Department of Mathematics Scientific Computing Group
(Wuppertal, Germany), and will be held in conjunction with the SPEC joint
meeting, September 15-17 1999. Hosted by SPEC member company Siemens AG,
the SPEC joint meeting will be held in Paderborn, Germany. The following
SPEC focus groups will be present:
This notice is a call for contributions for the two upcoming SPEC Workshops
scheduled for:
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Monday, September 13 1999 at the University of
Wuppertal, Germany
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Tuesday, September 14 1999 at Siemens AG in Paderborn,
Germany
Workshop Deadlines:
July 20, 1999:
(extended to July 31, 1999)
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Intention to contribute a paper: send 100 to 200 word abstract to specworkshop@spec.org. Please
indicate on which workshop day your contribution should be included.
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August 15, 1999:
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Notification of accepted presentations and authors.
Wuppertal Workshop: The workshop program schedule is now available.
Hotel accommodations and reservations: note, only a limited number of
hotel rooms are blocked for workshop participants until August 15,
1999. Thereafter, a hotel reservation might be possible but cannot be
guaranteed.
Wuppertal Workshop: more information on
hotel accommodations is available, along with an online request
form for
hotel reservations.
Paderborn Workshop: information about hotel accommodations is
available from the Paderborn Workshop general
information page.
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September 1, 1999:
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Intention to participate (without a paper): please complete the
online registration form.
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Workshop Program
Committee:
The selection of papers will occur on the basis of abstracts (1-3 pages).
The following international program committee will select the papers for
the workshop:
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Maria Calzarossa, University of Pavia, Italy
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Rudolf Eigenmann, Purdue University, USA
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Andreas Frommer, University of Wupperatal, Germany
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Greg Gaertner, Compaq Computer Corporation, USA
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Bodo Parady, Sun Microsystems, USA
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Reinhold Weicker, Siemens AG, Paderborn, Germany
Workshop Motivation:
The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC), known for its
benchmark development, has a broad industrial member base. Although SPEC
benchmarks are widely used in academic research as well, there have been
only occasional attempts for an active dialog between the SPEC membership
and the research community in developing and using benchmarks and
performance evaluation methodologies. The workshop intends to bridge this
gap. Participants are invited to present research results that make use of
SPEC benchmarks, describe studies with applications that may be used as
next-generation benchmarks, discuss issues and solutions in developing new
benchmarks, and present novel approaches for evaluating research results.
Of particular interest are presentations that discuss these issues in the
context of realistic applications that have a broad user base.
Workshop Goal:
The goal of the workshop is to foster an exchange of information and ideas
in the area of performance measurement and evaluation, with primary
emphasis on benchmarking; that is, the systematic comparison of competing
computer systems on the basis of standardized programs. Typical topics are:
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selection of representative loads
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comparison of benchmarks with load profiles from real life
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special properties of CPU and system benchmarks
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run rules for a fair comparison of systems
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benchmarks as optimization targets for industrial development and
academic research
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correlation of benchmark results with performance data obtained from
other sources.
This list is intended to only give some examples; it is not meant to
exclude other topics related to benchmarking and performance measurement.
Workshop Tradition:
Traditionally, the workshop is held in an informal environment that
encourages free information exchange. There is no registration
fee, but advance reservation is necessary for space allocation
planning. Although there will be no advance proceedings, copies of slides
for distribution at the workshop are appreciated. Based on the submitted
material, authors of selected presentations will be asked to submit full
papers for publication in formal workshop proceedings.
Workshop attendees are invited to attend one or several sessions of
the SPEC joint meeting, which is held on the three days following the
workshops. An agenda with the open SPEC meetings will be made available to
all workshop participants.
Workshop Coordinators:
For more information:
Please visit the Paderborn Workshop General Information
Page and the University
of Wuppertal's SPEC Workshop Site for more comprehensive and local
information. Or, contact the SPEC Office, email: info@spec.org, phone: +1.703.331.0180
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