9/13/2011
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University of Illinois computer science professor Josep Torrellas has been named the Program Chair for the 39th Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA) in 2012. ISCA is the premier forum for new ideas and experimental results in computer architecture, covering topics ranging from parallel and multi-core systems, interconnection networks, dependable architectures, power and energy efficient architectures, and more.
As Program Chair, Torrellas will be charged with the technical contents of the conference: the papers presented, keynote speeches, and panels. Torrellas will select the program committee members and external reviewers that will review the papers, prepare the final program, and choose the keynote speakers and the panels in the conference, among other responsibilities.
“I am honored at this appointment because ISCA is the premier conference in computer architecture. It allows me to contribute with my efforts to the continued excellence of our research field,” said Torrellas. “I am particularly excited at the fact that our field is now bursting with new concepts that range from data centers to hand-held devices, and from novel memory and interconnect technologies to DNA-based and brain computing. I hope the final program captures the most exciting aspects of this research.”
Torrellas and his students have been a major contributor to the ISCA conference for many years. At ISCA 2011, he and his ex-PhD students authored 6 of the 40 papers presented. The papers were authored by Jose Renau from Univ. of California Santa Cruz, Milos Prvulovic from Georgia Tech, Yan Solihin from North Carolina State Univ, Michael Huang from Univ of Rochester, and by Josep Torrellas.
Other Illinois researchers and alumni will be making contributions to ISCA 2012 as part of the organizing and program committee, including Sarita Adve, Wonsun Ahn, Pradip Bose, Luis Ceze, Tom Conte, Xin Fu, Scott Mahlke, Jose Martinez, Trevor Mudge, Jose Renau, Yan Solihin, and James Tuck.