7:45am Registration
8:15am Welcome
Dr. Ann Marie Grizzaffi Maynard
Program Director, Austin Center for Advanced Studies
Session 1A: Austin Research Laboratory
Chair: Anne Gattiker, IBM Austin Research Laboratory
Austin Research Laboratory Overview
David Cohn - Director, IBM Austin Research Laboratory
A Current Ratio Model for Defect Diagnosis using Quiescent Signal Analysis
Chintan Patel, Ernesto Starosweicki, Dhurva Acharyya, Smita Pawar, and Jim Plusquellic
Department of CSEE, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
IBM Technical Contact: Anne Gattiker, IBM Austin Research Laboratory
IBM Sponsor: David Cohn, Director, IBM Austin Research Laboratory
Dynamic-Threshold Logic for Low-Power VLSI Design
Alan J. Drake and Richard B. Brown
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Dept.
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
IBM Technical Contact: Jeff Burns, IBM Austin Research Laboratory
IBM Sponsor: David Cohn, Director, IBM Austin Research Laboratory
9:30am Break
9:45am Session 1B: Austin Research Laboratory
Chair: Ram Rajamony, IBM Austin Research Laboratory
Hop Integrity and the Security of Routing Protocols
C. T. Huang, E. N. Elnozahy*, M. G. Gouda
Department of Computer Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
IBM Technical Contact: *E. N. Elnozahy, IBM Austin Research Laboratory
IBM Sponsor: David Cohn, Director, IBM Austin Research Laboratory
Half-Pipe Anchoring: An Efficient Mechanism for TCP Connection Handoff
Ravi Kokku, Ramakrishnan Rajamony*, Lorenzo Alvisi, Harrick Vin
Department of Computer Sciences, University of Texas at Austin
IBM Technical Contact: *Ram Rajamony, IBM Austin Research Laboratory
IBM Sponsor: David Cohn, Director, IBM Austin Research Laboratory
Bottleneck Characterization of Dynamic Web Site Benchmarks
Cristiana Amza, Emmanuel Cecchet, Anupam Chanda, Alan L. Cox, Sameh Elnikety, Elmootazbellah Elnozahy*, Romer Gil, Julie Marguerite, Karthick Rajamani, and Willy Zwaenepoel
Department of Computer Science, Rice University
IBM Technical Contact: *E. N. Elnozahy, IBM Austin Research Laboratory
IBM Sponsor: David Cohn, Director, IBM Austin Research Laboratory
11:00am Break
11:15am Session 2: IBM UNIX Hardware Development
Chair: Bill Ciarfella, Program Manager,
IBM UNIX HW - Regatta H+
IBM UNIX Hardware Development Overview
Bill Ciarfella, Program Manager,
IBM UNIX HW - Regatta H+
"Regatta" and "Power 4" World-Class Innovation and Limits of Organizational Complexity
Dr. David V. Gibson, Director of Research, IC2 Institute, Dr. Larry Browning, Professor, Gina Cottone, PhD candidate, College of Communication,Darius Mahdjoubi, PhD candidate, Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences,Vivek Ramabhadran, MA candidate, College of Engineering,Carmen Romo de Vivar, PhD candidate, Graduate School of Business,Judy Shetler, PhD candidate, College of Communication,
All at The University of Texas at Austin
IBM Technical Contact: Bill Ciarfella, Program Manager, IBM UNIX HW - Regatta H+
IBM Sponsor: Erich Baier, Director, IBM UNIX HW Development
Managing Complexity in Server Technology Development
Senem Guney and Dr. Larry D. Browning
College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin
IBM Technical Contact: Bill Ciarfella, Program Manager, IBM UNIX HW - Regatta H+
IBM Sponsor: Erich Baier, Director, IBM UNIX HW Development
12:15pm Lunch & Awards Ceremony
1:00pm Keynote on the Future Direction of IBM
Chekib C. Akrout, Director, IBM High Speed and Broadband Processor Development
1:30pm Session 3: IBM Electronics Design Automation
Chair: Paul Villarrubia, Electronic Design Automation, IBM Microelectronics Division
IBM Electronics Design Automation Overview
Paul Villarrubia, Electronic Design Automation, IBM Microelectronics Division
Analytical Optimization Of Signal Delays in VLSI Placement
Andrew B. Kahng and Igor L. Markov
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
IBM Technical Contact: Paul Villarrubia, Electronic Design Automation, Microelectronics Division
IBM Sponsors: Glenn Holmes and Michael Wayne, Managers, IBM Electronic Design Automation
2:10pm Session 4: Linux Technology Center
Chair: Ray Young, IBM Linux Technology Center
IBM Linux Technology Center Overview
Doc Shankar, Linux Security Lead, IBM Linux Technology
Transparent Mobility with Minimal Infrastructure
Praveen Yalagandula, Amit Garg, Mike Dahlin, Lorenzo Alvisi, Harrick Vin
Department of Computer Sciences, University of Texas at Austin
IBM Technical Contact: Ray Young, Linux Technology Center
IBM Sponsor: Ralph Christ,
Program Manager, IBM Linux Technology Center
2:50pm Break
3:15pm Session 5: IBM Server Group
Chair: Stephen Stevens, Program Manager, eServer HW Performance, IBM Server Group
IBM Server Group Overview
Stephen Stevens, Program Manager, eServer HW Performance, IBM Server Group
Modeling the Effect of Technology Trends on Soft Error Rate of Combinational Logic
Premkishore Shivakumar, Michael Kistler*, Stephen W. Keckler, Doug Burger, and Lorenzo Alvisi
Computer Sciences Department, University of Texas at Austin
*IBM Austin Research Laboratory and CS Dept., University of Texas at Austin
IBM Technical Contacts: John Keaty, Senior Technical Staff Member, STI Global Integration Lead, and Rob Bell, Jr., Power4 Processor Design, IBM Server Group, and Ram Rajamony, ARL
IBM Sponsor: Mark Papermaster,
Director, Global Microprocessor Design, IBM Server Group
Workload Characterization of Multithreaded Java Servers on Two PowerPC Processors
Pattabi Seshadri, Lizy K. John, and Alex Mericas*
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
IBM Technical Contact: *Alex Mericas,
eServer HW Performance, IBM Server Group
IBM Sponsor: Mark Papermaster,
Director, Global Microprocessor Design, IBM Server Group
An Adaptive Cache Structure for Future High-Performance Systems
Changkyu Kim, Doug Burger, and Stephen W. Keckler
Computer Sciences Department, University of Texas at Austin
IBM Technical Contacts: John Keaty, Senior Technical Staff Member, STI Global Integration Lead, and Rob Bell, Jr., Power4 Processor Design, IBM Server Group
IBM Sponsor: Mark Papermaster,
Director, Global Microprocessor Design, IBM Server Group
4:45pm Closing Remarks
Additional Papers and Proposals in Proceedings:
Scheduling with Dynamic Voltage/Speed Adjustment Using Slack Reclamation inMulti-Processor Real-Time Systems [Full Paper]
Dakai Zhu, Rami Melhem, and Bruce Childers
Computer Science Department, University of Pittsburgh
IBM Technical Contact: Patrick Bohrer, IBM Austin Research Laboratory
IBM Sponsor: David Cohn, Director, IBM Austin Research Laboratory
Improving Value Communication for Thread-Level Speculation [Full Paper]
J. Gregory Steffan, Christopher B. Colohan, Antonia Zhai, and Todd C. Mowry
Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University
IBM Technical Contact: Rick Eickemeyer, eServer HW Performance, IBM Server Group
IBM Sponsor: Mark Papermaster, Director, Global Microprocessor Design, IBM Server Group
Enabling Autonomic Computing by Building Cognitive Maps of Complex Computing Systems [Proposal]
Dr. Ben Kuipers, Department of Computer Sciences, University of Texas at Austin
IBM Technical Contact: Dr. C. J. Paul, Senior Technical Staff Member, Tivoli Technical Strategy, IBM Software Group
IBM Sponsor: John Sweitzer, Distinguished Engineer, Tivoli Technical Strategy, IBM Software Group
Novel Techniques for Quantifying Confidence During Multi-Processor Verification, Validation, Debug, and Diagnosis [Proposal]
Dr. Ray Mercer, CE Group, Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M
IBM Technical Contact: Matthew W. Mehalic, PowerPC Engineering Mgr., High Performance Processor Development, IBM Microelectronics Division
IBM Sponsor: Chekib C. Akrout, Director, High Speed and Broadband Processor Development
Background Transfers with Minimal Interference [Proposal]
Dr. Mike Dahlin, Department of Computer Sciences, University of Texas at Austin
IBM Technical Contact: Dr. Jeff Achtermann, Configuration and Operations Products, Tivoli Software, IBM Software Group
IBM Sponsor: Jeff S. Smith, Vice President, Configuration and Operations Products
Tivoli Software, IBM Software Group
Competitive Profiling and Analysis [Proposal]
Dr. Eric Hirst and Dr. Rajendra Srivastava, University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business
IBM Technical Contact: Lauren Katz, Strategy Opportunity Analyst, Tivoli Software, IBM Software Group
IBM Sponsor: Dr. Donald Outland, Director, Corporate Strategy, Tivoli Software, IBM Software Group
