October 29-30, 2009
IBM Austin Research Laboratory
Austin, TX, United States
Event Contact
CCC Staff
ccc@cra.org
Event Type
2011 and Earlier, 2011 and Prior Events, Visioning Activities, Workshop
Event Category
The Cross-layer Reliability (RelXLayer) visioning process addresses the fact that we will no longer be able to reliably design or manufacture fault-free hardware systems. As the critical dimensions of devices, such as transistors and wires, used to implement computer systems shrink to only a few nanometers, rates of transient faults, permanent defects, and variation between devices on the same die are expected to increase to the point where today’s fault-tolerant approaches will no longer be practical. Instead, computer systems will need to adopt a model in which each layer in the abstraction hierarchy – applications, O/S, architecture, circuits – is prepared for the layer below to transmit bad data and in which all of the layers in the hierarchy cooperate to deliver correct operation in spite of faults, variations, and other effects. Exacerbating this challenge is the need to continually reduce net energy per operation while providing this protection.
RelXLayer draws participants from the broader computer research community to nurture a vision for a multi-level approach to reliability, generating a clear picture of the challenges and opportunities offered in multi-level reliability approaches. To foster this community, the group held three workshops to engage researchers and practitioners aimed at addressing this abstraction hierarchy and initiating cross-layer discussions.
October 29, 2009 (Thursday)
| Welcome, introduction | |
| 09:15 AM | Study vision/story |
| Questions/discussion | |
| 10:15 AM | Break |
| 10:30 AM | Life Critical (presentation and discussion) |
| 11:30 AM | Roadmap (presentation and discussion) |
| 12:15 PM | Lunch |
| 01:30 PM | Infrastructure (presentation and discussion) |
| 02:30 PM | Research Organization and Infrastructure discussion |
| 03:00 PM | Break |
| 03:15 PM | Breakout:
1. Life Critical |
| 04:15 PM | Reconvene: breakout summaries |
| 04:30 PM | Final Report Assignments and Timeline |
| 05:15 PM | End day 1 |
October 30, 2009 (Friday)
| 09:00 AM | Common Challenges |
| 09:30 AM | Metrics |
| 10:00 AM | writing, outlining, and consultation time |
| 11:00 AM | Strategy and final discussion points |
| 12:00 PM | Close meeting |
Sankar Basu, NSF
Lori Bechtold, Boeing Research & Technology
James Browne, University of Texas, Austin
Nick Carter, Intel Corporation
Lewis Cohn, NRL
Chitaranjan Das, NSF
Andre DeHon, University of Pennsylvania
Glenn A Forman, General Electric
Bill Harrod, DARPA
John Hiller, STA
David Kaeli, Northeastern University
Kevin Kemp, Freescale
Nikil Mehta, California Institute of Technology
Claude Moughanni, Freescale Semiconductor
Sani Nassif, IBM
Kevin Nowka, IBM
Karthik Pattabiraman, Microsoft
Mark Porter, Medtronic
Heather Quinn, LANL
Anthony Reipold, Freescale Semiconductor
Pia Sanda, IBM
John Savage, Brown University
Allan Silburt, Cisco Systems
Gary Swift, Xilinx
David Walker, Princeton University
Shi-Jie Wen, Cisco Systems
Chris Wilkerson, Intel Corporation
Vivian Zhu, Texas Instruments
Date: October 29 and 30 (full day 29th, half day on 30th + organizer meeting in afternoon)
Place: IBM Austin Research Laboratory, Austin, TX. URL
Lodging: LaQuinta Inn & Suites
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Address: 11901 North Mopac Expwy, Austin, TX 78759
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Local Phone: 1-512-832-2121 (see reservation number below)
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Rate: The rate is slightly different on the 28th ($76), 29th, and 30th ($67). With the 15% tax is ends up “about” $88. These are the instructions I got from LaQuinta to help you make the reservations:
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To get rooms and rate, call LaQuinta Central Reservation Center at 1-866-527-1498 and identify yourself as members of the CCC party, Reservation Block confirmation number 0937GRFWOK. For your convenience, all final details pertaining to the group should be coordinated directly with the above hotel.
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Reservation Deadline: 10/7/2009 (Please advise members of your party that all requests for reservations within the bloc should be prior to 10/7/2009 in order to ensure we are able to accommodate them at the rate that was originally quoted. On 10/7/2009 any rooms in your bloc, which remain unfilled will be released for sale to the general public.)
- The rate includes continental breakfast and free internet access.
- The hotel is across the street from IBM. An easy 5 minute walk. Here is a map that shows how to walk from the hotel to IBM:
Air Transportation: Austin Bergstrom Airport (AUS) is well connected, American, Southwest, and other airlines have many flights into it.
Airport/Hotel: The “super shuttle” provides transportation from the airport to the LaQuinta hotel for $20 each way. You can make reservations online at: http://www.supershuttle.com/. Remember that CRA will not reimburse rental cars.
