Second Call for papers - ParaFPGA-2007: Parallel Computing with FPGA's

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                     CALL FOR PAPERS

                      ParaFPGA-2007

             Parallel Computing with FPGA's

        A mini-symposium held in conjunction with the
         ParCo2007 conference "Parallel Computing"

         Juelich, Germany, September 4-7, 2007
         URL: http://www.elis.ugent.be/parafpga
         email: parafpga@elis.ugent.be
	 deadline: 15 May 2007
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ParaFPGA-2007 is a mini-symposium held in conjunction with the
Parallel Computing conference, ParCo2007 to be held in Juelich,
Germany,
on 4-7 September 2007.

SCOPE

Field programmable logic provides a wealth of opportunities as
computing
devices, e.g. as signal processor, systolic element, intellectual
property
block, advanced accelerator board and the like. Due to their
versatility,
FPGA's are susceptible to several computing paradigms. During the
symposium
ParaFPGA one of the major paradigms is addressed: "Parallel Computing
with
FPGA's".

Because of its adaptability as an enabling component in parallel
architectures, this symposium addresses all areas of FPGA's in
parallel
computing, in particular: methodology, performance analysis,
architectures,
algorithms and applications.

Therefore you are cordially invited to participate and submit your
contribution to the ParaFPGA symposium. Topics include, but are not
limited
to:

- parallel computing techniques with FPGA's
- hardware/software co-design
- programming environments for FPGA's
- parallel languages and design tools for FPGA application development
- interconnection networks
- FPGA arithmetic
- Multi-FPGA cores
- performance evaluation
- embedded FPGA platforms
- FPGA-based parallel applications

PAPERS

Authors are invited to submit a full paper (max. 8 pages) or an
extended
abstract (min. 2000 words) using the ParaFPGA server. Details
regarding
the format are given on the submission page.

Deadline for the paper submission is 15 May 2007

COMMITTEES

Steering Committee:

Gerhard Joubert, TU Clausthal, Germany, Conference Chair
Frans Peters, Philips Research, The Netherlands, Finance Chair

Symposium Committee:

Erik D'Hollander, Symposium chair
Dirk Stroobandt, Abdellah Touhafi, Program committee chairs

Ghent University, Belgium
Brussels University Association, Belgium

Program committee:

Abbes Amira, Brunel University, UK
Peter Y.K. Cheung, Imperial College, UK
Georgi Gaydadjiev, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Maya Gokhale, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Mike Hutton, Altera, USA
Dominique Lavenier, IRISA-INRIA, France
Tsutomu Maruyama, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Viktor Prasanna, University of Southern California, USA
Mazen A. R. Saghir, American University of Beirut, Libanon
Dirk Stroobandt, Ghent University, Belgium
Abdellah Touhafi, Brussels University Association, Belgium
Theo Ungerer, University of Augsburg, Germany
Wolfgang Karl, University of Karlsruhe , Germany
Steve Wilton, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Sotirios G. Ziavras , New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

DATES

Important dates:

- Paper or extended abstract due: May 15, 2007
- Notification of acceptance:     July 15, 2007
- Final papers due due:           August 15, 2007

The submission of papers is done via http://www.elis.ugent.be/parafpga