WDDD 2006

Fifth Annual Workshop on Duplicating, Deconstructing, and Debunking

Boston, Massachusetts USA
June 18, 2006

Held in conjunction with the 33rd International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA-33)
News: WDDD Preliminary Program now available!

Call for Papers [PDF]

Important Deadlines

Abstract due:
Submission:
Acceptance:
Final version:
 April 7rd
April 14th (11:59PM, EST)
April 28th
May 19th

Workshop Overview

WDDD provides the computer systems research community a forum for work that validates or duplicates earlier results; deconstructs prior findings by providing greater, in-depth insight into causal relationships or correlations; or debunks earlier findings by describing precisely how and why proposed techniques fail where earlier successes were claimed, or succeed where failure was reported.

Traditionally, computer systems conferences and workshops focus almost exclusively on novelty and performance, neglecting an abundance of interesting work that lacks one or both of these attributes. A significant part of research-in fact, the backbone of the scientific method-involves independent validation of existing work and the exploration of strange ideas that never pan out. This workshop provides a venue for disseminating such work in our community. Published validation experiments strengthen existing work, while thorough comparisons provide new dimensions and perspectives. Studies that refute or correct existing work also strengthen the research community, by ensuring that published material is technically correct and has sound assumptions. Publishing negative or strange or unexpected results will allow future researchers to learn the hard lessons of others, without repeating their effort.

This workshop will set a high scientific standard for such experiments, and will require insightful analysis to justify all conclusions. The workshop will favor submissions that provide meaningful insights and point to underlying root causes for the failure or success of the technique under investigation. Acceptable work must thoroughly investigate and clearly communicate why the proposed technique performs as the results indicate.

Submission Topics

Workshop Scope

Computer Architecture

  • Processor architecture/microarchitecture
  • Memory hierarchy
  • Multiprocessor systems
  • Power-efficient architectures
  • Dependable architectures
  • Compiler/architecture interaction
  • Application-specific, reconfigurable, and embedded architectures

Code generation and Optimization

  • Feedback-driven optimization
  • Phase-based optimization
  • Dynamic compilation, adaptive/continuous optimization
  • Modulo/trace scheduling
  • Efficient profiling techniques
  • Binary translation/optimization
  • Parallel compilation/compiler support for thread level speculation

Submission Guidelines

Organizers

Program Committee


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