Workshop on Computer Architecture Education

Held in conjunction with the

27th International Symposium on Computer Architecture

Vancouver, BC, Saturday, June 10, 2000

Final Program


Theme

This workshop has been held at both ISCA and at HPCA in the past. The goal of the workshop is to provide a forum for educators to discuss and share their experiences and teaching philosophy. The goal is for participants to come away from the workshop with new ideas on delivering courses in computer architecture. This workshop will include presentations by representatives from many of top Computer Science and Computer Engineering programs throughout the world. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following.

Topics of interest

  • New approaches to introductory courses
  • Advanced courses
  • New curricula
  • National differences in curricula
  • Interdepartmental issues (CS/ECE)
  • Distance education

  • Industrial support for teaching
  • Encouraging students to do research
  • Student retention in a hot job market
  • Hardware tools
  • Simulators and other software tools
  • Prototyping
  • Visualization aids
  • VLSI design packages
  • Web-based materials

  • Textbook development
  • Textbook selection
  • Integration of research into teaching

The workshop format will include a panel session as well as presentations of invited and refereed papers.

Submission of contributions

Interested authors should submit an extended abstract (not to exceed 4 pages) or a full paper (not to exceed 8 pages, with a minimum font size of 10 points) to

Edward F. Gehringer
e-mail : efg@ncsu.edu
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
North Carolina State University
Box 7911
Raleigh, NC 27695-7911
+1 919 515-2066

Electronic submission is required, preferably as a PDF attachment to an e-mail message. Postscript will also be accepted, but make sure that your ps file is viewable using ghostview.

Industry Participation

We encourage participation by book publishers, computer manufacturers, software vendors, or companies which develop or market products used in the delivery of computer architecture education. Any company interested in participating in the workshop should contact the organizer at the address above.

Important Dates

Submission Due Date: April 30, 2000
Author Notification: May 15, 2000
Final Paper Due Date: May 25, 2000

Registration Information

Registration for the workshop will eventually be accessible on the ISCA-25 homepage.

Copies of papers presented at the workshop will be made available at the workshop. The proceedings of the workshop will be published in the TCCA Newsletter after the workshop.

Updated on March 2, 2000