16th International Workshop on
Software and Compilers for Embedded Systems

M-SCOPES 2013

June 19-21, 2013
Schloss Rheinfels, St. Goar, Germany

http://www.scopesconf.org

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CALL FOR PAPERS

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The workshop on Software and Compilers for Embedded Systems (SCOPES) and the
workshop on Mapping of Applications to MPSoCs (Map2MPSoC) will organize a joint
M-SCOPES workshop in 2013.

The M-SCOPES workshop will feature a combination of research papers and
research presentations (details see below). The research papers will also be
published in the ACM digital library. The workshop will be held in cooperation
with ACM SIGBED and EDAA.

AIM AND SCOPE

The influence of embedded systems is constantly growing. Increasingly powerful
and versatile devices are developed and put on the market at a fast pace. Their
functionality and number of features is increasing, and so are the constraints
on the systems concerning size, performance, energy dissipation and timing
predictability. To meet all these constraints, multi-processor systems on a
chip (MPSoCs) are becoming popular in embedded systems. In order to meet the
performance and energy constraints of embedded applications, heterogeneous
architectures incorporating functional units optimized for specific functions
are commonly employed. This technological trend has dramatic consequences on
the parallelization, mapping, compiler and design technology used to develop
these systems.

The M-SCOPES workshop focusses on the software generation process for modern
embedded systems. Topics of interest include all aspects of the compilation
and mapping process of embedded single and multi-processor systems. This
includes (but is not limited to):

- models of computation and programming languages;
- performance analysis techniques for models of computation;
- automatic code parallelization techniques;
- mapping and scheduling techniques for for embedded multi-processor systems;
- code generation techniques for embedded single and multi-processor
architectures;
- design-space exploration techniques for use in the HW/SW codesign process;
- techniques to exploit the dynamic behavior in embedded applications;
- interactions between operating systems and compilation techniques;
- techniques for compiler aided profiling, measurement, debugging and
validation of embedded software.

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WORKSHOP STRUCTURE

The workshop structure (presentations followed by intensive discussions) allows
for an interactive atmosphere in which industrial and academic representatives
can exchange new ideas and trends in the area multi-processor mapping and
code generation. A best presentation award will be awarded at the end of the
workshop.

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VENUE

The workshop will take place in the beautiful “Schloss Rheinfels” hotel at
St. Goar, Germany. Schloss Rheinfels is a castle at one of the nicest places
within the Rhine valley, itself a world heritage site. Among a set of hotels
focusing on wellness, the hotel is voted yearly as being part of the top 3
conference hotels in Germany. There is a beautiful view from the hotel onto
the river Rhine. See http://www.schloss-rheinfels.de for more information
about the hotel.

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SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

M-SCOPES accepts two types of submissions:

* Research papers

Research papers should present original research results not published or
submitted for publication in other forums. Accepted papers will be published
via the ACM digital library and they will be scheduled for a presentation
during the workshop. Research papers should not exceed 10 pages in ACM format
(single-spaced, 2 columns, 9pt font; for instructions visit the ACM website
http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates). Papers must be
submitted in PDF format using the M-SCOPES paper submission website. To permit
blind review, submissions should not include the author names.

* Research presentations

Research presentations should present research results relevant to the topics
addressed by the workshop. These presentations may be based on research results
that have previously been presented in other forums. Accepted presentations
will be scheduled for a presentation during the workshop. Authors of accepted
research presentations will be given the opportunity to publish a 2 page
abstract in the workshop proceedings (available through ACM digital library).
Publication in the proceedings is optional and the authors may decide not to do
so. Authors that are interested in giving a research presentations at the
M-SCOPES 2013 workshop should submit a 2 page abstract in ACM format
(single-spaced, 2 columns, 9pt font; for instructions visit the ACM website
http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates). Abstracts must be
submitted in PDF format using the M-SCOPES paper submission website. Author
names should be included on these abstracts.

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IMPORTANT DATES

* Research papers

Full research paper submission: Feb 28, 2013
Notification of acceptance: Apr 12, 2013
Final paper submission: May 1, 2013

* Research presentations

Abstract submission research presenations: Apr 26, 2013
Notification of acceptance: May 1, 2013

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GENERAL CHAIR

Henk Corporaal, Eindhoven University of Technology, NL


PROGRAM CHAIR

Sander Stuijk, Eindhoven University of Technology, NL

PUBLICITY CHAIR

Peter Marwedel, Dortmund University of Technology, DE

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Iuliana Bacivarov, ETH Zurich, CH
Marco Bekooij, NXP Semiconductors, NL
Koen De Bosschere, University of Gent, BE
Nikil Dutt, University of Irvine, USA
Michael Engel, TU Dortmund, DE
Heiko Falk, Ulm University, DE
Soheil Ghiasi, UC Davis, USA
Armin Größlinger, University of Passau, DE
Christian Haubelt, University of Rostock, DE
Jörg Henkel, University of Karlsruhe, DE
Timothy Jones, University of Cambridge, UK
Ben Juurlink, TU Berlin, DE
Andreas Krall, TU Vienna, AT
Rainer Leupers, RWTH Aachen, DE
Bilha Mendelson, IBM Research Lab, IL
Anca Molnos, Delft University of Technology, NL
Yunheung Paek, Seoul National University, KR
Andy Pimentel, University of Amsterdam, NL
Ingo Sander, KTH, SE
Chung-Ching Shen, University of Maryland, USA
Todor Stefanov, Leiden University, NL
Sander Stuijk, TU Eindhoven, NL
Jürgen Teich, University of Erlangen, DE
Eugenio Villar, University of Cantabria, ES