Revision as of 22:16, 10 November 2009

Attendees list

Schedule

Monday, November 30th

8:45-9am: Opening Remarks - Luis and Vikram

9:00-10:50: Programming Models 1: General Imperative Languages

• Rethinking Parallel Execution for Multicore Processors, Guri Sohi
• Martin Rinard
• Joe Duffy
• Deterministic Parallel Java, Vikram Adve
• Discussion time (30 mins)

10:50-11:05: Break

11:05- 12:55: Programming Models 2: Data-parallel / Dataflow Languages

• Guy Blelloch
• Anwar Ghuloum
• Kath Knobe
• David August
• Discussion time (30 mins)

12:55-2:00:Lunch

2:00-3:30: Execution-level Determinism

• Emery Berger
• Saman Amarasinghe
• Joe Devietti
• Discussion time (30 mins)

3:30-4:00: Break

4:00- 5:30: Debate 1: Topic and Speakers TBA

6:00pm: Reception / Cocktails / Dinner

Tuesday, December 1st

9:00-10:30:Programming Models 3: Other disciplined languages

• Keshav Pingali
• Niklas Gustafson
• Vijay Saraswat
• Discussion time (30 mins)

'10:30-11:00: Break

11:00-12:30: Compiler Techniques

• Concurrent Collections are Deterministic, Jens Palsberg
• David May
• Tom Bergan
• Discussion time (30 mins)

12:30-1:30: Lunch

1:30- 2:30: Testing

• Shaz Qadeer
• Koushik Sen
• Discussion time (20 mins)

2:30- 4:00: Debate 2: Topic and Speakers TBA

4:00- 4:15: Break

4:15- 5:30:Wrap up: What have we learned ? What should we do next ?

Note: Each speaker gets 20 minutes. There is a shared discussion time at the end of each session.

Travel Information

Air Ticket: Please book your ticket directly. The workshop starts at 8:45am on Monday, November 30th and ends at 5:30pm on Tuesday, December 1st.

Hotel: There is a block of rooms for WoDet participants at the Watertown Inn, Seattle. We will pay for your room directly **for two nights** -- check-in 11/29/09 and checkout 12/1/09. (Extra nights are the responsibility of the traveler at a rate of $159/night +tax.) There are several ways to reserve your room:

• Call 866.944.4242
• Fax 206.315.4242
• Email reservations@watertownseattle.com

You must mention "WoDet Meeting" to get the block of rooms. If "WoDet Meeting" doesn't work, then also mention "University of Washington, Computer Science & Engineering, Melody Kadenko". Reservations must be made by October 30, 2009.

Meals: We are providing breakfast/lunch/dinner on Monday and breakfast/lunch on Tuesday. Please inform Melody Kadenko of any dietary restrictions.

Extra travel assistance: We have obtained some NSF funds for travel in addition to the meals and two nights of hotel (paid directly by us). Since the funds are limited, we ask you to use it only if really necessary. The ceiling amount that we can cover will depend on how many people ask for assistance. Please let us know if you will need financial assistance as soon as possible.

If you have trouble with the hotel name list or need any other assistance related to travel or reimbursements, please contact [mailto: melody@cs.washington.edu Melody Kadenko].