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P

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act

of

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f in

form

ation t

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gy h

as r

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th

e p

rolif

era

tion o

f com

pu

ters

to e

very

aspect

of

hu-

man life.

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dditio

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al w

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gen

era

l p

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work

loa

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ob

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d,

netw

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cessor,

file

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life

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ph

arm

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d

severa

l oth

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work

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to th

e

main

-str

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arc

h a

t th

e L

ab

ora

tory

for

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-pute

r A

rchitectu

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LC

A)

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irecte

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nd

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tandin

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the p

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f th

ese e

merg

ing a

pplic

atio

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n

curr

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arc

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d

develo

pin

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arc

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enh

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to im

pro

ve t

heir

perf

orm

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ce a

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wer

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delin

g

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pute

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ms a

re b

ecom

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ncre

asin

gly

com

-ple

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bo

th f

rom

hard

ware

an

d s

oft

ware

pers

pectives.

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ula

tio

n,

whic

h i

s a

very

pop

ula

r to

ol

am

ong d

e-

sig

ners

ta

kes very

lo

ng du

e to

com

ple

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ware

and

lo

ng

run

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benchm

ark

s.

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pro

ble

m

be-

com

es w

ors

e d

uri

ng

perf

orm

ance

evalu

atio

n w

here

a lo

t of

data

nee

ds t

o a

naly

ze

d.

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on in

vestigating

m

ath

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atical

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sta

tistical

tech-

niq

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to

optim

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pro

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of

sim

ula

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d

reduce t

he

eff

ort

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benchm

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pre

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th

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suite

to

red

uce

sim

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ort

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ap-

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de a

very

de

taile

d c

hara

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rization o

f w

ork

loads,

develo

pm

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t of

metr

ics

for

sim

ilari

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clu

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techniq

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work

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va A

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em

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r lo

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lif

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ms p

resent

an f

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ile g

roun

d f

or

both

hard

ware

and s

oft

ware

enh

ancem

ents

.

Dr.

L

izy K

uri

an

Jo

hn

dir

ects

the L

abora

tory

fo

r C

om

pute

r A

rchitectu

re

(LC

A).

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he

is

an

A

sso

cia

te

pro

fesso

r a

nd

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ng

ine

eri

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oun

da

tion C

ente

nnia

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eachin

g F

ello

w i

n t

he

E

lectr

ica

l a

nd

C

om

pu

ter

En

gin

ee

rin

g

dep

art

men

t at

UT

Austin.

Sh

e r

eceiv

ed h

er

Ph.

D in C

om

pute

r E

ngin

eeri

ng f

rom

Penn S

tate

in

199

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e

has

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severa

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inclu

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aculty aw

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alli

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d t

he N

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CA

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aw

ard

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he

is

a

mem

ber

of

IEE

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IEE

E

Com

pute

r S

ocie

ty,

AC

M,

an

d A

CM

SIG

AR

CH

. S

he i

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lso a

mem

ber

of

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Ka

pp

a N

u,

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eta

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hi K

ap

pa P

hi H

onor

Socie

ties.

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work

focuses o

n e

nh

an

cin

g t

he p

erf

orm

ance

of

Java

for

mobile

pla

tform

s.

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hitectu

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rela

tin

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ach

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an

ag

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izatio

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tim

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rofile

guid

ed o

ptim

iza

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re i

nvestig

ate

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roje

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fu

nd

ed b

y S

am

sung,

Kore

a.

Lo

w P

ow

er

an

d A

dap

tive A

rch

itectu

res

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imiz

ing p

ow

er

and

en

erg

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as b

ecom

e a

ne-

cessity

duri

ng

desig

n

of

mic

ropro

cessors

a

nd

com

pute

r syste

ms.

We a

re i

nvolv

ed i

n d

evelo

pin

g

hard

ware

and

soft

ware

tech

niq

ues t

o r

educe a

nd

m

ana

ge p

ow

er

co

nsum

ptio

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e a

ppro

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o

ada

pt

the

hard

ware

to

se

lectively

use

po

wer-

hun

gry

hard

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only

whe

n n

ee

de

d.

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success

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this

tech

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ep

en

ds o

n t

he a

bili

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here

hard

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mplo

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loa

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rop

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nerg

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av

ing

Op

po

rtu

nit

ies

W. Llo

yd B

irch

er,

Ma

dha

vi V

allu

ri, L

izy J

ohn,

and J

aso

n L

aw

,

Inte

rna

tio

na

l S

ymposiu

m o

n L

ow

Po

wer

Ele

c-

tronic

s a

nd D

esig

n.

pp 2

75-2

80.

Au

gust 2

005

Red

ucin

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erv

er

Data

Tra

ffic

usin

g a

Hie

rar-

ch

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mp

uta

tio

n M

od

el

Juan R

ubio

an

d L

izy K

. Jo

hn,

IEE

E T

ransactions o

n P

ara

llel

an

d D

istr

ibute

d

Syste

ms.

Vol. 1

6.

No.

10.

pp 9

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. O

cto

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2005

Imp

licati

on

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n G

en

era

l P

ur-

po

se P

roce

sso

rs

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on

g K

il Le

e a

nd L

izy K

. John,

IEE

E T

ransactio

ns o

n C

om

pute

rs.

Vol. 5

4.

No.

7. pp

91

7-9

22

. July

2005

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ocality

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On

-Lin

e T

race

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mp

ressio

n

Yue L

uo

an

d L

izy K

. Joh

n,

IEE

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ransactio

ns o

n C

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pute

rs.

Vol. 5

3.

No.

6. pp

72

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31

. June

20

04

Ben

ch

ma

rkin

g In

tern

et

Serv

ers

on

Su

pe

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a-

lar

Mach

ines

Yue L

uo

, Jua

n R

ubio

, L

izy J

ohn,

Patt

abi S

esha-

dri, a

nd A

lex M

ericas

,

IEE

E C

om

pute

r pp 3

4-4

0,

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ary

20

03

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ula

tin

g C

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merc

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an

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de-

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om

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g and

Au-

dio

gro

up

at

Texas

Instr

u-

ments

. H

e is

re

sponsib

le fo

r th

e pro

duct

and

arc

hitectu

re

definitio

n

of

port

ab

le

multim

edia

S

OC

He w

as o

ne o

f th

e c

ore

arc

hitects

of

the

re

cently a

nno

unced

"D

aV

inci (T

M)"

pla

tform

.

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Rav

i B

ha

rgav

a r

ece

ived

his

P

h.D

. fr

om

U

T A

ustin in

2003

. R

avi

is

curr

ently

a

mem

ber

of

the s

erv

er

mic

ro-

pro

cessor

desig

n

team

at

Ad

vance

d

Mic

ro

Devic

es

in

Austin,

Texas.

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re

sponsi-

bili

ties

at

AM

D

inclu

de

m

icro

arc

hitectu

re

de-

sig

n,

perf

orm

ance m

odelin

g,

an

d v

irtu

aliz

atio

n

support

.

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Tao

Li

receiv

ed the P

h.D

. degre

e

in

com

pute

r eng

ine-

ering

from

th

e

Univ

ers

ity

of

Texas at

Austin in

20

04.

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has b

ee

n a

n assis

tant

pro

fe-

ssor

in

the

Depart

ment

of

Ele

ctr

ical

and C

om

pute

r E

ng-

ine

erin

g at

Un

ivers

ity of

Flo

rid

a sin

ce A

ugust

2004

. H

e i

s f

ound

er

and

princip

le i

nvestig

ato

r of

the

Inte

llige

nt

Desig

n

of

Eff

icie

nt

Arc

h-

itectu

res

Lab

ora

tory

a

t U

niv

ers

ity

of

Flo

rida

. H

is r

esearc

h i

nte

rests

inclu

de c

om

pute

r arc

h-

itectu

re,

low

p

ow

er,

secu

re

and

de

pen

dab

le

com

putin

g,

ap

plic

ation-s

pe

cific

sys

tem

s,

perf

-orm

ance e

va

lua

tio

n,

the

im

pacts

of

em

e-r

gin

g

techniq

ues

an

d

app

lica

tions

on

com

pute

r desig

ns, op

era

ting s

yste

ms a

nd c

om

pile

rs.

D

r. Ju

an

R

ub

io r

eceiv

ed h

is

Ph.D

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om

UT

, A

ustin i

n A

u-

gust

200

4.

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urr

ently w

ork

s

at IB

M A

ustin R

ese

arc

h L

ab.

Dr.

Mad

hav

i V

allu

ri o

bta

ined

her

PhD

de

gre

e f

rom

the U

ni-

vers

ity of

Texas at

Austin

in

M

ay

20

05.

Sh

e

als

o

ho

lds

maste

rs

degre

es

from

th

e

Univ

ers

ity o

f T

exas a

t A

ustin

and

th

e I

nd

ian

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te o

f S

ci-

ence,

Ban

ga

lore

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adha

vi

work

s in

th

e S

ys-

tem

s a

nd T

echnolo

gy G

rou

p a

t IB

M (

Austin)

on

im

pro

vin

g p

erf

orm

ance o

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l-purp

ose p

ro-

gra

ms v

ia c

od

e a

na

lysis

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pecific

ally

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pro

-je

ct

focus i

s o

n e

xplo

ring

optim

ization

opport

u-

nitie

s

in

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PO

WE

R6

com

pile

r and

m

icro

-arc

hitectu

re.

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rese

arc

h

inte

rests

in

clu

de

com

pile

r a

nd m

icro

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hite

ctu

ral te

chniq

ues f

or

hig

h p

erf

orm

ance a

nd lo

w p

ow

er.

Dr.

B

yeo

ng

K

il

Le

e

is

a

mic

ropro

cessor

desig

n e

ng

ineer

in

WT

BU

(W

irele

ss

Term

inal

Busin

ess U

nit)

at

Texas I

nstr

u-

ments

In

c.

He

is

work

ing

on

desig

nin

g a h

igh p

erf

or-

mance

pro

cessor

for

next

genera

tio

n

hand

he

ld

devic

es.

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re

searc

h

inte

rests

in

clu

de

perf

orm

ance

mode

ling,

work

load,

chara

cte

rization,

form

al

verificatio

n,

netw

ork

p

roce

sso

r,

mu

ltim

ed

ia

pro

ce

sso

r a

nd

perf

orm

ance ana

lysis

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e re

ceiv

ed a P

h.D

in

com

pute

r eng

ine

erin

g fr

om

T

he U

niv

ers

ity of

Texas a

t A

ustin

in

20

05.

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r.

Yu

e

Lu

o

is fr

om

C

hin

a.

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e re

ce

ived his

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aste

r's D

e-

gre

e in e

lectr

on

ics f

rom

Pekin

g

Univ

ers

ity.

He

join

ed

LC

A

in

2000

. U

nder

Pro

fessor

Jo

hn's

superv

isio

n,

Yu

e

Lu

o

did

re

-searc

h i

n w

ork

load c

hara

cte

rization a

nd m

icro

-pro

cessor

sim

ula

tion m

eth

odo

log

y.

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du-

ate

d w

ith a

Ph.D

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e i

n 2

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ow

w

ork

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ware

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e i

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ber

of

the

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ty T

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f 2002

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n

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Jam

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ang

M

oto

rola

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ustin)

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Mic

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ar

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arm

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osh

i is

a P

hD

stu

dent at

LC

A.

He

jo

ined

LC

A

in

Fall

2003

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e h

old

s a

MS

de

gre

e in

E

lectr

ical

and

Com

pute

r E

ngi-

neeri

ng fr

om

O

hio

S

tate

U

ni-

vers

ity.

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s c

urr

ently

work

ing

on

evalu

ating

an

d

de

velo

pin

g

techniq

ues

for

genera

ting r

epre

senta

tive s

yn

thetic w

ork

loads.

L

loyd

B

irch

er

is a

Ph.D

. stu

-dent

at

LC

A.

He j

oin

ed L

CA

in

2002

and

has

a

Bach

elo

r of

Scie

nce

d

egre

e

in

Ele

ctr

ical

Eng

ineerin

g

from

th

e

Univ

er-

sity o

f T

exas a

t A

rlin

gto

n.

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curr

ently

work

ing in

th

e a

rea of

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ware

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i-re

cte

d

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wer

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nag

em

ent

for

Mic

ropro

ces-

sors

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Ciji

Isen

is

a P

h.D

. stu

de

nt

at

LC

A.

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join

ed

LC

A i

n F

all

of

2005

an

d has

a M

aste

rs de-

gre

e f

rom

Texas A

&M

Univ

er-

sity.

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is c

urr

ently w

ork

ing o

n

chara

cte

rization

of

em

bed

ded

ja

va b

enchm

ark

s and m

icro

arc

hitectu

ral

tech-

niq

ues t

o e

nhance

perf

orm

ance o

f ja

va i

n e

m-

bedd

ed s

yste

ms.

D

imit

ris

K

ase

rid

is is

a P

h.D

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dent

at

UT

and j

oin

ed L

CA

in

Fa

ll 2

005

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e h

as a

Mas-

ters

(2

00

5)

an

d

Dip

lom

a

(2004)

de

gre

e

in

Com

pute

r E

ng

ineerin

g

and

In

form

atics

from

the U

niv

ers

ity o

f P

atr

as,

Gre

ece.

Dim

itris

is w

ork

ing o

n P

erf

orm

ance E

valu

ation &

An

aly

-sis

of

Multithre

aded

Multip

rocessor

Syste

ms.

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oth

er

researc

h i

nte

rests

are

hig

h p

erf

orm

-ance

mic

ropro

cessor

desig

n

and

low

po

we

r m

icro

arc

hitectu

res.

R

ob

B

ell

is

a P

h.D

. ca

ndid

ate

in

Ele

ctr

ica

l and C

om

pute

r E

n-

gin

eeri

ng

at

the

Univ

ers

ity

of

Texas a

t A

ustin.

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old

s u

n-

derg

rad

uate

an

d M

.S.E

.E.

de-

gre

es

from

th

e

Un

ivers

ity

of

Virg

inia

, and i

s e

mplo

ye

d f

ull-

tim

e a

t IB

M,

Aus-

tin,

as a

com

pute

r desig

ne

r. H

is r

ese

arc

h i

nte

r-ests

inclu

de c

om

pute

r arc

hitectu

re,

perf

orm

ance

modelin

g

and

sim

ula

tion,

and

repre

se

nta

tive

w

ork

load s

yn

thesis

.

Sh

iwen

H

u

is a P

h.D

. cand

i-date

at

LC

A.

He j

oin

ed L

CA

in

2000

. S

hiw

en

has

a

M.S

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gre

e

from

T

sin

ghua

Univ

ers

ity

of

Chin

a.

Shiw

en

is w

ork

ing o

n

eff

icie

nt

ad

apta

tio

n

of

multip

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configura

ble

un

its

usin

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dyn

am

ic

optim

ization

sys

tem

s for

mic

ropro

cessor

energ

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eduction.

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ash

ish

Ph

an

salk

ar

is a

Ph.D

. cand

idate

at

Lab

ora

tory

of

Co

mp

ute

r A

rch

ite

ctu

re.

He

jo

ined L

CA

in S

pri

ng 2

003

. H

e

receiv

ed h

is B

ach

elo

r’s D

egre

e

in

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ctr

ical

Eng

ineeri

ng

from

U

niv

ers

ity o

f P

une,

Ind

ia i

n 2

000 a

nd a

Maste

rs

degre

e fr

om

th

e D

epart

ment

of

Ele

ctr

ical

an

d

Com

pute

r E

ngin

eering

at

the

Un

ivers

ity

of

Texas a

t A

ustin i

n 2

002.

His

researc

h i

nte

rests

are

perf

orm

ance eva

luatio

n and b

enchm

ark

ing

of

mic

ropro

cessors

, w

ork

load

chara

cte

rization

and c

om

pute

r arc

hitectu

re.

He is c

urr

ently w

ork

-in

g o

n te

chn

iqu

es to

m

easure

sim

ilarity

base

d

on

mic

roarc

hitectu

re

ind

epen

den

t w

ork

load

chara

cte

rization o

f pro

gra

ms.

Cla

ss o

f 2000

Cla

ss o

f 1999

Cla

ss o

f 1998

Cla

ss o

f 1997

S

yed

M.

Ala

m w

as a

n u

nd

er-

gra

du

ate

re

se

arc

h

ass

ista

nt

in L

CA

du

rin

g h

is B

ach

elo

r’s

stu

die

s at

UT

A

usti

n.

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ot

his

B.S

. in

ele

ctr

ica

l e

ng

ine

erin

g

from

the U

niv

ers

ity o

f T

exas a

t A

ustin i

n M

ay 1

999,

S.

M.

and

P

h.D

. in

ele

ctr

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eng

ine

ering

a

nd

com

pute

r scie

nce f

rom

Massachusetts I

nstitu

te o

f T

ech-

nolo

gy i

n J

un

e 2

001 a

nd

Septe

mber

2004,

re-

spectively

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e i

s c

urr

en

tly w

ork

ing w

ith F

rees-

cale

S

em

iconducto

r.

His

re

searc

h

inte

rests

in

clu

de 3

D I

nte

gra

ted C

ircuits,

relia

bili

ty C

AD

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erm

al m

odelin

g/a

na

lysis

in I

Cs,

an

d inte

rcon-

nect an

aly

sis

. P

att

ab

i S

esh

ad

ri g

ot

BS

in

ele

ctr

ica

l eng

ine

er-

ing f

rom

Univ

ers

ity o

f T

exas a

t A

ustin a

nd h

e is

curr

ently w

ork

ing f

or

IBM

. N

ate

Lit

tle g

ot

BS

in e

lectr

ical en

gin

eeri

ng

from

Univ

ers

ity o

f T

exas a

t A

ustin a

nd h

e is

curr

ently w

ork

ing f

or

Trilo

gy.

Jyots

na S

. K

art

ha

Jody J

oyner

Juan R

ubio

Poorv

a G

upta

Fre

escale

(A

ustin)

IB

M C

orp

.

Ph.D

. at U

T-A

ustin

Sony

Purn

ima V

asudevan

P

MC

-Sie

rra

Vik

ram

Godbole

Inte

l C

orp

. (A

ustin)

S

anje

ev G

hai

IB

M C

orp

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rikanth

Kannan

A

nalo

g D

evic

es Inc

Roy S

hale

m

In

tel C

orp

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hih

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S

un M

icro

syste

ms

(Sunnyvale

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MU

Imp

rov

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tom

ati

c T

estc

ase S

yn

the

sis

fo

r P

erf

orm

an

ce M

od

el V

alid

ati

on

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obert

H. B

ell,

Jr.

an

d L

izy K

. Joh

n,

19th

AC

M I

nte

rnation

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nfe

rence o

n S

up

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une 2

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ple

xit

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on

Is-

su

e U

sin

g C

om

pile

r A

ssis

tan

ce

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avi

Va

lluri,

Liz

y

K.

John,

and

Kath

ryn

M

cK

inle

y,

19

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CM

Inte

rnationa

l C

onfe

rence

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une 2

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ntr

ol

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w M

od

elin

g i

n S

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cal

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ula

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on

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r A

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rate

an

d

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nt

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ce

sso

r D

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n S

tud

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ve

n E

eckhout, R

obert

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Bell,

Jr.

, B

astiaa

n

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oe

n D

e B

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re,a

nd L

izy K

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tern

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na

l S

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yn

am

ic C

luste

r A

ss

ign

men

t fo

r C

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ce C

ach

e P

rocesso

rs

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ava a

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izy K

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al

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on

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i an

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