Workshop
Unorthodox Computing: Fabrics, Circuits, Architectures and Applications
University of Southern California
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering
3740 McClintock Avenue, EEB 203, 248, and 349
Los Angeles, CA 90089
September 23-24, 2011
Contents
About
As you well know, most digital CMOS computation is carried out in what is informally thought to be a deterministic manner, in that we expect to get the same answer running the same program on computers A and B. But, new computational fabrics are being created that contain billions of individual elements that are adversely affected by factors such as noise, process variations, material defects and chemical impurities. These fabrics, though imperfect, are attractive since they often provide for enormous gains in such areas as decreasing power and increasing performance. But these gains come at a price, such as lower yield and/or nondeterministic results. To exploit the benefits of these new fabrics, while accepting their inherent low yield and abnormalities, new models of computational are being developed along with the identification of problems that are amenable to stochastic rather than deterministic outcomes.
As a consequence of these and other factors, the organizers of this workshop are attempting to bring together a diverse yet synergistic group of researchers whose work may have great benefits to those working in related domains. Our focus is on computation and information with particular emphasis on: fabrics including CMOS and non-CMOS; circuits including nano, bio and molecular; architectures and systems; and applications such as multi-media and drug delivery.
Please find the agenda as your guidance to the workshop.
Program Committee
- Mel Breuer
- Sandeep Gupta
- Antonio Ortega
- All professors of Electrical Engineering at the Viterbi School of Engineering, USC
Steering Committee
- Fabrizio Lombardi (North Eastern U.)
- Keshab Parhi (U. of Minnesota)
- Gene Frantz (Texas Instruments)
- Shih-lien Lu (Intel Corp)
- Bernd Becker (Albert-Ludwigs-University)
- John Hayes (U. Michigan)
- Naresh Shanbhag (U. Illinois)
- Abhijit Chatterjee (Geogia Tech)
Sponsors
Accommodation
Hotels near USC’s University Park Campus
Radisson Los Angeles at USC
3540 S. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Phone: (213) 748-5266
Reservations: (800) 395-7046
0.6 miles from workshop
Vagabond Inn Los Angeles at USC
3101 S. Figueroa
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Phone: (213) 746-1531
Reservations: (800) 522-1555
1 mile from workshop
Inn at 657
657 W. 23rd St.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
Phone: (213) 741-2200
Reservations: (213) 741-2200
1.5 miles from workshop
Hotels in Downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles Athletic Club
431 W. 7th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Phone: (213) 625-2211
Reservations: (213) 625-2211
Millennium Biltmore Hotel
506 S. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Phone: (213) 624-1011
Reservations: (800) 245-8673
Westin Bonaventure
404 S. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Phone: (213) 624-1000
Reservations: (800) 937-8461
Marriott Downtown LA
333 S. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Phone: (213) 617-1133
Reservations: (888) 236-2427
Sheraton Downtown LA
711 S. Hope St.
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: (213) 488-3500
Reservations: (800) 325-3535
Kyoto Grand Hotel and Gardens
120 S. Los Angeles St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: (213) 629-1200
Reservations: (888) 354-0831
Transportation
Transportation
- Taxi
- Train/Bus
- Car
- ...etc
Parking Structure A (PSA)
- Enter at the Vermont Avenue Entrance at 36th Place (Entrance 6)
- Upon entering the gate, please state the name of the event - this will be determined once parking passes have been purchased - and your name. A pass will be given to you. You DO NOT have to pay for parking.
- Parking will be in Parking Structure A (PSA), which is the building to your right
- For assistance, please refer to the campus map and type in "PSA" on the search bar.
Venue & Location
University of Southern California Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering 3740 McClintock Avenue, EEB 203, 248, and 349 Los Angeles, CA 90089
Walking Directions from PSA
- From PSA, walk towards McClintock
- Right on McClintock
- Continue straight on McClintock
- Destination, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering, will be on your left
- For assistance, please refer to the campus map and type in "EEB" on the search bar.
Registration
Agenda
Click here for the agenda.
Maps
Workshop Locations - since there are three rooms reserved, should we draw a map of conference locations within the building?
Contacts
Should you have any inquiries regarding this workshop, please contact the following staff/faculty below.
- Annie Yu, Workshop Coordinator (213) 740-4465 annhuayu@usc.edu
- Sandeep Gupta, title (213) 740-2251 sandeep@poisson.usc.edu
- Mel Breuer, title (213) 740-4469 mb@poisson.usc.edu
