Introduction - IA^3 2017 - 7th Workshop on Irregular
Applications: Architectures and Algorithms
Author/Presenters
Event Type
Workshop
Applications
Architectures
Graph Algorithms
SIGHPC Workshop
TimeMonday, November 13th9am -
9:10am
Location507
DescriptionDue to the heterogeneous data sets they process, data
intensive applications employ a diverse set of methods
and data structures. Consequently, they abound with
irregular memory accesses, control flows, and
communication patterns. Current supercomputing systems
are organized around components optimized for data
locality and bulk synchronous computations. Managing any
form of irregularity on them demands substantial effort,
and often leads to poor performance.
Holistic solutions to address these challenges can emerge only by considering the problem from all perspectives: from micro- to system-architectures, from compilers to languages, from libraries to runtimes, from algorithm design to data characteristics. Strong collaborative efforts among researchers with different expertise, including domain experts and end users, could lead to significant breakthroughs. This workshop brings together scientists with these different backgrounds to discuss methods and technologies for efficiently supporting irregular applications on current and future architectures.
Holistic solutions to address these challenges can emerge only by considering the problem from all perspectives: from micro- to system-architectures, from compilers to languages, from libraries to runtimes, from algorithm design to data characteristics. Strong collaborative efforts among researchers with different expertise, including domain experts and end users, could lead to significant breakthroughs. This workshop brings together scientists with these different backgrounds to discuss methods and technologies for efficiently supporting irregular applications on current and future architectures.
