Technical Program

8:45 Opening Remarks

9:00 - 10:00 Keynote Address: Is Software DSM Dead?
                    Michael Scott (University of Rochester)

10:00 - 10:20 Break

10:20 - 11:40 Session 1: Protocols Issues

                    A Cluster Operating System Based on Software COMA Memory Management
                   Renaud Lottiaux and Christine Morin
                     [Abstract] [Paper]

                    Decentralized Synchronization for Multi-Threaded DSMs
                    Frank Mueller
                    [Abstract] [Paper]

                    Hybrid-DSM: An Efficient Alternative to Pure Software DSM Systems on NUMA Architectures
                    Wolfgang Karl and Martin Schulz
                    [Abstract] [Paper]

                    The Impact of Memory Organization in Hybrid DSM
                   Adrian Moga and Michel Dubois
                   [Abstract] [Paper]

11:40 - 1:10 Lunch

1:10 - 2:10 Panel Discussion

2:10 - 2:20 Break

2:20 -  3:40 Session 2: DSM on WAN and related topics

                    S-DSM for Heterogeneous Machine Architectures
                    Eduardo Pinheiro, DeQing Chen, Sandhya Dwarkadas, Srinivasan Parthasarathy and  Michael L. Scott
                    [Abstract] [Paper]

                    BTMD: Small, Fast Diffs For WAN-Based DSM
                    Michael D. Rogers, Chris Diaz, Raphael Finkel, James Griffioen and James E. Lumpp Jr
                    [Abstract] [Paper]

                    A Measurement-Based Algorithm for Mapping Consistency Models to Shared Data
                    Christopher Diaz and James Griffioen
                    [Abstract] [Paper]

                    An Integrated Compiler/Run-Time System for Global Data Distribution in Distributed Shared Memory Systems
                    Gregory M.S. Howard and David K. Lowenthal
                    [Abstract] [Paper]

3:40 - 4:00 Break

4:00 - 5:20 Consistency Models and Tools

                    Matmarks: Distributed Shared Matlab
                    George Almasi, Calin Cascaval and David Padua
                    [Abstract] [Paper]

                    Comparing The Performance of the PastSet Distributed Shared Memory System using TCP/IP and M-VIA
                    John Markus Bjoerndalen, Otto J. Anshus, Brian Vinter and Tore Larsen
                    [Abstract] [Paper]

                    Visualizing Execution Histories on Release Consistency and Scope Consistency Memory Models
                    Alba Cristina Melo and Nilo Sergio Barros
                    [Abstract] [Paper]

                    Performance Evaluation of Consistency Models using a New Simulation Environment for SVMS
                    Salvador Petit, Julio Sahuquillo and Ana Pont
                    [Abstract] [Paper]


Registration

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