Seminar: Next-Gen Programming Interfaces and Compilers

Content

In this seminar we discuss novel programming interfaces and compiler techniques with a particular focus on modern processor architectures. Particular topics of interest are (preliminary):

  • Memory Models on different levels: Hardware (NVM), Languages (C, C++), etc.
  • Programming models for novel architectures/extensions (ARMv9/SVE, RISC-V vector operations, FPGAs, neuromorphic chips, etc.)
  • Code generation in different contexts (JavaScript/WebAssembly, SQL, eBPF, binary translation, etc.)

For an impression of possible topics, you can see topics from last year or the year before, but note that this year's topics will be different.

Organization

The seminar is organized similar to a scientific conference. Participants will have to submit a draft paper, which will be peer reviewed by two other participants, and incorporate the received feedback for the final version. The paper should have a length of between 8 and 10 pages using a provided LaTeX template. After submitting the final paper, participants have to give a presentation of 20 minutes (hard time limit). All talks will be presented 'en bloc' within two days at the end of the semester; the block seminar will be on-site at TUM or at an external locations (if participants show interest).

The final grade is influenced mostly by paper/talk quality (half/half), but also the quality of reviews and the participation in discussions after the talks will be taken into account. Delivering either the paper or the talk in unacceptable quality will result in total failure.

Schedule

  • Preliminary meeting: none. Most relevant information is on this website, if you have questions beyond this, don't hesitate to contact the organizers.
  • Qualification: We will prioritize students who complete a qualification form until 2025-07-22.
  • Topic assignment: topic list to be sent out mid October
  • Kick-off meeting: TBD (first semester week, Garching)
  • Paper outline due: TBD (three weeks after kickoff) (meet with your advisor to discuss)
  • Paper draft due: TBD (two weeks after outline) (submission via e-mail to advisor, meet with your advisor to discuss)
  • Complete paper due: TBD (two weeks after draft) (upload via HotCRP)
    • Submission of complete paper for peer-review.
    • This version of the paper will not be graded. The intention is that you can improve your first complete version with the feedback you receive for the final ("camera-ready") version, which is the only version of the paper we will grade.
  • Reviews due: TBD (two weeks after submission) (submission via HotCRP)
  • Camera-ready paper and slides due: TBD (mid January) (upload of paper and slides via HotCRP)
    • Final (graded) version of the paper/slides incorporating feedback from reviewers.
  • Block seminar: TBD (mid January) (on-site in Garching or external)

Material

Topic Assignment

Topics will be assigned in the first week of the semester. We will come up with possible topics and send these out to participants in early October.
 

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