Held in conjunction with

The 31st International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA 2004)

• Paper submission: May 10, 2004
• Author Notification: May 20, 2004
• Camera-Ready Papers: June 5, 2004
• Workshop Date: June 20, 2004

NSC-3 is the third in a series of workshops exploring the issues involved in creating computing systems out of devices other than silicon-based transistors. NSC-1 was held in conjunction with The 8th International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA-8), while NSC-2 was held at The Thirtieth International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA '03).

The amazing success of computing over the past thirty years is based in large part on advances in the fabrication of CMOS-based integrated circuits, and both engineers and consumers have come to expect and plan for exponential increases in system performance over time. However, a number of physical and economic factors threaten the continued scaling of CMOS devices, motivating research into computing systems based on other technologies. A number of alternatives to silicon VLSI have been proposed, including techniques based on molecular electronics, quantum mechanics, and biological processes. This workshop will focus on the architectures, compilers, and programming models necessary to exploit novel computing technologies that will replace (or co-exist) with CMOS. Papers are solicted on all issues related to non-silicon computing, including, but not limited to, circuit and system architectures, programming techniques, and reliability.

Session 1: 9:00 - 10:00 AM (Biological Computing)

• Building Blocks of a Biochemical CPU Based on DNA Transcription Logic (Presentation Slides)
  M. Lauria, K. Bhalerao, M. Pugalanthiran, and B. Yuan
• A Scalable Cellular Logic Technology Using Zinc-Finger Proteins (Presentation Slides)
  C. Batten, R. Krashinsky, and T. Knight

Session 2: 10:45 AM - 11:45 (Programming Techniques)

• Rule-Based Multiset Programming Paradigm: Applications to Synthetic Biology
  E. Krishnamurthy
• Abstract Execution Mechanisms in a Synthesis Framework (Presentation Slides)
  E. Fabiani, L. Lagadec, B. Pottier, A. Poungou, and S. Yazdani

Session 3: 1:30 - 3:00 PM (System Issues)

• Bending Light for Multi-Chip Virtual PRAMs? (Presentation Slides)
  U. Vishkin, and I. Smolyaninov
• Latching on the Wire and Pipelining in Nanoscale Designs (Presentation Slides)
  C. Moritz, and T. Wang
• Scaling Challenges for Molecular Electronic Array Structures (Presentation Slides)
  C. Amsinck, N. Di Spigna, S. Sonkusale, D. Nackashi, and P. Franzon

Session 4: 3:30 - 4:00 PM (Quantum Computing)

• Preliminary Results on Simulating a Scalable Fault Tolerant Ion-Trap System for Quantum Computation (Presentation Slides)
  T. Metodiev, A. Cross, D. Thaker, K. Brown, D. Copsey, F. Chong, and I. Chuang

Session 5: 4:00 - 5:00 PM (Discussion)

• Building a non-silicon research community - should we, and how?

Authors should submit an extended abstract no longer than 4 pages for consideration. One electronic copy of the abstract should be submitted by email to nsc@crhc.uiuc.edu by April 19, 2004. Authors of accepted abstracts will be asked to submit final papers of no more than 8 pages. Notification of acceptance will be given by May 17, 2004, and camera-ready papers will be due by May 31, 2004. All accepted papers will be presented at the workshop and included in a bound proceedings that will be distributed at the workshop. In addition, accepted papers will be made available on the workshop home page.

The final versions of accepted papers must be submitted in PDF format, as this is the only format that the publisher will accept. Papers should be at most 8 pages in length with 1" margins and 10- or 11-point font. Text should be formatted for printing on 8.5" x 11" paper, with two columns/page. Papers should be submitted to nsc@crhc.uiuc.edu by May 31, 2004.

• Iris Bahar (Brown University)
• George Bourianoff (Intel Corporation)
• Fred Chong (UC-Davis)
• Jose Fortes (University of Florida)
• Michael Niemer (Georgia Tech)
• John Kubiatowicz (UC-Berkeley)
• Ron Weiss (Princeton University)

ISCA 2004 will be held in München, Germany, from June 19-23, 2004.
For more information about the conference, see the official web site at http://isca.in.tum.de.