EECS 573:
Advanced Topics in Computer Architecture
(Fall 2018)
Class Times: Monday, Wednesday 10:30-noon, 2166 DOW
Class Web Page: http://www.eecs.umich.edu/courses/eecs573 (Visit often!)
Instructor: Todd
Austin, 4637 BBB, austin@umich.edu
Instructor Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday 9:30-10:30am in 4637 BBB,
or by appointment.
GSI: Misiker Aga, 2773 BBB,
misiker@umich.edu
GSI Office Hours:
Mon, Wed: 2-4pm,
2773 BBB.
Course Synopsis: A graduate-level
introduction to the foundations of efficient microprocessor design. We will be
studying research from the computer architecture literature.
Text: None, we will be reading papers available from the Web, they are listed below.
Class News:
Course Schedule (tentative):
DATE | CLASS | TOPIC | CLASS READINGS | CLASS EVENTS | ||
Wed | 9/05/2018 | 1 | Introduction, What is research? | Lecture #1 | Paper list published | |
Mon | 9/10/2018 | 2 | Resilient System Design - Intro (Part 1) | Lecture #2 | ||
Wed | 9/12/2018 | 3 | Resilient System Design - Intro (Part 2) | Lecture #3 | Select teams/papers by end-of-day 9/12 | |
Mon | 9/17/2018 | 4 | Resilient System Design - Example Paper | Paper #96 | ||
Wed | 9/19/2018 | 5 | Resilient System Design - Power vs. Reliability | Lecture #4 | ||
Mon | 9/24/2018 | 6 | Resilient System Design - Papers | Paper #8 (talatin,tarunesh), Paper #16 (leulb,chshibo) |
Receive project details: PROJECTS.txt |
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Wed | 9/26/2017 | 7 | Resilient System Design - Papers | Paper #19 (jjyc,dramesh), Paper #5 (clconnor,chboggs) | ||
Mon | 10/01/2018 | 8 | Secure and Bug-Free Systems - Intro (Part 1) | Lecture #5 | ||
Wed | 10/03/2018 | 9 | Secure and Bug-Free Systems - Intro (Part 2) | Lecture #6 | Project proposals due, one page, in class | |
Mon | 10/08/2018 | 10x | Secure and Bug-Free Systems - Papers | Paper #34 (loveless,akisil), Paper #38 (emnewber,ytobah) | ||
Wed | 10/10/2018 | 11x | Secure and Bug-Free Systems - Papers | Paper #49 (cwboden,kylemay), Paper #47 (samschif,pedramz) | ||
Mon | 10/15/2018 | no class | Fall break | |||
Wed | 10/17/2018 | 11 | Secure and Bug-Free Systems - Papers | Paper #48 (fengsy,sungmk), Paper #36 (rjana,vveeriah) | ||
Mon | 10/22/2018 | 12 | Secure and Bug-Free Systems - Subtractive Security | Lecture #7 | ||
Wed | 10/24/2018 | 13 | Application-Specific Archs - Intro (Part 1) | Lecture #8 | ||
Mon | 10/29/2018 | 14x | Project checkpoint meetings | 1-pg report due | ||
Wed | 10/31/2018 | 15 | Application-Specific Archs - Intro (Part 2) | Lecture #9 | ||
Mon | 11/05/2018 | 16x | Application-Specific Archs - Special Topic | Lecture #10 | (Misiker will be giving this lecture.) | |
Wed | 11/07/2018 | 17x | Application-Specific Archs - Papers | Paper #66 (jcma,gefeizuo), Paper #83 (kevlough,iangneal) | ||
Mon | 11/12/2018 | 18 | Application-Specific Archs - Papers | Paper #76 (xpu,rohitkan), Paper #63 (aaalkay,bencyr) | ||
Wed | 11/14/2018 | 19 | Application-Specific Archs - Papers | Paper #86 (achandr,varsh), Paper #72 (kedia,rmacy) | ||
Mon | 11/19/2018 | 20 | Application-Specific Archs - Post Moore's Law Design | Lecture #11 | ||
Wed | 11/21/2018 | no class | Holiday break | |||
Mon | 11/26/2018 | 21 | Exam Review | Exam Review (a practice exam is available) | ||
Wed | 11/28/2018 | 22 | Exam | Exam 11/28, in class, open book/notes | ||
Mon | 12/03/2018 | 23 | Extended project office hours (in 2773 BBB) | |||
Tues | 12/04/2018 | 24 | Project presentations (extended meeting) | Project presentations, details TBD... | ||
Mon | 12/10/2018 | 25 | Project reports due | Reports due 12/10 by end-of-day via email |
Project: There will be one project beginning in week 5. Students may work in pairs or groups of up to four - of course, larger groups will be expected to produce more results. Students will conduct a research project that includes a quantitative evaluation of the proposed invention. Students will meeting with the professor to propose the project, meet during the semester for a checkpoint meeting, and finally produce a research report and present their findings in the final week of class.
Details of the project will be available shortly before the project starts.
Grading:
Class Participation: 10%
Class Presentation: 20%
Exam: 30%
Project: 40%
Reading List:
We will be reading many of the following papers. We will discuss them in the week specified in the table above, please have read the papers by the beginning of class.
NOTE: To view ACM and IEEE papers you must have an account with that institution OR you must access the papers from within the UMich.edu domain. If off campus, it may be possible to authenticate with your UM unique ID and access the IEEE Xplore and ACM Digital Library using the following links:
IEEE Xplore
ACM Digital Library
Resilient System Design