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Welcome to Async 2007 Marly Roncken Peter Beerel. Technical Program. Technical program committee (TPC) Co-Chairs: Mark Greenstreet (UBC) & Montek Singh (UNC) 40 members over 11 countries Paper review process Most papers received 5 reviews by TPC members
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Technical Program • Technical program committee (TPC) • Co-Chairs: Mark Greenstreet (UBC) & Montek Singh (UNC) • 40 members over 11 countries • Paper review process • Most papers received 5 reviews by TPC members • Additional reviews solicited from outside experts • Statistics • 53 papers submissions • 18 papers accepted • 34% acceptance ratio
Invited Speakers • Invited Speaker Co-Chairs • Ivan Sutherland (Sun) and Jan Rabaey (UBC) • Jim Kajiya (Microsoft) - Monday • The future of computer architectures • Carlo Sequin (UC Berkeley) - Tuesday • Abstract geometric sculptures • Steve Jacobsen (Sarcos, Inc and UofU) - Banquet • Spectacular robot devices • Kevin Nowka (IBM Research) - Wednesday • The future world of semiconductor processing
The Social Program • Monday– Dinner at Chez Panisse (closed) • Founded by Alice Waters and idealistic friends (1971) • Tuesday Afternoon – San Francisco by Cable Car • Lombard Street, Golden Gate Bridge, and Cable Car Museum • Tuesday Evening – The Conference Banquet • Steinhart Aquarium - California Academy of Sciences • Dinner with the fish • Thursday Option 1 – Alcatraz & Lunch (limited availability) • Operated as a federal penitentiary (1934 to 1963) • Features in many movies, including “the Rock” • Thursday Option 2 – Golf at Tilden Park (limited availability) • Beautiful 18-hole golf course
Corporate Sponsors Industrial Co-Chairs: Ken Stevens (Univ. of Utah) & Pascal Vivet (CEA-LETI )
Our Cable-Car Logo • Cable cars going up and down streets of SF • Designed by Ivan and Marly • Continues the Async tradition … • Of Muller C-element based logos • As each cable car is a three-port device • Escher-esque • Trace the cable of a cable car … • It becomes the street for the neighboring cable car - and vice versa.
Behind the Scenes • University of Utah • Erik Brunvand (Publications Chair) • Chris Coleman (Proceedings cover design) • Ran Ginosar (Technion) • Publicity Chair • Sun Microsystems - Local Arrangements • Jeff Rulifson • Jeanie Triechel • Yaeko Hirotsuka • UC Berkeley • Ferenc Kovac & Winthrop Williams & Kevin Zimmerman (Demo) • Karen Tran, Pete Caragher, Ming Wong, Patrick Au (Audio/Visual)
A Note of Thanks • The Authors • For submitting the high quality papers • The Reviewers • For their dedication and the time to review, discuss, select the papers • The Attendees • For lively questions and discussion
A Special Thank You • Richard Newton – UC Berkeley • Professor & Dean of the College of Engineering • Gave us access to conference site • Bechtel Engineering Center • Hearst Memorial Mining Building • Passed away on January 2, 2007 • He will be with us in our hearts and minds during the conference