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IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture®

The IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture® is the premier forum for presenting, discussing, and debating innovative microarchitecture ideas and techniques for advanced computing and communication systems. This symposium brings together researchers in fields related to microarchitecture, compilers, chips, and systems for technical exchange on traditional microarchitecture topics and emerging research areas. The MICRO community has enjoyed a close interaction between academic researchers and industrial designers.

MICRO-57: November 2024 in Austin, Texas, USA

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MICRO Steering Committee
Tor Aamodt
UBC
Reetuparna Das
Michigan (ACM SIGMICRO rep)
Mattan Erez
UT Austin
Dimitris Gizopoulos
Athens
Antonio Gonzalez
UPC Barcelona
Hillery Hunter
IBM (IEEE TCuARCH rep)
Hyesoon Kim
Georgia Tech (IEEE TCuARCH rep)
Scott Mahlke
Michigan (chair)
José Martínez
Cornell
Andreas Moshovos
Toronto
Onur Mutlu
ETH Zürich (ACM SIGMICRO rep)
Dhabaleswar K. (DK) Panda
Ohio State
Radu Teodorescu
Ohio State
Jun Yang
Pittsburgh

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Website: https://www.microarch.org/tot/

The MICRO Test of Time (ToT) award recognizes the most influential papers published in prior sessions of the International Symposium on Microarchitecture, each of whom has had a significant impact in the field. For the year 2020, the selection committee (comprising of Onur Mutlu, Pradip Bose, Daniel Jimenez, Tor Aamodt, Sreenivas Subramoney, and Reetu Das) chose three award papers democratically based on rigorous two-round rankings and a final discussion meeting:

  • A Dynamic Multithreading Processor (MICRO 1998)
    Haitham Akkary, Michael A. Driscoll
  • Fetch Directed Instruction Prefetching (MICRO 1999)
    Glenn Reinman, Brad Calder, Todd M. Austin
  • A Permutation-Based Page Interleaving Scheme to Reduce Row-Buffer Conflicts and Exploit Data Locality (MICRO 2000)
    Zhao Zhang, Zhichun Zhu, Xiaodong Zhang

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Call for Nominations: MICRO 2021 Program (Co-)Chair

October 24, 2020

Deadline: November 6, 2020

Nominations are sought for individuals to serve as the MICRO 2021 Program (Co-)Chair. MICRO 2021 is scheduled for October 2021 in Athens, Greece. The criteria for selection include track record in research and development of MICRO techniques and systems as well as a history of active participation in MICRO. Diversity across various dimensions (race, gender, geography, institution, etc.) will also be considered in the selection process.

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Call for Nominations: MICRO Steering Committee

October 24, 2020

Deadline: October 31, 2020

Nominations are sought for dedicated individuals to serve on the MICRO Steering Committee (SC). Each year, 2 persons will be elected to 3-year terms to serve on the SC, which operates to guide and foster the success of the MICRO conference . Individuals will be selected based on their past contributions to MICRO as well as their dedication and commitment to the conference. Diversity across various dimensions (race, gender, geography, institution, etc.) will also be considered to ensure the SC is representative of the entire MICRO community.

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