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Publicly Available Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg June 8, 2015

NSF expedition on variability-aware software: Recent results and contributions

  • Lucas Wanner

    Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles

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    , Liangzhen Lai

    Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles

    , Abbas Rahimi

    Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of California, San Diego

    , Mark Gottscho

    Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles

    , Pietro Mercati

    Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of California, San Diego

    , Chu-Hsiang Huang

    Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles

    , Frederic Sala

    Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles

    , Yuvraj Agarwal

    School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

    , Lara Dolecek

    Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles

    , Nikil Dutt

    Department of Computer Science, University of California, Irvine

    , Puneet Gupta

    Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles

    , Rajesh Gupta

    Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of California, San Diego

    , Ranjit Jhala

    Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of California, San Diego

    , Rakesh Kumar

    Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

    , Sorin Lerner

    Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of California, San Diego

    , Subhasish Mitra

    Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

    , Alexandru Nicolau

    Center for Embedded Computer Systems, University of California, Irvine

    , Tajana Simunic Rosing

    Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of California, San Diego

    , Mani B. Srivastava

    Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles

    , Steve Swanson

    Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of California, San Diego

    , Dennis Sylvester

    Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan

    and Yuanyuan Zhou

    Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of California, San Diego

Abstract

In this paper we summarize recent results and contributions from the NSF Expedition on Variability-Aware Software, a five year, multi-university effort to tackle the problem of hardware variations and its implications and opportunities in software. The Expedition has made contributions in characterization and online monitoring of variations (particularly in microprocessors and flash memories), proposed new coding techniques for variability-tolerant storage, provided tools and platforms for the development of variability-aware software, and created new runtime support systems for variability-aware task-scheduling and execution.

Funding statement: This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. 1029030, 1028888, 1029783, 1028831, and 1029025. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

About the authors

Lucas Wanner

Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles

Liangzhen Lai

Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles

Abbas Rahimi

Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of California, San Diego

Mark Gottscho

Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles

Pietro Mercati

Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of California, San Diego

Chu-Hsiang Huang

Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles

Frederic Sala

Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles

Yuvraj Agarwal

School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

Lara Dolecek

Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles

Nikil Dutt

Department of Computer Science, University of California, Irvine

Puneet Gupta

Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles

Rajesh Gupta

Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of California, San Diego

Ranjit Jhala

Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of California, San Diego

Rakesh Kumar

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Sorin Lerner

Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of California, San Diego

Subhasish Mitra

Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

Alexandru Nicolau

Center for Embedded Computer Systems, University of California, Irvine

Tajana Simunic Rosing

Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of California, San Diego

Mani B. Srivastava

Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles

Steve Swanson

Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of California, San Diego

Dennis Sylvester

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan

Yuanyuan Zhou

Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of California, San Diego

Received: 2014-12-19
Revised: 2015-4-6
Accepted: 2015-4-8
Published Online: 2015-6-8
Published in Print: 2015-6-28

©2015 Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston

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