GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY

Computer Science Department

CS 795-004: Low-Power Computing

Announcements

May 6 Term project reports and deliverables are due on Monday, May 11th, 11 AM.

April 9 Term project progress reports are due on April 15th.

March 16 Paper Presentation Schedule is available.

March 11 Paper presentation guidelines and Guidelines for paper critiques are available. On March 18, we will discuss Power Management in Energy Harvesting Sensor Networks (ACM TECS, 2007) in class.

March 6 The list of suggested papers for in-class presentations is available. The term project proposals are due on March 11. Paper preferences are due on March 13.

February 26 On 3/4, we will first resume the discussion of Energy Conservation Techniques for Disk Array-based Servers (Pinheiro and Bianchini, ICS'04). Then, we will discuss On the Interplay of Dynamic Voltage Scaling and Dynamic Power Management in Real-Time Embedded Applications (Devadas and Aydin, EMSOFT'08).

February 19 On 2/25, we will first discuss Span: An Energy-Efficient Coordination Algorithm for Topology Maintenance in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks (Chen et al., MOBICOM'01). Then, a server energy management paper, Energy Conservation Techniques for Disk Array-based Servers (Pinheiro and Bianchini, ICS'04), will follow.

February 12 On 2/18, after discussing Synergy between Power-aware Memory Systems and Processor Voltage Scaling (Fan et al., PACS'03), we will continue with the first paper presentation on network-level energy management: An Application Specific Protocol Architecture for Wireless Microsensor Networks (Heinzelman et al., IEEE TWC, October 2002).

February 5 On 2/11, we will discuss two papers on operating system level energy management. First, we will focus on Energy-Efficient Soft Real-Time CPU Scheduling for Mobile Multimedia Systems (Yuan and Nahrstedt, SOSP'03). Then the presentation and discussion of Synergy between Power-aware Memory Systems and Processor Voltage Scaling (Fan et al., PACS'03) will follow. Please carefully read and study these papers before coming to the class.

January 19 The first class meeting will be on 1/21 in Science and Tech I, Room 122. We will discuss the motivation for low-power computing and introduce the main Operating-system-level power management techniques.

Instructor: Dr. Hakan Aydin

May 6	Term project reports and deliverables are due on Monday, May 11th, 11 AM.
April 9	Term project progress reports are due on April 15th.
March 16	Paper Presentation Schedule is available.
March 11	Paper presentation guidelines and Guidelines for paper critiques are available. On March 18, we will discuss Power Management in Energy Harvesting Sensor Networks (ACM TECS, 2007) in class.
March 6	The list of suggested papers for in-class presentations is available. The term project proposals are due on March 11. Paper preferences are due on March 13.
February 26	On 3/4, we will first resume the discussion of Energy Conservation Techniques for Disk Array-based Servers (Pinheiro and Bianchini, ICS'04). Then, we will discuss On the Interplay of Dynamic Voltage Scaling and Dynamic Power Management in Real-Time Embedded Applications (Devadas and Aydin, EMSOFT'08).
February 19	On 2/25, we will first discuss Span: An Energy-Efficient Coordination Algorithm for Topology Maintenance in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks (Chen et al., MOBICOM'01). Then, a server energy management paper, Energy Conservation Techniques for Disk Array-based Servers (Pinheiro and Bianchini, ICS'04), will follow.
February 12	On 2/18, after discussing Synergy between Power-aware Memory Systems and Processor Voltage Scaling (Fan et al., PACS'03), we will continue with the first paper presentation on network-level energy management: An Application Specific Protocol Architecture for Wireless Microsensor Networks (Heinzelman et al., IEEE TWC, October 2002).
February 5	On 2/11, we will discuss two papers on operating system level energy management. First, we will focus on Energy-Efficient Soft Real-Time CPU Scheduling for Mobile Multimedia Systems (Yuan and Nahrstedt, SOSP'03). Then the presentation and discussion of Synergy between Power-aware Memory Systems and Processor Voltage Scaling (Fan et al., PACS'03) will follow. Please carefully read and study these papers before coming to the class.
January 19	The first class meeting will be on 1/21 in Science and Tech I, Room 122. We will discuss the motivation for low-power computing and introduce the main Operating-system-level power management techniques.