The 1^st International Workshop on Reconfigurable Computing Education

RC-Education 2006 - preliminary Workshop Pogram [pdf version]

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Detailed Schedule:

8.30 –  10.00	Session 1: Opening Session
8:30 –  8.40	Welcome address; Jürgen Becker, Vice-President, University of Karlsruhe, Jörg Henkel  (Program Co-Chair), University of Karlsruhe
8.40 –  9.00	Introduction I: Reiner Hartenstein (General Co-chair),  TU Kaiserslautern,  Germany	[i]
9.00 – 10.00	Opening Keynote Address: "From Spacecraft to Supercomputer: The Pervasiveness of Reconfigurable Computing"; Maya Gokhale,  Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA	[k]

10.30 – 12.10	Session 2 a: Reconfigurable Architecture Education
10.30 – 10:55	Introduction II and: Tutorial on Macro Design for Dynamic and Partially Reconfigurable Systems; Michael Hübner, Juergen Becker, Universitaet Karlsruhe (TH), Germany	[7]
10:55 - 11:20	Learning to Implement Floating-Point Algorithms on FPGAs Using High-Level Languages; Robin Bruce, Alba Campus, Livingstone, UK, Stephen Marshall, Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, Malachy Devlin, Nallatech Ltd., Glasgow, UK, Sébastien Vince, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, Rennes, France	[28]
11:20 - 11:45	Introducing image processing and SIMD computations with FPGA soft-cores and customized instructions, Daniel Etiemble, Lionel Lacassagne, University of Paris Sud,  91405 Orsay, France	[27]
11:45 - 12:10	From Zero to One: An Introduction to Digital Design and Computer Architecture; David Money Harris, Sarah Harris, Department of Engineering, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711, USA	[25]

10:00 – 12.10

Session 2 b: Tutorial Maximizing Xilinx Design Performance by using the PlanAhead Hierarchical Design and Analysis Software; Brian Jackson (Xilinx Corp.)

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13.10 – 14.50	Session 3: Reconfigurable Computing Curricula
13:10 - 13:35	Use of Reconfigurable Logic Laboratories in a Computer Engineering Curriculum; Neil W. Bergmann, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia	[23]
13:35 - 14:00	An Evolving Curriculum to Match the Evolution Reconfigurable Computing Platforms; Graham Schelle, Daniel Fay, Dirk Grunwald, Dan Connors, John Bennett, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA	[18]
14:00 - 14:25	Teaching Software Engineers the Basics of Reconfigurable Computing; Grant B. Wigley,  University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes SA 5095, Australia	[11]
14:25 - 14:50	Teaching Reconfigurable Computing - Theory and Practice; Mario Porrmann, Jörg-Christian Niemann, University of Paderborn, Germany	[20]

15.20 – 17.00	Session 4: Software / Configware Co-Design Courses
15:20 - 15:45	Teaching Hardware Software CoDesign to Software Engineers; Martin Delvai, Andreas Steininger,, TU Vienna, A-1040 Vienna, Austria	[29]
15:45 - 16:10	IPSec Implementation Project using FPGA and Microcontroller; Guy Gogniat, University of South Brittany, Lorient, France, Wayne Burleson, Mike O'Malley, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA, Lilian Bousset, CNRS, Bordeaux, France	[12]
16:10 - 16:35	Design of Partially Reconfigurable Systems: From Abstract Modeling to Practical Realization; Florian Dittmann, University of Paderborn, Germany	[22]
16:35 - 17:00	Configware In The Computer Science Curriculum; Christopher Vickery, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA	[26]

17.30 – 18.30	Session 5: Innovative Courses and Course Proposals
17:30 - 17:55	Using Mobile Robotics to Teach Reconfigurable Computing; Jorge Silva, Vanderlei Bonato,  Ricardo Menotti, Eduardo Marques, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP – Brazil; Marcio M. Fernandes, University Metodista of Pira-cicaba - UNIMEP, Piracicaba, São Paulo, SP – Brazil; João M. P. Cardoso, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal, INESC-ID, Lisboa - Portugal	[33]
17:5 18:20	Essential and Elective Topics: A Proposal for the Content of Reconfigurable Computing Courses; Ron Sass, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, USA	[24]
18:20 - 18:30	Closing Remarks