Fuel, fans, and cores-An introduction to selected papers from HotPower 2013

摘要

As the Program Co-Chairs for HotPower 2013, we are delighted to have this opportunity and write a few words about the workshop, especially three selected papers presented there. Started in 2009 by Feng Zhao, HotPower, a.k.a Workshop on Power-Aware Computing and Systems, has provided a forum in which researchers and practitioners present the latest research and debate directions, challenges, and novel ideas about building energy-efficient computing systems. It has been co-located with either SOSP or OSDI, mainly attracting people who build and manage systems; and 2013 was its fifth occurrence. We received 38 submissions in 2013, reviewed primarily by a Program Committee (PC) of 17. The PC members came from both industry and academia roughly 50-50; their expertise collectively covered a wide range of computing systems from sensors to data centers and from micro architecture to human factors. The submissions were reviewed in a single round; most of them received four or more reviews. After some on-line discussion, 19 submissions went into a half-day virtual PC meeting; and 13 of them were accepted for the workshop program. The 13 accepted papers were representative of the submissions with authors from four continents. They came from both academia and industry roughly 50-50.