REU Site: New-Generation Power-Efficient Computer Systems Design

REU 网站：新一代节能计算机系统设计

• 批准号: 1359461
• 负责人: Behrooz Shirazi
• 金额: $ 32.37万
• 依托单位: Washington State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-05-01 至 2017-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1359461&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; New; Generation; Power

The goal of this REU Site program is to offer a unique training opportunity for undergraduates to conduct research in the multidisciplinary area of New-generation Power-efficient Computer Systems Design. In the design of high-performance massive multicore chips, power and heat, along with performance, are now considered as dominant constraints. The increasing power consumption is of growing concern due to several reasons, e.g., cost, performance, reliability, scalability, and environmental impact. More specifically, timely advances in exascale computing cannot be achieved without a holistic approach to reducing energy. The proposed REU program facilitates research and training in the complementary, multi-layered disciplines ranging from application layer to middleware to low level circuit design. Due to partnering with other REU programs on campus, the participating students will have opportunities to interact with a broad range of REU students from around the country, with many faculty members, and with graduate students. One of the intellectual merits of this program is that it will enable high quality interdisciplinary research that links ideas from compilers and OS, Network-on-Chip (NoC), computer architecture, parallel and distributed computing, complex networks, optimization techniques, digital communications, and circuit design to address power and thermal efficiency in multicore-based computer systems. Another intellectual merit is that the program creates opportunities for undergraduates to study challenges in designing new generation of power efficient multicore architectures. As a unique feature, the participating students are exposed to research and development activities in the sustainable computing area through planned visits to partner industries and a national lab. The broader impact of this REU program includes (1) making contributions to producing a workforce that is trained in the multidisciplinary topic of sustainable computer system design; (2) advancing discovery in energy savings in computers for economical and ecological reasons; and (3) promoting teaching and learning in sustainable computing. This interdisciplinary effort is valuable for undergraduate students as they are exposed to research ideas that will have a significant impact on environmental sustainability.

REU 站点项目的目标是为本科生提供独特的培训机会，让他们在新一代节能计算机系统设计的多学科领域进行研究。在高性能大规模多核芯片的设计中，功耗和热量以及性能现在被视为主要限制因素。由于成本、性能、可靠性、可扩展性和环境影响等多种原因，不断增加的功耗越来越受到关注。更具体地说，如果没有采取整体的方法来减少能源消耗，就无法及时实现百亿亿次计算的进步。拟议的 REU 计划促进了从应用层到中间件再到低级电路设计的互补、多层学科的研究和培训。由于与校园内其他 REU 项目合作，参与的学生将有机会与来自全国各地的 REU 学生、许多教职人员以及研究生进行互动。该计划的智力优点之一是它将实现高质量的跨学科研究，将编译器和操作系统、片上网络（NoC）、计算机体系结构、并行和分布式计算、复杂网络、优化技术、数字通信的想法联系起来和电路设计，以解决基于多核的计算机系统中的功率和热效率问题。另一个智力优点是，该项目为本科生创造了研究设计新一代节能多核架构的挑战的机会。作为一个独特的功能，参与的学生可以通过计划参观合作伙伴行业和国家实验室来接触可持续计算领域的研究和开发活动。 REU 计划的更广泛影响包括 (1) 为培养一支接受过可持续计算机系统设计多学科主题培训的劳动力做出贡献； (2) 出于经济和生态原因，推进计算机节能的发现； (3) 促进可持续计算方面的教学。这种跨学科的努力对于本科生来说很有价值，因为他们接触到的研究思想将对环境的可持续性产生重大影响。