Workshop on
Computing with Unconventional Technologies (CUT):
for Green and Sustainable Computing
A Virtual Experience Collocated with International Green and Sustainable Computing Conference, 2021
October 18-21, 2021, An On-line Event
The growing performance needs of modern data-driven applications related to the internet-of-things (IoT), Big Data, and artificial intelligence, demand for increasingly higher levels of computational complexity, storage capacity, and communication performance in computing devices. On the other hand, due to the rapidly growing deployment of CMOS-based computing devices, the total annual energy consumption for computing is projected to account for as big as 20-25% of the annual primary energy consumption globally, by early in the next decade. Therefore, to meet the proliferating demands for computing without overshooting the global energy budget, scaling up the computing capability of the future computing devices with substantial improvement in their energy-efficiency is of paramount importance and the basic approach of scaling down the transistor feature sizes is not enough. Additionally, emerging in-vivo applications of computation, such as smart drugs, calls for compatible technologies. To address these challenges, recent research efforts have focused on new technologies and architectures for computing. To unfold various aspects of the cutting-edge research in these unconventional paradigms of computing, a special workshop named ‘Computing with Unconventional Technologies (CUT): for green and sustainable computing’ will be organized as part of the IEEE International Green and Sustainable Computing conference 2021. The objective of this workshop is to provide a premier platform for the researchers and practitioners across the globe to come together, share ideas, and exchange valuable information. The workshop will consist of invited presentations and peer-reviewed research papers. The topics of interest in this workshop include, but are not limited to, the following:
Natural Computing and Molecular Programming
DNA Storage
Bio-inspired Computation
Neuromorphic computing
Stochastic Computing
Approximate Computing
In-memory computing
Quantum computing
Emerging interconnect technologies (e.g., photonic, wireless, plasmonic)
Emerging memory technologies (e.g., PCM, STT-RAM, RRAM)
Emerging integration and packaging technologies (e.g., 3D-stacking, monolithic 3D)
Optical volatile and non-volatile memories
All optical logic design
Photonic neural networks
Secure Computing
Multiple-Valued Logic
Zoom meeting for the workshop:
https://uky.zoom.us/j/82489825933
OR https://zoom.us/wc/join/82489825933
OR Meeting ID: 82489825933
Workshop Program:
The tentative program of CUT 2021 workshop (all in ET time):
Opening remarks:
Dr. Sayed Ahmad Salehi 9:57am
First section (Molecular programming):
Dr. Ho-Lin Chen 10-10:30am On the Computational Power of Phosphate Transfer Reaction Networks
Dr. Marc Riedel 10:30-11am DNA storage
Dr. David Soloveichick 11-11:30am SIMD||DNA: Single Instruction, Multiple Data Computation with DNA Strand Displacement Cascades
Dr. Dave Doty 11:30am -12pm Diverse and robust molecular algorithms using reprogrammable DNA self-assembly
Second section (Emerging computational techniques and technologies)
Dr. Daisuke Suzuki 12 -12:30pm MTJ-Based Nonvolatile FPGA: Circuit Technologies and Its Applications
Dr. Juan Gómez Luna 12:30 -1pm Benchmarking a New Paradigm: Understanding a Modern Processing-in-Memory Architecture
Dr. Yingjie Lao 1 -1:30pm Hardware Backdoor and Watermarking for Deep Learning Systems
Paper Submission Guidelines:
Electronic submissions of full papers (regular as well as invited) in PDF format are sought. All submitted papers will be reviewed and evaluated on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, interest, and relevance to the scope of the workshop. Submitted manuscripts may not exceed a total of 8 single-spaced double-column pages using 10-point size font on 8.5x11 inch pages (IEEE conference style), including figures, tables, references, etc.
Paper submission has to be done via EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=igsc2021 ). Select the separate track "Computing with Unconventional Technologies (CUT): for green and sustainable computing" to submit your paper.
Important Dates:
Paper Submission Deadline: September 10, 2021 (AoE)
Acceptance Notifications for Papers: September 28, 2021
Logistics for Speakers/Authors:
Below you find some important information regarding your participation at the workshop.
This year the CUT workshop will be held virtually considering the safety of the participants amid the ongoing pandemic. Details on the exact format of the presentations will be made available on this page soon.
Presentations (live) are expected to be 25 mins long plus additional 5 mins for Q&A. More details will be made available soon.
Guidelines for Registration:
Registration is required for all invited and regular speakers, as well as attendees.
Please note that for consideration of inclusion in the proceedings (IEEE Xplore), each accepted paper requires a conference registration at full speaker rate (USD 350 for IEEE members and USD 400 for non-members), plus an expected presentation of the paper at the CUT workshop.
Invited speakers with no paper(s) in the proceedings (IEEE Xplore) can register at discounted rate (USD 200).
More information on registration can be found here.
Guidelines for IEEE Copyright Transfer (for Papers to Appear on IEEE Xplore) :
Due to COVID-19 related delays in finalizing the conference program:
We will temporarily make a PDF copy of the Workshop Proceedings (without copyright form collection) available on the IGSC website during the conference so that the conference registrants can have access to the papers.
Once the IEEE copyright forms are ready, we will be in touch to collect the final manuscripts and signed copyright forms in order to have the IGSC Workshop Proceedings available on IEEE Xplore.
List of Confirmed Invited Speakers:
(TBD)
Past Events:
Workshop Organizers:
Sayed Ahmad Salehi, University of Kentucky
Please direct questions regarding this workshop to SayedSalehi@uky.edu.