WCAE provides a forum for educators in computer architecture to discuss and share their experiences and teaching philosophy. Past WCAEs have been held in conjunction with HPCA, ISCA, and Micro. Over 210 papers on computer architecture education have been presented at the workshop since its inception in 1995. Participants will come away from the workshop with new ideas on delivering courses in computer architecture. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following.
Topics of interest
Approaches to introductory courses
Advanced courses
Online resources
Resources for “flipped” classes
Materials for active learning
Lecture vs. hybrid vs. flipped classes
Lab support for distance education
Textbook development
Critical evaluation of textbook approaches
Metrics for evaluating learning gains
Integration of research into teaching
Industrial support for teaching
Resources & techniques for teaching …
GPU architecture & programming
multicore/many-core issues
comp. arch. concepts with FPGAs
architectural & software issues specific to embedded systems
Hardware tools
Simulators and other software tools
Prototyping
Visualization aids
Broadening participation in computer architecture
Encouraging undergraduate research
Encouraging students to pursue a Ph.D.
For an idea of what we have published in the past, see the WCAE archive, made possible with funding from the SIGCSE Special Projects fund. Many of these papers are also in the ACM Digital Library.
Submission of contributions
Authors should submit a full paper (not to exceed 8 pages), following the IEEE manuscript templates.
Organizer
Ed Gehringer
e-mail: efg@ncsu.edu
Department of Computer Science
North Carolina State University
Industry Participation
We encourage participation by book publishers, computer manufacturers, software vendors, or companies which develop or market products used in the delivery of computer architecture education. Any company interested in participating in the workshop should contact the organizer at the address above.
Copies of papers presented at the workshop will be made available through the ACM Digital Library
Program Committee
Emmanuel Arzuaga, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
João Cardoso, FEUP/University of Porto, Portugal
Henry Duwe, Iowa State University
Mark Fienup, University of Northern Iowa
Xinfei Guo, University of Virginia
Sarah Harris, University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Lei Jiang, Indiana University
David Kaeli, Northeastern University
Zach Kurmas, Grand Valley State University
Michael Manzke, Trinity College, Dublin
Yale Patt, University of Texas at Austin
Diane Rover, Iowa State University
Cristina Silvano, Politecnico di Milan
Devesh Tiwari, Northeastern University
Wei Xue, Tsinghua University