A scientific study of the problems of digital engineering for space flight systems,
with a view to their practical solution.

2006 MAPLD International Conference

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
with a session at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Washington, D.C.

September 26-28, 2006

Session B. Reconfigurable Computing, Evolvable Hardware, and Security

Tuesday September 26, 2006 and Wednesday September 27, 2006

Session Chairs

Melissa C. Smith, Clemson University
John Harkins - Department of Defense

Tuesday September 26, 2006

2:00 PM		Submission 219 "Investigation of Benchmark Suites for High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing Platforms" Melissa C. Smith, Jeffrey S. Vetter, and Sadaf R. Alam Oak Ridge National Laboratory Abstract: 219_smith_a.html

2:25 PM		Submission 228 "Implementing Scientific Simulation Codes Highly Tailored for Vector Architectures Using Custom Configurable Computing Machines" David Rutishauser Virginia Polytechnic Institute/NASA Johnson Space Center Abstract: 228_rutishauser_a.html

2:50 PM		Submission 179 "A Hybrid Approach for Accelerating a Sparse Matrix Jacobi Solver using an FPGA-Augmented Reconfigurable Computer" Gerald R. Morris and Viktor K. Prasanna University of Southern California Abstract: 179_morris_a.html

3:15 PM		Submission 229 "Lessons Learned Implementing the VSIPL API on Reconfigurable Computers" Robin Bruce¹, Malachy Devlin², and Stephen Marshall³ ¹Institute for System Level Integration ²Nallatech Ltd. ³University of Strathclyde Abstract: 229_bruce_a.html

3:40 PM		BREAK

4:10 PM		Birds of a Feather I:

5:40 - 7:10 PM		Reception

Wednesday September 27, 2006

8:30 AM		Submission 191 "A Rollback Recovery System for Embedded FPGA Processors" J. Reed Walker and Chris Papachristou Case Western Reserve University Abstract: 191_walker_a.html

8:55 AM		Submission 135 "FPGAs: Quality through Model Based Design and Implementation" Yves LaCerte¹ and Yang Zhu² ¹Rockwell Collins ²General Dynamics Abstract: 135_lacerte_a.html

9:10 AM		Submission 153 "On Using Simulink to Program SRC-6 Reconfigurable Computer" David Meixner, Volodymyr Kindratenko, and David Pointer National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Abstract: 153_kindratenko_a.html

9:45 AM		Submission 143 "Dynamic Reconfigurable Computing" Benjamin C. Brodie, Roger D. Chamberlain, Berkley Shands, and JasonWhite Exegy, Inc. Abstract: 143_brodie_a.html

10:10 - 10:40 AM		Break followed by Michel Courtois, ESA Director of Technical and Quality Management

NASA Office of Logic Design