Call for Paper

General Co-Chairs:

Edwin H.-M. Sha, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Alex Orailoglu, University of California, San Diego, USA

Program Co-Chairs:

Meikang Qiu, University of New Orleans, USA

Chun Jason Xue, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Important Dates

Paper submission due : 15 June, 2008
Acceptance notification : 18 August, 2008
Camera-ready due : 22 September, 2008
Author registration : 22 September, 2008
Conference : 17-20 December, 2008

Scope and Topics of Interest

Embedded systems are driving an information revolution with their pervasion in our everyday lives. The increasingly ubiquitous embedded systems pose a host of technical challenges different from those faced by general-purpose computers because they are more constrained in terms of timing, power, area, memory and other resources. Embedded software optimization becomes a major concern for embedded system design.

The objective of ESO 2008 is to provide a forum for scientists, engineers, and researchers to discuss and exchange their new ideas, novel results, work in progress and experience on all aspects of embedded software optimization. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to:

• Software optimization techniques for power, timing, memory minimization
• Code size optimization techniques
• Software design and optimization for multi-core, parallel and heterogeneous embedded systems
• Software management for memory systems
• Real-time software design and optimization
• Trustworthy computing in embedded software
• Secure embedded software design
• Application-specific embedded software design and optimization
• Code generation and optimization for embedded processors
• Compilation for reconfigurable architectures
• Design space exploration and minimization
• Embedded Java optimization
• Profiling and analysis techniques for embedded software
• Verification and testing techniques for embedded software
• Power/energy estimation tools for embedded software
• System-level power/energy management
• Case studies

Submission Information

Submissions should include abstract, 5-10 keywords, and the e-mail address of the corresponding author and be in PDF format. Each submission must not exceed 6 pages in the IEEE 8.5’’ x 11’’ two-column format with 10-12 point font (Template: DOC or LaTeX), including tables and figures. Each accepted paper needs at least one author to register in the conference. Each submission should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the submission be accepted, at least one of the authors must attend the conference to present the work in order that the accepted paper can be put into digital library. The final version of an accepted paper will be limited to 6 pages in IEEE proceeding format.

The accepted papers have to be presented orally at the conference and will be published by IEEE CS as one separate proceeding (indexed by EI). The selected best papers will be published in special issues of journals, including International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems, and Journal of Embedded Computing.