[Pl-seminar] Tomorrow, 10:30am: Alex Aiken, STOKE: Search-Based Compiler Optimization

[William J. Bowman]

Reminder: Seminar tomorrow, 10:30am!

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William J. Bowman

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 10:52:36AM -0400, William J. Bowman wrote:
> Time change:
> > 10:30am--11:45am
> > Friday, April 15 2016
> 
> --
> William J. Bowman
> 
> On Thu, Apr 07, 2016 at 02:20:11PM -0400, William J. Bowman wrote:
> > NUPRL Seminar presents
> > 
> > Alex Aiken
> > Stanford University
> > 
> > 11:00am--12:30pm
> > Friday, April 15 2016
> > Room 366 WVH (http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/wand/directions.html)
> > Host: Olin Shivers
> > 
> > 
> > STOKE: Search-Based Compiler Optimization
> > 
> > Abstract:
> > The optimization component of a compiler takes a program as input and
> > produces another, hopefully faster, program as output.
> > At a high level, optimizers solve a search problem over a space of
> > programs, but the traditional architecture of a compiler's optimizer
> > does no search at all.
> > This talk will present the STOKE project, which is exploring the use
> > of Monte Carlo search methods as the basis of a modern compiler
> > optimizer.
> > We will show that search-based program optimization can consistently
> > improve, sometimes substantially, on current production compilers at
> > their highest levels of optimization and can even compete with expert,
> > hand-written assembly.
> > We will also discuss the unique and challenging verification problems
> > that arise when a compiler produces code using a random process.
> > 
> > 
> > Bio:
> > Alex Aiken is the Alcatel-Lucent Professor and the current Tencent
> > Chair of the Computer Science Department at Stanford.
> > Alex received his Bachelors degree in Computer Science and Music from
> > Bowling Green State University in 1983 and his Ph.D. from Cornell
> > University in 1988.
> > Alex was a Research Staff Member at the IBM Almaden Research Center
> > (1988-1993) and a Professor in the EECS department at UC Berkeley
> > (1993-2003) before joining the Stanford faculty in 2003.
> > His research interest is in areas related to programming languages.
> > He is an ACM Fellow, a recipient of Phi Beta Kappa's Teaching Award,
> > and a former National Young Investigator.
> > 
> > -- 
> > William J. Bowman
> > Northeastern University
> > College of Computer and Information Science
> 
> 
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