The performance requirements of digital signal processing and embedded applications are rapidly increasing, but the power and cost budgets are decreasing. Optimization plays a very important role in managing the conflicting demands. The focus of this workshop is to understand the various optimization strategies applicable to the design of DSP and embedded systems for performance, power, and cost.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Algorithmic transformations and code/software optimization
• Hardware and software optimizations for low-power consumption and/or code density
• Coprocessor and hardware accelerators
• Compiler techniques and code generation for media processing
• Frameworks for profiling and scheduling tasks (multiple/concurrent) on various hardware resources (single-core + hardware accelerators, dual-core, system-on-a-chip, etc)
• Hardware/software tradeoffs with ASICs, FPGA's, DSPs, general-purpose processors, microcontrollers, etc as building blocks
• Retargetable compilers and reconfigurable architectures

Outstanding accepted submissions will be considered for publication in the International Journal of Embedded Systems (IJES)

Important dates and deadlines

• Submission: January 23, 2004
• Acceptance: February 13, 2004
• Final version: March 5, 2004

Submission guidelines

To encourage participation, we are not asking for full papers for this workshop. Please submit an extended abstract, and a corresponding foil set. The final digest of the workshop will consist of presentation slides only. The purpose of the extended abstract is to augment the reviewers ability to judge the submission. There is no limit on the length of the extended abstract (can be anywhere from 2-3 pages to a full paper if the author chooses so). By only publishing the slides, we allow the authors to submit incremental work (to their accepted ODES submission) to a full fledged conference without significant duplication concerns.  Clearly describe the nature of the work, its significance and the current status of the research. Include the list of authors and their affiliations, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, email addresses and the name of the corresponding author. Please submit the extended abstract and foil set by the deadline to: Deepu Talla via email at deepu@ti.com.