Call for Papers
Workshop on Physics and Computation, PhysComp `94,
This Decade and Beyond
November 17 - 20, 1994, Dallas, Texas
Sponsored by Dallas IEEE Computer Society
Sponsored by ONR/ARPA
Corporate Sponsor: Texas Instruments Incorporated
The Workshop on Physics and Computation, PhysComp `94 will seek to explore the
intimate relationship emerging between Modern Physics and Computation Theory.
One commonly held view is that information laws are dependent on the laws of
physics. Another emerging view is that the universe would not work without
information primitives underlying physical laws. Both of these views conclude
that physics and information/computation are linked together at a very
fundamental level. Understanding the convergence of computation and physics
will lead to a better understanding of using physical mechanisms as computing
engines, and also lead to a better understanding of how the universe is
organized. This field will become increasingly important to the computing
industry as the post-shrink era approaches and the energy consumption,
complexity, and computational horsepower requirements continue to exceed the
computing engines we are able to design or build. This workshop will emphasize
solutions that are applicable during this decade as well as longer term ideas.
The first general conference on the Physics of Computation was held in 1981 at
MIT and Richard Feynman was the keynote speaker. The papers from that
conference were published in the 1982 International Journal for Theoretical
Physics, Vol 21, April, June, and December issues. The Workshop on Physics and
Computation, PhysComp `92, held in Dallas in October 2-4, 1992, was a long
awaited reawakening of the field and 100 people attended from 7 countries. The
Keynote speaker for PhysComp '92 was Rolf Landauer of IBM, a pioneer in the
field. Proceedings of the PhysComp `92 are available thru IEEE Computer Society
Press and an electronic mailing list has been established (for subscription
information send email to ···························@hc.ti.com).
PhysComp `94 has been extended an additional day over PhysComp `92 to allow
invited panel sessions speakers and submitted papers that discuss architectures
for nano-electronic systems. Papers are requested on other physics and
computing topics such as limits of computing, practical reversible computers,
nano-electronics, energetics of computing, Cellular Automata, analog computing,
quantum cryptography, optical computing, molecular computing, quantum logic,
etc. Generally we are interested in papers that unify Computation (Algorithms,
Architecture, Information Theory, Automatic Learning, Tele/Communication
Theory, Simulation, etc) with Physics (Discrete models, Entropy, Complexity,
Quantum Theory, Thermodynamics, Energy/mass, Relativity, Gravity, etc). The
goal of this workshop is to establish stronger links between participants from
various backgrounds as well as to educate professionals interested in these
topics.
The keynote speaker for PhysComp '94 will be Professor Carver Mead of
California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. His current focus and
teachings are in the area of VLSI design, ultra-concurrent systems, physics of
computation, and the construction of silicon models of neural systems.
SUBMISSION: Please surface mail five copies of your preliminary paper (10 pages
maximum) or 5 page extended abstract by Monday May 23, 1994 to:
Wolfgang Porod PhysComp `94 Program Co-chairman
Dept. Electrical Engineering email: ·····@graz.ee.nd.edu
University of Notre Dame Phone: 219/631-6376
Notre Dame, IN 46556 FAX: 219/631-4393
Notification of acceptance will be mailed by Friday July 1, 1994. The
technical committee will group submissions into relevant topics, and select
papers and panel members. Papers will be accepted for long talks and short
talks. Panel sessions and poster sessions may also be organized based on
papers submitted. The proceedings will be prepared thru IEEE Computer Society
Press in time to be distributed at the workshop.
REGISTRATION: A block of rooms is being reserved and all meetings will be held
at the Harvey Hotel in Addison, TX. Full registration details will be mailed at
a later date. The room rate will be $59 single/$69 double. The workshop fee
will be $200, payment by US check or credit card. Transportation to the hotel:
Super-shuttle or Taxi. Free hotel shuttles for transportation in Addison.
SCHEDULE: Monday May 23: Preliminary version of papers due at Notre Dame
for 1994 Friday July 1: Notification of acceptance for papers mailed
Friday July 8: Author Kits mailed to accepted authors
Tuesday Sept 6: Final papers due at IEEE press, registration starts
Monday Oct 17: Early registration fee of $180 cutoff date
Wednesday Nov 16: Out of town arrival, registration, & reception
Thursday Nov 17 thru Sunday Nov 20 (noon): PhysComp `94
PHYSCOMP `94 COMMITTEE:
GENERAL CHAIRMAN: Douglas J. Matzke, Texas Instruments
for more information (214) 995-0787 or ······@hc.ti.com
STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN: John S. Denker, AT&T
PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRMAN: Wolfgang Porod, University of Notre Dame
PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRMAN: Gary Frazier, Texas Instruments
ON SITE REGISTRATION: Sajal Das, University of North Texas,
Jose Manuel Fernandez, University of Toronto
William R. Frensley, University of Texas at Dallas
Andrew Ilachinski, Center for Naval Analysis
Lester Ingber, Lester Ingber Research
Irvin R. Jackson, Motorola
ADVERTISING: Bhanu Kapoor, Texas Instruments,
Christopher Kolb, Caltech
David P. Larson, University of Texas at Dallas
Salvatore Morgera, McGill University
DALLAS IEEE REPRESENTATIVE: Gene Meyer, Texas Instruments
Shamim Naqvi, Bellcore
Braunstein Samuel, Weizmann Institute of Science
Sharad Saxena, Texas Instruments
Joe Touch, Information Sciences Institute
Paul Vitanyi, CWI
Ruixi Yuan, NEC USA Inc.
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