Co-sponsored by: Ed Nelson Executive Committee Meeting. Open to all IEEE members. Come out to learn about what's going on in the section. Agenda: Dinner at 6:00PM Call to Order at 6:30PM (Chair) Introductions Approve minutes from past meeting (Secretary) Agenda items requiring a vote - to be determined Old Business New Business Open Forum Discussion Location: Bldg: Great Buffet Restaurant 1525 South Willow Street Manchester, New Hampshire 03103

  The deceleration of transistor feature size scaling has motivated growing adoption of specialized accelerators implemented as GPUs, FPGAs, ASICs, and more recently new types of computing such as neuromorphic, bio-inspired, ultra low energy, reversible, stochastic, optical, quantum, combinations, and others unforeseen. There is a tension between specialization and generalization, with the current state trending to master slave models where accelerators (slaves) are instructed by a general purpose system (master) running an Operating System (OS). Traditionally, an OS is a layer between hardware and applicationsand its primary function is to manage hardware resources and provide a common abstraction to applications. Does this function, however, apply to new types of computing paradigms? This talk revisits OS functionality for memristor-based accelerators. We explore one accelerator implementation, the Dot Product Engine (DPE), for a select pattern of applications in machine learning, imaging, and scientific computing and a small set of use cases. We explore typical OS functionality,such as reconfiguration, partitioning, security, virtualization, and programming. We also explore new types of functionality, such as precision and trustworthiness of reconfiguration. We claim that making an accelerator, such as the DPE, more general will result in broader adoption and better utilization. This talk will be broadcast via https://youtu.be/nTcsMMe7EyI Speaker(s): Dr. Dejan Milojicic, Distinguished Technologist, Hewlett Packard Labs, , Dr. Dejan Milojicic, Distinguished Technologist, Hewlett Packard Labs, Agenda: - Turkish Food & Refreshments - Introduction: Please also see the paper http://elhajj2.web.engr.illinois.edu/docs/paper-dpe-icrc17.pdf - Talk - Q&A Location: Room: 502 Bldg: UNH Manchester Pandora Bldg 88 Commercial Street MANCHESTER, New Hampshire