The Second Workshop on...
Fault-Tolerant Spaceborne Computing Employing New Technologies, 2009
BY GRACIOUS INVITATION ONLY
CSRI Building
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
May 26-29, 2009
Organized by: JPL, Sandia, MITRE
Steering Committee
| Andrew Keys, NASA | Richard Linderman, AFRL |
| Bob Habbit, Sandia | Vaughn Standley, NNSA |
| Marti Bancroft, MBC |
Organizers
| Larry Bergman, JPL | Richard Stempien, MITRE |
| Erik DeBenedictis, Sandia |
OVERVIEW AND VISION
Microelectronics advances due to Moore's Law make it feasible to put much more computing power into embedded systems and hence into space. However, effectively utilizing the increased computing power requires changes in architecture and software and may require reconsideration of radiation hardening issues. This workshop is to serve as a forum for coordinating R&D activities that will enable embedded computing applications to make effective use of new computing technology.The 2009 workshop is focusing on the following specific issues:
- Architecture: Does it make sense to develop a Common Space borne Supercomputer Architecture for the U.S space community (NASA, DoD, DoE, IC)?
- Software: What additional software R&D is needed to accommodate emerging multi-core processors and other changes in the underlying hardware?
- Fault Tolerance: What additional fault tolerance issues are introduced by advancing computer technology?
- IP for Space: Is it feasible to develop and share IP modules compatible with a "plug and play" IP standard across the US Space community? (IP refers to logic designs in FPGAs and ASICs.)
- Memory: There will be a special working group on memory advances applicable to space, such as 3D stacking and radiation hardening.
- Component trust: What are the vulnerabilities in a spacecraft to using untrusted components and what mitigations are possible?
- Other: The organizers are open to participants supplying ideas for other working groups.
ATTENDENCE AND REGISTRATION FEE
Attendance is by gracious invitation only. If you are in the industry and would like an invitation, please call Erik DeBenedictis (505) 284-4017 or e-mail erikdebenedictis@sandia.gov. We are charging a $125 registration fee to all attendees. This fee has been set to cover the cost of food due principally to gifting regulations pertaining to government participants. Register at the Sandia Webpay website at https://cfwebprod.sandia.gov/cfdocs/ccpwa/ and selecting "Fault-Tolerant Spaceborne Computing Using New Technologies - 2009" as the event name.
SENSITIVE INFORMATION
The workshop will include information at various levels of senstitivity.- Some sessions on the schedule will indicate the information is sensitive (i. e. export controlled and proprietary). Attendees not eligible to receive specific information will be asked to leave the meeting room as needed.
- There will be Government session that may be attended by only Government, FFRDC, and SETA employees.
- While the entire workshop is by invitation only, there may be additional invitation-only sessions not posted on the Internet.
FOREIGN NATIONALS
Foreign nationals will require a badge to enter DOE facilities. Foreign nationals should contact the conference sponsors immediately about a badge and should plan on stopping at the Sandia badge office about 1/2 mile away before first entering DOE premises.
ACCOMMODATIONS
While we have not reserved a hotel block, there is list of hotels on the CSRI Web pages. In addition, all Tuesday activities and the banquet Wednesday night will be at the Hotel Albuquerque in the Old Town area of Albuquerque. The hotel has a directions page.
DIRECTIONS
The workshop will be held at several locations:.
