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Thursday, 16:15-18:00. This is the first time during the pandemic to have a hybrid teaching mode! We hope it is a safe and fruitful option.

• The Zoom link is provided on the Moodle page.

• Please bring your laptop for attending the Zoom meeting in classroom ( HG-D-3.2).
• You are required to present a COVID-19 certificate and to comply with any rule imposed by the university.
• Some TAs will be in the classroom for assisting you and answering any concerns you may have.

In this seminar course, we will cover fundamental and cutting-edge research papers in computer architecture. The course will consist of multiple components that are aimed at improving students' (1) technical skills in computer architecture, (2) critical thinking and analysis abilities on computer architecture concepts, as well as (3) technical presentation of concepts and papers in both spoken and written forms.

The main objective is to learn how to rigorously analyze and present papers and ideas on computer architecture. We will have rigorous presentation and discussion of selected papers during lectures and a written report delivered by each student at the end of the semester.

This course is for those interested in computer architecture. Registered students are expected to attend every meeting, participate in the discussion, and create a synthesis report at the end of the course.

Topics will center around computer architecture. We will, for example, discuss papers on hardware security; accelerators for key applications like machine learning, graph processing and bioinformatics; memory systems; interconnects; processing in memory; various fundamental and emerging paradigms in computer architecture; hardware/software co-design and cooperation; fault tolerance; energy efficiency; heterogeneous and parallel systems; new execution models; predictable computing, etc.

Course description page
Moodle
Zoom meetings

Digital Design and Computer Architecture

Students should (1) have done very well in the “Digital Design and Computer Architecture” course and (2) show a genuine interest in Computer Architecture.

• Mailing List: seminarcomparch@lists.inf.ethz.ch (sent to instructors and TAs)