SIGMICRO Viability Review Pradip Bose Chair, ACM SIGMICRO March 14, 2013, Chicago, IL
SIGMICRO Goals • Provide a forum for discussing the state-of-the-art in computer microarchitecture and for stimulating the advancement of that state – Focus on microprocessor architectures – The integrated software stack is also key; e.g. in embedded systems • Disseminate information from academic and industrial sources through focused sponsorship of flagship conferences, emerging interest workshops and minority outreach programs – Key examples: MICRO, CGO, ESWEEK, CF + CRA-W Workshop [new!] – “In Cooperation” roles in many others • Encourage interaction between researchers, educators, students and industry practitioners in the field – Facilitate easy access to computing resources for worthy research projects 2
Key Member Resources • Newsletter: http://newsletter.sigmicro.org/ Archer sim framework Oral History Project Hall of Fame Past MICRO Survey Executive Comm. Members: • Pradip Bose, Chair • Website: • David Brooks, Vice-Chair • Viji Srinivasan, Secy-Treas. http://www.sigmicro.org/ • Russ Joseph, Newsletter Ed. New look, modern, totally revamped • Michael Gschwind, Industry Iss. • Milos Prvulovic, Strategist Social media support (twitter, facebook, …) • Erik Altman, Past Chair • Jason Mars, Webmaster 3
Financial Viability: SIGMICRO Funds $121,235 discretionary $250,000 funds Fund Balance $200,000 Required Balance Dollar amount $150,000 $100,000 $50,000 $0 Digital Library : Revenue 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Example stats shown; Financial health and outlook: very good! ACM SIGMICRO Viability Review – March 14, 2013 4
New Sponsorship Initiatives; Membership CRA-W Minority mentoring 600 workshop, August 2012; 500 Travel grants to participants Total members 400 Ongoing initiatives Student 300 Affiliate Professional 200 MICRO ToT Award • 100 Distinguished Service Award • 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Sponsorship requests from a • couple of emerging area Year workshops • Note: Very well-attended business Membership drive • meetings (co-located with Membership benefits • MICRO): typically > 200 upgrade proposals • Lots of Q&A! Very involved and demanding community! ACM SIGMICRO Viability Review – March 14, 2013 5
Summary SIGMICRO is financially healthy We had a healthy surplus in FY 2012 In FY 2012 we budgeted more for travel grants than in 2011 or in prior years New Awards and Sponsorships Continue/increase student travel grants Sponsor best paper/best presentation, other awards Waive conf. registration fee for ACM-W scholarship recipients for sponsored conference travel Test of Time (ToT) award in MICRO conference (ongoing discussion with MICRO steering committee) New/revamped website, newsletter Facebook/Twitter support in place New membership drive; benefits upgrade proposal ACM SIGMICRO Viability Review – March 14, 2013 6
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