DF22400
Machine Learning (3p)
Introduction and Application for Automated Performance Tuning

PROJECT / PAPER PRESENTATIONS - HT/2012

Task

• Select a paper from the following list, present it during 30 minutes (including questions), and be opponent on another presentation. Or,

• Mini-project: Select some open-source machine learning tool (but not one already presented during the lectures), get my approval, experiment with it (preferably in the context of a small performance tuning problem of your choice) and give a presentation and demo of 30 minutes (including questions), and be opponent on another presentation.
  

Papers for selection:

• Bryan Singer and Manuela Veloso:
  Automating the modeling and optimization of the performance of signal transforms
  IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing, 2002.
  (Neural Networks)
  Presenter: Wladimir Schamai. Opponent: Vengat. Krishnamoorthi
• N. Thomas et al.:
  A framework for adaptive algorithm selection in STAPL. PPoPP 2005.
  Presenter: Mudassar Majeed. Opponent: Usman Dastgeer
• Tyrel Russell, Abid M. Malik, Michael Chase and Peter van Beek
  Learning Basic Block Scheduling Heuristics from Optimal Data.
  CASCON-2005.
  (decision tree learning)
  (Presenter: Erik Hansson, opponent: Kristian Stavåker)
• E. Park et al.:
  An evaluation of different modeling techniques for iterative compilation.
  CASES-2011.
  (SVM, linear regression)
  (Presenter: Kristian Stavåker; Opponent: Erik Hansson.)
• G. Tournavitis et al.: Towards a Holistic Approach to Auto-Parallelization Integrating Profile-Driven Parallelism Detection and Machine-Learning Based Mapping. PLDI-2009, pp. 177--187.
  (SVM)
  (Presenter: Usman Dastgeer; Opponent: Lu Li.)
• W. Jia, K. Shaw, M. Martonosi: Stargazer: Automated Regression-Based GPU Design Space Exploration. 2012.
  (Regression based predictor for GPU Hardware design space exploration)
  Presenter: Lu Li. Opponent: Mudassar Majeed
• J. Erman et al.: Internet traffic identification using machine learning.
  GLOBECOM 2006.
  (Bayesian Learning)
  Presenter: Vengat. Krishnamoorthi, Opponent: Wladimir Schamai