by Adarsh Patil on Feb 25, 2025 |

Call for Papers:

Workshop on Computer Architecture Education

June 21, 2025 in Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
URL: http://go.ncsu.edu/wcae2025

Abstract or Paper Registration Deadline
May 12, 2025
Final Submission Deadline
May 19, 2025

Workshop on Computer Architecture Education
Co-located with the International Symposium on Computer Architecture
June 21, 2025
Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, 

Important Dates
Abstracts due: May 12, 2025,
Full papers: May 19, 2025

WCAE provides a forum for educators in computer architecture to discuss and share their experiences and teaching philosophy. Over 235 papers on computer architecture education have been presented at the workshop since its inception in 1995. The goal is for participants to come away from the workshop with new ideas on delivering courses in computer architecture.

Topics of interest

  • Approaches to introductory courses
  • Advanced courses
  • Online resources
  • Resources for “flipped” classes
  • Materials for active learning
  • Lecture vs. hybrid vs. flipped classes
  • Lab support for distance education
  • Textbook development
  • Critical evaluation of textbook approaches
  • Metrics for evaluating learning gains
  • Integration of research into teaching
  • Industrial support for teaching
  • Resources & techniques for teaching
  • Tools and techniques for autograding non-programming assignments
  • Hardware tools
  • Simulators and other software tools
  • Prototyping
  • Visualization aids
  • Broadening participation in comp. arch.
  • Encouraging undergraduate research
  • Encouraging students to pursue a Ph.D.


For an idea of what we have published in the past, see the WCAE archive, made possible with funding from the SIGCSE Special Projects fund. Many of these papers are also in the ACM Digital Library


Important dates
Abstract due: Monday, May 12, 2025
Submission due: Monday, May 19, 2025
Author notification: Monday, May 26, 2025
Final paper due: Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Organizer:
Ed Gehringer, North Carolina State U.

Program committee
João Cardoso, University of Porto
Jim Conrad, UNC-Charlotte
Henry Duwe, Iowa State University
Xinfei Guo, University of Virginia
Sarah Harris, University of Nevada – Las Vegas
Dave Kaeli, Northeastern University
Zack Kurmas, Grand Valley State University
Michael Manzke, Trinity College, Dublin
Yale Patt, University of Texas
Cristina Silvano, Politecnico di Milano