Micro 2012 Lightning Session

1. Micro 2012Lightning Session Onur Mutlu PC Chair December 3, 2012 Vancouver, BC, Canada

2. Lightning Session Logistics (Now) • What? • 100-second key idea pitch for each paper • Why? 1. Expose everyone to all papers 2. Allow the Best Paper Award Committee members to “see” all papers quickly • How? • Papers presented in order of appearance in program • http://www.microsymposia.org/micro45/micro-45-lightning-ppt-order.pdf • No questions allowed • Session recorded

3. Voting for Best Lightning Session Talk • Green ballot sheet • Ground rules: • Turn in your vote immediately after the session • Write your full name on the ballot • Do not vote for a paper you are conflicted with • Vote for at most one paper • Your vote is discarded if any rule is violated • http://www.microsymposia.org/micro45/voting-rules.html • Same rules apply for the Best Poster Award vote

4. Voting Rules • http://www.microsymposia.org/micro45/voting-rules.html • Linked from conference program online • Conflict-of-interest rules (with authors) • PhD advisor • Other past or current advisors • Current or past students • People who have the same affiliation (i.e., are from the same institution) • People whom you co-authored papers with in the last 3 years • People whom you co-authored funded proposals with in the last 3 years • Close friendship or family member

5. Micro 2012Lightning Session Onur Mutlu PC Chair December 3, 2012 Vancouver, BC, Canada