Paper review in groups of 2 First, look at the following link for paper review tips [[http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/mckinley/notes/reviewing.html|Tips for paper review]] I will not limit you to a specific set of chosen papers. Instead, you will learn how to look for research in a specific area. The university library has a sunscription to IEEE Xplore. go to [[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org|IEEE Xplore library]] You can search for any paper published by IEEE. * click on advanced search * enter computer in the first search area, then from the drop down menu choose "Publication Title" * Enter architecture in the second search area and choose "Publication Title" again * Enter 2013 in the third search area and leave it "Meta data only" as is You will get a list of a couple of hundreds publications with the journal or conference name includes "computer architecture" and the year is 2013 If you are interested in publication in the embedded area, you may add "embedded" in the document title. Once you decide on a paper, email to me the paper title, authors, and publication name and date. I will post your choice on the course site to prevent 2 groups from choosing the same paper. **Possible areas** Multiprocessor cache management Multicore processors Performance evaluation of parallel computers Interconnection networks Cluster computing Grid and Cloud computing Array processors Application specific architectures Realtime computer systems **How to review the paper** Read the paper and understand it In your own words, state what is the paper is all about (abstract) why this topic? what is the main contribution of the paper? Explain the main point in the paper. I want to know did you read and understand the paper, or you just rephrasing what is in the paper