ASPLOS is a multi-disciplinary conference for research that spans the boundaries of hardware, computer
architecture, compilers, languages, operating systems, networking, and applications. ASPLOS provides a high
quality forum for scientists and engineers to present their latest research findings in these rapidly changing fields. It
has captured some of the major computer systems innovations of the past two decades (e.g., RISC and VLIW
processors, small and large-scale multiprocessors, clusters and networks-of-workstations, optimizing compilers,
RAID, and network-storage system designs).

This conference occurs at a time when computer architecture is facing great challenges, due both to the end
of single-processor performance scaling and to new demands imposed by mobile and gigascale computing. Multidisciplinary
research is increasingly important as boundaries between hardware/software and local/network
computing blur, as the form and capabilities of computing devices becomes ever more varied, and as users and
applications continue to expand. In addition to the main program, this upcoming ASPLOS will offer several
tutorials and workshops on a variety of focus areas.

Like its predecessors, the ASPLOS 2009 conference will focus on ground-breaking research, particularly
efforts focusing on the interplay of architecture and software systems. The program committee welcomes research
papers on a wide range of non-traditional topics that emphasize the multi-disciplinary aspects of their work. Full
papers are solicited on, but not limited to, these topics:

* Interaction of operating systems, compilers, programming languages, and architectures
* Architecture/software issues for multicores
* Architecture/software issues for new platforms, from sensor networks to wireless PDAs to wall-sized
displays
* Architecture/software issues focusing on Internet services
* Architecture/software platforms for delivering graphics and multimedia
* Embedding computation and storage (e.g., caches) within networks
* Case studies of architecture/software design in novel experimental systems
* Studies of Internet applications and services with implications for systems design
* Security and availability issues for current/future computer systems
* Evaluations of experimental systems for performance, power, availability
* Effect of technology and application drivers on architectures, operating systems, and/or compilers