Organizing Committee

Grey Ballard, Wake Forest
Aydin Buluc, UC Berkeley / LBNL
Ramakrishnan (Ramki) Kannan, ORNL
Edgar Solomonik (chair, solomon2@illinois.edu), UIUC

Talk Recordings

Recordings of the workshop are available via youtube. See this youtube playlist for recordings of the sessiins in order.

Schedule

The workshop schedule is available in html and pdf format.

Book of Abstracts

The abstracts are available for invited talks and posters.

List of Speakers

A list of invited speakers is below

Jingmei Qiu	University of Delaware
Vivek Bharadwaj	UC Berkeley
Eric Phipps	Sandia National Laboratories
Saday Sadayappan	University of Utah
Jee Choi	University of Oregon
Linjian Ma	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Scott Kovach	Stanford
Osman Malik	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Changwan Hong	MIT
Avery Laird	University of Toronto
Alex Gittens	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Toluwanimi Odemuyiwa	University of California, Davis
Ed Valeev	Virginia Tech
Teresa Ranadive	University of Maryland
Elizabeth Newman	Emory University
Cory Hauck	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Joyce C Ho	Emory University
William Detmold	MIT
Kejun Huang	University of Florida
Nandeeka Nayak	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Matt Fishman	Flatiron Institute
Carmeliza Navasca	University of Alabama at Birmingham
Akwum Onwunta	Lehigh University
Michael Kielstra	UC Berkeley
Mit Kotak	MIT
Arvind Saibaba	North Carolina State University
Huan He	University of Pennsylvania

Registration and Participation

Registration is now closed.

We have received an award from the US NSF for travel support for workshop participants. We can provide partial or full travel support to students and junior researchers subject to availability of funds. For full consideration, please email the organizers to request support before the Sep 13th registration deadline.

Technical Focus

The workshop is organized to facilitate transfer of ideas between researchers in tensor computations from various fields, including scientific and machine learning applications, algorithms, software, compilers, and architectures. The workshop will encompass research on topics including

• algorithms for tensor decomposition and completion

• tensor network methods

• tensor contractions and tensor algebra

• tensor eigenvalues

• tensor models of quantum systems

• low-rank tensor approximations for dynamical systems / numerical PDEs

• graph and hypergraph processing for/via sparse tensors

• tensor decomposition models for high-dimensional sparse datasets

• sparse tensor formats

• software and algorithms for tensor redistribution/transposition

• compilers and automated software for sparse tensor kernels

• specialized hardware/microarchitecture designs for sparse tensor algebra

Travel and Accomodations

The conference location 200 S Wacker Dr is adjacent to Union station, which has direct train connections to the O’Hare and Midway airports as well as commuter trains to the broader Chicagoland area. In particular, the CTA blue line connects to O’Hare, while the Metra system provides a wide set of connections to other parts of Chicago and its suburbs, which may be of interest for budget hotel options. See the following websites for more info on these systems: CTA system map, Metra system map.

For participants from University of Illinois, besides Amtrak and buses to Union station, UI rides provides direct transportation to 200 S Wacker.

Further information on accessing 200 S Wacker is available via the Illini center website, which is in the same building as DPI.

The conference location is situated in the business district of Chicago, which offers a large variety of lunch options, but tends to be quiet outside of business hours. Some nearby areas with many evening dining options are

• Greektown, a few blocks west of the conference location

• River North, a few blocks north of the conference location

• Fulton market (Randolph st), several blocks northwest of the conference location

Parking garages are available near 200 S Wacker, but rates can be as high as $20-$40 per hour.

For chilcare services, on-site babysitting is available at the following, nearby hotel, Fairmont Chicago at Millennium Park. Childcare centers and external hotel babysitting services, such as Mom's Best Friend, are also available in Chicago.

Please reach out to the organizers with any questions regarding the workshop or local accomodations.