Papers, Presentations, Theses, and Technical Reports Papers Myles G. Watson and J. Kelly Flanagan. Does Halting Make Trace Collection Inaccurate? A Case Study Using Pentium 4 Performance Counters and SPEC2000. In Proceedings of the Seventh IEEE Annual Workshop on Workload Characterization, October 2004. [abstract] [pdf (366.9 K)] [bibtex] [presentation] M. Watson and J. K. Flanagan. Simulating L3 Caches in Real Time Using Hardware Accelerated Cache Simulation (HACS): A Case Study with SPECint 2000. In Proceedings of the 14th Symp. on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing (SBAC-PAD), pages 108-114, October 2002. [ps (536.8 K)] [bibtex] Elizabeth S. Sorenson and J. Kelly Flanagan. Evaluating Synthetic Trace Models Using Locality Surfaces. In Proceedings of the Fifth IEEE Annual Workshop on Workload Characterization, pages 23-33, November 2002. [abstract] [pdf (4.3 M)] [ps (71.2 M)] [bibtex] [presentation] Elizabeth S. Sorenson and J. Kelly Flanagan. Cache Characterization Surfaces and Prediction of Workload Miss Rates. In Proceedings of the Fourth IEEE Annual Workshop on Workload Characterization, pages 129-139, December 2001. [abstract] [pdf (3.4 M)] [ps (61.3 M)] [bibtex] Niki C. Thornock and J. Kelly Flanagan. Facilitating level three cache studies using set sampling. In Proc. of Winter Simulation Conference 00, pages 471-479, December 2000. [abstract] [pdf (139.5 K)] [ps (287.6 K)] [bibtex] Niki C. Thornock and J. Kelly Flanagan. Using the BACH Trace Collection Mechanism to Characterize the SPEC2000 Integer Benchmarks. In Proceedings of the Third IEEE Annual Workshop on Workload Characterization, pages 121-143, 2000. [abstract] [pdf (243.0 K)] [bibtex] Elizabeth S. Sorenson and J. Kelly Flanagan. Using Locality Surfaces to Characterize the SPECINT 2000 Benchmark Suite. In Lizy Kurian John and Ann Marie Grizzaffi Maynard, editors, Workload Characterization of Emerging Computer Applications, pages 101-120. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001. [abstract] [pdf (397.6 K)] [bibtex] F. Sorenson, E. Sorenson, J. Flanagan, and H. Zhou. A System-Assisted Disk I/O Simulation Technique. In 7th International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer Telecommunication Systems, pages 296-304, October 1999. [ps (765.5 K)] [bibtex] K. Flanagan, J. Archibald, and J. Su. Low power memory hierarchies: An argument for second-level caches. Microprocessors and Microsystems, 21(5):279-290, February 1998. [abstract] [pdf (185.8 K)] [ps (296.2 K)] [bibtex] Niki C. Thornock, Xiao-Hong Tu, and J. Kelly Flanagan. A stochastic disk i/o simulation technique. In Proc. of Winter Simulation Conference 97, pages 1079-1086, December 1997. [abstract] [pdf (352.1 K)] [ps (1.2 M)] [bibtex] K. Flanagan, B. Nelson, J. Archibald, and G. Thompson. The inaccuracy of trace-driven simulation using incomplete multiprogramming trace data. In IEEE International Workshop on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, pages 37-43. IEEE, 1996. [abstract] [pdf (147.8 K)] [ps (224.6 K)] [bibtex] G. Thompson, B. Nelson, and K. Flanagan. Transaction processing workloads- a comparison to the SPEC benchmarks using memory hierarchy performance studies. In IEEE International Workshop on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, pages 152-156. IEEE, 1996. [abstract] [pdf (134.9 K)] [ps (215.0 K)] [bibtex] C. Rose and K. Flanagan. Complete instruction traces from incomplete address traces (CITCAT). Computer Architecture News, 24(5):1-8, December 1996. [abstract] [pdf (51.9 K)] [html (28.4 K)] [bibtex] J. Kelly Flanagan, Brent E. Nelson, James K. Archibald, and Knut Grimsrud. Incomplete trace data and trace driven simulation. In Proc. of the International Workshop on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems MASCOTS, pages 203-209. SCS, 1993. [abstract] [pdf (218.3 K)] [ps (215.3 K)] [bibtex] J. Kelly Flanagan, Brent E. Nelson, James K. Archibald, and Knut Grimsrud. BACH: BYU Address Collection Hardware, the collection of complete traces. In Proc. of the 6th Int. Conf. on Modelling Techniques and Tools for Computer Performance Evaluation, pages 128-137, 1992. [abstract] [pdf (236.4 K)] [ps (257.7 K)] [bibtex] Presentations Presentation given in conjuction with the paper "Does Halting Make Trace Collection Inaccurate? A Case Study Using Pentium 4 Performance Counters and SPEC2000" at the Seventh IEEE Annual Workshop on Workload Characterization by Myles G. Watson [ppt (304.5 K)] [pdf (44.5 K)] Presentation on Trace Collection. by J. Kelly Flanagan [pdf (32.9 K)] [ps (58.7 K)] Presentation given in conjunction with the paper "Evaluating Synthetic Trace Models Using Locality Surfaces" at the Fifth IEEE Annual Workshop on Workload Characterization, November 2002. by Elizabeth S. Sorenson [html] [ppt (1.1 M)] Presentation given associated with the paper "A National Trace Cellction and Distribution Resource" at the SPEC workshop in 1999. by J. Kelly Flanagan [html] Dissertations and Theses Christopher R. Slade. On-Disk Sequence Cache (ODSC): Using Excess Disk Capacity to Increase Performance. Master's Thesis, Brigham Young University, 2005. [abstract] [bibtex] [pdf (425.8 K)] Proposal: [pdf (65.7 K)] Elizabeth S. Sorenson. Cache Characterization and Performance Studies Using Locality Surfaces. PhD Dissertation, Brigham Young University, 2005. [abstract] [bibtex] [pdf (13.9 M)] Myles G. Watson. Does the Halting Necessary for Hardware Trace Collection Inordinately Perturb the Results? Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, 2004. [abstract] [pdf (537.8 K)] Hyrum Carroll. A Trace-Driven Simulator For Palm OS Devices. Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, 2004. [abstract] [pdf (672.7 K)] Proposal: [pdf (128.0 K)] Vernon H. Mauery. Inheritance Models in Object-Oriented Hardware Using Physical Object Devices. Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, 2004. [abstract] [bibtex] [pdf (1.1 M)] Proposal: [pdf (286.3 K)] Franklin E. Sorenson. PODS: Physical Object Devices. Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, 2004. [abstract] [pdf (818.8 K)] Proposal: [pdf (24.2 K)] Darren Hart. Object Oriented Design with Physical Object Devices. Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, 2004. [abstract] [bibtex] [pdf (742.0 K)] Proposal: [pdf (189.8 K)] Elizabeth S. Sorenson. Cache Characterization and Performance Studies Using Locality Surfaces. Dissertation Proposal, Brigham Young University, 2003. Proposal: [pdf (381.2 K)] [ps (3.8 M)] Annotated Bibliography: [pdf (99.6 K)] [ps (85.9 K)] Briton Barker. Cache Memory Analysis: Effects of the Kernel and the Justification of Associativity. Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, 2001. [abstract] Elizabeth S. Sorenson. Using Locality To Predict Cache Performance. Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, 2001. [abstract] [bibtex] [pdf (52.0 M)] Proposal: [pdf (658.6 K)] Alen Peacock. Dynamic Detection of Deterministic Disk Access Patterns. Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, 2001. [abstract] [ps (698.1 K)] Proposal: [ps (191.1 K)] Dong Lin. Reducing Energy Consuption Using Disk Data Reorganization. Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, 2000. [abstract] Niki C. Thornock. Using Set Sampling in Level three Cache Studies. Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, 1999. [abstract] [pdf (522.3 K)] [ps (2.4 M)] Proposal: [pdf (76.2 K)] [ps (64.2 K)] Charlton Rose. CITCAT: Constructing Instruction Traces from Cache-filtered Address Traces. Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, 1999. [abstract] [pdf (140.0 K)] Proposal: [pdf (47.1 K)] Nianlong Yin. Reducing Application Load Time by Rearranging Disk Data. Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, 1998. [abstract] Yiqiang Huang. Reducing WWW Latency Using Server-based Prefetching Techniques. Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, 1998. [abstract] Song Peng. Client-Based Web Prefetch Management. Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, 1998. [abstract] Heng Zhou. A System-Assisted Disk I/O Simulation Technique. Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, 1998. [abstract] Chulkee Sung. A Network Workload Model Using a Markov Decision Process. Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, 1997. [abstract] Xiao-Hong Tu. Disk Rearrangement on Novell Netware Systems. Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, 1997. [abstract] Jun Su. Cache Optimization for Energy Efficient Memory Hierarchies. Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, 1995. [abstract] [pdf (258.2 K)] [ps (518.0 K)] Proposal: [pdf (114.8 K)] [ps (150.6 K)] Technical Reports J. Kelly Flanagan. A national trace collection and distribution resource. Proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation, Department of Computer Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, January 1998. [pdf (133.1 K)] [ps (223.2 K)] [bibtex] Heng Zhou and J. Kelly Flanagan. A System-assisted Disk I/O Simulation Technique, technical report, August, 1998. [pdf (103.1 K)] Nianlong Yin and J. Kelly Flanagan. Reducing Application Load Time by Rearranging Disk Data. Technical Report, July, 1998. [pdf (105.3 K)] *You can download a PDF viewer at http://www.adobe.com. © 2003, Performance Evaluation Laboratory, Brigham Young University. All rights reserved. Reproduction of all or part of this work is permitted for educational or research use provided that this copyright notice is included in any copy. Send comments to webmaster@pel.cs.byu.edu.