Programming heterogeneous computing systems is a daunting task which is becoming even more challenging with the advent of emerging, non Von-Neumann computer architectures. The golden age of computer architecture must be thus accompanied by a golden age of research in compilers and programming languages. This talk discusses domain-specific abstractions and languages as a promising avenue to hide the system complexity from non-expert programmers while passing richer information to compilers. Concretely, we will discuss abstractions for tensor expressions as vehicle to optimize for modern reconfigurable hardware, for emerging memory technologies and for emerging in-memory computing. The talk closes with an outlook on other emerging architectures and challenges for high-level compilation.

Bio: Jeronimo Castrillon is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the TU Dresden, where he is also affiliated with the Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (CfAED). He is the head of the Chair for Compiler Construction, with research focus on methodologies, languages, tools and algorithms for programming complex computing systems. He received the Electronics Engineering degree from the Pontificia Bolivariana University in Colombia in 2004, his masters degree from the ALaRI Institute in Switzerland in 2006 and his Ph.D. degree (Dr.-Ing.) with honors from the RWTH Aachen University in Germany in 2013. In 2014, Prof. Castrillon co-founded Silexica GmbH/Inc, a company that provides programming tools for embedded heterogenous architectures, now with Xilinx/AMD.

Jeronimo Castrillon is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the TU Dresden, where he is also affiliated with the Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (CfAED). He is the head of the Chair for Compiler Construction, with research focus on methodologies, languages, tools and algorithms for programming complex computing systems. He received the Electronics Engineering degree from the Pontificia Bolivariana University in Colombia in 2004, his masters degree from the ALaRI Institute in Switzerland in 2006 and his Ph.D. degree (Dr.-Ing.) with honors from the RWTH Aachen University in Germany in 2013. In 2014, Prof. Castrillon co-founded Silexica GmbH/Inc, a company that provides programming tools for embedded heterogenous architectures, now with Xilinx/AMD.