What do GPUs, FPGAs, vector processors and other special-purpose chips have in common? They are examples of advanced processor architectures that the scientific community is using to accelerate computationally demanding applications. While high-performance computing systems that use application accelerators are still rare, they will be the norm rather than the exception in the near future. The 2009 Symposium on Application Accelerators in High-Performance Computing aims to bring together developers of computing accelerators and end-users of the technology to exchange ideas and learn about the latest developments in the field. The Symposium will focus on the use of application accelerators in high-performance and scientific computing and issues that surround it. Topics of interest include:

• novel accelerator processors, systems, and architectures
• integration of accelerators with high-performance computing systems
• programming models for accelerator-based computing
• languages and compilers for accelerator-based computing
• run-time environments, profiling and debugging tools for accelerator-based computing
• scientific and engineering applications that use application accelerators

Presentations from technology developers and the academic user community are invited. Researchers interested in presenting at the Symposium should submit extended abstracts of 2-3 pages to submit@saahpc.org by April 20, 2009. All submissions will be reviewed by the Technical Program Committee and accepted submissions will be presented as either oral presentations or posters. Presentation materials will be made available online at www.saahpc.org.
(2009 Symposium on Application Accelerators in High Performance Computing (SAAHPC’09). July 27-31, 2009, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL)