Bradford M. Beckmann

Graduate Student
Computer Sciences Department
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1210 West Dayton Street
Madison, WI 53706-1685
USA

Email: beckmann@cs.wisc.edu
Office: CompSci and Stats 6366
Office Phone: (608) 265-2702

BS, 2000, University of Cincinnati, Electrical Engineering
MS, 2002, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Computer Science
PhD, 2006, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Computer Science
Advisor: David Wood
Thesis: pdf

Resume/CV: pdf  ps

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Research Interests

As a member of the Wisconsin Multifacet Project, I'm researching interconnection networks and cache coherence protocols for chip multiprocessors under the constraints and opportunities of future IC technology.

Publications

  • ASR: Adaptive Selective Replication for CMP Caches,
    Bradford M. Beckmann, Michael R. Marty, and David A. Wood,
    39th International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO), December 2006.
    Paper: pdf
    Talk: ppt

  • Multifacet's General Execution-driven Multiprocessor Simulator (GEMS) Toolset,
    Milo M.K. Martin, Daniel J. Sorin, Bradford M. Beckmann, Michael R. Marty, Min Xu, Alaa R. Alameldeen, Kevin E. Moore, Mark D. Hill, and David A. Wood,
    Computer Architecture News (CAN), September 2005.
    Paper: pdf
    Web Site: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/gems
    ISCA Tutorial Slides: ppt

  • Managing Wire Delay in Large Chip-Multiprocessor Caches,
    Bradford M. Beckmann and David A. Wood,
    37th International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO), December 2004.
    Paper: pdf
    Talk: htm and ppt

  • TLC: Transmission Line Caches,
    Bradford M. Beckmann and David A. Wood,
    36th International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO), December 2003.
    Paper: pdf
    Talk: htm and ppt

    • Tutorials

  • GEMS: Multifacet's General Execution-driven Multiprocessor Simulator,
    Michael R. Marty, Bradford Beckmann, Luke Yen, Alaa R. Alameldeen, Min Xu, and Kevin Moore
    Tutorial at the International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA), June 2005.
    Talk: ppt

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