Non Volatile Memory Workshop 2015 to be held on March 1-3,2015 at LaJolla, California

数据存储技术的进步对现代信息时代的发展至关重要，支持并加速了消费者娱乐、个人和商业计算、企业数据管理和科学研究中与信息相关的新应用的发明。高容量、非易失性固态硬盘(SSD)正在给数据存储领域带来革命性的变化。与传统的磁盘和磁带驱动器相比，固态硬盘具有许多优势，尤其是在抗冲击、降低功耗和更快的数据访问方面。尽管目前在一些存储应用中在每位成本、写入延迟和产品寿命方面竞争力较弱，但基于几种非易失性存储器(NVM)技术的SSD的持续进步正在为计算机系统和应用访问和操作持久数据的方式的革命奠定基础。改进的闪存--加上磁RAM(MRAM)、相变存储器(PCM)、自旋扭矩转移存储器(STTM)、阻性RAM(RRAM)和忆阻器等新兴技术--正促使设计师重新思考如何将存储设备集成到计算系统中，操作系统如何管理数据，以及应用程序如何创建和处理信息。实现NVM技术的全部潜力是一项令人兴奋的重要挑战，具有巨大的社会后果。拟议中的研讨会是加州大学圣地亚哥分校每年举办的非易失性记忆研讨会(NVMW)系列中的第六个。主要目标仍然是为研究NVM技术在从数据密集型计算系统到超高分辨率视频游戏等越来越多的应用场景中所起的作用制定“垂直”愿景。随着基于NVM的存储功能的快速发展，系统“堆栈”中每个级别的研究人员都必须意识到与其他级别相关的需求、挑战和机遇，这一点比以往任何时候都更加重要。研讨会使研究人员和从业人员有机会更广泛地了解加快基于NVM的存储技术的开发和采用所需的条件，并建立为进一步发展奠定基础的关系。研讨会计划包括为期半天的辅导课程、两次主旨演讲、由专家计划委员会挑选的大约45个技术报告和一次海报会议。整个研讨会的公开注册旨在鼓励学术界、工业界和政府的广泛参与。该技术项目旨在提供独特的教育机会，特别是对该领域的新手学生和研究人员。研讨会产生的知识交流和新想法的产生将对计算和数据存储行业产生重大影响，这两个行业对国民经济都至关重要。讲习班的教育部分将使学生和博士后研究人员以及更资深的参与者受益。档案网站将为科学界和公众提供研讨会进程的持久记录和资源。该研讨会将解决基于非易失性存储器的高性能数据存储系统的科学、工程和应用方面的基本问题。这包括研究允许存储信息的纳米级物理现象；为可靠、持久和安全的数据存储开发编码算法；分析数据密集型计算的系统架构；以及在各种应用中非易失性存储数据的新范例的概念。该计划将反映设备技术、数据编码、系统架构和存储应用方面的最新进展。研讨会将提供一个独特的论坛，交流与非易失性存储系统的研究、开发和应用有关的最新成果和新想法。。

Advances in data storage technology have been crucial to the evolution of the modern information age, enabling and accelerating the invention of new information-related applications in consumer entertainment, personal and business computing, enterprise data management, and scientific research. High-capacity, non-volatile, solid-state drives (SSDs) are in the process of revolutionizing this world of data storage. SSDs have a number of advantages compared to conventional disk and tape drives, notably in shock resistance, reduced power consumption, and faster data access. Although currently less competitive in some storage applications with respect to cost per bit, write latency, and product lifetime, continuing advances in SSDs based upon several non-volatile memory (NVM) technologies are setting the stage for a revolution in how computer systems and applications access and manipulate persistent data. Improved flash memories - along with emerging technologies such as magnetic RAM (MRAM), phase-change memories (PCM), spin-torque transfer memories (STTM), resistive RAM (RRAM), and the memristor - are driving designers to rethink how they integrate storage devices into computing systems, how operating systems manage data, and how applications create and process information. Realizing the full potential of NVM technologies is an exciting and important challenge with enormous societal consequences. The proposed workshop is the sixth in the annual series of Non-volatile Memories Workshops (NVMWs) that have been held on the campus of the University of California, San Diego. The primary objective continues to be the development of a "vertical" vision for research on the role of NVM technologies in an ever-increasing number of application scenarios, ranging from data-intensive computing systems to super high-resolution video games. As the capabilities of NVM-based storage rapidly evolve, it is more critical than ever that researchers at each level of the system "stack" be aware of the needs, challenges, and opportunities associated with the other levels. The workshop provides researchers and practitioners the opportunity to gain a broader understanding of what is needed to accelerate the development and adoption of NVM-based storage technologies, and to establish relationships that will provide the basis for further advances. The workshop program includes a half-day tutorial session, two keynote addresses, approximately 45 technical presentations selected by an expert Program Committee, and a poster session. Open registration for the entire workshop is intended to encourage broad participation from academia, industry, and government. The technical program is structured to provide a unique educational opportunity, particularly for students and researchers who are new to the area. The exchange of knowledge and the generation of novel ideas that result from the workshop will have significant impact on the computing and data storage industries, both vitally important to the national economy. The educational component of the workshop will benefit students and postdoctoral researchers, as well as more senior participants. An archival website will provide a lasting record of the workshop proceedings and a resource for the scientific community and general publicThis workshop will address fundamental problems in the science, engineering, and application of high-performance data storage systems based upon non-volatile memories. This includes the study of nanoscale physical phenomena that permit storage of information; the development of coding algorithms for reliable, persistent, and secure data storage; the analysis of system architectures for data-intensive computing; and the conception of new paradigms for non-volatile storage of data in a variety of applications. The program will reflect the latest advances in device technology, data encoding, system architecture, and storage applications. The Workshop will provide a unique forum for the exchange of recent results and novel ideas relating to research, development, and application of non-volatile memory systems. .