Lightweight, Generative Variant Exploration for High-Performance Graphics Applications
Rendering performance is a everlasting goals of computer graphics and significant driver for advances in both, hardware architecture and algorithms. Thereby, it has become possible to apply advanced computer graphics technology even in even low-cost embedded appliances, such as car instruments. Yet, to come up with an efficient implementation, developers have to put enormous efforts into hardware–problem-specific tailoring, fine-tuning, and domain exploration, which requires profund expert knowledge. If a good solution has been found, there is a high probability that it does not work as well with other architectures or evn the next hardware generation. Generative DSL-based approaches could mitigate these efforts and provide for a efficient exploration of algorithmic variants and hardware-specific tuning ideas. However, in vertically organized industries, such as automotive, suppliers are reluctant to introduce these techniques as they fear loss of control, high introduction costs, and additional contraints imposed by the OEM with respect to software and tool-chain certification. Moreover, suppliers do not want to share their generic solutions with the OEM, but only the concrete instance they get payed for. To this end, we propose a light-weight and incremental approach for metaprogramming of graphics applications. Our approach relies on an existing formulation of C-like languages that is amenable to meta programming, which we extend to become a lightweight language to combine algorithmic features. Our method provides concise notation for meta programs and generates easily sharable output in the appropriate C-style target language.
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13:30 30mTalk | Generating Reactive Programs for Graphical User Interfaces from Multi-way Dataflow Constraint Systems GPCE Gabriel Foust Texas A & M University, Jaakko Järvi Texas A&M University, Sean Parent Adobe Systems, Inc. | ||
14:00 30mTalk | POP-PL: A Patient-Oriented Prescription Programming Language GPCE Spencer P. Florence Northwestern University, Burke Fetscher Northwestern University, Matthew Flatt University of Utah, William H Temps Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Departmentof Dermatology, Tina Kiguradze Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Departmentof Dermatology, Dennis P. West Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Departmentof Dermatology, Charlotte Niznik Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Departmentof Dermatology, Paul R. Yarnold Optimal Data Analysis LLC, Robert Bruce Findler Northwestern University, Steven M. Belknap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Departmentof Dermatology | ||
14:30 30mTalk | Lightweight, Generative Variant Exploration for High-Performance Graphics Applications GPCE Kai Selgrad Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Alexander Lier Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Franz Köferl Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Marc Stamminger Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Daniel Lohmann Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg |