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Author ORCID Identifier

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AccessType

Open Access Dissertation

Document Type

dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Degree Program

Computer Science

Year Degree Awarded

2018

Month Degree Awarded

September

First Advisor

Eliot Moss

Subject Categories

Programming Languages and Compilers

Abstract

It is well-known that programs tend to have multiple phases in their execution. Because phases have impact on micro-architectural features such as caches and branch predictors, they are relevant to program performance (Xian et al., 2007; Roh et al., 2009; Gu and Verbrugge, 2008) and energy consumption. They are also relevant to detecting whether a program is executing as expected or is encountering unusual or exceptional conditions, a software engineering and program monitoring concern (Peleg and Mendelson, 2007; Singer and Kirkham, 2008; Pirzadeh et al., 2011; Benomar et al., 2014). We present methods for real-time phase change detection and phase prediction in Java, C, (etc.,) and Python programs. After applying a training protocol to a program of interest, our methods can detect and predict phase at run time for that program with good precision and recall (compared with a “ground truth” definition of phases) and with small performance impact. Furthermore, for concrete applications, we explore run-time energy-efficient clock frequency adjustment for statically compiled executables.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7275/12585689

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