Publications

Resit Sendag is shown in bold and ★ marks award-winning papers.

2020 – present

2026

  • Matthew Constant and Resit Sendag, “The Fallacy of Independent Ceilings: Characterizing Coupled Load-Branch Stall Interaction,” 38th IEEE/SBC International Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing (SBAC-PAD), Madrid, Spain, October 2026 (to appear). ★ Best Paper Candidate [PDF]
  • Mehmet Seckin, Yashwant Ponnangati, Ankur Shah, Resit Sendag, and Kunal Mankodiya, “CysticCare: An Evaluation-Driven RAG AI Chatbot Targeted Towards Evidence-Based Patient Education,” IEEE International Conference on AI x Medicine, Health, and Care (AIxMHC), 2026. [PDF]
  • Harishjitu Saseendran, Manbir Sodhi, and Resit Sendag, “LLM-Driven Configuration of Genetic Algorithms for Constraint-Rich Optimization Problems,” 16th Workshop on Evolutionary Computation for the Automated Design of Algorithms (ECADA), in conjunction with the ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO), San José, Costa Rica, 2026. [PDF]

2025

  • A. A. Miah, K. Icer, Resit Sendag, and Y. Bi, “Noise Attack: An Evasive Sample-Specific Multi-Targeted Backdoor Attack through White Gaussian Noise,” International Journal of Information Technology, 2025. (Preprint: arXiv:2409.02251, 2024.) [PDF]

2023

  • Maximilian Jakob Heer, José Quevedo, Marwan F. Abdelatti, Resit Sendag, and Manbir Sodhi, “Efficient Implementation of a Genetic Algorithm for the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem on a High-Performance FPGA,” IEEE 31st Annual International Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines (FCCM), 2023.
  • José Quevedo, Maximilian Jakob Heer, Marwan F. Abdelatti, Resit Sendag, and Manbir Sodhi, “Performance Comparison of Steady State GAs and Generational GAs for Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problems,” ACM Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (GECCO), 2023.

2022

  • Marwan Abdelatti, Manbir Sodhi, and Resit Sendag, “A Multi-GPU Parallel Genetic Algorithm for Large-Scale Vehicle Routing Problems,” IEEE High Performance Extreme Computing Conference (HPEC), Waltham, MA, September 2022.

2021

  • Mustafa Cavus, Mohammed Shatnawi, Resit Sendag, and Augustus Uht, “Fast Key-Value Lookups with Node Tracker,” ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization (TACO), vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 1–26, June 2021. [PDF]

2020

  • Mustafa Cavus, Mohammed Shatnawi, Resit Sendag, and Augustus Uht, “Exploring Prefetching, Pre-Execution and Branch Outcome Streaming for In-Memory Database Lookups,” IEEE Computer Architecture Letters (CAL), 2020. [PDF]
  • Mustafa Cavus, Resit Sendag, and Joshua J. Yi, “Informed Prefetching for Indirect Memory Accesses,” ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization (TACO), vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 1–29, March 2020. [PDF]

2010 – 2019

2018

  • Mustafa Cavus, Resit Sendag, and Joshua J. Yi, “Array Tracking Prefetcher for Indirect Accesses,” IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD), Orlando, FL, October 2018.

2017

  • Babak Falsafi, Bill Dally, Desh Singh, Derek Chiou, Joshua J. Yi, and Resit Sendag, “FPGAs versus GPUs in Data Centers,” IEEE Micro, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 60–72, 2017. [PDF]

2016

  • Trevor N. Mudge, Frederic T. Chong, Igor L. Markov, Resit Sendag, Joshua J. Yi, and Derek Chiou, “Impact of Future Technologies on Architecture,” IEEE Micro, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 48–56, 2016.
  • Mark D. Hill, Dave Christie, David A. Patterson, Joshua J. Yi, Derek Chiou, and Resit Sendag, “Proprietary versus Open Instruction Sets,” IEEE Micro, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 58–68, 2016. [PDF]
  • Mustafa Cavus and Resit Sendag, “A Sequential Prefetcher with Adaptive Distance,” Annual Boston Area Computer Architecture Workshop (BARC), Boston, MA, 2016.

2015

  • Mustafa Cavus, Ibrahim Karsli, and Resit Sendag, “Prefetching On-time and When it Works,” 2nd Data Prefetching Championship (DPC-2), in conjunction with ISCA-42, Portland, OR, June 2015. ★ 3rd Place
  • Nathan Brown and Resit Sendag, “Sandbox Based Optimal Offset Estimation,” 2nd Data Prefetching Championship (DPC-2), in conjunction with ISCA-42, Portland, OR, June 2015.
  • Ibrahim Burak Karsli and Resit Sendag, “Quantifying Memory Address Patterns with PatternFinder,” Annual Boston Area Computer Architecture Workshop (BARC), Boston, MA, 2015.

2014

  • Celal Ozturk, Ibrahim Karsli, and Resit Sendag, “An Analysis of Address and Branch Patterns with PatternFinder,” IEEE International Symposium on Workload Characterization (IISWC), Raleigh, NC, October 2014.
  • Celal Ozturk and Resit Sendag, “Automatic Source Code Analysis of Branch Mispredictions,” IEEE International Symposium on Workload Characterization (IISWC), Raleigh, NC, October 2014.
  • Ibrahim Karsli and Resit Sendag, “T-BAG: Bootstrap Aggregating the TAGE Predictor,” 4th JILP Workshop on Computer Architecture Competitions (JWAC-4): Championship Branch Prediction (CBP-4), in conjunction with ISCA-41, Minneapolis, MN, June 2014. ★ 4th Place

2013

  • Ronald Duarte, Resit Sendag, and Fred Vetter, “On the Performance and Energy-Efficiency of Multi-core SIMD CPUs and CUDA-enabled GPUs,” IEEE International Symposium on Workload Characterization (IISWC), Portland, OR, September 2013.
  • Andre Zierfuss and Resit Sendag, “The Impact of Data Complexity on Privacy Management in Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Applications,” IEEE International Conference on Connected Vehicles and Expo (ICCVE), Las Vegas, NV, pp. 753–760, 2013.

2012

  • Ronald Duarte and Resit Sendag, “Accelerating and Characterizing Seam Carving Using a Heterogeneous CPU-GPU System,” International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA), July 2012.
  • Will Simoneau and Resit Sendag, “An FPGA-based Multi-Core Platform for Testing and Analysis of Architectural Techniques,” IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software (ISPASS), New Brunswick, NJ, April 2012.
  • Ronald Duarte and Resit Sendag, “Real-time Video and Image Resizing using CUDA-Enabled GPUs,” 3rd Workshop on SoCs, Heterogeneous Architectures and Workloads (SHAW-3), in conjunction with HPCA-18, New Orleans, LA, February 2012.

2011

  • Peng-fei Chuang, Celal Ozturk, Khun Ban, Huijun Yan, Kingsum Chow, and Resit Sendag, “Impact of Java Application Server Evolution on Computer System Performance,” Workshop on Modeling, Benchmarking and Simulation (MoBS), in conjunction with ISCA, June 2011.

2010

  • James C. Hoe, Doug Burger, Joel Emer, Derek Chiou, Resit Sendag, and Joshua J. Yi, “The Future of Architectural Simulation,” IEEE Micro, pp. 8–18, May/June 2010.
  • Arvind, David August, Keshav Pingali, Derek Chiou, Resit Sendag, and Joshua J. Yi, “Programming Multicores: Do Applications Programmers Need to Write Explicitly Parallel Programs?,” IEEE Micro, pp. 19–33, May/June 2010.
  • Celal Ozturk and Resit Sendag, “An Analysis of Hard to Predict Branches,” IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software (ISPASS), White Plains, NY, March 2010.

2000 – 2009

2009

  • Sharookh Daruwalla, Resit Sendag, and Joshua J. Yi, “Adaptive Simulation Sampling Using an Autoregressive Framework,” IEEE International Conference on Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, Modeling, and Simulation (SAMOS), Samos, Greece, July 2009.

2008

  • Resit Sendag, Joshua J. Yi, Peng-fei Chuang, and David J. Lilja, “Low Power/Area Branch Prediction Using Complementary Branch Predictors,” IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), April 2008.

2007

  • Resit Sendag, Ayse Yilmazer, Joshua J. Yi, and Augustus K. Uht, “The Impact of Wrong-Path Memory References in Cache-Coherent Multiprocessor Systems,” Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC), Special Issue on Best Papers of IPDPS, vol. 67, no. 12, pp. 1256–1269, December 2007.
  • Antonio González, Scott Mahlke, Shubu Mukherjee, Resit Sendag, Derek Chiou, and Joshua J. Yi, “Reliability: Fallacy or Reality?,” IEEE Micro, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 36–45, November/December 2007.
  • Kevin Skadron, Pradip Bose, Kanad Ghose, Resit Sendag, Joshua J. Yi, and Derek Chiou, “Low-Power Design and Temperature Management,” IEEE Micro, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 46–57, November/December 2007.
  • Joel Emer, Mark D. Hill, Yale N. Patt, Joshua J. Yi, Derek Chiou, and Resit Sendag, “Single-Threaded vs. Multithreaded: Where Should We Focus?,” IEEE Micro, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 14–24, November/December 2007.
  • Shay Gueron, Jean-Pierre Seifert, Geoffrey Strongin, Derek Chiou, Resit Sendag, and Joshua J. Yi, “Where Does Security Stand? New Vulnerabilities vs. Trusted Computing,” IEEE Micro, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 25–35, November/December 2007.
  • Joshua J. Yi, Resit Sendag, David J. Lilja, and Douglas M. Hawkins, “Speed versus Accuracy Trade-Offs in Microarchitectural Simulations,” IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 56, no. 11, pp. 1549–1563, November 2007.
  • Resit Sendag, Joshua J. Yi, and Peng-fei Chuang, “Branch Misprediction Prediction: Complementary Branch Predictors,” IEEE Computer Architecture Letters (CAL), September 2007.
  • Ayse Yilmazer, Resit Sendag, and Joshua J. Yi, “Quantifying and Comparing the Impact of Wrong-Path Memory References in Multiple-CMP Systems,” Workshop on Chip Multiprocessor Memory Systems and Interconnects (CMP-MSI), in conjunction with HPCA-13, February 2007.
  • Resit Sendag, Joshua J. Yi, and Peng-fei Chuang, “Predicting When a Branch Predictor Will Fail,” Boston Area Computer Architecture Workshop (BARC), January 2007.

2006

  • Joshua J. Yi, Resit Sendag, Lieven Eeckhout, Ajay Joshi, David J. Lilja, and Lizy K. John, “Evaluating Benchmark Subsetting Approaches,” IEEE International Symposium on Workload Characterization (IISWC), October 2006.
  • Emre Ozer, Resit Sendag, and David Gregg, “Multiple-Valued Logic Buses for Reducing Bus Energy in Low-Power Systems,” IEE Proceedings – Computers and Digital Techniques, vol. 153, no. 4, pp. 270–282, July 2006.
  • Resit Sendag, Ayse Yilmazer, Joshua J. Yi, and Augustus K. Uht, “Quantifying and Reducing the Effects of Wrong-Path Memory References in Cache-Coherent Multiprocessor Systems,” IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), April 2006. ★ Best Paper Award
  • Ayse Yilmazer, Resit Sendag, Joshua J. Yi, and Augustus K. Uht, “Investigating the Effects of Wrong-Path Memory References in Shared-Memory Multiprocessor Systems,” Boston Area Computer Architecture Workshop (BARC), February 2006.
  • Joshua J. Yi, Ajay Joshi, Resit Sendag, Lieven Eeckhout, and David J. Lilja, “Analyzing the Processor Bottlenecks in SPEC CPU 2000,” SPEC Benchmark Workshop, January 2006. ★ Best Paper Award (Kaivalya Dixit Award)

2005

  • Joshua J. Yi, Resit Sendag, and David J. Lilja, “Instruction Precomputation: Dynamically Removing Redundant Computations Using Profiling,” Chapter 10 in Speculative Execution in Modern Computer Architectures, P.-C. Yew and D. Kaeli (Eds.), CRC Press, 2005. ISBN 1-58488-447-9.
  • Emre Ozer, Resit Sendag, and David Gregg, “Multiple-Valued Logic Buses for Reducing Bus Size, Transitions and Power in Deep Submicron Technologies,” Advanced Networking and Communications Hardware Workshop (ANCHOR), in conjunction with ISCA-32, June 2005.
  • Emre Ozer, Resit Sendag, and David Gregg, “Multiple-Valued Caches for Power-Efficient Embedded Systems,” IEEE International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL-35), Calgary, Canada, May 2005.
  • Resit Sendag, Ying Chen, and David J. Lilja, “The Impact of Incorrectly Speculated Memory Operations in a Multithreaded Architecture,” IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 271–285, March 2005.
  • Joshua J. Yi, Sreekumar Kodakara, Resit Sendag, David J. Lilja, and Douglas M. Hawkins, “Characterizing and Comparing Prevailing Simulation Techniques,” IEEE International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA-11), pp. 266–277, February 2005.

2004

  • Peng-fei Chuang, Resit Sendag, and David J. Lilja, “Improving Data Cache Performance via Address Correlation: An Upper Bound Study,” Euro-Par 2004, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3149, pp. 541–550, September 2004.
  • Resit Sendag, Peng-fei Chuang, and David J. Lilja, “Address Correlation,” Boston Area Computer Architecture Workshop (BARC), January 2004.

2003

  • Resit Sendag, Peng-fei Chuang, and David J. Lilja, “Address Correlation: Exceeding the Limits of Locality,” IEEE Computer Architecture Letters (CAL), vol. 2, May 2003.
  • Ying Chen, Resit Sendag, and David J. Lilja, “Using Incorrect Speculation to Prefetch Data in a Concurrent Multithreaded Processor,” IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), April 2003.
  • Keqiang Wu, Resit Sendag, and David J. Lilja, “Exploring the Memory Access Regularity in Pointer-Intensive Application Programs,” 4th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 2690, pp. 472–476, March 2003.

2002

  • Resit Sendag, Ying Chen, and David J. Lilja, “The Effect of Executing Mispredicted Load Instructions on Speculative Multithreaded Architecture,” 6th Workshop on Multithreaded Execution, Architecture and Compilation (MTEAC), in conjunction with IEEE MICRO-35, pp. 19–26, November 2002.
  • Resit Sendag, David J. Lilja, and Steven R. Kunkel, “Exploiting the Prefetching Effect Provided by Executing Mispredicted Load Instructions,” Euro-Par 2002, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 2400, pp. 468–480, 2002.
  • Joshua J. Yi, Resit Sendag, and David J. Lilja, “Increasing Instruction-Level Parallelism with Instruction Precomputation,” Euro-Par 2002, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 2400, pp. 481–485, 2002.

2001

  • Resit Sendag and A. Hamit Serbest, “Scattering at the Junction Formed by a PEC Half-Plane and a Half-Plane with Anisotropic Conductivity,” Electromagnetics, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 415–435, 2001.
  • Resit Sendag, Peng-fei Chuang, and David H. C. Du, “Routing and Wavelength Assignment in Optical Passive Star Networks with Non-uniform Traffic Load,” IEEE GLOBECOM ’01, vol. 3, pp. 1435–1439, 2001.

Earlier

1998

  • Resit Sendag and A. Hamit Serbest, “Scattering of Plane Electromagnetic Waves at the Junction Formed by a PEC Half-Plane and a Half-Plane with Anisotropic Conductivity,” 9th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON ’98), vol. 1, pp. 278–282, 1998.
  • Resit Sendag, Michael A. Lyalinov, and A. Hamit Serbest, “Perturbation Method in the Problem of Diffraction of an Obliquely Incident Plane Wave by a Wedge with Different Surface Impedances,” URSI ’98 Electromagnetic Theory Symposium, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 1998.

Patents

  • Reza Abiri, Ali Rabiee, Resit Sendag, and Mohammad Hassan Farhadi, “Deliberate Interactive Cobot for Autonomy Allocation and Human-Robot Teaming,” US Patent Application, filed May 2026.
  • Resit Sendag, “Branch Prediction Enhancement Method and Mechanism,” US Patent No. 8,312,255, issued 2012.
  • Resit Sendag, Ayse Yilmazer, and Augustus K. Uht, “Wrong-Path Aware Replacement Policy in Cache-Coherent Shared Memory Multiprocessor Systems,” US Patent No. 7,721,048, issued May 2010.