2 Your research topic in Japan: Describe articulately the research you wish to carry out in Japan.

I intend to pursue a research concerning the assessment and optimization of power consumption in computer systems, as caused by the system and application software. The research will include developing methods for comparing between different software programs in terms of power consumption across different architectures and platforms. Subsequently, the work will entail researching methods of how to optimize software, with the goal of minimizing energy consumption, while retaining performance. The research aims to equip system and application developers with tools to aid them with constructing software that is energy-efficient.

3　Study program in Japan: (Describe in detail and with specifics — particularly concerning the ultimate goal(s) of your research in Japan)

Title of Study: Measuring and Minimizing Power Consumption through Software Optimization
Introduction:
	Energy consumption in computer systems have always posed a constraint on their performance. As a result, there have been lots of research and development with the goal of both implementing more energy efficient systems, and cheaper methods for the generation and storage of energy.

	The problem of energy management is observable in multiple types of systems employed in various applications. These include embedded and autonomous systems, of which we can think of sensor networks operating in rural or remote areas, with no or little energy sources. These systems also include consumer devices such as smartphones and wearables, robotics (which include those employed in industrial settings, or deployed for exploration purposes), and desktop computers used for commercial and educational purposes.

	The mainstream research focus has almost always been on tackling the issue of energy management on the hardware level. The goal of this research, however, is to devise solutions targeting the systems and applications running atop the hardware. The main motivation for such approach comes from the flexibility offered by software, and hence the relatively low cost of implementing changes on the software layer rather than the hardware layer.

	The goal of this research is realized through designing and implementing the following components:
	- Tools to provide energy consumption information and ability to conduct comparisons of software systems and applications. These tool operate both at the source code level (through code inspection), and process level (monitoring execution).
	- Tools to optimize software for energy consumption, at both the editing-time and compile-time.
	- Kernel components to manage process scheduling and memory access with the goal of minimizing energy consumption.