ProSEEP: A Proactive Approach To Energy-Aware Programming.pdf

The current state of energy-efficient programming faces challenges due to the lack of efficient tools and the time-consuming nature of identifying energy bottlenecks after deployment.

Problem Statement:

- Limited tools assist developers in optimizing code for energy efficiency.
- Identifying and resolving energy "hogs" is a manual, backward-looking process.
- Existing energy profilers are platform-specific and provide one-off profiles that don't scale well with code complexity or input parameters.

ProSEEP Solution:

ProSEEP leverages symbolic execution engines and platform-specific energy profiles to enable:

1. Forward-Looking Design: Developers can consider the energy footprint of their code choices early in development.
2. Iterative Energy Estimation: Efficiently calculates energy estimates for code paths by leveraging previous trace data, avoiding redundant executions.
3. Terminals: Accounts for energy consumption from peripheral devices by extracting relevant interface parameters and using device-specific models.
4. Tool Integration: Integrates with development environments like Eclipse and is particularly suitable for new paradigms like invasive computing.

Key Benefits:

- Speeds up code analysis and improves scalability.
- Provides more accurate and transferable energy projections across platforms.
- Empowers developers to make informed design decisions for energy efficiency.