Dear colleague,
Please accept my sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message.
I would like to draw your attention to the deadline for registering papers at Performance 2005, it is *five* days from now. The review process is not double-blind, authors are required to put their names and affiliations in their submissions. The deadline for papers, tutorials and hot topic sessions is on March 1, 2005.
All details can be found on the conference web site: http://www-sop.inria.fr/maestro/performance2005/ and the papers submission web site: http://www-net.cs.umass.edu/performance-2005/CyberChair/ I have attached the complete Call for Papers at the end of the message for your convenience.
Best regards,
Sara Alouf Publicity Chair of Performance 2005
*************** CALL FOR PAPERS ***************
PERFORMANCE 2005
The 24th IFIP WG 7.3 International Symposium on Computer Performance Modeling, Measurement and Evaluation
October 3-7, 2005 Juan-les-Pins, France http://www-sop.inria.fr/maestro/performance2005/
Sponsored by IFIP WG 7.3, the Computer Performance Foundation and INRIA
The PERFORMANCE 2005 conference solicits papers on the development and application of state-of-the-art analytic, simulation, and measurement-based performance evaluation techniques. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
* Performance-oriented design and evaluation of: communication networks, mobile and wireless systems, Internet servers and E-commerce systems, Web services, Web architectures, peer-to-peer systems, grid computing, computer architectures, database systems, operating systems, software systems, distributed systems, multimedia systems, file and I/O systems, memory systems, real-time systems, and fault-tolerant systems.
* Techniques and algorithms: analytic modeling, performance optimization, queueing analysis, stochastic scheduling, model verification and validation, power analysis, hybrid models, experimental design, system or network measurement and monitoring, workload characterization, simulation, and statistical analysis.
** SUBMISSION GUIDELINES **
PAPERS: Papers should not exceed 22 double-spaced pages including figures, tables and references. PERFORMANCE 2005 does not use a double-blind review process, authors should put their last names and affiliations on their papers. A limited number of submitted papers will be accepted for a poster session. Submissions must be made electronically as Postscript or Adobe PDF files through the Conference Web site (http://www-sop.inria.fr/maestro/performance2005/). In case of problems, please send papers by email to papers.perf2005@sophia.inria.fr. Papers will be selected on the basis of their originality, technical standards, relevance and clarity.
Full papers will be published in a special issue of the Journal Performance Evaluation (Elsevier) available at the conference.
TUTORIAL SESSIONS: Tutorial proposals, not exceeding 3 pages, have to include title, abstract, duration (1H30 or 3H), intended audience, assumed background of attendees, name, affiliation and a biographical sketch of the instructors. Proposals should be sent to the tutorials co-chairs (tutorials.perf2005@sophia.inria.fr).
HOT/CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC SESSIONS: Proposals are solicited for a hot topic session, in which a group of speakers will present and discuss their recent results in an area. Send proposals to proposals.perf2005(at)sophia.inria.fr, identifying the organizer of the session, the session title, three to five speakers, the titles of their talks, and a short abstract of each talk.
** IMPORTANT DATES **
FEBRUARY 22, 2005, 11PM EST Title, abstract and author affiliation due. MARCH 1, 2005, 11PM EST Submission of papers, hot topic proposals and tutorial proposals. JUNE 1, 2005 Notification of acceptance. JULY 1, 2005 Camera ready copy due.
** INFORMATION AND INQUIRIES ** http://www-sop.inria.fr/maestro/performance2005/ info.perf2005@sophia.inria.fr
** ORGANIZING COMMITTEE **
GENERAL CHAIR: Philippe Nain, INRIA, France
PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS: Cheng-Shang Chang, National Tsing Hua U., Taiwan Daniel A. Menasce, George Mason U., USA
TUTORIALS CO-CHAIRS: Eitan Altman, INRIA, France Zhen Liu, IBM T. J.Watson Reseach Center, USA
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CO-CHAIRS: Konstantin Avrachenkov, INRIA, France Ephie Deriche, INRIA, France
FINANCE CHAIR: Dany Sergeant, INRIA, France
PUBLICITY CHAIR: Sara Alouf, INRIA, France
PROCEEDINGS CHAIR: Rudesindo N��ez Queija, CWI, The Netherlands
** PROGRAM COMMITTEE **
Almeida, Virgilio UFMG, Brazil Baccelli, Francois ENS, France Bonald, Thomas France Telecom, France Borst, Sem CWI, the Netherlands Calzarossa, Mariacarla U. Pavia, Italy de Souza e Silva, Edmundo UFRJ, Brazil Duffield, Nick AT&T Research, USA Eager, Derek U. Saskatchewan, Canada Gelenbe, Erol Imperial College, UK Golubchik, Leana USC, USA Harchol-Balter, Mor Carnegie Mellon U., USA Haring, Guenter U. Wien, Austria Harrison, Pete Imperial College, UK Haverkort, Boudewijn U. Twente, the Netherlands Herzog, Ulrich Friedrich Alexander U., Germany Hou, Jennifer U. Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA Hsu, Yarsun National Tsing Hua U., Taiwan Iazeolla, Giuseppe U. Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy Jean-Marie, Alain U. Montpellier & INRIA, France Kumar, Anurag IISc, India Kurose, Jim U. Massachusetts, USA Le Boudec, Jean-Yves EPFL, Switzerland Lee, Duan-Shin National Tsing Hua U., Taiwan Liebeherr, Jorg U. Virginia, USA Lindemann, Christoph U. Dortmund, Germany Lui, John Chinese U. of Hong Kong, China Marsan, Marco A. Politecnico di Torino, Italy Mazumdar, Ravi U. Waterloo, Canada Merchant, Arif HP Labs, USA Misra, Vishal Columbia U., USA Mitra, Debasis Bell Laboratories, USA Muntz, Richard R. UCLA, USA Nicol, David U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA Perros, Harry North Carolina State U., USA Sanders, William U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA Serazzi, Giuseppe Politecnico di Milano, Italy Setia, Sanjeev George Mason University, USA Smirni, Evgenia College of William and Mary, USA Squillante, Mark IBM Research, USA Stewart, William North Carolina State U., USA Thomasian, Alexander NJIT, USA Trivedi, Kishor Duke U., USA Tucci, Salvatore U. Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy Vernon, Mary U. Wisconsin-Madison, USA Verscheure, Olivier IBM Research, USA Williamson, Carey U. Calgary, Canada Woodside, C. Murray Carleton U., Canada Xia, Cathy IBM Research, USA Yao, David Columbia U., USA Zhang, Zhi-Li U. Minnesota, USA