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Call for Participation: SIGMETRICS/Performance 2006 Joint International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems

June 26th-30th 2006, Saint-Malo, France

http://www.cs.wm.edu/sigm06/

We cordially invite you to attend the joint SIGMETRICS/Performance Conference held in beautiful Saint-Malo, which will bring together researchers from academia and industry. The conference covers state-of-the-art, analytic, simulation, and measurement-based performance evaluation techniques applied to all areas of computer-science and engineering.

Highlights:

* A strong single-track technical program, held in the Palais du Grand Large

* Keynote address by Professor Dan Reed, University of North Carolina, Director of the Renaissance Computing Institute, on "Performance and Reliability: The Ubiquitous Challenge"

* Broad and exciting workshop and tutorial programs preceding the main conference.

Full details are on the conference Web site.

Important dates:

* Early Registration Deadline: May 31, http://www.cs.wm.edu/sigm06/register.html

* Student Travel Grants Deadline: May 10, http://www.cs.wm.edu/sigm06/students.html

* Workshops: June 26-27, 2006

* Tutorials: June 26-27, 2006

* Main Conference: June 28-30, 2006

Raymond Marie, SIGMETRICS 2006 General Chair