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Important Dates
Full papers due:
April 20, 2009
Notification of acceptance:
July 6, 2009
Final version due:
July 27, 2009
Sponsors
Sponsored by ICST
Technically sponsored by CREATE-NET
In technical cooperation with ACM SIGMETRICS, CSC and MIMOS
Steering Committee
Imrich Chlamtac (Co-Chair): Create-Net Research Association and University of Trento, Italy
Eitan Altman (Co-Chair): INRIA, France Luciano Lenzini University of Pisa, Italy
Sean Meyn: University of Illinois, US
Daniele Miorandi: Create-Net Research Association, Italy
Stavros Toumpis: University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Uri Yechiali: Tel Aviv University, Israel
Organizing Committee
General Chair:
Giovanni Stea, University of Pisa, Italy
Technical Program Co-Chairs:
Jean Mairesse, CNRS, University Paris, France
Jose Fernando Mendes, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Local Chairs:
Daniele Migliorini, University of Pisa, Italy
Carlo Vallati, University of Pisa, Italy
Workshop Chairs:
Jussi Kangasharju, University of Helsinki, Finland
Guillaume Urvoy-Keller, Institute Eurecom, France
Publicity Chairs:
Anne Bouillard, ENS Cachan Bretagne, France
Greg Franks, Carleton University, Canada
Web Chair:
Matteo Andreozzi, University of Pisa, Italy
Conference Coordinator: Maria Morozova, ICST, International
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Call for Papers
Scope
In recent years, a range of performance evaluation methodologies and tools have been developed within various research communities for the purposes of evaluation, design, and model reduction. The aim of the Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools conference is to build bridges between these communities, bringing theory and practice together.
Topics
Topics include, but are not limited to:
A. Performance evaluation techniques
o Advanced simulation tools
- Simulation of rare events
- Parallel/distributed simulations
- Variance reduction techniques
- Large deviations
- Hybrid system simulation
o Discrete event systems
- Petri nets
- Max-plus algebra
- Automata, timed automata
o Queueing theory
- Markovian queues and networks
- Network calculus
- Analytical methods
- Approximation methods
- (In)Sensitivity
- Dynamic Fluid Models
- Diffusion models
- Dam processes
- Perturbation approaches
- Control of Queues
o Other stochastic models
- Stochastic geometry
- Long-range dependence
- Self-similarity
- Point processes
- Traffic models and measurements
o Other topics
- Supervisory control
- Reliability/performability tools
- Neural networks and decision tools
- Game theory and pricing
- Resource allocation
- Complex Networks
B. Applications
- Computer networks (including peer-to-peer systems and traffic control services)
- Computer systems (e.g. grid computing)
- Communication systems
- Wireless networks (including MAC and routing protocols, cellular networks, Ad Hoc/Sensor etc.)
- Distributed systems
- Road traffic and transportation systems
- Public utility networks
- Manufacturing systems and supply chains
- Call centers
- Economic, biological and social systems
Submission
Authors are invited to submit papers of up to 10 pages in a PDF file, complying with the ACM conference proceedings format, through Easychair. Detailed information can be found here: http://www.valuetools.org/2009/submission.shtml
Publication and awards
The event is organized by ICST in cooperation with the ACM Special Interest Group on performance evaluation (SIGMETRICS), the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS) and Movimento Italiano Modellazione e Simulazione (MIMOS). Accepted papers will be made available in the ACM Digital Library and the European Union Digital Library EUDL. Best papers, after further reviews, will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Performance Evaluation Journal and on the Discrete Events Dynamic Systems Journal. A Best Paper and Best Student Paper will be selected by peer reviews and will be acknowledged with awards presented during the social event.
Co-Located Workshops
The following workshops are co-located with VALUETOOLS 2009. Their CFP can be found at the webpages below.
SMCTools
4th International Workshop on Tools for solving Structured Markov Chains (http://www.smctools.org).
NSTools
3rd International Workshop on Network Simulation Tools (http://www.nstools.org).
WSNPerf
1st Internatial Workshop on Performance Methodologies and Tools for Wireless Sensor Networks (http://www.wsnperf.org).
Rossa
1st International Workshop on Run-time mOdels for Self-managing Systems and Applications (http://www.rossa2009.org).
Game-Comm
3rd International Workshop on Game Theory in Communication Networks (http://www.game-comm.org).
Additional information is available at: http://valuetools.org/
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