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                               CALL FOR PAPERS
               16th International GI/ITG Conference on
       “Measurement, Modelling and Evaluation of Computing Systems” and
               “Dependability and Fault-Tolerance” (MMB & DFT 2012)
                             March 19 - 21, 2012
                           Kaiserslautern (Germany)
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Organized by GI/ITG Technical Committees on “Measurement, Modelling and Evaluation
of Computing Systems (MMB)” and “Dependability and Fault-Tolerance (DFT)”

Conference Homepage: www.mmb2012.de

The technical committees MMB and DFT are the main fora in Germany covering all aspects of
performance and dependability evaluation of systems including networks, computer
architectures, distributed systems, software, fault-tolerant and secure systems.
In 2012, both committees join forces again in a common conference. MMB & DFT 2012 will
comprise besides its scientific main programme tutorials from academic and industrial experts;
invited talks, tool presentations as well as workshops focusing on special themes.
The conference language is English.

Topics of MMB & DFT 2012 include:
Methods
       -Quantitative evaluation techniques related to performance, dependability, security,
         survivability, real-time constraints, cost, energy-efficiency and combined aspects
        like, for instance, performance-security tradeoffs
       -Fault-tolerant system and network design, dependable computing, redundancy techniques,
        fault modelling, fault injection
       -Testing, measuring, benchmarking and monitoring of systems and networks
       -Queueing systems, stochastic Petri nets, stochastic process algebras, Markov chains,
        non-Markovian models, fluid models, network calculus / real-time calculus
       -Simulation techniques including rare events, parallel and distributed simulation
       -Combination of stochastic modelling and formal methods, e.g., stochastic extensions
        of the UML
       -Model checking in model-driven software development
       -Network economics, accounting, tariffing

Applications
       -Computer and software architectures, organic computing architectures, pervasive and
        ubiquitous computing, adaptive and self-organizing systems, embedded systems
       -Fault-tolerant systems and networks, safety-oriented and security-oriented architectures,
        redundancy techniques
       -Communication networks including access and backbone networks, optical networks,
        high-speed switching, peer-to-peer networks, overlay networks, sensor networks and
        sensor systems, car communication, mobile and wireless networks, web-based systems,
        multimedia systems, traffic engineering, network planning and optimization
       -Green IT
       -Workflow and logistic systems, traffic and transportation systems

Tools and Case Studies

SUBMISSIONS
Full conference papers: Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for
       publication elsewhere. All papers will be thoroughly reviewed by at least three
       referees on the basis of their originality and their scientific and practical
       contribution to the state-of-the-art. Papers must be written in English and
       must not exceed 15 pages (LNCS style). The proceedings will be published in the
       Springer LNCS series. A best paper award will be provided.

Practical experience reports: Besides full papers practical experience reports are
       also solicited. Reports should not exceed 8 pages (LNCS style). Accepted practical
       experience reports are published separately in a technical report.

Tool descriptions: Special sessions will be arranged to present and demonstrate tools
       relevant to any topic covered by the Call for Papers. Accepted tool descriptions
       (up to four pages) will appear in the proceedings.

Tutorial proposals: Please send tutorial proposals to the conference chair.

IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission:                       October 4, 2011
Tools & Tutorial Submission:    November 7, 2011
Author Notification:                    December 2, 2011
Final Version:                          December 16, 2011
Conference:                             March 19-21, 2012

CONFERENCE CHAIR
Jens Schmitt (TU Kaiserslautern)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Lothar Breuer (U Kent)
Peter Buchholz (TU Dortmund)
Joachim Charzinski (Stuttgart Media U)
Hans Daduna (U Hamburg)
Klaus Echtle (U Duisburg-Essen)
Bernhard Fechner (U Augsburg)
Markus Fidler (U Hannover)
Reinhard German (U Erlangen-Nuremberg)
Gerhard Haßlinger (T-Systems)
Boudewijn Haverkort (ESI/U Twente)
Holger Hermanns (U Saarbrücken)
Joost-Pieter Katoen (RWTH Aachen)
Peter Kemper (Coll William&Mary)
Jörg Keller (FeU Hagen)
Udo Krieger (U Bamberg)
Wolfram Lautenschläger (Alcatel-Lucent)
Axel Lehmann (UBw München)
Ralf Lehnert (TU Dresden)
Erik Maehle (U Lübeck)
Michael Menth (U Tuebingen)
Bruno Müller-Clostermann (U Essen)
Peter Reichl (FZ Telekommunikation Vienna)
Anne Remke (U Twente)
Johannes Riedl (Siemens AG)
Francesca Saglietti (U Erlangen-Nuremberg)
Werner Sandmann (TU Clausthal)
Markus Siegle (UBw Munich)
Helena Szczerbicka (U Hannover)
Aad van Moorsel (U Newcastle)
Oliver Waldhorst (Karlsruher Institute of Tech)
Max Walter (TU Munich)
Verena Wolf (U Saarbrücken)
Bernd Wolfinger (U Hamburg)
Katinka Wolter (HU Berlin)
Armin Zimmermann (TU Ilmenau)

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prof. dr. jens schmitt

disco | distributed computer systems lab
computer science department
university of kaiserslautern
p.o. box 3049, 67653 kaiserslautern, germany

phone: +49.631.205.3288
fax:    +49.631.205.3289
e-mail: jschmitt@informatik.uni-kl.de
web:    http://disco.informatik.uni-kl.de

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