CALL FOR ABSTRACTS -- MAMA 2008

The Tenth Workshop on MAthematical performance Modeling and Analysis MAMA 2008

June 2, 2008 Annapolis, Maryland, USA

Held in conjunction with SIGMETRICS 2008 http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~sigmet08/MAMAindex.html

Sponsored by ACM SIGMETRICS

The complexity of computer systems, networks and applications, as well as the advancements in computer technology, continue to grow at a rapid pace.

Mathematical analysis, modeling and optimization are playing an important role in research studies to investigate fundamental issues and tradeoffs at the core of performance problems in the design and implementation of complex computer systems, networks and applications.

The Tenth Workshop on MAthematical performance Modeling and Analysis (MAMA

2008) seeks to bring together researchers working on the mathematical, methodological and theoretical aspects of performance analysis, modeling and optimization. It is intended to provide a forum at SIGMETRICS conferences for talks on early research in the more mathematical areas of computer performance analysis. These talks tend to be based on very recent research results (including work in progress) or on new research results that will be otherwise submitted only to a journal (or recently have been submitted to a journal). Thus, part of the goal is to complement and supplement the SIGMETRICS Conference program with such talks without removing any theoretical contributions from the main technical program.

This year's workshop will be held on June 2 (before the main SIGMETRICS technical program). In addition to the presentation of extended abstracts, the workshop will include time for informal technical discussions among the speakers and attendees.

SUBMISSION INFORMATION

April 18, 2008: Abstract Submission Deadline May 2, 2008: Acceptance Notification May 9, 2008: Final Abstracts for Workshop Aug 1, 2008: Final Extended Abstracts for PER

MAMA 2008 encourages the submission of abstracts describing early research

on the general mathematical, methodological and theoretical aspects of performance analysis, modeling and optimization. Authors are asked to submit 2-3 page abstracts, following the same formatting instructions as the main SIGMETRICS conference (refer to http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~sigmet08/cfp.html), before the above deadline.

(NOTE that this is different from the submission guidelines in previous years.) Submissions violating these formatting guidelines will be returned without review. Abstracts should be submitted electronically, as an e-mail attachment, to mss@watson.ibm.com. Postscript or PDF is preferred, although other arrangements can be made by contacting Mark Squillante (mss@watson.ibm.com).

Submissions will be reviewed by the MAMA program committee, from which a number of abstracts will be selected for inclusion in the workshop program. A version of the abstracts will be provided at the workshop. Extended versions of the abstracts will appear in a special issue of Performance Evaluation Review (PER), with a due date after the workshop making it possible for authors to incorporate the results of, or simply mention, any relevant discussions at the workshop. Note that there are no

copyright issues with PER, and thus authors will have complete freedom to submit their work elsewhere.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Yuliy Baryshnikov, Bell Laboratories Sem Borst, Bell Laboratories, Eindhoven University of Technology C.S. Chang, National Tsing Hua University Ed Coffman, Columbia University Jim Dai, Georgia Institute of Technology Edmundo de Souza e Silva, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Nick Duffield, AT&T Labs Research Derek Eager, University of Saskatchewan David Gamarnik, MIT Ayalvadi Ganesh, Microsoft Research Leana Golubchik, University of Southern California Albert Greenberg, Microsoft Research Mor Harchol-Balter, Carnegie Mellon University Pete Harrison, Imperial College Alain Jean-Marie, University of Montpellier, INRIA Predrag Jelenkovic, Columbia University Guy Latouche, Universite Libre de Bruxelles Zhen Liu, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Yingdong Lu, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center John Lui, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Michel Mandjes, CWI, University of Amsterdam Vishal Misra, Columbia University Dick Muntz, University of California at Los Angeles Philippe Nain, INRIA Sindo Nunez Queija, CWI, TNO Philippe Robert, INRIA Evgenia Smirni, College of William and Mary Mark Squillante, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Don Towsley, University of Massachusetts David Yao, Columbia University Bert Zwart, Georgia Institute of Technology

Additional information about the MAMA 2008 Workshop can be found at: http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~sigmet08/MAMAindex.html For more information about the workshop, please contact Mark Squillante (mss@watson.ibm.com).

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