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VALUETOOLS 2009
Fourth International Conference
on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools
Sponsored by ICST and Create-Net
October 20-22, 2009 - Pisa, Italy
In technical cooperation with ACM SIGMETRICS, SCS, and MIMOS
Important dates:
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Full papers due: April 20, 2009
** EXTENDED to April 30, 2009, 23:59 CET (hard) **
Notification of acceptance: July 6, 2009
Final version due: July 27, 2009
Scope
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In recent years, a range of performance evaluation methodologies and tools
has 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
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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
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Authors are invited to submit papers of up to 10 pages in a PDF file,
complying with the ACM conference proceedings format, through Easychair
(http://www.easychair.org). Each paper will be peer reviewed for quality
and correctness by at least three reviewers. Only original papers,
written in English, which have not been published previously elsewhere,
and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere, will be
accepted. At least one author of each accepted paper must register and
present the work at the conference.
Publication and awards
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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 EU-DL.
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
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The following workshops are co-located with VALUETOOLS 2009. Their CFP
can be found at the webpages below.
- SMCTools, The 4th International Workshop on Tools for solving Structured
Markov Chains (http://www.smctools.org)
- NSTOOLS 2009, 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 2009, 1st International Workshop on Run-time mOdels for
Self-managing Systems and Applications (http://www.rossa2009.org)
- GameComm, The 3rd International Workshop on Game Theory in
Communication Networks (http://www.game-comm.org)
Steering Committee
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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
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* Conference General Chair
Giovanni Stea - University of Pisa, Italy
* Technical Program Co-Chairs
Jean Mairesse, CNRS, University Paris 7, 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, Hungary
Technical Program Committee
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Panos Argyrakis, University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Konstantin Avrachenkov, INRIA, France
Ivo Adan, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Urtzi Ayesta, LAAS-CNRS and BCAM, France
Francois Baccelli, ENS, INRIA, France
Nick Bambos, Stanford University, USA
Marian Boguna, University of Barcelona, Spain
Vivek Borkar, Tata Institute Mumbai, India
Maria-Carla Calzarossa, University of Pavia, Italy
Laurent Decreusefond, Telecom Paris, France
Andreas Deutsch, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Paolo De Los Rios, EPFL, Switzerland
Olivier Dousse, Nokia, Switzerland
Rachid El Azouzi, University of Avignon, France
Santo Fortunato, ISI, Torino, Italy
Bruno Gaujal, Inria, France
Peter W. Glynn, Stanford University, USA
Tania Jimenez, University of Avignon, France
Matthieu Jonckheere, T.-U. Eindhoven, Netherlands
Marco Gribaudo, University of Turin, Italy
Moshe Haviv, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Giuseppe Iazeolla, University of Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy
Jussi Kangasharju, University of Helsinki, Finland
Iordanis Koutsopoulos, University of Thessaly, Greece
Matthieu Latapy, University Paris 6, France
Anna T. Lawniczak, University of Guelph, Canada
D. Manjunath, IIT Bombay, India
Evsey Morozov, Institute of Applied Mathematical Research, Karelia
Alexandre Proutiere, Microsoft Research, UK
Bozidar Radunovic, Microsoft Research, UK
Matteo Sereno, Univ. degli Studi di Torino, Italy
Nahum Shimkin, Technion, Israel
George Stamoulis, AUEB, Greece
Nicolas Stier-Moses, Columbia University, USA
Guillaume Urvoy-Keller, Institut Eurecom, France
Enrico Vicario, University of Florence, Italy
Gabriel Wainer, Carleton University, Canada
Bert Zwart, CWI, the Netherlands
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