Program Committee
Honorary Chair
Mohammad S. Obaidat
Fordham Univ., USA
General Chair
Helena Szczerbicka
Univ. of Hanover, Germany
Senior Program Chair
Malamati Louta
Univ. of Western Macedonia, Greece
Program Co-Chairs
George Karetsos
TEI of Thessaly, Greece
Joaquín Entrialgo
Univ. of Oviedo, Spain
Vice Program Chair
Steven Latre
Univ. of Antwerpen, Belgium
Invited Sessions Chair
Michal Pioro
Politechnika Warszawska, Poland
Tutorial Chair
Maria Calzarossa
Univ. of Pavia, Italy
Poster Chair
Paolo Bellavista
Univ. of Bologna, Italy
Publication Chair
Jose Saldana
Univ. of Zaragoza, Spain
Publicity Chair
Christian Kater
Leibniz Univ. of Hannover, Germany
Webmaster
Antonio Bueno
Univ. of Girona, Spain
2017 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems
July 9-12, 2017, Seattle, WA, USA
This annual international conference is a scientific forum for professionals and scientists involved in performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems. Performance evaluation of computer systems and networks has progressed rapidly in the past decade and has begun to approach maturity. Significant progress has been made in analytic modeling, simulation, and measurement approaches for performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems.
Sponsors
Sponsor The Society for Modeling and Simulation International www.scs.org
Technical Sponsor www.comsoc.org
Topics of interest
Papers and Demos are solicited in (but not limited to) the following topics:
Networking and Telecommunication Systems
- Internet, Next Generation Networking Technologies and Services
- Next Generation Networking (Architectures, Technologies, Services, Protocols)
- Future Internet
- Internet of Things and enabling technologies
- Network virtualization and services
- Switching and routing
- Network security, survivability and resilience
- Traffic engineering, network reliability, Quality of Service (QoS), Quality of Experience (QoE)
- Optical networks and systems
- Optical & wireless networks
- Green communications and networking
- Service-centric, content-centric, peer-to-peer and overlay networks and applications
- Service convergence and multimedia networks
- Internet applications and services
- Service Oriented Architectures and Web Services
- E-commerce, M-commerce
- Smart Grid
- Smart Cities
- eHealth
- eHealth Applications
- Mobile and eHealth applications
- e-Infrastructure for health
- Telemedicine
- Net-centric healthcare management
- Location / Context-aware services
- Pervasive/wearable computing
- Pricing & Billing
- Wireless Communications and Networking
- Modulation and coding
- MIMO
- Smart antennas
- Multiple access techniques
- Cognitive radio and networking
- Cooperative communications and networking
- Cellular systems and wireless networks (2G, 2.5G, 3G, 4G and beyond)
- Wireless LAN, Wireless PAN, Body Area Networks
- Wireless ad hoc and mesh networks
- Wireless sensor networks
- Delay and Disruption Tolerant Networking /Opportunistic Networking
- Satellite and Space Communications and Networking
- Heterogeneous Networks / Hybrid communication systems
- Network design, optimization and management
- Cross layer design and optimization
- Energy Efficient Protocols
Computer Systems
- Distributed Architecture & Middleware
- Client/Server
- Distributed Systems and Multi Agent Systems
- Parallel and Distributed Computing
- Massively Parallel Systems
- Grid, Cluster and Cloud Computing
- High-Performance Computing
- Green Computing
- Distributed and Mobile Middleware
- Computer Architectures
- Microprocessors/Microcomputers
- Memory Systems
- High Performance I/O
- Real-time Systems/Scheduling Schemes
- Software
- Software Engineering
- Software Performance, Evaluation, and Testing
- Formal Methods
- Verification and Validation
- Parallel Algorithms and Languages
- Security and Information Assurance
- Security protocols and techniques
- Anonymity and Privacy
- Access Control
- Identity Management
- Digital Rights Management
- Intrusion Detection and Honeypot solutions
- Trust Management
- Formal Methods for Security
- Cryptography
- Data Storage
- Technologies for hard disk drives and optical drives
- Data storage systems
- Data compression for digital storage, including audio and video
- Fault tolerance and coding techniques for disk arrays and data centers
- Signal processing and coding methods for object based storage systems
- Measurement, testing, performance optimization, and cost-performance trade-off
- Emerging recording technologies
- NAND, PRAM
- MRAM, STT-MRAM, RRAM and memristor based memories
Tools & Methodologies
- Modeling and Analysis
- Parallel and Distributed Simulation
- Verification and Validation
- Performance Optimization, Bounds, and Models
- Queuing Systems and Networks
- Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Applications
- Scalability Studies
- Integrated Modeling and Measurement
- On-Line Performance Adaptation and Tuning
- Process Algebra Based Models
- Mathematical Aspects and Integrated Design of Performance
- Case Studies, Testbed deployments, field trials and experiences
Call for Papers
You can download the Call for Papers (PDF, 149 KiB)
Deadlines
Important Dates for Papers
- Invited session, workshop, tutorial proposals: Extended to March 13, 2017
- Paper submission: Extended to April 17, 2017
- Author notification: May 28, 2017
- Camera-ready paper submission: Jun 12, 2017
Paper Submission
Authors of accepted papers
Current templates supplied by IEEE must be used. Submissions should not exceed 8 two-column, 8.5×11" pages (including figures, tables, and references) in 10 point fonts. Please include 5-10 keywords, complete postal and e-mail address, and fax and phone numbers of the corresponding author. If you have difficulties with electronic submission, please contact Technical Program Co-Chairs or the Local Arrangement Chair.
The camera-ready papers (i.e. the final versions of accepted papers) must also not include headers or footers, including any kind of pagination. Papers must be validated and signed via PDF eXpress before being uploaded (https://www.pdf-express.org/, use the Conference ID 41460X)
The Copyright form to be signed and uploaded is here: http://www.scs.org/upload/documents/Copyright_Form.pdf
For uploading both the camera-ready paper and the Copyright form, please visit: https://www.softconf.com/sim/SPECTS17/. Remember that the submission deadline is June 12, 2017.
For registering at the conference visit http://www.scs.org/summersim (Regular registration extended to June 9, 2017).
Best Paper Awards
These awards, one for each track, is open to all accepted papers. Papers will be evaluated based on originality, technical contribution, and presentation quality during the workshop.
Call for Tutorial Proposals
SPECTS 2017 is soliciting proposals for 1.5 or 3 hours tutorials to be held in conjunction with the conference. Tutorials should address established as well as new emerging research topics and practical applications in the area of performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems. Tutorials should present a comprehensive overview of the state of the art and outline open research and technical challenges.
A tutorial proposal should contain the following information:
- Tutorial title
- Names, titles, affiliations and contact details of the presenters
- Preferred duration (1.5 or 3 hours)
- Extended abstract
- Short description of the intended audience and prerequisite knowledge of the attendees (if any)
- Short bio of the presenters
The extended abstracts of the tutorials will be included in the conference proceedings. Tutorial proposals should be submitted for review in a single PDF file – not exceeding five pages – mailed to moc.liamg@slairotut.7102stceps.
Important Dates for Tutorials
- Proposal submission: Extended to March 13, 2017
- Acceptance notification: March 20, 2017
- Tutorial date: July 9, 2017
Tutorial Chair
- Maria Carla Calzarossa, University of Pavia, Italy
Please address questions to the Tutorial Chair at moc.liamg@slairotut.7102stceps.
Keynote
Dynamic Speed Scaling: Theory, Practice, and the Role of Simulation
Abstract
This talk provides multiple different perspectives on dynamic CPU speed scaling systems. Such systems have the ability to auto-scale their service capacity based on demand, which introduces many interesting tradeoffs between response time, fairness, and energy efficiency.
The talk begins by highlighting key results and observations from prior speed scaling research, which straddles both the theory and systems literature. A recurring theme in the talk is the dichotomy between the assumptions, approaches, and results in these two different research communities, and the role that simulation can play in bridging between them.
The main part of the talk shares several insights from our own work on speed scaling designs, including coupled and decoupled speed-scaling systems. This work includes analytical and simulation modeling, as well as empirical system measurements on a modern Intel i7 processor, which we have used for calibration and validation of our speed scaling simulator. These models are then used to study auto-scaling effects in speed scaling systems, using discrete-event simulation.
Biographical Information
Carey Williamson is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Calgary. His educational background includes a BSc Honours degree in Computer Science from the University of Saskatchewan in 1985, and a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University in 1991.
Dr. Williamson's research interests include Internet protocols, wireless networks, network traffic measurement, workload characterization, network simulation, and Web server performance. He is a member of ACM, SIGMETRICS, and IFIP Working Group 7.3. He served as SIG Chair for ACM SIGMETRICS from 2007- 2011, and as conference chair for ACM SIGMETRICS 2005, WWW 2007, and ACM IMC 2014. He is also a founding co-Editor-in-Chief of the new ACM Transactions on Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Computing Systems.
SPECTS Steering Committee
- Franco Davoli, Univ. of Genoa, Italy
- Pascal Lorenz, Univ. of Haute Alsace, France
- Mohammad S Obaidat, Fordham Univ., USA (Chair)
- Jose L. Sevillano, Univ. of Seville, Spain
- Laurence Yang, St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada
Technical Program Committee
- Ala'a Al-Habashna, Carleton Univ., Canada
- Muhammad Usman Awais, National Univ. of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Pakistan
- Ozgur Baris Akan, Koç Univ., Turkey
- Jalil Boukhobza, Univ. Occidental Britanny, France
- Christian Callegari, Univ. of Pisa, Italy
- Vicente Casares-Giner, Univ. Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
- Minas Dasygenis, Univ. of Western Macedonia, Greece
- Franco Davoli, Univ. of Genoa, Italy
- Tomaso De Cola, DLR, Germany
- Hermann De Meer, Univ. of Passau, Germany
- Mauro De Sanctis, Univ. of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
- Selvamuthu Dhamaraja, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
- Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima Univ., Japan
- Peppino Fazio, Univ. of Calabria, Italy
- Daniel Garcia, Univ. Of Oviedo, Spain
- Thierry Gayraud, LAAS-CNRS, France
- Mesut Günes, Otto von Guericke Univ. Magdeburg, Germany
- Sebastien Gougeaud, Univ. of Versailles, France
- Mary Grammatikou, National Technical Univ. of Athens, Greece
- Fabrizio Granelli, Univ. of Trento, Italy
- Carlos Guerrero, Univ. de les Illes Balears, Spain
- Song Guo, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ., Hong Kong
- Vincenzo Inzillo, Univ. of Calabria, Italy
- Burak Kantarci, Univ. of Ottawa, Canada
- Helen Karatza, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece
- Baha Uddin Kazi, Carleton Univ., Canada
- Zbigniew Kotulski, Warsaw Univ. of Technology, Poland
- Udo Krieger, Univ. of Bamberg, Germany
- Alejandro linares-Barranco, Univ. of Seville, Spain
- Pascal Lorenz, Univ. of Haute Alsace, France
- Imadeldin Mahgoub, Florida Atlantic Univ., USA
- Mario Marchese, Univ. of Genoa, Italy
- Alvaro Marco, Univ. of Zaragoza, Spain
- Petros Nicopolitidis, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece
- Ibrahim Onyuksel, Northern Illinois Univ., USA
- Antonino Orsino, Univ. Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy
- Elena Pagani, Univ. di Milano, Italy
- Nunzia Palmieri, Univ. of Calabria, Italy
- Prantosh Kumar Paul, Raiganj Univ, India
- Krys Pawlikowski, Univ. of Canterbury, New Zealand
- Gianluca Reali, Univ. of Perugia, Italy
- Joel Rodrigues, Univ. of Beira, Portugal
- Georgios L. Stavrinides, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece
- Mauro Tropea, Univ. of Calabria, Italy
- Iraklis Varlamis, Harokopio Univ. of Athens, Greece
- Manuel Villen-Altamirano, Univ. of Malaga, Spain
- Gabriel Wainer, Carleton Univ., Canada
- Bernd Wolfinger, Univ. of Hamburg, Germany
- Wuyi Yue, Konan Univ., Japan
- Nizar Zorba, Univ. of Qatar, Qatar