Program Committee
Honorary Chair
Mohammad S. Obaidat
KASIT, Univ. of Jordan, Jordan
General Chair
Malamati Louta
Univ. of Western Macedonia, Greece
Program Co-Chairs
George Karetsos
Univ. of Thessaly, Greece
Steven Latrè
Univ. of Antwerp, Belgium
Tutorial Chair
Maria Calzarossa
Univ. of Pavia, Italy
Publication Chair
Alexandros Boulogeorgos,
Univ. of Western Macedonia, Greece
Publicity Chair
John Vardakas
Iquadrat, Spain
Webmaster
Antonio Bueno
Univ. of Girona, Spain
2021 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems
July 19-22, 2021, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for the health and safety of our attendees, the 2021 International Symposium on Performance of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS) is a virtual event.
The goal of this annual conference is to provide a forum for professionals and researchers to discuss and disseminate the most promising contributions on performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems. Papers describing results of theoretic and/or practical significance are solicited. Experimental, modeling, analysis, and simulation studies as well as testbed deployment, field trials and experiences gained are all in the scope of the conference. Work presenting novel performance evaluation methods or providing insights on design and runtime tradeoffs are particularly encouraged.
SPECTS 2021 will be co-located with the Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM). ANNSIM 2021 is a new annual conference after merging SpringSim and SummerSim into a single conference starting in 2021 by The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS).
Sponsors
Sponsor The Society for Modeling and Simulation International www.scs.org
Technical Sponsor www.comsoc.org
Best paper special issue Sponsor mdpi.com/journal/computers
Topics of interest
Papers and tutorials are solicited in (but not limited to) the following subjects of interest:
Networking Technologies and Telecommunication Systems
- Future Internet and next Generation Networking
- 5G & Beyond
- Hyperdense networks
- Massive MIMO
- mm Wave communications
- Multiple access, multiplexing, modulation and coding techniques
- Cooperative communications and networking
- Cognitive radio and networking
- Autonomic Networks
- Software Defined Networking
- Network Function Virtualization
- Cloud Radio Access Networks
- Radio over Fiber
- Flexible optical networks
- Optical-Wireless communication and systems
- Visible light communications
- Internet of Things and enabling technologies
- Machine to Machine systems
- Device to Device communications
- Cyber Physical Systems
- Wireless ad-hoc Networks
- Wireless Sensor Networks
- Delay Tolerant Networks
- Opportunistic Networks
- Vehicular ad-hoc networks / connected vehicles
- Nanonetworks
- Satellite and Space communications and networking
- Network design, optimization, management and performance evaluation
- Traffic engineering, network reliability, Quality of Service / Experience
Computer Systems
- Parallel and Distributed Computing
- Service Oriented Architectures and Microservices
- Cloud and Edge Computing
- High Performance Computing
- Distributed and Mobile Middleware
- Computer Architectures
- Microprocessors
- Multi-core processors
- Memory systems
- High performance I/O
- Big Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence Applications and Machine Learning
- Software Engineering, Performance, Evaluation and Testing
- Verification and Validation
- Programming Languages
- Parallel Algorithms
- Data Storage Systems
- Fault tolerance, signal processing, and coding techniques
Tools & Methodologies
- Modeling and Analysis
- Performance Optimization, Bounds and Models
- Stochastic Models
- Queuing Systems and Networks
- Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Applications
- Integrated Modeling and Measurement
- Mathematical Aspects and Integrated Design of Performance
- Verification and Validation
- On-Line Performance Adaptation and Tuning
- Parallel and Distributed Simulation
- Case studies, Testbed deployments, field trials and experiences
- Scalability Studies
Special Tracks and Areas of Interest
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) for communications and computing
- Internet of Things technologies and applications
- Performance aspects and trends of Socially Aware systems
- Orchestration strategies for mobile edge computing systems
- Security and Performance in Computer and Telecommunication Systems
- Aspects and Trends in Software Engineering and Evaluation
Call for Papers
You can download the Call for Papers (PDF, 73 KiB)
Deadlines
- Tutorial proposals: May 31, 2021
- Paper submission: May 31, 2021
- Author notification: June 21, 2021
- Camera-ready paper submission: June 28, 2021
Paper Submission
Please submit your complete papers electronically to https://www.softconf.com/sim/SPECTS21/
Instructions for authors
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.
Proposals for tutorials (max 2 hours) should be sent to the Tutorial Chair. Tutorial abstracts along with keynote speeches' abstracts will be included in the proceedings of the conference.
Best Paper Awards
All accepted papers will be evaluated for a best paper award based on originality and technical contribution by an external commission.
Call for Tutorial Proposals
SPECTS 2021 is soliciting proposals for tutorials (max 2 hours) 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
- 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 — electronically to https://www.softconf.com/sim/SPECTS21/
Important Dates for Tutorials
- Proposal submission: May 31, 2021
- Acceptance notification: June 21, 2021
Tutorial Chair
- Maria Calzarossa, Univ. of Pavia, Italy
Please address questions to the Tutorial Chair.
Registration
SPECTS 2021 Registration Fees
Category | Regular | Late (After July 1, 2021) | Regular | Late (After July 1, 2021) |
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Member Rate | Member Rate | Non Member Rate | Non Member Rate | |
Full Paper Registration | Registration Fee | Registration Fee | Registration Fee | Registration Fee |
Regular | $400 USD | $500 USD | $485 USD | $585 USD |
Student | $200 USD | $300 USD | $230 USD | $330 USD |
Retiree | $185 USD | $185 USD | $215 USD | $215 USD |
Invited Speaker & Committee Member | $185 USD | $185 USD | $215 USD | $215 USD |
Listener Registration | Registration Fee | Registration Fee | Registration Fee | Registration Fee |
Regular | $150 USD | $200 USD | $235 USD | $285 USD |
Student | $120 USD | $170 USD | $150 USD | $200 USD |
Retiree | $20 USD | $20 USD | $20 USD | $20 USD |
SCS Conference Fee FAQ
Student Verification Form
Retiree Verification Form
Visa Invitation Request Form
Keynote
Industry 5.0 Digital Twins: the Call for Cloud Continuum Infrastructures
Summary
The efficient exploitation of the cloud continuum (industrial cloud, edge cloud, 5G/6G base stations, fog nodes) is a key factor for future Industry4.0 (and beyond) applications, e.g., for manufacturing line control and reconfiguration, where QoS requirements on latency and scalability are crucial. The keynote aims at offering an overview of the state-of-the-art architectures and technologies in the field, with a specific focus on how to efficiently design and implement hybrid distributed digital twins over cloud continuum virtualized resources. Related and industrial-grade use cases from ongoing international projects will be depicted to practically ground the proposed architectural solutions.
Short Bio
Paolo Bellavista, received MSc and PhD degrees in computer science engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy, where he is now a full professor of distributed and mobile systems. His research activities span from pervasive wireless computing to online big data processing under quality constraints, from edge cloud computing to middleware for Industry 4.0 applications. He serves on several Editorial Boards, including IEEE COMST (Associate EiC), ACM CSUR, and Elsevier JNCA and PMC. He is the scientific coordinator of the H2020 BigData project IoTwins - https://www.iotwins.eu/
Conference Program
NOTE: All times are EDT (UTC -4)
Monday, July 19th
Time (EDT) | Event | Presenter | Title |
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08:00 | Welcome Day 1 | Malamati Louta | |
08:15 | Keynote | Paolo Bellavista | Industry 5.0 Digital Twins: the Call for Cloud Continuum Infrastructures |
09:20 | Tutorial 1 | Panagiotis Dimantoulakis | Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) for Future Wireless Networks |
SESSION 1: Computer and Telecommunication Systems Security
Time (EDT) | Event | Presenter | Title |
---|---|---|---|
11:30 | Session 1, Paper 1 | Matthew Lanoue, James Michael and Chad Bollmann | Spoofed Networks: Exploitation of GNSS Security Vulnerability in 4G and 5G Mobile Networks |
11:50 | Session 1, Paper 2 | Hua Yi Lin, Meng-Yen Hsieh and Kuan-Ching Li | A Multi-level Security Key Management Protocol Based on Dynamic M-tree Structures for Internet of Vehicles |
12:10 | Session 1, Paper 3 | Jay Thom, Tapadhir Das, Bibek Shrestha, Shamik Sengupta and Engin Arslan | Casting a Wide Net: An Internet of Things Testbed for Cybersecurity Education and Research |
Tuesday, July 20th
Time (EDT) | Event | Presenter | Title |
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08:00 | Welcome Day 2 | Malamati Louta | |
08:15 | Tutorial 2 | Arijit Roy | Enabling Sensors-as-a-Servicefor Internet of Things |
09:20 | Tutorial 3 | Ashu Sharma | Malware Analysis and Detection |
SESSION 2: Tools and Methodologies
Time (EDT) | Event | Presenter | Title |
---|---|---|---|
11:30 | Session 2, Paper 1 | Bannya Chanda and Shikharesh Majumdar | A Technique for Extracting User Specified Information from Streaming Data |
11:50 | Session 2, Paper 2 | Ioannis Z. Koukoutsidis | A Fluid Reservoir Model for the Age of Information through Energy-Harvesting Transmitters |
12:10 | Session 2, Paper 3 | Georgios L. Stavrinides and Helen Karatza | Orchestrating Bag-of-Tasks Applications with Dynamically Spawned Tasks in a Distributed Environment |
SESSION 3: Networking Technologies
Time (EDT) | Event | Presenter | Title |
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12:30 | Session 3, Paper 1 | Peristera Baziana | Optical Control Connectivity and Access Technique Study for a Software-Defined Intra-Rack Data Center Network |
12:50 | Session 3, Paper 2 | Konstantinos Dararas, Angelos Michalas, Emmanouil Skondras and Nikolaos Asimopoulos | Enhanced mobility management scheme for next generation 5G vehicular environments |
13:10 | Closing | Malamati Louta |
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
- Helena Szczerbicka, Leibniz Univ. of Hannover, Germany
- Laurence Yang, St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada
Technical Program Committee
- Ala'a Al-Habashna, Carleton Univ., Canada
- Peristera Baziana, Univ. of Thessaly, Greece
- Alexandros Boulogeorgos, Univ. of Western Macedonia, Greece
- Christian Callegari, Univ. of Pisa, Italy
- Maria Carla Calzarossa, Univ. of Pavia, Italy
- Vicente Casares-Giner, Univ. Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
- Minas Dasygenis, Univ. of Western Macedonia, Greece
- Franco Davoli, Univ. of Genoa, Italy
- Joaquin Entrialgo, Univ. Of Oviedo, Spain
- Peppino Fazio, Univ. of Calabria, Italy
- Daniel Garcia, Univ. Of Oviedo, Spain
- Mary Grammatikou, National Technical Univ. of Athens, Greece
- Fabrizio Granelli, Univ. of Trento, Italy
- Carlos Guerrero, Univ. de les Illes Balears, Spain
- Helen Karatza, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece
- George Karetsos, Univ. of Thessaly, Greece
- Zbigniew Kotulski, Warsaw Univ. of Technology, Poland
- Thomas Kyriakidis, Univ. of Western Macedonia, Greece
- Steven Latre, Univ. of Antwerpen, Belgium
- Sanja Lazarova-Molnar, Univ. of Southern Denmark, Denmark
- Alejandro Linares-Barranco, Univ. of Seville, Spain
- Pascal Lorenz, Univ. of Haute Alsace, France
- Malamati Louta, Univ. of Western Macedonia, Greece
- Mario Marchese, Univ. of Genoa, Italy
- Alvaro Marco, Univ. of Zaragoza, Spain
- Luisa Massari, Univ. of Pavia, Italy
- Pierre Olivier, Univ. of Manchester, UK
- Yahya Osais, King Fahd Univ. of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
- Nikolaos Ploskas, Univ. of Western Macedonia, Greece
- Gianluca Reali, Univ. of Perugia, Italy
- Georgios L. Stavrinides, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece
- Daniele Tessera, Catholic Univ. of Sacred Heart, Italy
- George Tsihrintzis, Univ. of Piraeus, Greece
- John Vardakas, Iquadrat, Spain
- Iraklis Varlamis, Univ. of Athens, Greece
- Víctor Villagrá, Univ. Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
- Manuel Villen-Altamirano, Univ. of Malaga, Spain
- Gabriel Wainer, Carleton Univ., Canada
- Bernd Wolfinger, Univ. of Hamburg, Germany