[e2e] CfP MASCOTS2003

Thu Mar 6 04:10:52 PST 2003

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                               CALL FOR PAPERS

                                 MASCOTS2003

               The 11th IEEE/ACM* International Symposium on
                      Modeling, Analysis and Simulation
                of Computer and Telecommunication Systems

                           October 2003, Orlando
                 http://www.tk.uni-linz.ac.at/mascots2003
                       Venue: Orlando Airport Marriott

                         7499 Augusta National Drive
                              Orlando, FL 32822

  * IEEE/ACM- Approval Pending

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      The scope of the symposium includes, but is not limited to:

[-] Computer Architecture Modeling and Simulation
[-] Parallel and Distributed Systems
[-] Real-Time and Multimedia Systems
[-] Internetworking Protocol and Performance
[-] Wireless and Mobile Networking and Computing
[-] Broadband and Telecommunication Networks and Software
[-] Network Traffic Studies
[-] Web-Based Systems
[-] Application areas such as databases
[-] Analysis Techniques and Formal Methods
[-] Benchmarking and Measurement Techniques
[-] Capacity Planning
[-] Performance Analysis and Validation Techniques
[-] Workload Characterization and Generation
[-] Discrete Event Simulation methodology and Tools
[-] Middleware Performance (Object Oriented, Parallel Simulation etc.)

      Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical
      results of significance which have not been published elsewhere.
      The proceedings will be published by IEEE.

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      TOOLS TRACK

      Authors are encouraged to submit papers describing tools suitable
      for on-line demonstration. The tools papers will undergo a regular
      review process and will be published in the conference proceedings
      in a dedicated tools section. Separate sessions are planned where
      these tools will be demonstrated on-line. Projection systems
      capable for projecting from laptop screens and videotapes will be
      available. The authors are required to bring any additional
      equipment necessary for demonstration.Questions regarding tools
      track should be directed to the tools co-chairs.

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      PAPER SUBMISSION INFORMATION

      Papers must not exceed 20 double-spaced pages with a minimum of
      10-point font and must include an abstract, keywords, authors
      contact information (providing both postal and email addresses).
      Papers must be unpublished original work and must not be submitted
      for publication elsewhere. Authors of both regular and tool papers
      are strongly encouraged to submit their papers in electronic form
      (PDF or PostScript).

      Those unable to use electronic means should mail five (5) complete
      copies of the paper to either Prof. Gabriele Kotsis by May 9th, 2003.

      [-] For Web-based paper registration and submission please
           check: http://www.tk.uni-linz.ac.at/mascots2003

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      CALL FOR WORKSHOPS

      Proposals for half-day workshops are solicited on
      timely topics related to the above areas. The workshop proposal
      must include a description of topics presented
      and biographies of potential presenters. Send workshop
      proposals directly to the workshops chair.

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      CALL FOR TUTORIALS

      Proposals for tutorials, running for 2 to 3 hours, are solicited on
      timely topics related to the above areas. The tutorial proposal
      must include description and length of the tutorial, breakdown of
      topics, and biographies of the presenters. Send tutorial proposals
      directly to the tutorials chair.

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      ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

      General Chair
           Erol Gelenbe
           University of Central Florida
           erol at cs.ucf.edu

      Program Chair
           Gabriele Kotsis
           Telecooperation Department
           Johannes Kepler University Linz
           Altenberger Strasse 69
           A-4040 Linz, Austria
           Phone: +43 732 2468 9238
           Fax:   +43 732 2468 9829
           gabriele.kotsis at jku.ac.at

      Workshop Chair
           Ramon Puigjaner
           Univerity of the Baleares (Spain)
           putxi at uib.es

      Tools Chair
           Jane Hillston
           University of Edinburgh
           Scotland, UK
           jeh at inf.ed.ac.uk

      Tutorials Chair
           Mariacarla Calzarossa
           University of Pavia
           Italy
           mcc at unipv.it

      Finance Chair
           David Finkel
           Computer Science Department
           Worcester Polytechnic Institute
           100 Institute Road
           Worcester, MA 01609, USA
           Phone: (508) 831-5416
           Fax:   (508) 831-5776
           dfinkel at wpi.edu

      Publicity Co-Chairs
           Khaled Hussain and Ricardo Lent
           University of Central Florida
           {khaled,rlent}@cs.ucf.edu

      Local Arrangements Chair
           Amy Wedel
           Division of Continuing Education
           University of Central Florida
           407-882-0241
           awedel at mail.ucf.edu

Program Committee

Dharma P. Agrawal, University of Cincinnatti, USA
Khalid Al-Begain, Bradford University, UK
Mostafa Bassiouni, University of Central Florida, USA
Monique Becker, INT, France
Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy
Azzeddine Boukerche, University of North Texas, USA
Gregor Bochman, University of Ottawa, Canada
Sajal K. Das, Univ. of Texas at Arlington, USA
Samir Das, University of Cincinnatti, USA
Alois Ferscha, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria
David Finkel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
Jean Michel Fourneau, University of Versailles, France
Ratan Guha, University of Central Florida, USA
Guenter Haring, University of Vienna, Austria
Peter Harrison, Imperial College, UK
Hossam Hossanein, Queens University, Canada
Sungbum Hong, University of North Texas, USA
Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Darrell Long, UC Santa Cruz, USA
Shikharesh Majumdar, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Raymond Marie, IRISA, France
Dan Marinescu, University of Central Florida, USA
Daniel A. Menasce, George Mason University, USA
David Nicol, Dartmouth College, USA
Mohamed Ould-Khaoua, University of Glasgow, UK
Nihal Pekergin, University of Versailles St-Quentin, France
Ramon Puigjaner, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
William H. Sanders, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA
Mirela Sechi M. A. Notare, Barddal University, SC, Brazil
S V Raghavan, IIT Madras, India
Gerardo Rubino, IRISA, France
J. Bosco M. Sobral, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Kishor S. Trivedi, Duke University, USA
Carl Tropper, McGill University, Canada
Salvatore Tucci, University of  Rome II, Italy
Carey Williamson, University of Calgary, Canada
Murray Woodside, Carleton University, Canada
Zhiguang Xu, University of Central Florida, USA
Jason Lin Yi-Bing, National Chiao-Tung Univ. Taiwan
Albert Y. Zomaya, The University of Western Australia

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