SPECTS 2003 CFP

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Call For Papers
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2003 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and
Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS 2003)

               July 20-24, 2003
               Montreal, Canada
http://scs.org/confernc/ssimc/ssimc03/cfp/spects03.htm


Submission Deadlines
Submission of Papers:  January 31, 2003.
Notification of Acceptance - April 25, 2003
Final Camera-Ready Submission - May 23, 2003


This annual international conference is a forum for professionals
involved in performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication
systems. Evaluation of computer systems and networks is needed at every
stage in the life cycle of the product including design, manufacturing,
sales/purchase, use, upgrade, tuning, etc. The discipline of performance

evaluation has progressed rapidly in the past decade, and it has now
begun to approach maturity. Significant progress has been made in
analytic modeling, simulation, and measurement approaches for
performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Networking and Telecommunication Systems
- Internet Technology
      - Quality of Service (QoS)
- DiffServ/IntServ
- MPLS
      - TCP
      - World Wide Web (WWW) Technology
- Networking Techniques
      - Unicast and Multicast Routing
      - Congestion Control
      - Switching Techniques
      - Teletraffic
      - Network Protocols
      - Network Management and Control
      - Network Capacity Planning
      - Network Architecture Evaluation
      - Service and QoS Pricing
      - Security and Authentication
-Broadband Networks
      - High-Speed Networking
      - ATM
      - Optical Networks
- Wireless Systems and Networks
      - Satellite Systems
      - UMTS
      - Mobile Networks/Computing
      - Ad-hoc networks
- Multimedia Communications


Computer Systems
- Distributed Architectures
      - Client/Server
      - Distributed Systems and Agents
      - Parallel and Distributed Computing
      - Massively Parallel Systems
      - Cluster Computing
      - Grid Computing
      - Interconnection Networks
- Computer Architectures
      - Microprocessors/Microcomputers
      - Memory Systems
      - High Performance I/O
      - Real-time Systems
      - Scheduling Schemes
-Software
      - Software Performance, Evaluation and Testing
      - Parallel Algorithms and Languages
- Hardware and Software Monitors
- High-Performance Computing
- Workload and Traffic Characterization
- Scientific Computing Algorithms
- Reconfigurable Computing
- Electronic Commerce


Tools, Methodologies and Applications
- Parallel and Distributed Simulation
- Verification and Validation
- Performance Tools and Methodologies
- Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Applications to High Performance
  Computing/Networking
- Performance Optimization
- Queueing Systems and Networks
- Scalability Studies
- Integrated Modeling and Measurement
- On-Line Performance Adaptation and Tuning
- Process Algebra-Based Models
- Performance Bounds
- Integrated Design and Performance
- New Performance Models
- Mathematical Aspects of Performance
- New Performability Schemes and Models
- Case Studies


General Chair
Mohammad S. Obaidat
Dept. of Computer Science, Monmouth University
W. Long Branch, NJ 07764, USA
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E-mail: [e-mail]


Senior Program Chair
Franco Davoli
DIST-University of Genoa
Via Opera Pia 13, I-16145 Genoa, Italy
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E-Mail: [e-mail]

Program Co-Chairs
Ibrahim Onyuksel
Dept. of Computer Sciences, N. Illinois Univ., USA
E-mail: [e-mail]

Erina Ferro
ISTI, Institute of National Research Council (C.N.R.)
C.N.R. Pisa Research Area, Building B, Room 73
Via G. Moruzzi, 1
56124 Pisa, Italy
E-mail: [e-mail]


Vice Program Chair and Tutorial Chair
Raffaele Bolla
DIST-University of Genoa
Via Opera Pia 13, I-16145 Genoa, Italy
E-mail: [e-mail]

Vice Program Chair and Web Master
Imad Mahgoub
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL 33431
E-mail: [e-mail]


Industrial Track and Special Sessions Chair
J. Fox, Motorola Inc., UK
E-mail: [e-mail]


Technical Program Committee

Ian Akyildiz, Georgia Tech., USA
Mohammed Atiquzzaman, University of Oklahoma, USA
Louis G. Birta, University of Ottawa, Canada
Abdullah Abonamah, Zayed University, UAE
Noureddine Boudriga, University of Tunis, Tunisia
Hasan Cam, University of Arkansas, USA
Andrew Campbell, Columbia University, USA
Nedo Celandroni, ISTI-CNR, Italy
Haitham Cruickshank, University of Surrey, UK
Hassan B. Diab, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Gabor Fodor, Ericsson Radio Systems, Sweden
Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University, USA
Luigi Fratta, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Aura Ganz, University of Massachusetts, USA
Erol Gelenbe, University of Central Florida, USA
Mario Gerla, UCLA, USA
Sami Habib, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Omar Hammami, ENSTA, France
Jarmo Harju, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Herman Hughes, Michigan State University, USA
Andrzej Jajszczyk, University of Mining and Metallurgy, Poland
Abbas Jamalipour, University of Sydney, Australia
Ingemar Kaj, Uppsala University, Sweden
Krishna Kant, Intel, USA
Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessalonica, Greece
Demetrios Kazakos, University of Louisiana, USA
Ulrich Killat, Tech Univ. of Hamburg, Germany
Tag Gon Kim, KAIST, Korea
Kevin Kwiat, Air Force Research Laboratory, USA
Veronica Lagrange M. Reis, Compaq Computers Corp., USA
Axel Lehmann, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany
Daniel C. Lee, USC, USA
Mike T. Liu, Ohio State University, USA
Erich Lutz, DLR, Germany
Sam Makki, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Krzysztof Malinowski, Warsaw Technical University, Poland
Mario Marchese, University of Genoa, Italy
Jose L. Marzo, Universitat de Girona, Spain
Xiannong Meng, Bucknell University, USA
Hussein Mouftah, Queen's University, Canada
Mohamed Ould-Khaoua, University of Glasgow, UK
Sergio Palazzo, Università di Catania, Italy
Georgios I. Papadimitriou, Aristotle University, Greece
Achille Pattavina, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Krzysztof Pawlikowski, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Gregory D. Peterson, University of Tennessee
Steven Pink, University of Arizona, USA
George Polyzos, AUEB, Greece
Ramon Puigjaner, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
Kaliappa Ravindran, CUNY, USA
Gian Paolo Rossi, Università di Milano, Italy
Izhak Rubin, UCLA, USA
Vicente Santonja, Technical University of Valencia, Spain
Donald Schilling, CUNY, USA
Jens B. Schmitt, TU Darmstadt, Germany
Harald Skinnemoen, Nera, Norway
Tatsuya Suda, UCI, USA
Iwao Toda, Fujutsu Laboratories Ltd., Japan
Phuoc Tran-Gia, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
Kishor Trivedi, Duke University, USA
Kenneth S. Vastola, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Manuel Villen-Altamirano, Telefonica, Spain
Bernd E. Wolfinger, Hamburg University, Germany
Michele Zorzi, Università di Ferrara, Italy

Publicity Chair:
Yuguang (Michael) Fang,
University of Florida, USA, E-mail: [e-mail]

Publicity Committee:
Jie Li, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Chiara Petrioli, Universita` di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy
Chuck Song, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Ahmed Nuseirat, Al-Isra University, Jordan


International Liaisons
B. Sadoun, Al-Balqa' Applied University, Jordan
[e-mail]
M. Sawan, Montreal Poly, Canada
[e-mail]
N. Tchamov, Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland
[e-mail]

Paper Submission
Submit your complete papers electronically to:
http://scs.proceedingscentral.com/

All required instructions will be posted on this web site.
Submissions should not exceed 25 double-spaced, 8.5x11 inch
pages (including figures, tables, and references) in 10-12
point font. Include five to ten keywords, complete postal and
e-mail addresses, and fax and phone numbers of corresponding
author. If you have difficulty in electronic submission, contact
the Web Master, Program Chairs or the Conference Coordinator,
Mr. Steve Branch, The Society for Modeling and Simulation
International, 4838 Ronson Court, Suite L, San Diego, CA  92111,
USA, Tel [phone], Fax [phone], E-mail [e-mail]


Extended versions of selected accepted papers in SPECTS 2003
will be considered for possible publication in scholarly journals.
Proposals for tutorials should be sent to the Conference Vice
Program Chair, Raffaele Bolla.

Proposals for special sessions and panel sessions should be
submitted to the special Sessions Chair. For more information
regarding presentations or exhibitions at SPECTS 2002
contact: Mr. Steve Branch at the address shown above.

Sponsored by The Society for Modeling and Simulation International.