CFP IPDS'98

[Gabriele Kotsis]

                            CALL FOR PAPERS

                               IPDS '98
   IEEE International Computer Performance and Dependability Symposium
                    Durham, NC -- Sept. 7-9, 1998

Sponsored by:

IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Fault-Tolerant Computing
IFIP Working Group 7.3 on Performance Evaluation
IFIP Working Group 10.4 on Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance
IFIP Working Group 6.3 on Performance of Communication Systems

In cooperation with:

Center for Advanced Computing and Communication at Duke University
Clemson University
University of Vienna - Austria


                               OBJECTIVES

Until recently, the questions of performance and dependability of computer 
systems and networks have largely evolved separately. With the advent of 
parallel processing computers and high-speed networks, the two issues have 
become closely related. Both design and evaluation methods must consider 
the relationships between the occurrence of errors/failures and their 
consequent impact on performance. This symposium is intended to bring together 
researchers in the two areas with emphasis on integrating theory and practice.
Relating analytical techniques to simulations, actual measurements, and 
experiments will be the broad theme of the symposium. Research relating to 
hardware and software issues in parallel and distributed systems and networks 
will be emphasized. The topics include but are not restricted to:

Analytical/Simulation/Measurement Techniques and Fault Injection for 
Performance/Dependability and Performability applied to

              Software/Hardware Systems
              Real-Time Systems
              Communication Systems
              Distributed Systems
              Parallel and Clustered Systems
 
                           INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS

The paper (not more than 20 pages, double-spaced, including
figures) should be submitted in electronic form (Postscript format) to:

              Professor Robert Geist
              Computer Science Dept.
              Clemson University
              Clemson, SC  29634-1906
              Email:  rmg@cs.clemson.edu
              Tel:  864-656-2258
              Fax:  864-656-0145

                                IMPORTANT DATES

              Paper Submission:         Jan. 23, 1998
              Acceptance Notification:  May 5, 1998
              Camera-ready Copies:      June 5, 1998

Steering Committee:

 J. Abraham, University of Texas, Austin, USA
 A. Avizienis, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
 G. Balbo, University of Turin, Italy
 M. Dal Cin, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
 P.-J. Courtois, AV-Nuclear, Brussels, Belgium
 D. Ferrari, University of California, Berkeley, USA
 U. Herzog, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
 R. Iyer, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (chair)
 J.-C. Laprie, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France
 E. McCluskey, Stanford University, USA
 J. Meyer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
 B. Randell, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
 K. Sevcik, University of Toronto, Canada
 D. Siewiorek, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
 K. Trivedi, Duke University, Durham, USA


General Chair
     Kishor S. Trivedi
     Center for Advanced Computing and Communication
     Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
     Duke University
     Durham, NC 27708-0291 USA
     Email:  kst@ee.duke.edu
     Tel:    919 660 5269
     Fax.    919 660 5293

Vice General Chair
     Gianfranco Ciardo
     Department of Computer Science
     College of William & Mary
     Williamsburg, VA 23185-8795
     Email:  ciardo@cs.wm.edu
     Tel:    757 221 3478
     Fax:    757 221 1717

Program Chairs
     Robert Geist
     Computer Science Dept.
     Clemson University
     Clemson, SC  29634-1906
     Email:  rmg@cs.clemson.edu
     Tel:    864-656-2258
     Fax:    864-656-0145

     Guenter Haring
     Dept. of Advanced Computer Engineering
     Institute of Applied Computer Science and Information Systems
     University of Vienna
     Lenaugasse 2/8
     A-1080 Wien - Austria
     Email: rodo@ani.univie.ac.at
     Tel:    (+43) (1) 4086366
     Fax:    (+43) (1) 4080450

Finance Chair
     Veena B. Mendiratta

Publicity Chair
     Shambhu Upadhyaya

Registration Chair
     Ajay Kshemkalyani

Publication Chair
     Ann Tai

European Liaison
     Arjan van Gemund

Tutorial Chair
     Alois Ferscha

Local Arrangements Chair
     Ricardo Fricks

Industry Liaison
     Tilak Sharma


Program Committee:

A. Bobbio      University of Turin         
M. Calzarossa  University of Pavia         
J.A. Carrasco  UPC                         
Ph. Chimento   University of Twente        
L. Dowdy       Vanderbilt University       
W.K. Fuchs     Purdue University           
A. Gupta       Intel                       
B. Haverkort    RWTH Aachen                
R. Harper       Stratus Computer           
R. Iyer         U of Illinois at Urbana    
R. Jain         The Ohio State University  
J. Knight       University of Virginia     
A.R. Lebeck     Duke University            
D. Logothetis   Lucent Technologies        
S. Majumdar     Carleton University        
A. Malony       University of Oregon       
R. Marie        University of Rennes       
B. Miller       University of Wisconsin    
I. Mitrani      University of Newcastle    
D. Muntz        UCLA                       
D. Nicol        Dartmouth College          
S. Ozekici      Bogazici University        
S.V. Raghavan   IIT Madras                 
D. Reed         U of Illinois at Urbana    
W. Sanders      U of Illinois at Urbana    
K. Sevcik       University of Toronto      
D. Siewiorek    Carnegie-Mellon University 
A.J. Smith      UC Berkeley                
A. Somani       University of Washington   
H. Takagi       University of Tsukuba      
S. Tripathi     UC Riverside               
M. Vouk         NCSU                       
J.M. Westall    Clemson University         
W. Willinger    AT&T                       


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