CFP Mascots 99
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ferscha@ani.univie.ac.at
Mon, 26 Apr 1999 15:48:02 +0200
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* LAST CALL FOR PAPERS *
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* M A S C O T S ' 99 *
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* Seventh International Symposium on Modeling, *
* Analysis and Simulation of Computer and *
* Telecommunication Systems *
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* University of Maryland, College Park MD, USA *
* October 24-28, 1999 *
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* http://www.ani.univie.ac.at/mascots99 *
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* Co-sponsored by: *
* ACM Special Interest Group on Simulation (SIGSIM)* *
* IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Simulation (IEEE-TCSIM)* *
* Society for Computer Simulation (SCS)* *
* International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) * *
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SUBMIT PAPERS VIA
http://scylla.ani.univie.ac.at/~mascots/forms/authpaper_reg.html
REGISTER AS A REFEREE VIA
http://scylla.ani.univie.ac.at/~mascots/forms/referee_reg.html
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* SYMPOSIUM OBJECTIVES
The 1999 International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of
Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS), will take place at the
University of Maryland Hotel and Conference Center, College Park, MD USA.
Established to serve as a forum to academia, industry and research labs
with interest in system design, modeling, analysis, simulation and
performance evaluation. MASCOTS'99 is targeted to the growing overlap and
interaction between computing and telecommunications.
MASCOTS'99 will begin with a series of prominent guest speakers from both
industry and academia. The Symposium will include contributed technical
papers, keynote talks, panel discussions and tutorials. A series of
workshops will be held in conjunction with MASCOTS'99.
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* EVENTS
SYMPOSIUM
Papers are solicited which contain significant novel ideas and research
results on both methodological and special case studies, relevant to
either or both computer and telecommunication systems. In expanding the
traditional and general topics of past MASCOTS, this year's topics
include but are not limited to:
- Telecommunication Networks and Software
- Broadband Communication Systems
- Satellite and Wireless Communication Networks
- Quality of Service Management
- Network Architecture and Protocol Performance
- Network Traffic Measurement and Simulation
- Network Management/Security
- Advanced Intelligent Networks and SS7,
- Simulation Models and Techniques (OO, Distributed, Efficiency)
- Analysis Techniques and Formal Methods
- Modeling Techniques and Workload Characterization
- User Behavior Modeling
- Performability Modeling, Verification and Validation
- Performance Analysis Methodologies and Tools in the area of
- Set-Top Boxes, Digital/Interactive TV, Video-on-Demand Servers
- Thin-Clients and their Servers
- Multimedia Systems/Applications
- World Wide Web and Internet Applications
- Electronic Commerce Systems
- Performance Evaluation of Distributed Systems; Real-Time Systems;
Memory, File and I/O Systems; Distributed Database Systems;
Reconfigurable Computing
INVITED SEMINARS
MASCOTS'99 will begin with a day of invited technical talks provided by
distinguished scientists and engineers from Industry and Academia. This
is a co-located event, funded by the University of Maryland Institute for
Advanced Computing Studies (UMIACS) and the Laboratory for Telecommuni-
cations Sciences.
WORKSHOPS
Workshops offer the opportunity for in-depth exploration of selected
topics. Proposals for workshops to address special topics in the field
are encouraged. Separate Workshop proceedings will be published. To
organize a workshop, send a proposal by electronic mail to
mascots99@ani.univie.ac.at by January 29, 1999. Your proposal should be a
text file (ASCII) and must include:
(1) a short description of the workshop topic and its significance,
(2) workshop duration,
(3) a list of potential attendees, and
(4) names of at least three persons who have agreed to serve in the
organizing committee for your specific workshop.
TUTORIALS
Proposals are solicited for organizing half-day tutorials on current
topics. Interested individuals should submit a proposal including lecture
outline, description of intended audience, and vita of speaker(s) to the
Tutorials Chair by March 8, 1999.
TOOLS TRACK
Authors are encouraged to submit a paper describing a tool suitable for
online demonstration. Separate sessions are planned where these tools are
to be demonstrated online on a supplied workstation, as compared to
theoretical talks of regular papers. The papers describing the tools will
undergo the regular review process and will be included in the conference
proceedings in a dedicated tools section.
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* SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Papers should not exceed 20 double-spaced pages, and should include 3-5
keywords. Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for
publication elsewhere. Each submission must be accompanied by the
following information: a short abstract, a complete list of the authors
and their affiliations, a contact person for correspondence, postal and
email addresses.
Authors are strongly encouraged to submit their papers in ELECTRONIC form
(PostScript only), by 1 May 1999. The respective guidelines for
electronic submission are available at
http://www.ani.univie.ac.at/mascots99.
Papers may (as an exception) also be submitted in hardcopy form. Send 5
copies of the manuscript to the program chair by 1 May 1999. Interested
experts in one or many of the MASCOTS99 focal points are invited to
register as a reviewer http://www.ani.univie.ac.at/mascots99.
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* IMPORTANT DATES
29 January 1999 Workshop Proposal Deadline
8 March 1999 Tutorials Proposal Deadline
1 May 1999 Electronic Paper Submission
1 May 1999 Hard Copy Paper Submission (received!)
16 July 1999 Acceptance/Rejection Notification
20 August 1999 Camera ready
24-28 October 1999 MASCOTS'99
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* ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
PROGRAM CHAIR
Alois Ferscha
Department of Applied Computer Science
University of Vienna
Lenaugasse 2/8
A-1080 Vienna, Austria
Email: ferscha@ani.univie.ac.at
http://www.ani.univie.ac.at/~ferscha/
Phone: +43 1 408 63 66 18
Fax : +43 1 408 04 50
GENERAL CHAIRS
Patrick Dowd Darrell D. E. Long
Dept Electrical Engineering, Computer Science Department
University of Maryland (College Park, MD) & University of California
U.S. Department of Defense (Ft. Meade, MD) (Santa Cruz, CA)
Email: p.dowd@ieee.org Email: d.long@computer.org
Phone: +1 301 688 0347 Phone: +1 831 459 2616
Fax : +1 301 688 0588 Fax : +1 831 459 4829
TUTORIALS CHAIR
Parmesh Ramanathan
Dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering
4615 Engineering Hall
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: +1 608 263 0557
Email: parmesh@ece.wisc.edu
FINANCE CHAIR
Krishna Sivalingam
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-2752
Phone: +1 509 335 3220
Fax: +1 509 332 0846
Email: krishna@eecs.wsu.edu
PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS
Gabriele Kotsis, University of Vienna,
Department of Applied Computer Science, Vienna, AUSTRIA
Email: gabi@ani.univie.ac.at
S. V. Raghavan, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Madras, INDIA
Email: svr@iitm.ernet.in
Jerome Rolia, Carleton University
Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Ottawa, CANADA
Email: jar@sce.carleton.ca
Albert Y. Zomaya, The University of Western Australia
Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Nedlands, Perth, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Email: zomaya@ee.uwa.edu.au
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR
James Perreault, U.S. Department of Defense
Advanced Networking Research, Ft. Meade MD
Phone: +1 301688 0347
Fax: +1 301 688 0588
Email: jap@afterlife.ncsc.mil
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Rajive Bagrodia, University of California at Los Angeles
Azzedine Boukerche, University of North Texas
Peter Buchholz, University of Dortmund
Giovanni Chiola, University of Genova
Sajal Das, University of North Texas
Patrick Dowd, University of Maryland
Guenter Haring, University of Vienna
Gabriele Kotsis, University of Vienna
Darrell Long, University of California at Santa Cruz
Allen Malony, University of Oregon
Daniel Menasce, George Mason University
Richard Muntz, University of California at Los Angeles
David Nicol, Dartmouth College
S.V. Raghavan, IIT Madras
Robert Roenngren, Kungl Tekniska Hogskolan
William Sanders, University of Illinois
Herb Schwetman, Mesquite Inc.
Majumdar Shikaresh, Carleton University
Gabriel Silberman, IBM Toronto
Kishor Trivedi, Duke University
Steve Turner, University of Exeter
Brian Unger, University of Calgary
Murray Woodside, Carleton University
Carey Williamson, University of Saskatchewan
Phil Wilsey, University of Cincinnati
Albert Zomaya, University of Western Australia
STEERING COMMITTEE
Dharma Agrawal, North Carolina State University
Kallol Bagchi, Consultant
Giovanni Chiola, Universitat di Genova
Doug DeGroot, Texas Instruments
Patrick Dowd, University of Maryland
Herb Schwetman, Mesquite Inc.
Kishor Trivedi, Duke University
Jean Walrand, University of California at Berkeley
* Pending final approval from societies.
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Updated information may be retrieved from the web using the URL:
http://www.ani.univie.ac.at/mascots99