MASCOTS99 Call4Participation

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                             Call for Participation
                               M A S C O T S ' 99
                   Seventh International Symposium on 
                    Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of
                 of Computer and Telecommunication Systems


                           October 24-28, 1999 
            The Inn and Conference Center University of Maryland
                          College Park MD, USA


                               Sponsored by 
                        the IEEE Computer Society
   IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Simulation (IEEE-TCSIM) 
 IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Architecture (IEEE-TCCA)


                              Co-Sponsored by 
               ACM Special Interest Group on Simulation (SIGSIM)
                     Society for Computer Simulation (SCS) 
          International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) 


        For details on the program and registration information, see 
                 http://scylla.ani.univie.ac.at/~mascots/
                                  
                      co-located with IEEE DiS-RT'99
                                 Oct 22-24
                   http://www.cs.unt.edu/~boukerch/wdis99

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Conference Program at a Glance

Tutorials on Sunday, October 24, 1999 
- Mobility Management in Mobile IP (Half-day)
- An Introduction to Network Security (Half-day)
- GloMoSim - A Library for Simulation of Large Wireless Networks (Full-day)

Invited Seminars on Monday, October 25, 1999 
- R. Fujimoto, Georgia Institute of Technology
- D. Nicol, Dartmouth College
- W. Sanders, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- M. Satyanarayanan, Carnegie Mellon University
- D. Towsley, University of Massachusetts
- K. Trivedi, Duke University

Sessions on Tuesday, October 26, 1999 
- ATM Networks
- Mobile, Wireless and Optical Networks
- Simulation Techniques and Environments
- Network Simulation

Sessions on Wednesday, October 27, 1999 
- Performance Techniques
- Performance Modeling and Analysis
- Workload
- QoS and Multimedia

Sessions on Thursday, October 28, 1999 
- Memory, Cache, and I/O Performance
- Software Analysis
- Analysis of Security Systems

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Conference Program in Detail

 Sunday, October 24, 1999 
    
    8:00am 
             Registration Open 
    9:00-10:30am 
             Tutorials
             T1 Mobility Management in Mobile IP
             T2 GloMoSim - A Library for Simulation of Large Wireless Networks
    10:30-11:00am
             Coffee Break 
    11:00-12:30pm
             Tutorials 
             T1 Mobility Management in Mobile IP
             T2 GloMoSim - A Library for Simulation of Large Wireless Networks
    12:30-14:00am
             Lunch Break 
    14:00-15:30pm
             Tutorials 
             T2 GloMoSim - A Library for Simulation of Large Wireless Networks
             T3 An Introduction to Network Security 
    15:30-16:00am
             Coffee Break 
    16:00-17:30pm
             Tutorials 
             T2 GloMoSim - A Library for Simulation of Large Wireless Networks
             T3 An Introduction to Network Security
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 Monday, October 25, 1999 
    
    8:00am 
             Registration Open 
    9:00-10:00     Invited Seminars 
             Evaluating Adaptive Mobile Systems
             M. Satyanarayanan, Carnegie Mellon University

   10:00-11:00     Invited Seminars
             Integrated Frameworks for Multi-Level and Multi-Formalism Modeling
             William H. Sanders, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

   11:00-11:20     Break

   11:20-12:20     Invited Seminars
             Scalable Modeling and Analysis of Networks
             David Nicol, Dartmouth University

   12:20-1:30      Lunch

    1:30-2:30      Invited Seminars 
             Parallel Simulation of Networks
             Richard Fujimoto, Georgia Institute of Technology

    2:30-3:30      Invited Seminars 
             Modeling TCP and TCP-like Transport Protocols
             Donald Towsley, University of Massachusetts

    3:30-3:45       Break

    3:45-4:45      Invited Seminars
             Stochastic Petri Nets for Modeling Heterogeneous Networks
             Kishor S. Trivedi, Duke University


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 Tuesday, October 26, 1999 
    
    8:00am 
             Registration Open 
    8:45-9:00am 
             Welcome, Opening 
    9:00-10:30am 
             Session 1: ATM Networks
             Session Chair: Patrick Dowd, University of Maryland, USA

             Design and management of ATM virtual path connection networks
             A. Arvidson, S. A. Berezner, A. E. Krzesinski

             Performance and Robustness Testing of Explicit-Rate ABR Flow 
             Control Schemes
             M. Zoranovic, C. Williamson

             Supporting TCP (In)Efficiently over ATM Clouds
             J. J. Sydir, N. Taft-Plotkin, N. Akar

             Local Resource Allocation for Providing End to End Delay 
             Guarantees in ATM Networks Using PGPS Scheduling
             A. S. Ayad, K. M. F. Elsayed, M. T. El-Hadidi 
    10:30-11:00am
             Coffee Break 
    11:00-12:30pm
             Session 2: Mobile, Wireless and Optical Networks
             Session Chair: Rajive Bagrodia, University of California 
                            at Los Angeles, USA

             Performance Evaluation of Distributed Co-Ordination Function 
             for IEEE 802.11 Wireless
             LAN Protocol in Presence of Mobile and Hidden Terminals
             S. Khurana, A. Kahol, S. K. S. Gupta, P. K. Srimani

             TCP Performance and Buffer Provisioning for Internet in 
             Wireless Networks
             H. M. Syed, K. Das, M. Devetsikiotis

             Mobile Network Dimensioning: an Evolutionary Approach
             T. Lissajoux, J. C. Creput, A. Koukam, D. Renaud

             Fair Scheduling in an Optical Interconnection Network
             C. S. Baw, R. Chamberlain, M. A. Franklin 
    12:30-14:00am
             Lunch Break 
    14:00-15:30pm
             Session 3: Simulation Techniques and Environments
             Session Chair: Azzedine Boukerche, University of North Texas, USA

             The SimUTC Fault-Tolerant Distributed Systems Simulation Toolkit
             B. Weiss, G. Gridling, U. Schmid, K. Schossmaier

             Optimizing Message Aggregation for Parallel Simulation on 
             High Performance Clusters
             C. Pham, C. Albrecht

             SDH Digital Cross-Connect Traffic Generation Algorithm
             B. Johnston, H. L. Owen

             Simulation of Broadband Multiple Access Protocols
             B. Bing 
    15:30-16:00am
             Coffee Break 
    16:00-17:30pm
             Session 4: Network Simulation
             Session Chair: Alois Ferscha, University of Vienna, Austria

             CAC Performance with Self-Similar Traffic Sources: 
             Simulation Study and Performance Results
             Y. Wang, C. Williamson, J. Doerksen

             Simulation of Ultra-large Communication Networks
             D. M. Rao, P. A. Wilsey

             Network Simulations of A General Class of Partial-connection 
             Multiple-bus Systems
             H. Tu, L. W. Hawkes

             A Generic Framework for Parallelization of Network Simulations
             G. Riley, R. Fujimoto, M. H. Ammar
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 Wednesday, October 27, 1999 
    
    8:00am 
             Registration Open 
    9:00-10:30am 
             Session 5: Performance Techniques
             Session Chair: David Nicol, Dartmouth College, USA

             Failure Distance Based Bounds for Steady-state Availability 
             without the Knowledge of Minimal Cuts
             V. Sunye, J. A. Carrasco

             Towards Performance Analysis with Partially Symmetrical SWN
             L. Capra, C. Dutheillet, G. Franceschinis, J.M. Ilie

             Jump Transitions in Second Order FSPNs
             K. Wolter

             Approximate Analysis of Open Network of GE/GE/m/N Queues 
             with Transfer Blocking
             H. Tahilramani, D. Manjunath, S. K. Bose

    10:30-11:00am
             Coffee Break 
    11:00-12:30pm
             Session 6: Performance Modelling and Analysis
             Session Chair: Carey Williamson, University of Saskatchewan, 
                            Canada

             An analytical comparison of cooperation protocols for 
             Web proxy servers
             F. Quaglia, B. Ciciani, M. Colajanni

             Modelling Overhead in Servers with Transactional Workloads
             M. Curiel, R. Puigjaner

             Analytical Modelling of the Network Traffic Performance
             I. Garce's, D. Franco, E. Luque

             Universal Benchmark Suites
             J. J. Dujmovic 
    12:30-14:00am
             Lunch Break 
    14:00-15:30pm
             Session 7: Workload
             Session Chair: Murray Woodside, Carleton University, Canada

             Analysis of Personal Computer Workloads
             M. Zhou, A. J. Smith

             Modeling User Behavior: A Layered Approach
             H. Hlavacs, G. Kotsis

             Predicting Behavior Patterns Using Adaptive Workload Models
             J. Srinivasan, N. Swaminathan, S. V. Raghavan

             Analysis of Self-Similarity in I/O Workload Using 
             Structural Modeling
             M. E. Go'mez, V. Santonja 
    15:30-16:00am
             Coffee Break 
    16:00-17:30pm
             Session 8: QoS and Multimedia
             Session Chair: S. V. Raghavan, IIT Madras, India

             An Auction-Based Flexible Pricing Scheme for Renegotiated 
             QoS Connection and Its Evaluation
             G. G. Malewicz, A. A. Shvartsman

             Adaptive CPU Scheduling Policies for Mixed Multimedia 
             and Best-effort Workloads
             M. Rau, E. Smirni

             On the Design of Efficient Video-on-Demand Broadcast Schedules
             A. Hu, I. Nikolaidis, P. van Beek

             Combining Pay-per-View and Video-on-Demand Services
             J.-F. Paris, S. W. Carter, D. D. E. Long 
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 Thursday, October 28, 1999 
    
    8:00am 
             Registration Open 
    9:00-10:30am 
             Session 9: Memory, Cache, and I/O Performance
             Session Chair: Darrell Long, University of California, USA

             Multiprocessor Memory Reference Generation Using Cerberus
             J. B. Rothman, A. J. Smith

             Modeling Memory Reference Patterns of Programs in Cache 
             Memory Systems
             Ravi Mukkamala, Ashok Agrawala

             A System-Assisted Disk I/O Simulation Technique
             F. E. Sorenson, E. S. Sorenson, J. K. Flanagan, H, Zhou

             Prediction of disk arm movements in anticipation of future 
             requests
             E. Mumolo 
    10:30-11:00am
             Coffee Break 
    11:00-12:30pm
             Session 10: Software Analysis
             Session Chair: Ashok Agrawala, University of Maryland, USA

             A Design and Management Framework for Mobile Agent Systems
             O. Rana

             A Synchronization Protocol for Group Communication Systems
             A. Abouaissa, A. Benslimane

             Evaluating Concurrency Options in Software Specifications
             W. C. Scratchley, C.M. Woodside

             Feature Interaction as a Satisfiability Problem
             C. Areces, W. Bouma, M. de Rijke 
    12:30-14:00am
             Lunch Break 
    14:00-15:30pm
             Session 11: Analysis of Security Systems
             Session Chair: Gabriele Kotsis, University of Vienna, Austria

             An Experimental Analysis of Cryptographic Overhead in 
             Embedded Systems
             W. Freeman, E. Miller

             Model Checking the Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) Protocol
             S. Lu, S. A. Smolka 


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For the detailed program and registration information please visit

    http://scylla.ani.univie.ac.at/~mascots/
 
or contact

    Cecilia Kullman 
    UMIACS - MASCOTS Registration
    A. V. Williams Building
    University of Maryland
    College Park, MD 20742, USA 
    Telephone: (301) 405-0304
    Fax: (301) 314-9658 
    Email: cecilia@umiacs.umd.edu

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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 &                University of California
U.S. Department of Defense                (Santa Cruz, CA)
Email: p.dowd@ieee.org                  Email: d.long@computer.org
Phone: +1 301 688 1420                  Phone: +1 831 459 2616
Fax : +1 301 931 2591                   Fax : +1 831 459 4829

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, Perth, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
   Email: zomaya@ee.uwa.edu.au

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