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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