MOSPAS 2014 - 5th International Workshop on Modeling and Simulation of Peer-to-Peer and Autonomic Systems (MOSPAS 2014)

High Performance Computing at extreme scale sets new challenges which have to be faced to guarantee fault tolerance and reliability. The Peer-to-Peer (P2P) and Autonomic Computing (AC) paradigms have emerged as highly appealing, scalable solutions to tackle the above issues and the growing complexity of such software and hardware technologies. While P2P solutions put the emphasis on decentralization and sharing of resources, AC solutions are based on equipping computational entities with autonomic (self-*) features. These approaches are, of course, complementary and are often combined together in modern distributed systems that avoid central coordination and human intervention. The design, implementation, and analysis of these complex systems pose several challenges, both with functional and non-functional properties, depending on network size, churn rate and application context.
This workshop has the goal of providing an international forum for researchers and practitioners willing to present, discuss and exchange innovative research results and advanced topics that combine theoretical and practical approaches to modeling and high performance simulation, but also modeling and simulation of high performance (extreme scale) systems.
The MOSPAS Workshop topics include (but are not limited to) the following:
Modeling and Simulation of P2P & Autonomic High Performance Systems
High Performance M&S
Formal Modeling and Analysis
Discrete Event Modeling and Simulation
Agent-based Simulation
Novel Techniques for M&S
M&S-Based Development Methods
High Performance Fault Tolerance / Resilience at Extreme Scale
Evaluation of Combined P2P and AC Systems
Overlay Schemes Performance Evaluation
Analysis of P2P/AC-based Applications and Services
Workload Characterization and Simulation
Analysis of Emergent Behaviors
Evaluation of Trust and Reputation Systems
Verification at Runtime of AC Systems
Real-Time Aspects, including Timing Violations for Multimedia and Other Real-Time Traffic
Analysis of novel network services supporting P2P such as RELOAD and ALTO
Impact of P2P Traffic on the Network Infrastructure