CMG'10 2010 - CMG's 36th International Conference CMG 2010

The Computer Measurement Group (CMG) calls for papers and presentations for the 36th International Conference to be held in Orlando, Florida, December 6th through 10th, 2010. The 2010 CMG conference will cover all areas of systems management, including but not limited to: capacity planning, management and reporting, modeling and statistics, measurement, tuning, performance engineering and load testing, as well as the latest developments in the overall field of computer performance evaluation.

CMG is the source of unbiased and objective expert information and practical, real life experiences across all computing platforms in the computer industry for over 30 years. Share your knowledge and experiences: Write a paper and submit it for presentation at CMG’10. Submissions at all levels are welcome and encouraged. We especially encourage papers on User Experiences. All paper and presentation submissions will be evaluated through a blind peer-referee process, and will be categorized as Introductory, Tutorial, Advanced, or User Experience. Mentors are available for writing assistance, and may be requested at any point in the writing process, including before the paper is started. Editorial assistance is provided for accepted papers.

Primary subject areas for papers, for any and all platforms, are as follows:

Subject Areas
Suggested topics (but not limited to)
Management and Reporting ITIL processes and IT Service Management, asset management, BPM, BAM, corporate governance (HIPAA, HEPA, SOX), CPM, dashboards, KPIs, customer SLAs, etc.
Capacity Planning Capacity management issues, trending and prediction, etc.
Measurement Data gathering, performance databases, ad hoc reporting techniques, etc.
Modeling / Statistics Statistics/forecasting, simulation, analytic & hybrid modeling, forecasting, etc.
Performance Engineering Software Performance Engineering (SPE), etc.
Load Testing Stress and load testing, benchmarking, etc.
Tuning Tuning of performance parameters and programs for disk, operating system, networks, software products, applications, etc.
Hot Topics Emerging Technologies, Tuning and Capacity Planning for green datacenters, SaaS, Performance Visualization, SOA, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Server Consolidation, Blade Servers, Grid Computing, etc.
Important Paper Submission Dates
Paper Abstract Due May 14, 2010
Paper Due June 11, 2010
Referee Review Period June 14 - July 10, 2010
Author Acceptance Notification July 27 - July 31, 2010
Editorial Review Period August 2 - September 10, 2010
Final Camera Ready Copy Due September 10, 2010
Please note: The Paper Abstract Due date is the date to submit an abstract or a brief summarization of your paper. There is no acceptance process for abstracts and no acknowledgement will be sent; your abstract simply indicates your intent to submit a paper. The Paper Due date is the deadline for submission to the referee process. (Note that papers which are submitted as slides must include speaker’s notes.) Once a paper is refereed, accepted, and edited, the final version is due on the Final Camera Ready Copy Due date. This is also the date when the paper must have all updates, corrections or modifications approved and ready for publication in the CMG Proceedings.

CMG ’10 will also feature Poster Sessions ? PowerPoint-based sessions presented informally to small groups. Deadlines are as above. Papers will be selected for Poster Sessions by the Program Committee, or authors’ may request a Poster Session.

CMG will also consider papers on topics and technologies that become available later in the year. Such papers will be considered for acceptance on a case-by-case basis by the Program Committee.

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Paper Submission is now open: Submit a paper for CMG'10

Please direct all inquiries to:
CMG'10 Program Chair - cmgpc-AT-cmg.org

Computer Measurement Group, Inc.
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Turnersville, New Jersey 08012
Phone: 800-4-FOR-CMG or 856-401-1700
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