PEPA 2015 - Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Parallel Applications on Large-Scale Systems

The goal of the Workshop is to present the latest research in the field of Performance Evaluation of Parallel Applications. This workshop will bring together scientists, engineers, and practitioners to share and exchange their experiences, discuss challenges, and report state-of-the-art and in-progress research of all aspects in performance evaluation.
SUGGESTED TOPICS INCLUDE (BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO):
Performance of large-scale parallel architectures and applications
Performance of parallel, distributed, and grid-based algorithms
Predictive performance models of cluster and grid systems and applications
Workload characterization and traffic modeling of cluster and grid applications
Performance evaluation of cluster and grid systems
Case studies showing the role of performance evaluation in the design of cluster and grid systems
Measurement and monitoring techniques and tools
Tracing and trace analysis
Automatic performance analysis
Hardware and software monitors
Test methods and tools
Performance comparison
Techniques for modeling achievable performance
Performance modeling of software applications
Performance modeling of hardware and software architectures
Scalability studies
Improvement in system performance through optimization and tuning