The 8th International Workshop on Performance Modeling, Evaluation, and Optimization of Ubiquitous Computing and Networked Systems

The 8th International Workshop on Performance Modeling, Evaluation, and
Optimization of Ubiquitous Computing and Networked Systems
(PMEO-UCNS'09)

To be held in conjunction with IPDPS'09 (Supported by IEEE Computer
Society in cooperation with ACM SIGARCH), 25-29 May, 2009, Rome,
Italy

http://www.inf.brad.ac.uk/~xjin/PMEO09/index.html
http://www.ipdps.org/ipdps2009/2009_workshops.html


SCOPE:

The performance modeling, evaluation, and optimization of ubiquitous
computing and networked systems have been an important research
topic over the past years and poses challenging problems that require
new tools and methods to keep up with the rapid evolution and
increasing complexity of such systems.

This workshop will bring together scientists, engineers, practitioners, and
computer users to share and exchange their experiences, discuss challenges,
and report state-of-the-art and in-progress research on all aspects of
performance modeling, evaluation, and optimization of ubiquitous computing
and networked systems. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

-- Predictive performance models of ubiquitous computing systems
-- Predictive performance models of wired and wireless networks
-- Performance measurement and monitoring tools
-- Tracing and trace analysis
-- Simulation
-- Analytical modeling
-- Software tools for system performance and evaluation
-- Automatic performance analysis
-- Performance comparison
-- Performance of memory and I/O interconnect
-- Performance of communication networks
-- Performance of mobile distributed systems
-- Performance analysis and evaluation of ubiquitous computing and
networked applications
-- Improvement in system performance through optimization and tuning
-- Case studies showing the role of evaluation in the design of systems


WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS:

Geyong Min
Department of Computing
University of Bradford
Bradford, BD7 1DP, U.K.
E-mail: g.min-AT-brad.ac.uk

Mohamed Ould-Khaoua
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
&
Department of Computing Science
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, G12 8RZ, U.K.
E-mail: mohamed-AT-dcs.gla.ac.uk


PROGRAM CO-CHAIRs:

Ahmed Y. Al-Dubai
School of Computing
Napier University
Edinburgh, EH10 5DT, U.K.
E-mail: A.Al-Dubai-AT-napier.ac.uk

Xiaolong Jin
Department of Computing
University of Bradford
Bradford, BD7 1DP, U.K.
E-mail: x.jin-AT-brad.ac.uk


PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

K. Al-Begain, Univ. of Glamorgan (UK)
I. Romdhani, Napier University (UK)
H. R. Arabnia, Univ. of Georgia (USA)
I. Awan, Univ. of Bradford (UK)
A. Boukerche, Univ. of North Texas (USA)
J. Bradley, Imperial College London (UK)
M. Colajanni, Univ. of Modena (Italy)
K. Djemame, Univ. of Leeds (UK)
T. El-Ghazawi, George Washington University (USA)
R. Fatoohi, San Jose State University (USA)
H. Hassanein, Queen's University (Canada)
S. Jarvis, Univ. of Warwick (UK)
H. Karatza, Univ. of Thessaloniki (Greece)
A. Khonsari, IPM (Iran)
W. Knottenbelt, Imperial College London (UK)
K. Li, State Univ. of New York at New Paltz (USA)
S. Loucif, Moncton University, (Canada)
M. Merabti, Liverpool John Moores University (UK)
L.M. Mackenzie, Univ. of Glasgow (UK)
Y. Pan, Georgia State Univ. (USA)
D. K. Pradhan, Univ. of Bristol (UK)
S. B. Sadkhan, Univ. of Babylon (Iraq)
H. Sarbazi-Azad, Sharif Univ. & IPM (Iran)
A. Shahrabi, Glasgow Caledonian Univ. (UK)
N. Thomas, Univ. of Newcastle (UK)
N. Topham, University of Edinburgh (UK)
M. Woodward, Univ. of Bradford (UK)
J. Wu, Florida Atlantic Univ. (USA)
L. Xiao, Michigan State Univ. (USA)
T. Xie, San Diego State University (USA)
W. Vanderbauwhede, University of Glasgow (UK)
A. Zomaya, Univ. of Sydney (Australia)


PAPER SUBMISSION:

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts reporting original unpublished
research and recent developments in the topics related to the workshop.
The length of the papers should not exceed 8 pages (IEEE Computer
Society Proceedings Manuscripts style: two columns, single-spaced),
including figures and references, using 10 fonts, and number each page.
Papers should be submitted electronically in PDF format (or postscript) by
sending it as an e-mail attachment to A.Al-Dubai-AT-napier.ac.uk. All papers
will be peer reviewed and the comments will be provided to the authors.
The accepted papers will be published together with those of other IPDPS'09
workshops by the IEEE Computer Society Press.


IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission Deadline: October 17, 2008 (Extended to 31 October 2008)
Author Notification: December 4, 2008
Final Manuscript Due: February 15, 2009

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