New Submission Deadline: February 28, 2002

Call For Papers

2002 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and
Telecommunication Systems
SPECTS 2002


July 14-19, 2002
U. S. Grant Hotel
San Diego, California, USA

http://www.scs.org/confernc/spects02/


This annual international conference is a forum for professionals
involved in performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication
systems. Evaluation of computer systems and networks is needed at every
stage in the life cycle of the product including design, manufacturing,
sales/purchase, use, upgrade, tuning, etc. The discipline of performance
evaluation has progressed rapidly in the past decade, and it has now
begun to approach maturity. Significant progress has been made in
analytic modeling, simulation, and measurement approaches for
performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Networking and Telecommunication Systems
- Internet Technology
- Quality of Service (QoS)
- DiffServ/IntServ
- TCP
- Unicast and Multicast Routing
- High-Speed Networking
- ATM
- Optical Networks
- Switching Techniques
- Teletraffic
- Satellite Systems and Networks
- Wireless Systems
- UMTS/IMT-2000
- Mobile Networks/Computing
- Multimedia Systems
- Multimedia Communications
- Adaptive Communications
- Network Protocols
- Network Management and Control
- Network Capacity Planning
- Network Architecture Evaluation
- Service and QoS Pricing
- Security and Authentication
- World Wide Web (WWW) Technology
- Electronic Commerce


Computer Systems
- Client/Server
- Microprocessors/Microcomputers
- Memory Systems
- Interconnection Networks
- Software Performance
- Software Evaluation and Testing
- Hardware and Software Monitors
- High-Performance Computing
- Workload and Traffic Characterization
- Scientific Computing Algorithms
- High Performance I/O
- Reconfigurable Computing
-Real-time Systems
- Parallel and Distributed Computing
- Distributed Systems and Agents
- Massively Parallel Systems
- Cluster Computing
- Parallel Algorithms and Languages
- Scheduling Schemes


Tools, Methodologies and Applications
- Parallel and Distributed Simulation
- Verification and Validation
- Performance Tools and Methodologies
- Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Applications to High Performance
  Computing/Networking
- Performance Optimization
- Queueing Systems and Networks
- Scalability Studies
- Integrated Modeling and Measurement
- On-Line Performance Adaptation and Tuning
- Process Algebra-Based Models
- Performance Bounds
- Integrated Design and Performance
- New Performance Models
- Mathematical Aspects of Performance
- New Performability Schemes and Models
- Case Studies

Paper Submission
Submit your complete papers electronically to: 

http://scs.proceedingscentral.com/

All required instructions will be posted on this web site. Submissions 
should not exceed 25 double-spaced, 8.5x11 inch pages (including figures, 
tables, and references) in 10-12 point font. Include five to ten keywords, 
complete postal and e-mail addresses, and fax and phone numbers of 
corresponding author. If you have difficulty in electronic submission, 
contact the Web Master, Program Chairs or the Conference Coordinator, 
Mr. Steve Branch, The Society for Modeling and Simulation International, 
4838 Ronson Court, Suite L, San Diego, CA  92111, USA, Tel 858-277-3888, 
Fax 858-277-3930, E-mail sbranch@scs.org sbranch@scs.org.

Extended versions of accepted papers in SPECTS 2002 will be considered for 
possible publication in scholarly journals. Proposals for tutorials, special 
and panel sessions should be sent to the Conference Senior Program Chair. 
Proposals for industrial sessions should be submitted to the Industrial 
Track Chair.

For more information regarding presentations or exhibitions at SPECTS 2002 
contact: Mr. Steve Branch at the address shown above.

Deadlines
Submission of Papers:  Extended to February 28, 2002. 
Notification of Acceptance - April 22, 2002
Final Camera-Ready Submission - May 22, 2002

Sponsored by The Society for Modeling and Simulation International.