2003 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and
Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS 2003)

               July 20-24, 2003
               Montreal, Canada
http://scs.org/confernc/ssimc/ssimc03/cfp/spects03.htm


Submission Deadlines
Submission of Papers:  February 28, 2003. 
Notification of Acceptance - April 25, 2003
Final Camera-Ready Submission - May 23, 2003


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
- MPLS
      - TCP
      - World Wide Web (WWW) Technology
- Networking Techniques
      - Unicast and Multicast Routing
      - Congestion Control
      - Switching Techniques
      - Teletraffic
      - Network Protocols
      - Network Management and Control
      - Network Capacity Planning
      - Network Architecture Evaluation
      - Service and QoS Pricing
      - Security and Authentication
-Broadband Networks
      - High-Speed Networking
      - ATM
      - Optical Networks
- Wireless Systems and Networks 
      - Satellite Systems
      - UMTS
      - Mobile Networks/Computing
      - Ad-hoc networks
- Multimedia Communications


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


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


General Chair
Mohammad S. Obaidat
Dept. of Computer Science, Monmouth University
W. Long Branch, NJ 07764, USA
Tel +1-732-571-4482
Fax +1-732-263-5202
E-mail: obaidat@monmouth.edu


Senior Program Chair
Franco Davoli
DIST-University of Genoa
Via Opera Pia 13, I-16145 Genoa, Italy
Tel +39-010-353-2732
Fax +39-010-353-2154
E-Mail: franco@dist.unige.it

Program Co-Chairs
Ibrahim Onyuksel
Dept. of Computer Sciences, N. Illinois Univ., USA
E-mail: onyuksel@cs.niu.edu

Erina Ferro  
ISTI, Institute of National Research Council (C.N.R.)
C.N.R. Pisa Research Area, Building B, Room 73        
Via G. Moruzzi, 1                                     
56124 Pisa, Italy   
E-mail: erina.ferro@cnuce.cnr.it


Vice Program Chair and Tutorial Chair
Raffaele Bolla
DIST-University of Genoa
Via Opera Pia 13, I-16145 Genoa, Italy
E-mail: lelus@dist.unige.it

Vice Program Chair and Web Master
Imad Mahgoub
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL 33431
E-mail: imad@cse.fau.edu


Industrial Track and Special Sessions Chair
J. Fox, Motorola Inc., UK
E-mail: fox.ijcs@btinternet.com

Publicity Chair:

Yuguang (Michael) Fang, 
University of Florida, USA, E-mail: fang@ece.ufl.edu

Publicity Vice Chair:

Jie Li 
University of Tsukuba, Japan

Publicity Committee:

Chiara Petrioli, Universita di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy
Chuck Song, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Ahmed Nuseirat, Al-Isra University, Jordan


International Liaisons
B. Sadoun, Al-Balqa' Applied University, Jordan
Bsadoun@go.com.jo
M. Sawan, Montreal Poly, Canada
Sawan@vlsi.polymtl.ca
N. Tchamov, Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland
Nikolay@cs.tut.fi

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  


Extended versions of selected accepted papers in SPECTS 2003 
will be considered for possible publication in scholarly journals. 
Proposals for tutorials should be sent to the Conference Vice 
Program Chair, Raffaele Bolla. 
 
Proposals for special sessions and panel sessions should be 
submitted to the special Sessions Chair. For more information 
regarding presentations or exhibitions at SPECTS 2002 
contact: Mr. Steve Branch at the address shown above.

Sponsored by The Society for Modeling and Simulation International.