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Call for Papers

NINTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MODELING, ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION OF COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

August 15-18, 2001, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society
In Cooperation with ACM SIGSIM and SIGARCH
Home Call for Papers Committee Conference Program Tutorials Workshops Registration Hotel Around Cincinnati

 

Papers are solicited which contain significant novel ideas and research results relevant to the modeling, analysis, simulation, measurement, benchmarking, and capacity planning of computer and communication systems and networks. The scope of MASCOTS 2001 includes the following areas:

Computer Architecture Modeling and Simulation
Parallel and Distributed Systems

Real-Time and Multimedia Systems

Internetworking Protocols and Performance

Wireless and Mobile Networking and Computing
Broadband and Telecommunication Networks and Software
Network Traffic Studies
World Wide Web Infrastructure
Application areas such as databases
Analysis Techniques and Formal Methods
Benchmarking and Measurement Techniques
Capacity Planning
Performance Analysis and Validation Techniques
Workload Characterization and Generation
Discrete Event Simulation Methodology and Tools (Object Oriented, Parallel and Distributed Simulation etc.)

TOOLS TRACK  

Authors are encouraged to submit papers describing tools suitable for on-line demonstration. The tools papers will undergo a regular review process and will be published in the conference proceedings in a dedicated tools section. Separate sessions are planned where these tools will be demonstrated on-line. Projection systems capable for projecting from laptop screens and videotapes will be available. The authors are required to bring any additional equipment necessary for demonstration.Questions regarding tools track should be directed to the tools chair, Azzedine Boukerche.

PAPER SUBMISSION INFORMATION

Papers must not exceed 20 double-spaced pages with a minimum of 10-point font and must include an abstract, keywords, authors’ contact information, including postal and email addresses. Papers must be unpublished original work and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors of both regular and tool papers are strongly encouraged to submit their papers in electronic form (PDF or PostScript). 

For web-based paper registration and submission please follow this link. Be sure to indicate on the registration form if you wish for your paper to be considered for the tools track.

CALL FOR TUTORIALS

Proposals for half-day or full-day tutorials are solicited on timely topics related to the above areas. The tutorial proposal must include description and length of the tutorial, breakdown of topics, and biographies of the presenters. Send tutorial proposals directly to the tutorials chair.

IMPORTANT DATES

08 March 2001
Paper and tutorial proposal submission deadline (extended)
10 May 2001 
Acceptance Notification
07 June 2001 
Camera-ready copy due

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