9:15 am

(SALON C)

Opening Remarks: Dr. Anthony Perzigian, Provost, University of Cincinnati

Remarks by Program Chair: Luiz Felipe Perrone, Vice Program Chair, ISTS, Dartmouth College

(SALON C)

Keynote Speech: High-Volume Web Servers: Traffic Patterns, Performance Implications and Resource Management, Dr. Mark S. Squillante, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center

Track 1

(AMP II)

• Specification and Validation of a Real-Time Parallel Kernel using LOTOS
  Cléver Ricardo de Guareis Farias, Luís Ferreira Pires (University of Twente), Wanderley Lopes de Souza (Universidade Federal de São Carlos), Célio Estevan Moron (Universidade Federal de São Carlos)
• Performance Analysis of Pools in Soft Real-Time Design Architectures
  Carlos Juiz, Ramon Puigjaner (Universitat de Iles Balears) Harry Perros (North Carolina State University)
• Dynamic Multipath Routing (DMPR): An Approach to Improve Resource Utilization in Networks for Real-Time Traffic
  Swades De, Sajal K. Das (University of Texas at Arlington)

Track 2

(STORM)

• An Evaluation of Grouping Techniques for State Dissemination in Networked Multi-User Games
  Li Zou, Mostafa Ammar (Georgia Institute of Technology), Christophe Diot (Sprint ATL)
• Effect of Event Orderings on Memory Requirement in Parallel Simulation
  Yong Meng Teo, B.S.S. Onggo, Seng Chuan Tay (National University of Singapore)
• Time-Parallel Algorithms for Simulation of Multiple Access Protocols
  Kevin Jones, Samir Das (University of Cincinnati)

Lunch

Track 1

(AMP II)

• Optimal Resource Assignment in Internet Data Centers
  Xiaoyun Zhu, Sharad Singhal (Hewlett-Packard Laboratories)
• Traffic Engineering Label Switched Paths in IP Networks using a Pre-Planned Flow Optimization Model
  Antoine Bagula, Anthony Krzesinski (University of Stellenbosch)

Track 2

(STORM)

• QoS for Adaptive Multimedia in Wireless/Mobile Networks
  Yang Xiao, C. L. Philip Chen (Wright State University)
• MoSync: A Synchronization Scheme for Wireless and Mobile Multimedia Systems
  Azzedine Boukerche, Sungbum Hong, Tom Jacob (University of North Texas)

Break

Track 1

(AMP II)

• Performance Study of a Multipath Routing Method for Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  Kui Wu, Janelle Harms (University of Alberta)
• Minimizing Routing State for Light-Weight Network Simulation
  Polly Huang (ETH Zurich), John Heidemann (USC,ISI)
• Non-Blocking, Localized Routing Algorithm for Balanced Energy Consumption in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  Kyungtae Woo, Chansu Yu, D. Lee (Information and Communication University), Hee Yong Youn (Sungkyunkwan University), Ben Lee (Oregon State University)
• Stability Analysis on Active Queue Management Algorithms in Routers
  Wei Wu, Y. Ren, X. Shan (Tsinghua University)

Track 2

(STORM)

• ANML: A Language for Describing Networks
  Cameron Kiddle, Rob Simmonds, David K. Wilson, Brian Unger (University of Calgary)
• Multi-Resolution Network Simulations Using Dynamic Component Substitution
  Dhananajai Rao, Philip A. Wilsey (University of Cincinnati)
• Packet Reading for Network Emulation
  Russell Bradford (University of Bath), Rob Simmonds, Brian Unger (University of Calgary)
• Split Protocol Stack Network Simulations Using the Dynamic Simulation Backplane
  Donghua Xu, George Riley, Mostafa Ammar, Richard Fujimoto (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Boarding starts at 5:45pm.

(SALON C)

 Keynote Speech: Why we don't design correctly?, Dr. John Hines, Air Force Research Laboratory, WPAFB

Break

Track 1

(AMP II)

• Low-Cost Performance Prediction of Data-Dependent Data Parallel Programs
  Hasyim Gautama, A.J.C. van Gemund (Delft University of Technology)
• A Modular, Analytical Throughput Model for Modern Disk Arrays
  Mustafa Uysal, Guillermo A. Alvarez, Arif Merchant (Hewlett-Packard Laboratories)
• Performing File Prediction with a Program-Based Successor Model
  Tsozen Yeh, Darrell D. E. Long, Scott A. Brandt (University of California, Santa Cruz)

Track 2

(STORM)

• Improving Ensemble-TCP Performance on Asymmetric Networks
  Qian Wu, Carey Williamson (University of Saskatchewan)
• How does TCP Generate Pseudo-Self-Similarity?
  Liang Guo, Mark Crovella, Ibrahim Matta (Boston University)
• Generalized Processor Sharing with Long-Range Dependent Traffic Input
  Xiang Yu, Li-Jin Thng, Yuming Jiang (National University of Singapore)

Lunch

Track 1

(AMP II)

• Plain End-to-End Measurement for Local Area Network Voice Transmission Feasibility
  Wolfgang Kampichler (Vienna University of Technology), Karl Michael Goeschka (Nachrichten Gesellschaft m.b.H)
• Tuning of the Checkpointing and Communication Library for Optimistic Simulation on Myrinet Based NOWs
  Francesco Quaglia, Andrea Santoro, Bruno Ciciani (Università de Roma "La Sapienza")
• Performance of Finite Field Arithmetic in an Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem
  John Higgins, Zhi Li, Mark Clement (Brigham Young University)

Track 2

(STORM)

• A Queuing Model for Pipelined Circuit-Switched Networks with the MMPP Traffic
  Geyong Min, M. Ould-Khaoua (University of Glasgow)
• Service Guarantees in Deflection Networks
  Wladek Olesinski, Pawel Gburzynski (University of Alberta)
• Analysis of Timeout-Based Adaptive Wormhole Routing
  H. Sarbazi-Azad, A. Khonsari, Mohamed Ould-Khaoua (University of Glasgow)

Break

Track 1

(AMP II)

• PROFS--Performance-Oriented Data Reorganization for Log-Structured File Systems on Multi-Zone Disks
  Jun Wang, Yiming Hu (University of Cincinnati)
• Aggregating Caches: A Mechanism for Implicit File Prefetching
  Ahmed Amer, Darrell D. E. Long (University of California, Santa Cruz)
• A Bit-Parallel Search Algorithm for Allocating Free Space
  Randal Burns, Wayne Hineman (IBM Almaden Research Center)
• Large-Scale Simulation of Replica Placement Algorithms for a Serverless Distributed File System
  John Douceur, Roger Wattenhofer (Microsoft Research)

Track 2

(STORM)

• Parameterized Mobile Action Generator for a Wireless PCS Network
  Sang-Eon Park, Carla Purdy (University of Cincinnati)
• On-Line Test System Applied in Routing Protocol Test
  Yixin Zhao, Xia Yin, Bo Han, Jianping Wu (Tsinghua University)
• PTPlan MPLS: A Tool for MPLS Network Dimensioning
  Luís Cardoso (Portugal Telecom Inovação), Jorge Patrão, Carlos Lopes, Amaro de Sousa, Rui Valadas (Universidade de Aveiro)
• BRITE: An Approach to Universal Topology Generation
  Alberto Medina, Anukool Lakhina, Ibrahim Matta, John Byers (Boston University)

(SALON C)

Keynote Speech: On-Line Simulation Techniques for Real-Time Management of Systems, Dr. Richard Fujimoto, Georgia Institute of Technology

Break

Track 1

(AMP II)

• The Structural Cause of File Size Distributions
  Allen Downey (Wellesley College)
• A Simulation Analysis of Dynamic Server Selection Algorithms for Replicated Web Services
  Marco Bernardo (Università di Torino)
• Simulation Evaluation of a Heterogeneous Web Proxy Caching Hierarchy
  Mudashiru Busari, Carey Williamson (University of Saskatchewan)
• HTTP Simulator Validation Using Real Measurements: A Case Study
  Brian Davison (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)

Track 2

(STORM)

• Performance Evaluation Based on an Aggregate ATM Model
  Sebastià Galmés, Ramon Puigjaner (Universitat de Iles Balears)
• Modeling and Analysis of an ABR Flow Control Algorithm for a Virtual Source/Virtual Destination Switch
  Christian Cseh (University of Technology Aachen (RWTH Aachen))
• On Class-Based Isolation of UDP, Short-Lived and Long-Lived TCP Flows
  Selma Yilmaz, Ibrahim Matta (Boston University)
• A Stream Tapping Protocol with Partial Preloading
  Jehan-Francois Paris (University of Houston)