MMB 2008

http://www.mmb2008.org

Date of event: March 31, 2008 until April 2, 2008
Submission deadline: October 23, 2007

14th GI/ITG Conference on Measurement, Modeling and Evaluation of Computer and Communication Systems

Dortmund, Germany, March 31 - April 2, 2008

The MMB is the main forum in Germany covering all aspects of performance evaluation of systems including networks, computer architectures, distributed systems, software, workflow and logistics systems. Regular papers, tool descriptions and outline of tutorials can be
submitted.


MMB SCOPE & TOPICS:

• Quantitative Evaluation of Systems Performance, Dependability, Security, Survivability, Real-Time, Economic and Related Aspects, etc.
• Measurements and Benchmarking Hardware/Software/Hybrid, Active/Passive Monitoring, etc.
• Modeling Paradigms Queueing Systems, Stochastic Petri Nets, Simulation Languages, Stochastic Process Algebras and Stochastic Extensions of the UML
• Analysis Techniques Markov Chains, Non-Markovian Models, Fluid Models, etc.
• Simulation Techniques Rare Events, Variance Reduction, Parallel/Distributed Simulation
• Combination of Stochastic Modeling and Formal Methods
• Computer and Software Architectures
• Workflow and Logistic Systems, Traffic and Transportation Systems
• Traffic Engineering, Network Planning and Optimization
• Access and Backbone Networks, Mobile/Wireless/Optical Networks, High-Speed Switching, Web-Based Systems, Multimedia Systems
• Network Economics, Accounting, Tariffing
• Peer-to-Peer Networks, Networked Embedded Systems, Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems, Pervasive/Ubiquitous Computing, Sensor Networks
• Tools supporting all Techniques
• Case Studies in all Application Fields

                          
SUBMISSIONS:
Contributions reporting on research results on topics of the MMB and the associated workshops are solicited. Articles and presentations in English are preferred.

MMB FULL CONFERENCE PAPERS:
Submitted papers should not exceed 20 double-spaced pages. Please follow the instructions for electronic submission given on the conference homepage. Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. All papers will be thoroughly reviewed by at least three referees on the basis of their originality
and their scientific and practical contribution to the
state-of-the-art. Accepted papers appear in the conference
proceedings; a best paper award will be provided.


WORKSHOP-PAPERS:
Accepted Papers will appear in separate technical reports. For further information please consult the corresponding call for paper (via www.mmb2008.org).


TOOL DESCRIPTIONS:
Special sessions will be arranged to present and demonstrate tools relevant to any topic covered by the MMB and the workshops. Please send a tool description (up to four pages) to the tools chair. Accepted tool descriptions will be limited to two pages and will appear in the proceedings.


TUTORIAL PROPOSALS:
Tutorials will be held in the morning of March 31 preceding the conference. Please send tutorial proposals to the conference chair.

IMPORTANT DATES:
MMB Paper submission: October 23, 2007
Tools & tutorial submission: November 15, 2007
Workshop submission: December 15, 2007
Author notification: December 15, 2007
Final version (MMB): January 15, 2007

CONFERENCE CHAIR
Peter Buchholz, Universitaet Dortmund