[Beowulf] CFP -- PMEO-UCNS'08 to be held with IPDPS'08

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(Selected high-quality papers from the PMEO-UCNS'08 workshop will 
appear in a Special Issue of the journal - International Journal of Parallel, 
Emergent, and Distributed Systems (IJPEDS), Taylor & Francis - 
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/17445760.asp)

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CALL FOR PAPERS


7th International Workshop on Performance Modeling, Evaluation, and 
Optimization of Ubiquitous Computing and Networked Systems 
(PMEO-UCNS’08)

To be held in conjunction with IPDPS'08 (Supported by IEEE Computer 
Society in cooperation with ACM SIGARCH), 14 -18 April, 2008, Miami, 
Florida, USA

http://www.inf.brad.ac.uk/~gmin/PMEO-08.html
http://www.ipdps.org/ipdps2008/2008_workshops.html


SCOPE:

The performance modeling, evaluation, and optimization of ubiquitous 
computing and networked systems have been an important research 
topic over the past years and poses challenging problems that require 
new tools and methods to keep up with the rapid evolution and 
increasing complexity of such systems. 

This workshop will bring together scientists, engineers, practitioners, and 
computer users to share and exchange their experiences, discuss challenges, 
and report state-of-the-art and in-progress research on all aspects of 
performance modeling, evaluation, and optimization of ubiquitous computing 
and networked systems. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: 

    -- Predictive performance models of ubiquitous computing systems 
    -- Predictive performance models of wired and wireless networks
    -- Performance measurement and monitoring tools 
    -- Tracing and trace analysis
    -- Simulation
    -- Analytical modeling
    -- Software tools for system performance and evaluation
    -- Automatic performance analysis 
    -- Performance comparison
    -- Performance of memory and I/O interconnect
    -- Performance of communication networks 
    -- Performance of mobile distributed systems
    -- Performance analysis and evaluation of ubiquitous computing and 
       networked applications
    -- Improvement in system performance through optimization and tuning
    -- Case studies showing the role of evaluation in the design of systems


WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS:

     Geyong Min
     Department of Computing
     University of Bradford
     Bradford, BD7 1DP, U.K. 
     E-mail: g.min at brad.ac.uk

     Mohamed Ould-Khaoua 
     Department of Computing Science
     University of Glasgow  
     Glasgow, G12 8RZ, U.K.
     E-mail: mohamed at dcs.gla.ac.uk   


PROGRAM CHAIR:

     Ahmed Y. Al-Dubai 
     School of Computing
     Napier University
     Edinburgh, EH10 5DT, U.K.
     E-mail: A.Al-Dubai at napier.ac.uk


PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS:

     Xiaolong Jin
     Department of Computing
     University of Bradford
     Bradford, BD7 1DP, U.K.
     E-mail: x.jin at brad.ac.uk

     Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare 
     Barddal University
     Florianopolis, SC Brazil 
     Email: mirela at barddal.br


PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
 
     K. Al-Begain, Univ. of Glamorgan (UK)
     I. Romdhani, Napier University (UK)
     H. R. Arabnia, Univ. of Georgia (USA)
     D. K. Arvind, Edinburgh University (UK)
     I. Awan, Univ. of Bradford (UK)
     A. Boukerche, Univ. of North Texas (USA)
     J. Bradley, Imperial College London (UK)
     P. Cockshott, Univ. of Glasgow (UK)
     M. Colajanni, Univ. of Modena (Italy)
     K. Day, Sultan Qaboos Univ. (Oman)
     K. Djemame, Univ. of Leeds (UK)
     T. El-Ghazawi, George Washington University (USA)
     R. Fatoohi, San Jose State University (USA)
     M. Gueroui, University of Cergy-Pontoise (France)  
     S. Helal, University of Florida (USA)
     H. Hassanein, Queen's University (Canada)
     S. Jarvis, Univ. of Warwick (UK)
     H. Karatza, Univ. of Thessaloniki (Greece)
     A. Katangur, Texas A&M Univ. (USA)
     A. Khonsari, IPM (Iran)
     W. Knottenbelt, Imperial College London (UK)
     K. Li, State Univ. of New York at New Paltz (USA)
     H. Liu, Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology (China) 
     S. Loucif, Moncton University, (Canada)
     L.M. Mackenzie, Univ. of Glasgow (UK)
     Y. Pan, Georgia State Univ. (USA)
     D. K. Pradhan, Univ. of Bristol (UK)
     H. Sarbazi-Azad, Sharif Univ. & IPM (Iran)
     A. Shahrabi, Glasgow Caledonian Univ. (UK)
     E. Song, Huazhong Univ. of Science and Technology (China) 
     N. Thomas, Univ. of Newcastle (UK)
     A. Touzene, Sultan Qaboos Univ. (Oman) 
     M. Woodward, Univ. of Bradford (UK)
     J. Wu, Florida Atlantic Univ. (USA)  
     L. Xiao, Michigan State Univ. (USA)
     T. Xie, San Diego State University (USA)
     L. T. Yang, St Francis Xavier Univ. (Canada)
     W. Vanderbauwhede, University of Glasgow (UK)
     W. Buchanan, Napier University (UK)
     A. Zomaya, Univ. of Sydney (Australia)
                       

PAPER SUBMISSION:

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts reporting original unpublished 
research and recent developments in the topics related to the workshop. 
The length of the papers should not exceed 8 pages (IEEE Computer 
Society Proceedings Manuscripts style: two columns, single-spaced), 
including figures and references, using 10 fonts, and number each page. 
Papers should be submitted electronically in PDF format (or postscript) by 
sending it as an e-mail attachment to A.Al-Dubai at napier.ac.uk. All papers 
will be peer reviewed and the comments will be provided to the authors. 
The accepted papers will be published together with those of other IPDPS'08 
workshops by the IEEE Computer Society Press.


IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission Deadline: October 21, 2007
Author Notification: December 11, 2007
Final Manuscript Due: January 28, 2008

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