************************ 2nd CALL FOR PAPERS *********************** "PERFORMANCE TOOLS 2000" 11th International Conference on Modelling Techniques and Tools for Computer and Communication System Performance Evaluation March 27 -- 31, 2000 Motorola University, Schaumburg, Illinois, USA (in the vicinity of Chicago, Il.) http://tools2000.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ COOPERATION -- ACM Sigmetrics -- IFIP WG 6.3 (Performance of Communication Systems) -- IFIP WG 7.3 (Performance Evaluation; appr. pend.) -- IFIP WG 10.4 (Dependable Computing and Fault-Tolerance) GENERAL In 2000 the "Performance Tools" (TOOLS 2000) conference will, for the first time, be held in the USA. In particular, TOOLS 2000 will be organised as part of a joint conference, together with the IEEE International Performance and Dependability Symposium (IPDS 2000). Both conferences will be hosted at the premises of Motorola University, and will share tutorials, tool presentations, invited speakers, social events and possibly some session. Participants will be allowed to attend sessions of both conferences. The two conferences have separate programme committees (with some deliberate overlaps), and two proceedings will be published (for IPDS with IEEE CS Press and for TOOLS with Springer Verlag). For more information on IPDS 2000, see: http://ee.tamu.edu/IPDS/ TOOLS 2000 SCOPE Performance and dependability evaluation have proven themselves as useful guides in the design of computer and communication systems (be they centralised, distributed, parallel or fault-tolerant). These evaluation techniques, however, will only become an integrated part of system design trajectories when full tool support for them is available. The aim of the "Performance Tools" conference series has been (and is) to further develop the theory and technology for tool-based performance and dependability evaluation of computer and communication systems. Important themes for the 11th issue of this successful conference series include (but are not restricted to): -- software tools for system performance and dependability evaluation; -- evaluation techniques (analytic, numeric and simulative) for system performance and dependability; -- measurement-based tools and techniques for system performance and dependability; -- performance and dependability evaluation techniques based on formal methods, such as process algebras, Petri nets and automata; -- case studies showing the role of performance and dependability eva- luation in the design of computer and communication systems; -- application studies in the area of centralised and distributed computer systems, communication networks (incl. Internet), WWW, real-time, fault- tolerant and embedded systems. TOOLS 2000 PAPER SUBMISSIONS Paper submissions should contain previously unpublished work and not exceed more than 20 double-spaced pages devoted to one (or more) of the themes of the conference. All papers will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 members of the programme committee. Accepted papers will be published in a volume of Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Springer Verlag) devoted to the conference. The registration of at least one of the authors should accompany the camera-ready copy submission. Authors are required to submit their papers electronically, as postscript files, via the world-wide web: http://tools2000.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ At this address, also other relevant information for the conference will be made available. For any remaining inquiries, please contact either of the two programme committee chairs (address below). IPDS/TOOLS 2000 TOOL SUBMISSIONS Proposals to present and demonstrate tools for performance and dependability evaluation of computer and communication systems are also sollicited. Next to being demonstrated, accepted tools will be presented in short (10 minute) presentations (in a joint session with IPDS 2000) and will be allowed a 4 page summary in the TOOLS 2000 proceedings (LNCS volume of Springer Verlag). Please contact the tools chair (address below) or the special web-page for tool submissions: http://www.bell-labs.com/~aad/tools.html IPDS/TOOLS 2000 TUTORIAL SUBMISSIONS Tutorial proposals are sollicited on various topics concerning the performance and dependability evaluation of computer and communication systems. Please contact the tutorial chair (address below) or the special web-page for tutorial submissions: http://www.bell-labs.com/~sgarg/TUT.htm IMPORTANT DATES: -- TOOLS 2000 paper submission: EXTENDED DEADLINE: October 15, 1999 ---------------------------------- -- IPDS/TOOLS 2000 tool submission: September 30, 1999 -- IPDS/TOOLS 2000 tutorial submission: September 30, 1999 -- Acceptance notification: December 15, 1999 -- Camera-ready copies: January 15, 2000 JOURNAL PUBLICATION From the accepted papers for both TOOLS 2000 and IPDS 2000, the programme committees will select a small number of papers (probably up to 10) that will be considered for publication in Performance Evaluation, in a special issue devoted to the joint conference. IPDS/TOOLS 2000 GENERAL CHAIR Haim Levendel (USA) TOOLS 2000 PROGRAMME COMMITTEE CHAIRS Boudewijn Haverkort (DE) (haverkort@cs.rwth-aachen.de) Connie Smith (USA) (cusmith@perfeng.com) TOOLS STEERING COMMITTEE (automatically PC members) Rob Pooley (UK), Guenter Haring (AU), Heinz Beilner (DE), Raymond Marie (FR), Ramon Puigjaner (ES) TOOLS 2000 PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Gianfranco Balbo (IT), Peter Buchholz (DE), Rick Bunt (CA), Henrik Bohnenkamp (DE), Jeffrey Buzen (USA), Maria Calzarossa (IT), Giovanni Chiola (IT), Gianfranco Ciardo (USA), Reinhard German (DE), Peter Harrison (UK), Ulrich Herzog (DE), Jane Hillston (UK), Peter Hughes (UK), Joost-Pieter Katoen (NL), Pieter Kritzinger (SA), Jacques Labetoulle (FR), Christoph Lindemann (DE), Daniel Menasce (USA), Aad van Moorsel (USA), David Nicol (USA), Brigitte Plateau (FR), Daniel Reed (USA), Martin Reiser (DE), Jerome Rolia (CA), Gerardo Rubino (FR), William Sanders (USA), Herb Schwetman (USA), Guiseppe Serazzi (IT), Edmundo de Souza e Silva (BR), William Stewart (USA), Hideaki Takagi (JP), Kishor Trivedi (USA), Murray Woodside (CA). IPDS/TOOLS 2000 PUBLICITY CHAIR Reinhard German (DE) IPDS/TOOLS 2000 TOOLS CHAIR Aad van Moorsel (USA) (aad@research.bell-labs.com) IPDS/TOOLS 2000 TUTORIAL CHAIR Sachin Garg (USA) (sgarg@research.bell-labs.com)