From: dowd@eng.buffalo.edu (Patrick Dowd)
Subject: MASCOTS'93
Apparently-To: comp-parallel@cis.ohio-state.edu
Originator: dowd@mangrove.eng.buffalo.edu
Keywords: performance analysis, simulation of computer systems
Reply-To: `P.W.Dowd.at.dowd@eng.buffalo.edu'
Organization: State University of New York at Buffalo
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 21:47:48 GMT



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                        CALL FOR PARTICIPATION


           INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON MODELING, ANALYSIS AND
        SIMULATION OF COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
                            (MASCOTS '93)

             Sponsored by ACM, IEEECS, IFIPWG 7.3 and SCS
      Part of the 1993 Western Simulation Multiconference WSM'93
                     January 17- January 20, 1993
          Hyatt Hotel, La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA.

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    Pre-registration deadline: December 1, 1992

    This Post contains:

    - The Workshop at a Glance
    - The Detailed Workshop Program
    - Travel Arrangements
    - Registration Forms (print, scissor and mail)
    - Hotel Information  (print, scissor and mail)
    - Organizers and the Program Committee


    An advance program in hard-copy form is available and can be requested
    from one of the workshop organisers, SCS , by phone, fax or mail:

    MASCOTS 93, c/o SCS, PO. Box 17900, San Diego, California 92177.
    Phone: 619-277-3888. Fax. 619-277-3930.
    Email: Stockton@Sdsc.Edu


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 MASCOTS AT A GLANCE    MASCOTS AT A GLANCE     MASCOTS AT A GLANCE
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 17th January, Sunday:			
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 Tutorials only: 9.00-5.00


 18th January, Monday:
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       07.00: Speakers' Breakfast
 08.30-10.00: General  Opening Session of WMC 93
 10.00-10.30: Coffee
 10.30-12.15: Welcome address by General Chair of MASCOTS
              MASCOTS KEYNOTES 1 & 2 (A. Smith, UCB and B. Zeigler, U ARIZONA)
 12.15-13.30: Lunch
 13.30-15.00: PAPER SESSIONS I, II and III
 15.00-15.30: Coffee
 15.30-16.50: PANEL SESSION 1: ANALYTICAL MODELING OR SIMULATION ?
 17.00-17.40: SOAL 1: F. Wu, UCB        SOAL 2: B. Melamed, NEC
 18.00-20.00: General Reception of WMC 93


 19th January, Tuesday:
 ----------------------

       07.00: Speaker's Breakfast
 08.30-10.00: MASCOTS KEYNOTES 3 & 4 (E. Gelenbe, U. Paris and D. Mitra AT&T)
 10.00-10.30: Coffee
 10.30-12.00: PAPER SESSIONS IV-V TOOL  SESSION 1
 12.00-13.30: Lunch
 13.30-14.10: SOAL 3: T. Casavant, U. Iowa, SOAL 4: G. Kesidis, U. Waterloo
 14.15-15.45: PANEL SESSION 2 : "Making Visualization A Practical Reality for
                          Simulation and Analysis - From Design to Reusability"
 15.45-16.15: Coffee Break
 16.15-17.45: PAPER SESSIONS VI-VII, TOOL SESSION 2
 18.00-19.30: MASCOTS MEETING
 19.30-21.30: Informal Birds-of-a-feather sessions on various topics


 20th January, Wednesday:
 ------------------------

       07.00: Speaker's Breakfast
 08.30-10.00: PAPER SESSIONS VIII-IX,  TOOL SESSION 3
 10.00-10.30: Coffee
 10.30-12.00: PAPER SESSIONS X-XI, TOOL SESSION 4
 12.00-13.30: Lunch
 13.30-15.00: PAPER SESSION XII
 08.30-16.30: Full- day Tutorials


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 THE DETAILED PROGRAM    THE DETAILED PROGRAM    THE DETAILED PROGRAM
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 I-Invited Papers, L-Long Papers, P-Panel Sessions,  T-Tutorials, TO-Tools,
 S-Short Papers

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  Sunday, 17th January
  --------------------

  TUTORIALS:

  T1: "Stochastic Petri Net Modeling, Analysis and Simulation"
       Giovanni Chiola, U. Torino, Italy.
       TIME AND DURATION: HALF-DAY, FIRST-HALF

  T2: "Memory  Systems    for  Multiprocessors   and Scalable
       Architectures: Design Choices and Performance Evaluation"
       Alok Choudhary, Syracuse University
       TIME AND DURATION: FULL-DAY

  T3: "Common Mistakes and Games of Simulation and Analysis"
       Raj Jain, Digital Equipment Corporation
       TIME AND DURATION: FULL-DAY

  T4: "Performance and Dependability Modeling with Deterministic
       and Stochastic Petri Nets"
       Christoph Lindemann, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
       TIME AND DURATION: HALF-DAY, SECOND-HALF

  T5: "Empirical Source Modeling with TES Processes"
       Benjamin  Melamed, NEC  USA,  Inc.,    Princeton,  New Jersey
       TIME AND DURATION: HALF-DAY, FIRST-HALF

  T6: "Evaluation of Network Reliability Metrics"
       Gerardo Rubino, INRIA, FRANCE.
       TIME AND DURATION: HALF-DAY, SECOND-HALF

  T7: "Techniques and Tools for Performance and Reliability Modeling"
       K.S.  Trivedi, Duke University and
       Gianfranco Ciardo, College of William and Mary, VA.
       TIME AND DURATION: FULL-DAY


  --------------------
  Monday, 18th January
  --------------------

  WMC Opening: 08.30-10.00

  COFFEE BREAK: 10.00-10.30

  PLENARY SESSION (10.30-12.15)
  Session Chair: H. Schwetman, MCC

  Welcome address by the General Chair of MASCOTS, Herb Schwetman

  MASCOTS KEYNOTE 1:

  (I) "The Need for Measurement Data OR Garbage In, Garbage Out"
  -- A. Smith, UC Berkeley

  MASCOTS KEYNOTE 2:

  (I) "The DEVS Formalism: A Proper Basis for Studying Discrete Event
       Simulation, be it Sequential or Parallel/Distributed"
  -- B. Zeigler, University of Arizona

  LUNCH BREAK : 12.15--13.30

  TRACK 1: PAPER SESSION 1 (13.30-15.00): Advanced Computer Systems I
  Session Chair: D. Agrawal, NC State University

  (L) "Performance Analysis of Fault Tolerant Tree-Based VLSI
       Architectures"
  -- M. Roccetti and P. Cavina, Universita di Bologna, ITALY

  (L) "Concurrent Simulation of Instruction Systolic Array Structures"
  -- O. de Vel, James Cook University, AUSTRALIA

  (L) "VLSI Architecture for Switch-Level Simulation"
  -- H. L. Owen and J. H. Schlag, Georgia Institute of Technology

  (S) "Modeling and Evaluation of a Superscalar Architecture"
  -- J. C.  Chung, Industrial Technology Research Institute, TAIWAN


  TRACK 2: PAPER SESSION 2 (13.30-15.00): Computer/Communications Network I
  Session Chair: To be announced

  (L) "Reliability and Availability Analysis of Manhattan Street Network"
  -- Z. Chen, Raynet Corporation, CA and Toby Berger, Cornell University

  (L) "Compact Modeling and Rapid Prototyping of Communication Software with
       ECATNets(1): A Case Study"
  -- M. Bettaz, M. Maouche, M. Soualmi, and M. Boukebeche, Universite
       de Constantine, ALGERIA

  (L) "Performance Analysis of Routing Algorithms for the Rattlesnake
       Network"
  -- G. J. M. Smit and P. J. M. Havinga, University of Twente, The NETHERLANDS

  (L) "A Delay Model for the Frame Relay Switch"
  -- P. Sarachik, I. Po and S. Panwar, Polytechnic University, New York

  TRACK 3: PAPER SESSION 3 (13.30 - 15.00): Advanced Computer/Communications
            Systems
  Session Chair: To be announced

  (L) "Cell-Relay Network Simulation: A Demonstration of Heterogeneous
       Large-System Modeling"
  -- A. Lao, J. C. Loh and D. Messerschmitt, University of California,
       Berkeley.

  (L) "A Testbed for Studying Parallel Programs and Parallel Execution
       Architectures"
  -- D. Grunwald, A. M. Sloane, D. Wagner, B. Zorn and G. J. Nutt
       University of Colorado.

  (L) "An Algorithm to Find Critical Loop, Next-Critical Loops and
      Iteration Bounds of Data Flow Graphs for Concurrent Processing"
  -- D. Y. Chao and D. T. Wang, New Jersey Inst. of Technology


  COFFEE BREAK: 15.00-15.30

  (P)PANEL SESSION 1 (15.30-16.50):

  PANEL TITLE: "ANALYTICAL MODELING OR SIMULATION ?"

  MODERATOR: H. Schwetman, MCC

  PANELISTS:

  Dharma Agrawal/ NCSU, Patrick Dowd /SUNY, Buffalo,
  Larry Dowdy/Vanderbilt U, Rhys Francis/CSIRO (Australia),
  Erol Gelenbe/ Univ. Paris (France), Bob Jump/Rice U,
  Roger Shepherd/INMOS (UK),  Alan Smith/UC Berkeley,
  Bernie Zeigler/U Arizona.

  SOAL SESSION 1 (17.00-17.40):
    Session Chair: K. Trivedi, Duke University

    (I) "NetPlan: An Integrated Network Planning Environment"
    -- F. Wu, UC Berkeley

  SOAL SESSION 2 (17.00-17.40)
  Session Chair: D. DeGroot, Texas Instruments

    (I) "The Empirical TES Methodology: Modeling First and
         Second Order Statistics of Empirical Time Series".
    -- B. Melamed, NEC-USA, Princeton


  ---------------------
  Tuesday, 19th January
  ---------------------

  PLENARY SESSION (8.30-10.00)
  Session Chair: J. Walrand, UC Berkeley

  MASCOTS KEYNOTE 3:

  (I) "G-networks : A Unified Model for Neural Nets and Queueing
       Networks"
  -- E. Gelenbe, University of Paris, FRANCE

  MASCOTS KEYNOTE 4:  TO BE ANNOUNCED

  COFFEE BREAK: 10.00-10.30

  TRACK 1: PAPER SESSION 4 (10.30-12.00): Multicomputer Networks
  Session Chair: M. Dubois, USC

  (L) "A Modeling Technique for Media Access Protocol Evaluation"
  -- P. W. Dowd and K. Bogineni, SUNY, Buffalo

  (L) "NETSIM: A General-Purpose Interconnection Network Simulator"
  -- R.  Jump and S. Lakshmanamurthy, Rice University

  (L) "Incorporating Recovery in Performability Models for
       Multi-Computer Systems"
  -- M. L. Lin, Hughes Aircraft Inc., D. M. Blough and L. Bic,
       University of California, Irvine.

  (L) "Approximation of Performance Parameters for Multistage, Multipath
       Networks"
  -- P. G. Sobalvarro, Massachusetts Institute of Technology


  TRACK 2: PAPER SESSION 5 (10.30 - 12.00): Multiprocessor Systems
  Session Chair: K. Bagchi , Aalborg University, DENMARK

  (L) "MultiSim: A Simulation Tool for the Study of Large-Scale 
       Multiprocessors"
  -- P. K. McKinley and C. Trefftz, Michigan University

  (L)  "Evaluating Sequential Consistency in a Virtually Shared Memory System
        by Deterministic and Stochastic Petri Nets"
  -- C. Lindemann and F. Schon, Technische Berlin and Gesellschaft
        fur Informatik, GERMANY

  (L) "A Design for Efficient Simulation of a Multi-Processor"
  -- P. Magnusson, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, SWEDEN

  (S) "A Parallel Algorithm for Cache Miss Ratio Evaluation"
  -- D. Harper III and D. Tuma, University of Texas, Richardson.

  (S) "Execution-Driven Simulation of Shared-Memory Multiprocessors"
  -- R. Jump, S. Dwarkadas, R. Mukherjee and J.B. Sinclair, Rice University


  TRACK 3: Tools Session 1 (10.30-12.00): Neural Networks I
  Session Chair: T. Braunl, IPVR, University of Stuttgart, GERMANY

  (TO) "SESAME, An Object-oriented Software Tool for Design, Simulation and
        Analysis of Neural Networks"
  -- A. Linden, C. Tietz and T.Sudbrak, GMD, Germany

  (TO) "The  NeuroGraph, Neural Network Simulator"
  -- C. Jacob and P. Wilke, University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany

  (TO) "SNNS, An Efficient Simulator for Neural Networks"
  -- A. Zell, G. Memier, R. Hurner, N. Mache, M. Schmalzl, T. Sommer, M.
        Vogt Univ. Stuttgart, Germany

  LUNCH BREAK: 12.00-13.30

  SOAL SESSION 3 (13.30-14.10):
  Session Chair: F. Wu, UC Berkeley

  (I) "A Review of Quick Simulation Methods for Queues"
  -- G. Kesidis, University of Waterloo, CANADA and J. Walrand,
       UC Berkeley

  SOAL SESSION 4 (13.30-14.10):
  Session Chair: G. Zobrist, University of Missouri-Rolla

  (I) "The IMPROV Meta-Tool Design Methodology for Visualization
       of Parallel Programs"
  -- T. Casvant, University of Iowa

  (P) PANEL SESSION 2 (14.15-15.45):

  PANEL TITLE: "Making Visualization A Practical Reality for
               Simulation and Analysis - From Design to Reusability"


  CO-MODERATORS: Thomas L. Casavant, ECE Dept., Univ. of Iowa
                 Doug Degroot, Texas Instruments

  PANELISTS: Dennis    Gannon/Indiana   University, Dan Reed/Illinois,
             Diane Rover/Michigan State  University, Zary  Segall/CMU,
             Jerry Yan/NASA Ames

  COFFEE BREAK: 15.45-16.15

  TRACK 1: PAPER SESSION 6 (16.15-17.45): Computer/Communications Networks II
  Session Chair: H. Schwetman, MCC

  (L) "Fast Parallel Simulation of SS7 Telecommunication Networks"
  -- N. Kalantery, S. C. Winter, D. R. Wilson, University of Westminster,
       London and A. P. Redfern, British Telecom, UK

  (L) "Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Multiaccess Mechanisms at
       SUPERLAN"
  -- A. Popoescu, Y. Ismailov, H. Rajaei and R. Ayani, The Royal Institute of
       Technology, SWEDEN

  (S) "A Generic Framework for the Simulation Analysis of Protocol Layered
       Communication Systems"
  -- S. P. W. Jones, University of Surrey and C. Smythe, University of
       Sheffield, UK

  (S) "Development of a Visual Queuing Network Model for Analysis of the
       Performance of a Telephone Network Engineering Software System"
  -- D. S. Mok and T. S. Yuen, Bellcore, NJ

  (S) "Automated Generation of Discrete Event-Driven Simulation Code from
       Computer Network Specifications"
  -- F. Verboven and F. Tallieu, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, BELGIUM


  TRACK 2: PAPER SESSION 7 (16.15-17.45): Advanced Simulation and
            Modeling Techniques
  Session Chair: B. Melamed, NEC, Princeton

  (L) "Use of Hybrid and Hierarchical Simulation to Reduce Computation Costs"
  -- K. K. Goswami and R. K. Iyer, University of Illinois, Urbana

  (L) "Incomplete Trace Data and Trace Driven Simulation: A Case Study"
  -- J. K. Flanagan, B. Nelson, J. K. Archibald and K. Grimsrud
       Brigham Young University, Utah.

  (L) "Fast Implementations of the Pending Event Set"
  -- R. Ronngren, J. Riboe and R. Ayani,  The Royal Institute of Technology
       Stockholm, SWEDEN

  (L) "Modeling Object Behaviors Using Finite States Automatons"
  -- B. Mongazon-Cazavet, C.N.E.T. Sophia-Antipolis, FRANCE


  TRACK 3: Tool Session 2 (16.15-17.45): Network Simulation
  Session Chair: M. Thapar, HP Research Labs, Palo Alto

  (TO) "Comnet III, The New Enterprise-wide Performance Analysis Tool"
   -- S. Skinner and R. Mills, CACI Products

  (TO) "SMURPH, An Object-oriented Simulator for Communication Networks
        and Protocols"
   -- W. Dobosiewicz and P. Gburzynski, Univ. of Alberta, CANADA

  (TO) "GILDA, The LAN design tool"
   -- C. Palmer, M. Naghshineh, J. Chen, H. Ahmadi, P. Kermani, IBM
       Research, Yorktown Heights

  INFORMAL BIRDS-OF-A-FEATHER SESSIONS ON VARIOUS TOPICS : (19.30-21.30)


  ------------------------
  Wednesday, 20th January
  ------------------------

  TRACK 1: PAPER SESSION 8 (08.30-10.00): Distributed File and
            Database Systems
  Session Chair: D. Long, University of California, Santa Cruz

  (L) "A Model for Pipelined Query Execution"
  -- A. N. Wilschut and S. A. van Gills, University of Twente, THE Netherlands

  (L) "Simulation Modeling of Weak-Consistency Protocols"
  -- R. Golding and D. E. Long, University of California, Santa Cruz

  (S) "The `Two-to-One'-Criterion for Load Control in Locking Systems"
  -- H. Heiss and M. Dormanns, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

  (S) "Performance Models for Perfect and Imperfect Clocks on Timestamp
       Ordering in Distributed Databases"
  -- C. J. Bouras and P. M. Spirakis, Computer Technology Institute,
       Patras, GREECE

  (S) "A General Framework for Modelling Data Replication Schemes"
  -- O. Theel, DEC, GERMANY



  TRACK 2: PAPER SESSION 9 (08.30-10.00): PETRINETS AND APPLICATIONS
  Session Chair: G. Chiola, University Torino, ITALY and
                 G. Ciardo, College of William and Mary, VA

  (L)  "Stochastic Petri Nets and an Extension of Norton's Theorem"
  -- G. Klas, Siemens Corporate R&D, Germany

  (L)  "A Simulation Model of a Double Ring Protocol Based on Timed
        Well-Formed Coloured Petri Nets"
  -- G. Chiola, R. Gaeta and M. Sereno, Universita di Torino, Italy

  (L) "Minimum Marking for No Loop-Combination of General Petri Nets"
  -- D. Y. Chao and  D. T. Wang, New Jersey Inst. of Technology

  (L)  "Sensitivity Analysis of Deterministic Stochastic Petri Nets"
  -- K. S. Trivedi, H. Choi and V. Mainkar,  Duke University


  TRACK 3: Tool Session 3(08.30-10.00): Architecture Simulation and
             Queueing Models
  Session Chair: M. Thapar

  (TO) "A Program Development and Architecture Simulator: POWER"
  -- R. Kanawati, N. Patel, C. Vu , IBM Advanced Technology NC

  (TO) "Constructing Microarchitecture Simulators Using OO Building Block"
  -- J. D. Turner and R. Yavatkar, Univ. of Kentucky

  (TO) "RESQME--The Research Queueing Package Modeling Environment"
  -- K. Chang, R. Gordon, P. Loewner, E. MacNair, IBM Research Yorktown
        Heights

  COFFEE BREAK: 10.00-10.30

  TRACK 1: PAPER SESSION 10 (10.30-12.00): Parallel/Distributed Systems
  Session Chair: A. Choudhary, Syracuse U

  (S) "Experimental Evaluation of Distributed System Configurations"
  -- J. Collins and F. Ghalichi, 3M Company, St. Paul, MN

  (S) "A Comparative Analysis of Static Processor Partitioning Policies for
       Parallel Computers"
  -- S. Setia and S. Tripathy, University of Maryland

  (S) "Parallel Modelling of Computer Networks for Connectivity Analysis"
  -- J. A. Barchanski, Brock University, Canada


  TRACK 2: PAPER SESSION 11 (10.30-12.00): Protocol Modeling and Simulation
  Session Chair: C. Jung, IBM Corporation, Kingston

  (L) "A Semi-Markov Model of a Home Network Access Protocol"
  -- J. P. Katoen, University of Twente, THE Netherlands

  (L) "Equilibrium Point Approximations for Multiple Access Protocols with
       Different Customer Classes"
  -- M. E. Woodward and K. S. Rodrigo, Loughborough University of Technology,
       UK.

  (L) "On Message Delay for Multi-Access Protocols Based on TDMA Schemes"
  -- F. Simonot, ESSTIN-University of Nancy I, Y. Q. Song, CRIN-ENSEM,
       and J. P. Thomesse, CRIN-ENSEM, France

  (S) "An Exact Analysis of Prioritized Bus Arbitration Protocol"
  -- P. Marimuthu, North Carolina State University


  TRACK 3 : Tool Session 4:(10.30-12.00): Neural Networks II and Petri Nets
  Session Chair: T. Braunl

  (TO) "NeMoSys, A Biological Neuron Simulator"
  -- F. Eeckkman, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory,  F. Theunissen and J. Miller,
        UC Berkeley

  (TO) "SPNP, A Stochastic Petri Nets Package for modeling Stochastic
        Reward Nets"
   -- K. Trivedi Duke Univ, G. Ciardo College of William and Mary and J.
        Muppala, Hongkong University, HongKong

  (TO) "DSPNexpress: A Software Package for the Efficient Solution of
        Deterministic and Stochastic Petri Nets"
   -- C. Lindemann, TU Berlin, Germany

  LUNCH BREAK: 12.00-13.30

  TRACK 1: PAPER  SESSION 12 (13.30-15.00): Pot-pourri
  Session Chair: P. Dowd, SUNY, Buffalo

  (L) "On the Methods to Detect Latent Sector Faults of a Disk Subsystem"
  -- H. H. Kari, H. Saikkonen and F. Lombardi, Personal System, Santa Clara, CA

  (S) "OMNet: Objective Modular Network Testbed"
  -- G. Pongor, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland

  (L) "Conceptual Modeling of Digital Systems from Informal Descriptions"
  -- R. Greenwood, Motorola Inc., and W. Cyre, Virginia Tech

  (S) "Modeling and Simulation of Astronomical Image Transfer via the
       Advanced Communications Technology Satellite"
  -- G. Georghiou and S. Horan, New Mexico State University


  TUTORIALS:

  T8: "Software Tools for Visualization of Parallel and
      Distributed Programs and Systems"
      Thomas L. Casavant, University of Iowa.
      TIME AND DURATION: FULL-DAY

  T9: "G-networks -- New Models for Neural and  Queueing Networks"
      Erol Gelenbe, Universit Ren Descartes (Paris V), FRANCE
      TIME AND DURATION: FULL-DAY


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  TRAVEL  INFORMATION      TRAVEL INFORMATION        TRAVEL  INFORMATION
..........................................................................

  Air: Arrive at San Diego International Airport (Lindberg Field).  The
       hotel is 20 minutes by car.  Get a Limo/shuttle or a taxi/car.
       Shuttle service is available every 30 minutes approximately round
       the clock and at the cost of $8-10 max.  Taxi service is available
       at a cost of $15-20 approximately.  You may dial a shuttle service
       from the baggage claim area.

  Car: If you are driving from airport:
       Exit airport to I-5 North, exit I-5 North at La Jolla Village Drive
       (approx.  10 miles), turn right on La Jolla Village Drive.  Turn
       right on Lebon.  Turn right onto University Center Lane.  Turn right
       into hotel.


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   REGISTRATION     REGISTRATION     REGISTRATION     REGISTRATION
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    The conference fee includes attendance at all sessions of the
    conference; refreshments and lunch each day; a copy of the proceedings;
    attendance at the reception; car parking at the hotel.  The student
    conference fee only allows attendance at all sessions and refreshments.

    Delegates registering before 1st December can take advantage of a
    preferential rate.  Delegate substitution will be acceptable at any
    time.

FULL-TIME STUDENTS, PLEASE NOTE!!!

    There is a special conference registration fee of $ 50 for full time
    students, plus a limited number of seats in each tutorial at the
    reduced fee of $125.00 per full-day tutorial.

    Contact SCS for further details.  Telephone: 619-277-3888

    To register please detach and complete the form below and return it to:
        MASCOTS' 93, c/o SCS
        P.O.  Box 17900
        San Diego, California 92177

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                          Registration Form

           INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON MODELING, ANALYSIS AND
        SIMULATION OF COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
                            (MASCOTS '93)
             Sponsored by ACM, IEECS, IFIPWG 7.3 and SCS
           Part of 1993 Western Simulation Multiconference
                     January 17- January 20, 1993
      Hyatt Regency Hotel, La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA.

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    hotel registration form:

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                HOTEL REGISTRATION FORM FOR MASCOTS'93
                (Part of 1993 Western MultiConference)

           INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON MODELING, ANALYSIS AND
        SIMULATION OF COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
                            (MASCOTS '93)
             Sponsored by ACM, IEECS, IFIPWG 7.3 and SCS
           Part of 1993 Western Simulation Multiconference
                     January 17- January 21, 1993
      Hyatt Regency Hotel, La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA.


    (Reservations received after December 1, 1992 will be confirmed on a
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    ORGANISERS    ORGANISERS    ORGANISERS    ORGANISERS    ORGANISERS
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  General Chair
  Herb Schwetman
  MCC
  3500 West Balcones Center Drive,
  Austin, TX 78681,
  USA
  email: hds@mcc.com

  Program Committee Chair
  Jean Walrand
  Department of Electrical Engineering
  and Computer Sciences,
  267M Cory Hall,
  University of California,
  Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
  email: wlr@diva.berkeley.edu
  tel. +(1) 415-643-8426

  Technical Co-Chairs (Admin., Coordination and Publication)
  Kallol Bagchi
  Institute of Electronic Systems
  Aalborg University,
  Fredrick Bajers Vej 7,
  Dk 9220, Aalborg Ost,
  Denmark.
  email: kkb@iesd.auc.dk
  kkb@vaxa.aud.auc.dk
  tel. +(45)98 15 85 22

  Doug DeGroot
  Texas Instruments
  6550 Chase Oaks Blvd.,
  MS 8435,
  PLano, TX 75023
  email: degroot@dog.dseg.ti.com
  tel. 214-575-3763

  Tutorial Chair
  Kishor Trivedi,
  Duke University,
  Department of Computer Science
  and Electrical Engineering,
  Duke University,
  Durham NC 27706, USA.
  email kst@egr.duke.edu

  Panel Chair
  Dharma Agrawal,
  Dept. of Electrical
  and Computer Engineering,
  North Carolina State University
  Box 7911, Raleigh,
  NC 27695-7911,
  USA.
  email: dpa@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu

  Publicity: Patrick Dowd
  Dept. of Electrical and Computer Eng.,
  SUNY, Buffalo,
  NY 14260, USA.
  email : dowd@eng.buffalo.edu


  Tools Fair Managers:
  Manu Thapar                       Thomas Braunl
  HP Research Lab,                  IPVR,
  Palo Alto, USA                    U Stuttgart, Germany

  Treasurer: Anup Kumar             Local Arrangements: Chip Stockton,
  Univ. of Louisville                                   SCS

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       PROGRAM COMMITTEE       PROGRAM COMMITTEE       PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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  Nader Bagherzadeh (UCI)
  Jim Burr (Stanford U)
  Giovanni Chiola (U Torino, Italy)
  Ed Deprettere (U Delft, NL)
  Larry Dowdy (Vanderbilt U)
  Michel Dubois (USC)
  Paul Fishwick (U  Florida)
  Rhys Francis (CSIRO, Australia)
  Geoff. Fox (Syracuse U)
  Mary Girard (MITRE Corp.)
  Wolfgang Halang (U. Groningen, NL)
  Mark Holliday (Duke U)
  Bob Jump (Rice U)
  Charlie Jung (IBM, Kingston)
  Charlie Knadler (IBM, Rockville)
  Benny Lautrup (Bohr Institute, DK)
  Darrel Long (UC, Santa Cruz)
  Vijay Madisetti (Georgia Tech.)
  Marco Ajmone Marsan (Poly. Torino, Italy)
  Mary Lou Padgett (Auburn U)
  Tom Stiemerling (City U, London)
  Hamid Vakilzadian (U Nebraska)
  Bernie Zeigler (U Arizona)
  George Zobrist (U Missouri Rolla)


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   ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT        ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT
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   Kallol Bagchi                            Patrick Dowd
   Institute of Electronic Systems          Dept. of Electrical and
   Aalborg University                         Computer Engineering
   Fredrick Bajers Vej 7                    SUNY/Buffalo
   DK 9220 Aalborg Ost, Denmark             Bell Hall
   Phone: +45 98 15 42 11, Ext. 4901        Buffalo, NY 14260
   Fax:   +45 98 15 67 40                   Phone: +(1) 716 645-2406
   email: kkb@iesd.auc.dk                   Fax:   +(1) 716 645-3656
   kkb@vaxa.aud.auc.dk                      email: dowd@eng.buffalo.edu

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