From: dowd@eng.buffalo.edu (Patrick Dowd)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: CFP - MASCOTS'93
Keywords: conference, performance analysis, simulation
Date: 16 Apr 92 17:31:00 GMT
Reply-To: `Patrick Dowd at dowd@eng.buffalo.edu'
Organization: State University of New York at Buffalo
Originator: dowd@mangrove.eng.buffalo.edu




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	     PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
				   
International Workshop on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer
	      and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS'93)
				   
 Part of the 1993 SCS Western Multiconference on Computer Simulation
	  (Sponsored by the SCS, IEEETCSIM, IEEETCARCH, ...)
(ACM, IEEECS, IFIPWG, ORSA cooperation/sponsorships have been requested)
		     January 17- January 20, 1993
	  Hyatt Hotel, La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA.

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SCOPE:

The  workshop  MASCOTS'93 is expected   to  be  a   major  event where
researchers, developers and experts with interests  in systems design,
modeling and analysis, simulation,  performance evaluation and various
applications  will meet  to consider one    of  the current  important
themes:  modeling,  analysis  and simulation of computer/communication
systems of the present and future.

Performance, robustness and   reliability predictions  of computer and
communication systems  of future in particular  are both important and
extremely challenging.   Modeling, analysis  and simulation are widely
applicable to problems in the specification and design of computer and
communication  systems;  however, traditional  modeling, analysis  and
simulation  strategies need  to    be closely  scrutinised  for  their
robustness, efficiency and practical  applicability in areas of future
computer/communication systems. Some  techniques are evolving  and new
approaches are   emerging  to  satisfy    the  requirements  of  these
ever-expanding areas.

TOPICS: 

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Modeling/Analysis/Simulation of Systems such as:

 -- Multiple Processor Systems
 -- High-Speed Computer Networks and Distributed Systems
 -- Massively Parallel and Scalable Systems
 -- Systolic structures and SIMD/Vector Machines
 -- Fault Tolerant Systems
 -- Real-Time Systems
 -- Artificial Neural Networks
 -- Parallel, VLSI and RISC/CISC architectures
 -- Large, Distributed, (Incomplete) Data-base Systems
 -- Application systems like DSP/AI applications and expert
    systems/Vision and Image Processing Systems/Robotics and Control etc
 -- Complex and heterogeneous systems
 -- Novel architectures/advances in technologies
 -- Telecommunication/communication systems

Advances in Modeling Techniques such as:

 -- Analytic (Performance, Reliability and Performability) Modeling
 -- Specification and validation techniques as in network protocols,
    logic design etc.
 -- Discrete Simulation
 -- Numeric Simulation and Visualization Techniques
 -- Intelligent Simulation Techniques with Knowledge as the key

AUTHOR INFORMATION:

Papers that deal with  these themes,  both methodological and specific
case study-oriented, are  solicited.  We are  especially interested in
papers  on innovative  modeling and/or simulation  techniques that are
expected to survive the onslaught of technological advances and remain
current for a reasonable period of time.

The  workshop will  have prominent  guest  speakers, presentations  of
refereed  papers,  panel sessions, tool  and poster presentations.  In
addition, there will be tutorials on introductory and advanced topics.

All submissions will  be reviewed.  We shall provide  blind referring.
Put names,  affiliations and addresses  for correspondence (postal and
electronic) of authors on a separate cover. Papers must not  exceed 12
double-spaced pages. Provide an abstract and 3-4 keywords.  Authors of
accepted papers will have to present their  papers at the  workshop. A
best paper award will be made.

A limited number of posters/short  papers  can also be admitted.   For
posters, an extended abstract of maximum 4 double-spaced pages must be
submitted. Full-length papers and poster abstracts  will appear in the
proceedings to be published by the SCS.

Proposals for tutorials must contain a brief description of the theme,
target audience, proposed  time    duration  and  an outline   of  the
presentation.  Panel proposals should be based on a current theme that
can generate a lively discussion. A brief position statement  from the
each panelist of a panel will be included in the proceedings.

A selected set of high-quality papers, tutorials, state-of-the-art and
invited lectures (revised  and enlarged) will  be published as  a hard
cover book, by Kluwer Academic Publishers, shortly after the workshop.
Send four copies of your papers and posters  to the  Program Committee
Chair,  Jean  Walrand  at  the   address  given below. Panel   session
proposals and proposals for tutorial, should be sent to the respective
Chairs. Special session proposals should be directed to Kallol Bagchi,
Technical Co-Chair.  All other  inquiries should   be  directed to the
Publicity Chair.

There  will  be  a  Tools   Fair at  MASCOTS'93.   Tools accepted  for
presentation should be demonstrated on a computer system or shown on a
video tape.  All submissions on tools must contain  the details of the
necessary equipment. Send abstracts on tools to one of the Tools Fair
Managers.  Brief descriptions  of  selected tools  including  pictures
(max. 1 double-spaced page) will also appear in the proceedings.

Schedule:

June 30, 92:  Special sessions proposals due
July 15, 92:  Deadline for submissions of papers/tutorial 
              and panel proposals/tools
Sept. 15, 92: Notification of acceptance
Oct. 15, 92:  Deadline for camera-ready copy

General Chair                             Program Committee Chair

Dr. Herb Schwetman	                  Prof. Jean Walrand	
MCC                                       Department of Electrical Engineering
3500 West Balcones Center Drive             and Computer Sciences   
Austin, TX 78759  USA                     267M Cory Hall                    
email: hds@mcc.com                        University of California   
Phone. +(1) 512-338-3428                  Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
Fax. +(1) 512-338-3885                    email: wlr@diva.berkeley.edu 
                                          Phone: +(1) 510-642-1529 
                                          Fax: +(1) 510-643-8426
Technical Co-Chairs 

Dr. Kallol Bagchi	                  Dr. Doug DeGroot		
Institute of Electronic Systems           Advanced Technologies & Components
Aalborg University,                       Texas Instruments
Fredrick Bajers Vej 7,                    6550 Chase Oaks Blvd.
DK 9220, Aalborg Ost, Denmark.            MS 8435
email: kkb@iesd.auc.dk                    Plano, TX 75023, USA
kkb@vaxa.aud.auc.dk                       email: degroot@dog.dseg.ti.com
Phone. +(45)98 15 85 22                   Phone: +(1) 214 575 3763


Tutorial Chair                            Panel Chair

Prof. Kishor Trivedi                      Prof. Dharma Agrawal,
Department of Computer Science            Department of Electrical
  and Electrical Engineering                and Computer Engineering
Duke University                           North Carolina State University
Durham NC 27706, USA                      Box 7911
email kst@egr.duke.edu                    Raleigh, NC 27695-7911, USA
                                          email: dpa@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu

Publicity Chair                           Treasurer

Dr. Patrick Dowd                          Dr. Anup Kumar
Dept. of Electrical and                   Engineering Math and Computer Science
  Computer Engineering                    Univ. of Louisville
State University of New York at Buffalo   University of Louisville
Buffalo, NY 14260  USA                    Louisville, Ky 40292
email: dowd@eng.buffalo.edu               email:AOKUMA01@ulkyvx.bitnet


Tools Fair Managers

Dr. Thomas Braunl                         Dr. Manu Thapar 
IPVR                                      HP Research Labs.
U of Stuttgart,Breitwiesenstr. 20-22      1501 Page Mill Road
D-7000 Stuttgart 80,Germany               Palo Alto, CA 94304  USA.
email:braunl@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de  email : thapar@hpl.hplabs.hp.com

Program Committee

Dharma Agrawal (NC State U)
Kallol Bagchi (AUC, DK)
Nader Bagherzadeh (UCI)
Jim Burr (Stanford U)
Thomas Braunl (U Stuttgart, D)
Giovanni Chiola (U Torino, IT)
Doug DeGroot (TI)
Ed Deprettere (U Delft, NL)
Patrick Dowd (SUNY, Buffalo)
Larry Dowdy (Vanderbilt U)
Michel Dubois (USC)
Paul Fishwick (U  Florida)
Rhys Francis (CSIRO, Australia)
Geoffrey 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)
Anup Kumar (U Louisville)
Benny Lautrup (Bohr Institute, DK)
Darrel Long (UC, Santa Cruz)
Vijay Madisetti (Georgia Tech.)
Marco Ajmone Marsan (Poly. Torino, IT) 
Mary Lou Padgett (Auburn U)
Roger Shepherd (INMOS, UK) 
Lambert  Spaanenburg (U. Stuttgart, D)
Tom Stiemerling (London City U, UK)
Shreekant  Thakkar (Sequent)
Manu Thapar (HP, Palo Alto)
Kishor Trivedi (Duke U)
Hamid Vakilzadian (U Nebraska)
Steve Winter (Poly. C. London, UK)
Bernie Zeigler (U Arizona)
George Zobrist (U Missouri Rolla)

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workshop, please, return  (preferably  by  E-Mail) the filled   up form
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Dr. Kallol Bagchi                        Dr. 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) 716 636-2406
email: kkb@iesd.auc.dk                   Fax:   +(1) 716 636-3656
kkb@vaxa.aud.auc.dk                      email: dowd@eng.buffalo.edu
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