CALL FOR PAPERS
The 17th European Performance Engineering Workshop (EPEW 2021)
December 09-10, 2021 - An Online Event
The European Performance Engineering Workshop (EPEW) and the International Conference
on Analytical and Stochastic Modelling Modelling Techniques and Applications (ASMTA) areflagship conferences for academic and industrial researchers from diverse fields with commoninterest on the performance modelling, analysis and design of stochastic systems. This year,
the two conferences join, and solicit papers on the development of broadly applicable analytic,
simulation and measurement-based methods on all aspects of performance engineering.
EPEW 2021 aims to bring together researchers interested in understanding and improving
the performance of systems where the flow of information is random by means of proper modeling and solution methods working on real-world or realistic applications of the methods appliedin stochastic modeling, and on theoretical aspects arising as solutions to needs emerging fromthe study of real-world or realistic cases, across a broad spectrum of research fields. EPEW
specially focuses on the application of methods to concrete applications, by paying attention to
the choice of the parameters which must be close to concrete cases: it seeks papers to promoteresearch results in the development and analysis of stochastic models arising among others incommunication systems, manufacturing, production, service operations, supplychain/inventory
management, and biological systems. Its scope includes both methodological and computational advances, with special interest in contributions that present novel solutions, including
approaches based on novel tools, to real-world or realistic cases and related analysis or that
present interesting and new design, assessment or performance evaluation solutions on newparadigmatic cases and problems, by means of methods meant to predict and efficiently design
stochastic systems.

Publication.
EPEW 2021 proceedings will be published as a Springer Verlag volume of the Lecture Notes in
Computer Science (LNCS) series (see submission guidelines below).
Submission Guidelines.
Full papers reporting original and unpublished results on Epew topics are solicited. Submissions should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere while being evaluated forthis conference. The proceedings will be published in the Springer Verlag Lecture Notes in
Computer Science (LNCS) series. Submissions may already be prepared in LNCS format andmust not exceed 15 pages, including figures, tables, and references; see the information forauthors on Springer as web site for formatting instructions (Springer). Please clearly indicate
the corresponding author. Note that authors will be required to sign a copyright release. The
paper submission for EPEW 2021 will only be accepted through the Easychair Paper Submission System (link will be enabled soon). Only papers in PDF will be accepted for reviewing.
Submissions as e-mail attachment will not be accepted. Consistent with standard practice, eachsubmitted paper will receive rigorous peer reviewing. Papers will be selected based on theiroriginality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Submission implies
the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted.
All accepted papers in the conference are expected to be presented and will be included in theconference proceedings.

Best Paper award.
The EPEW 2021 committee will select the best paper award of the conference for which acertificate will be presented at the end of the conference.
Important Dates.
 Paper Submission deadline : June 15th, 2021
 Notification of Acceptance : July 27th, 2021
 Camera Ready : September 3rd, 2021

Special Issues.
Extended versions of the best papers will be considered for fast-track publication in the Elsevier Performance Evaluation (PEVA) journal as well as in the ACM Transactions on
Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Computing Systems (TOMPECS) journal.

List of Topics.
Theoretical advances in performance modeling and evaluation
 Probabilistic, stochastic, or performability models, such as Queueing Networks, PetriNets, and Process Calculi
 Specification of quantitative properties
 Analytical and numerical solution techniques and simulation techniques
 Quantitative model checking, equivalence checking, and static analysis
 Context-aware modelling and analysis techniques
 Machine learning and deep learning based approaches for performance evaluation andanalysis
 Multiformalism and Multiparadigm modeling approaches

System, software, and network performance engineering Performance-oriented design, architecture, implementation, deployment, monitoring, andmaintenance Performance analysis, simulation, and experimental design
 Benchmark design and benchmark-based evaluation and monitoring Automated interpretation of analysis results
 Quality of service, and trade-off between security, performance, dependability, energy
consumption, usability, etc.
 Software performance modeling languages, model composition and tool interoperability

2Applications, case studies
 Cloud systems, Hybrid Cloud, Fog and Computing Continuum Internet of Things
 Cyber-physical systems
 E-health systems
 Large-scale systems and scalability analysis of systems, robustness analysis of systems,
resilience analysis of systems
 Industrial case studies, experience reports and tools, with a solid analysis and theoreticalbackground

General Chair
Tuan Phung-Duc, University of Tsukuba, JapanTPC Chairs
Paolo Ballarini, Universitè Paris-Saclay, CentraleSupléc, France.
Hind Castel,Telecom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France.
Mauro Iacono, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy.
Program Committee
Paolo Ballarini, CentraleSupeléc, France
Enrico Barbierato, Politecnico di Milano , Italy
Benoit Barbot, Univ Paris Est Creteil, FranceMarco Beccuti, Università degli studi di Torino, Italy
Marco Bernardo, University of Urbino, Italy
Laura Carnevali, University of Florence, Italy
Hind Castel, Telecom SudParis, FranceDavide Cerotti, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Ioannis Dimitriou, University of Patras, Greece
Dieter Fiems, Ghent University, Belgium
Jean-Michel Fourneau, Université de Versailles St Quentin, FranceStephen Gilmore, The University of Edinburgh, UK
Marco Gribaudo, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
András Horváth, Università degli studi di Torino, ItalyGábor Horváth Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Emmanuel Hyon , University Paris Ouest Nanterre, FranceEsa Hyytiä, University of Iceland, Iceland
Mauro Iacono, Università degli Studi della Campania, Italy
Alain Jean-Marie, INRIA, France
William Knottenbelt, Imperial College London, UKLasse Leskelä, Aalto University, Finalnd
Oleg Lukashenko, Karelian Research Centre, Russia
3Marco Paolieri, University of Southern California, USA
Dave Parker, University of Birmingham, UK
Nihal Pekergin, Univ. Paris-Est-Creteil, France
Carla Piazza, University of Udine, Italy
Philipp Reinecke, Cardiff University, UK
Sabina Rossi, Universita’ Ca’ Foscari di Venezia
Alexander Rumyantsev, Karelian Research Centre, Russia
Markus Siegle, Uni Bw Munich, Germany
Miklos Telek , Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Nigel Thomas, Newcastle University, UKEnrico Vicario,University of Florence, Italy
Joris Walraevens, Ghent University, Belgiom

Contact All questions about submissions should be emailed to the TPC Chairs:
Paolo Ballarini (paolo.ballarini@centralesupelec.fr)
Hind Castel (hind.castel@telecom-sudparis.eu)
Mauro Iacono (mauro.iacono@unicampania.it)

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