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CALL FOR PAPERS
QEST'05 - www.qest.org
2nd International Conference on Quantitative Evaluation of SysTems
Torino, Italy, September 19-22, 2005
OVERVIEW
The International Conference on Quantitative Evaluation of SysTems is a
major forum for contributions on evaluation and verification of computer
and communication systems, through measurements and stochastic models,
possibly incorporating non-deterministic behaviour. It combines three
events: the International Conference on Modeling Techniques and Tools
for Computer Performance Evaluation (TOOLS), the International Workshop
on Petri Nets and Performance Models (PNPM), and the Joint International
Workshop on Process Algebras and Performance Modeling and Probabilistic
Methods In Verification (PAPM-ProbMIV), that have discovered an
increasing convergence in their interests and in their communities of
researchers. The 1st QEST conference was held at the University of Twente
in 2004. The 2nd QEST conference will be held in Torino, the city that
hosted the first PNPM workshop twenty years ago. Torino has also hosted
TOOLS in 1991 and PAPM in 1996.
SCOPE & TOPICS
Quantitative properties of interest include, but are not limited to,
performance, dependability (e.g., reliability, availability), safety,
security, survivability, correctness, timeliness, and efficiency. Topics
of interest cover the areas of modelling formalisms and methodologies,
measurements, analytical and numerical evaluation, simulation and
verification, and theory of probabilistic systems, as well as case
studies showing the role of quantitative evaluation in the design of
systems and applications including computer architecture, distributed
and fault tolerant systems, communication systems, embedded systems,
web-based systems, and safety-critical systems. Moreover tools for
supporting the practical application of research results in all the
above areas are of special interest for QEST and therefore tool papers
are sought. Example topics of interest include:
stochastic and timed Petri nets;
stochastic process algebras;
stochastic and timed automata;
queueing networks;
Markov chains;
non-Markovian models and algorithms;
numerical and analytical solution techniques;
efficient simulation techniques;
formal specification techniques;
quantitative extensions of UML;
measurements and benchmarking;
schedulability analysis;
verification of stochastic and probabilistic systems;
concurrency theory for probabilistic systems;
analysis of randomized algorithms;
model-checking algorithms;
optimization techniques;
probabilistic decision-making and planning;
hybrid and hierarchical modelling and evaluation techniques;
SUBMISSIONS
We invite authors to submit papers with original material related to the
topics of the conference, written in English, and formatted in the IEEE
double column format. The length of the paper should not exceed 10 pages.
Additional material for the aid of the reviewers (e.g. proofs,
definitions) can be presented in a clearly marked appendix. Instructions
for electronic submission will be given on the conference home-page.
Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted for publication
elsewhere. Accepted papers must be presented at the conference by one of
the authors. The proceedings will be published by IEEE. All papers will
be thoroughly reviewed by at least 3 referees on the basis of their
originality and their scientific and practical contribution to the state
of the art. An award for best paper will be presented at the conference.
TOOLS SESSION
A special session will be arranged to present and demonstrate tools
relevant to any topic covered by the conference. Accepted tool
descriptions will appear in the conference proceedings (2 pages, IEEE
format).
WORK-IN-PROGRESS SESSION
A special session will be arranged to present preliminary work. Authors
are invited to submit short papers (2 pages, IEEE format).
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper submission: March 28, 2005
Tool presentation submission: April 25, 2005
Work-in-progress submission: April 25, 2005
Notification of acceptance: May 30, 2005
GENERAL CHAIR
Gianfranco Balbo
Universita di Torino, Italy
PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Christel Baier
Universitaet Bonn, Germany
Giovanni Chiola
Universita di Genova, Italy
Evgenia Smirni
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA, USA
PUBLICITY CHAIR
Jeremy Sproston
Universita di Torino, Italy
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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Marco Ajmone Marsan (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Christel Baier (co-chair, Universitaet Bonn, Germany)
Daniele Beauqieur (Universite Paris 12, France)
Mario Bravetti (Universita di Bologna, Italy)
Peter Buchholz (Universitaet Dortmund, Germany)
Gianfranco Ciardo (University of California at Riverside
Javier Campos (University of Zaragoza, Spain)
Giovanni Chiola (co-chair, Universita di Genova)
Gianfranco Ciardo (University of California at Riverside, USA)
Lucy Cherkasova (Hewlett-Packard Labs, USA)
Pedro D'Argenio (Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina)
Josee Desharnais (Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada)
Edmundo de Souza e Silva (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Susanna Donatelli (Universita degli Studi di Torino, Italy)
Claude Dutheillet (Universite Paris 6, France)
Giuliana Franceschinis (Universita Piemonte Orientale, Italy)
Reinhard German (Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany)
Stephen Gilmore (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Serge Haddad (Universite Paris-Dauphine, France)
Boudewijn Haverkort (Universiteit Twente, The Netherlands)
Holger Hermanns (Universitaet Saarbruecken, Germany)
Ravi K. Iyer (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
Bengt Jonsson (University of Uppsala, Sweden)
Joost Pieter Katoen (RWTH Aachen, Germany)
Peter Kemper (Universitaet Dortmund, Germany)
John C.S. Lui (The Chinese University of Hong-Kong)
Daniel Menasce (George Mason University, USA)
Andrew Miner (Iowa State University, USA)
Carroll Morgan (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Gethin Norman (University of Birmingham, UK)
Alma Riska (Seagate Research, USA)
Emilia Rosti (Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy)
Gerardo Rubino (INRIA, Rennes, France)
Bill Sanders (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
Matteo Sereno (Universita di Torino, Italy)
Roberto Segala (Universita di Verona, Italy)
Evgenia Smirni (co-chair, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA,
USA)
Mark Squillante (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA)
Eugene Stark (SUNY at Stony Brook, New York, USA)
Miklos Telek (Technical University of Budapest, Hungary)
Kishor Trivedi (Duke University, USA)
Murray Woodside (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada)
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