2018 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS)

This annual international conference is a scientific forum for professionals and scientists involved in performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems. Performance evaluation of computer systems and networks has progressed rapidly in the past decade and has begun to approach maturity. Significant progress has been made in analytic modeling, simulation, and measurement approaches for performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems.

Papers and Demos are solicited in (but not limited to) the following topics:

Networking and Telecommunication Systems

• Internet, Next Generation Networking Technologies and Services
  • Next Generation Networking (Architectures, Technologies, Services, Protocols)
  • Future Internet
  • Internet of Things and enabling technologies
  • Network virtualization and services
  • Switching and routing
  • Network security, survivability and resilience
  • Traffic engineering, network reliability, Quality of Service (QoS), Quality of Experience (QoE)
  • Optical networks and systems
  • Optical & wireless networks
  • Green communications and networking
  • Service-centric, content-centric, peer-to-peer and overlay networks and applications
  • Service convergence and multimedia networks
  • Internet applications and services
  • Service Oriented Architectures and Web Services
  • E-commerce, M-commerce
  • Smart Grid
  • Smart Cities
  • eHealth
  • eHealth Applications
  • Mobile and eHealth applications
  • e-Infrastructure for health
  • Telemedicine
  • Net-centric healthcare management
  • Location / Context-aware services
  • Pervasive/wearable computing
  • Pricing & Billing

• Wireless Communications and Networking
  • Modulation and coding
  • MIMO
  • Smart antennas
  • Multiple access techniques
  • Cognitive radio and networking
  • Cooperative communications and networking
  • Cellular systems and wireless networks (2G, 2.5G, 3G, 4G and beyond)
  • Wireless LAN, Wireless PAN, Body Area Networks
  • Wireless ad hoc and mesh networks
  • Wireless sensor networks
  • Delay and Disruption Tolerant Networking /Opportunistic Networking
  • Satellite and Space Communications and Networking
  • Heterogeneous Networks / Hybrid communication systems
  • Network design, optimization and management
  • Cross layer design and optimization
  • Energy Efficient Protocols

Computer Systems

• Distributed Architecture & Middleware
  • Client/Server
  • Distributed Systems and Multi Agent Systems
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing
  • Massively Parallel Systems
  • Grid, Cluster and Cloud Computing
  • High-Performance Computing
  • Green Computing
  • Distributed and Mobile Middleware
• Computer Architectures
  • Microprocessors/Microcomputers
  • Memory Systems
  • High Performance I/O
  • Real-time Systems/Scheduling Schemes
• Software
  • Software Engineering
  • Software Performance, Evaluation, and Testing
  • Formal Methods
  • Verification and Validation
  • Parallel Algorithms and Languages

• Security and Information Assurance
  • Security protocols and techniques
  • Anonymity and Privacy
  • Access Control
  • Identity Management
  • Digital Rights Management
  • Intrusion Detection and Honeypot solutions
  • Trust Management
  • Formal Methods for Security
  • Cryptography
• Data Storage
  • Technologies for hard disk drives and optical drives
  • Data storage systems
  • Data compression for digital storage, including audio and video
  • Fault tolerance and coding techniques for disk arrays and data centers
  • Signal processing and coding methods for object based storage systems
  • Measurement, testing, performance optimization, and cost-performance trade-off
  • Emerging recording technologies
  • NAND, PRAM
  • MRAM, STT-MRAM, RRAM and memristor based memories

Tools & Methodologies

• Modeling and Analysis
• Parallel and Distributed Simulation
• Verification and Validation
• Performance Optimization, Bounds, and Models
• Queuing Systems and Networks
• Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Applications

• Scalability Studies
• Integrated Modeling and Measurement
• On-Line Performance Adaptation and Tuning
• Process Algebra Based Models
• Mathematical Aspects and Integrated Design of Performance
• Case Studies, Testbed deployments, field trials and experiences