MASCOTS 2008 Conference

MASCOTS 2008

Conference
Sept 8-10
2008

Location
Tremont Suites Hotel

222 St. Paul Place

Baltimore, MD. USA



	16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS)

Overview:

MASCOTS will hold its 16th annual international meeting in the Tremont Plaza Hotel in Baltimore, Md. (USA).

We encourage researchers world-wide to submit both theoretical and practical results of significance which have not previously been published elsewhere. The conference proceedings for MASCOTS 2008 will be published by the IEEE Computer Society.

Scope

The scope of the symposium includes, but is not limited to:

Computer Architecture
Computer Networks
Distributed/Parallel Systems
Industrial Practice and Experience
Internetworking Protocols
Multimedia Systems
Performance Evaluation Methodologies
Pervasive Web and Mobility
Sensor Networks
Storage Systems
Web-based Systems
Wireless Networks

Invited, Plenary Speakers

Each year, in addition to submitted papers, we invite a number of special speakers who help to highlight some aspect of computing and telecommunications, as well as their numerous application domains. Two keynote addresses are planned.

Keynote Address 1, Monday September 8, 2008

Dr. Patrick Dowd

Deputy Director, Mission Capabilities

United States National Security Agency

Keynote Address 2, Tuesday September 9, 2008

Dr. Mor Harchol-Balter

Carnegie Mellon University

Call for Papers (PDF Format)

Submission Dates & Procedures

Abstracts must be submitted by March 21, 2008. Full paper submissions are due on April 1, 2008; this is a firm deadline. Paper submissions may be up to 10 pages in length (including figures and references), formatted in two-column IEEE conference style with font size no less than 10 point. Poster submissions should be no more than 2 pages long (single or double column), with font size no smaller than 10 point. Details on the mechanics of submitting a paper or poster will be available at the paper submission site in mid-February.

Important Dates (Summary):

March 21, 2008 – Abstract Submission
April 1, 2008 – Paper Submission (firm, no extensions)
May 1, 2008 – Poster Submission
May 15, 2008 – Acceptance Notification
June 9, 2008 – Camera Ready Submission

For other important dates, please see the paper submission page.

Conference General Chairs:

Jacqueline M. Akinpelu
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Laurel MD.

Douglas Schmidt

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Laurel MD

Program Chairs:

Ethan Miller
University of California at Santa Cruz.

Carey Williamson
University of Calgary

Proceedings Chair:

Henry Alme
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Laurel MD.

Program Committee:

Ismail Ari (Hewlett Packard Labs)

Tim Brecht (University of Waterloo)

Dror Feitelson (Hebrew University)

Tony Field (Imperial College)

Majid Ghaderi (University of Calgary)

Garth Goodson (Network Appliance)

Kanchi Gopinath (Indian Institute of Science)

Peter Harrison (Imperial College)

Windsor Hsu (Data Domain)

Jane Hillston (University of Edinburgh)

Anupam Joshi (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)

Nikolai Joukov (IBM)

Helen Karatza (Aristotle U. of Thessaloniki)

Peter Koch (Aalborg University)

Zongpeng Li (University of Calgary)

Ellen Liu (University of Manitoba)

Darrell Long (University of California at Santa Cruz)

Anirban Mahanti (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi)

Daniel Menasce (George Mason University)

Yannis Nikolaidis (University of Alberta)

Michael O'Sullivan (University of Auckland)

George Riley (Georgia Tech)

Bianca Schroeder (University of Toronto)

Thomas Schwarz (Santa Clara University)

Frederick Serr (Cisco Systems)

Kai Shen (University of Rochester)

Robert Simon (George Mason University)

Adam Wierman (Cal Tech)

Rob van der Mei (CWI Amsterdam)

Last edited 02/26/08, by GFR