Performance TOOLS 2003 (13th International Conference on Modelling Techniques and Tools for Computer Performance Evaluation) is one of four conferences participating in the 2003 Illinois International Multiconference on Measurement, Modelling, and Evaluation of Computer-Communication Systems.

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Due Dates

General Information

TOOLS 2003 will be hosted at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA. The conference will take place under the umbrella of the 2003 Illinois International Multiconference on Measurement, Modelling, and Evaluation of Computer-Communication Systems. In addition to TOOLS 2003, the multiconference will comprise the 10th International Workshop on Petri Nets and Performance Models (PNPM '03), the International Conference on the Numerical Solution of Markov Chains (NSMC'03), and the 6th International Workshop on Performability Modeling of Computer and Communications Systems (PMCCS-6). The proceedings of TOOLS 2003 will be published in the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, and selected papers from the conference will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Performance Evaluation journal.

Scope

The primary aim of the Performance Tools conference series is to further the theory and technology of tool-based performance evaluation of computer and communication systems. Important themes for the thirteenth conference in this successful series include (but are not restricted to):

• software tools for system performance, dependability, and security evaluation
• simulation techniques
• analytical/numerical modeling techniques
• optimization techniques
• performance, dependability, and security measurement/benchmarking
• formal methods
• case studies showing the role of evaluation in the design of systems
• applications including high-speed networking, mobile communication, and the Internet

Paper Submission

Paper submissions should not have been published previously, or concurrently submitted for publication elsewhere, and should not exceed 20 double-spaced pages. Accepted papers will be published in a volume of Springer-Verlag's Lecture Notes in Computer Science devoted to the conference; authors are encouraged to view the author instructions web page for the LNCS series. The registration of at least one of the authors must accompany the camera-ready copy submission of each accepted publication. From the accepted papers, the program committee will select a small number of papers for possible publication in Performance Evaluation in extended form, subject to further review.

Authors are required to submit their papers as postscript or PDF files via the paper collection form on this web page (http://www.crhc.uiuc.edu/Multi/tools.html).

Tool Description and Demonstration Submission

Proposals to present and demonstrate tools for performance, dependability, and security evaluation of computer and communication systems are also solicited. Each accepted tool can be presented in a short (10-minute) presentation and will be allowed a four-page summary in a tools description booklet which will be distributed at the multiconference. Please submit tool description and demonstration summaries (subject to the page limitations) to the Multiconference Tools Chair, Falko Bause (falko.bause at udo.edu) by the date listed below.

Tutorial Submission

Tutorial proposals are solicited on various topics concerning the performance, dependability, and security evaluation of computer and communication systems. Please contact the Tutorials Chair, Aad van Moorsel, to submit a tutorial proposal or for more information (aad at hpl.hp.com).

Important Dates

Venue

TOOLS 2003 will be held on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Details on transportation and accommodations are now available.

Program Committee includes:

Workshop Organizers