Call For Papers

MASCOTS 2019: 27th IEEE International Symposium on the Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems

IRT Rennes, 1219 Avenue des Champs Blancs 35510 Cesson-Sévigné

Rennes, France, October 22-24, 2019

The MASCOTS conference encourages original submissions describing state-of-the-art research in the areas of the performance evaluation of computer systems and networks as well as in related areas and emerging technologies such as nano-networks, energy networks and the smart grid, and advanced machine learning techniques for performance analysis and management.

Papers describing results of theoretic and/or practical significance are solicited. Experimental, modeling, and simulation studies are all in the scope of the conference. Work presenting novel performance evaluation methods or providing insights on design and runtime management tradeoffs are particularly encouraged.

Broad topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

  • Advanced machine learning techniques.
  • Computer architectures, multi-core processors, and memory systems
  • Computer networks, protocols, and algorithms
  • Databases and big data systems and technologies
  • Distributed and cloud computing
  • Data and control plane separation
  • Distributed ledger and other blockchain-based system design
  • Distributed, cloud, and fog computing
  • Energy efficient computer systems
  • Internet of Things
  • Multi-access edge computing
  • Multimedia systems
  • Network softwarization and virtualization
  • Operating systems and virtualization
  • Security in computer and communication systems
  • Storage and file systems
  • Web systems, enterprise applications and web services
  • Wireless, mobile, ad-hoc, and sensor networks

Organizing Committee

General Chair

  • Jalil Boukhobza, IRT b<>com, Lab-STICC, Univ. Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France

Contact: boukhobza@univ-brest.fr

Program Chairs

  • André-Luc Beylot, ENSEEIHT, Toulouse, France
  • Thomas Schwarz, Marquette University, US (general chair of the previous edition of MASCOTS)

Finance Chairs

  • Olivier Barais, Univ. Rennes 1, IRT b<>com, Rennes, France
  • Yassine Hadjadj Aoul, Univ. Rennes 1, IRT b<>com, Rennes, France

Publicity Chair

  • Laurent Réveillère, Univ. Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

Publication Chair

  • Pierre Olivier, Virginia Tech, US

Program Committee

  • Jean-Thomas Acquaviva, DDN Storage
  • Ian Adams, Intel
  • Samer Al-Kiswany, University of Waterloo
  • Ahmed Amer, Santa Clara University
  • Ali Anwar, IBM
  • André-Luc Beylot, IRIT-ENSEEIHT
  • Deepavali Bhagwat, IBM
  • Jalil Boukhobza, Université de Bretagne Occidentale
  • Giuliano Casale, Imperial College London
  • Yuan-Hao Chang, Institute of Informaiton Science, Academia Sinica
  • Yue Cheng, George Mason University
  • Laurent D'Orazio, Univ Rennes, CNRS, IRISA
  • Behnam Dezfouli, Santa Clara University
  • Derek Eager, University of Saskatchewan
  • Kaoutar El Maghraoui, IBM
  • Kartik Gopalan, Binghamton University
  • Isabelle Guerin Lassous, Université de Lyon
  • Yassine Hadjadj-Aoul, University of Rennes 1
  • Kyle Hale, Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Ilias Iliadis, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory
  • Song Jiang, University of Texas, Arlington
  • Samuel Kounev, University of Wuerzburg
  • Ricardo Lent, University of Houston
  • Fei Li, George Mason University
  • Yuhong Liu, Santa Clara University
  • Jason Liu Florida, International University
  • Darrell Long, University of California Santa Cruz
  • Aniket Mahanti, The University of Auckland
  • Manolis Marazakis, Institute of Computer Science, FORTH
  • Lynda Mokdad, Laboratoire LACL, Université Paris-Est, Créteil
  • Thu Nguyen, Rutgers University
  • Pierre Olivier, Virginia Tech
  • Jehan-Francois Paris, University of Houston
  • Nihal Pekergin, N. Univ. Paris-Est-Creteil
  • Juan F. Perez, Universidad del Rosario
  • Sooraj Puthoor, Advanced Micro Devices
  • Karthik Rao, Advanced Micro Devices
  • Max Schuchard, University of Tennessee
  • Thomas Schwarz, Marquette University
  • Christopher Stewart, The Ohio State University
  • Byung Chul Tak, IBM TJ Watson Research Center
  • Benny Van Houdt, University of Antwerp
  • Mea Wang, University of Calgary
  • Carey Williamson, University of Calgary
  • Shouhuai Xu, University of Texas at San Antonio
  • Yue Yang, Micron Technology
  • Zhi-Li Zhang, University of Minnesota
  • Li Zhang, IBM

Important Dates

    • Paper Submission deadline - May 27 11:59PM AOE
    • Acceptance notification - July 8
    • Final Camera-ready - July 26
    • Papers are available free of charge via Open Preview: 20 September 2019
    • Open Preview closes and papers move to subscription‐based access on IEEE Xplore: 28 October 2019

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

  • Full papers: Submissions must be formatted using two-columns and may be at most 12 pages in length, including all tables, figures, and appendices, but not including references. You may include any number of pages for references. Unsuccessful full paper submissions, where appropriate, will automatically be considered for publication as short papers.
  • Short papers: Authors with a contribution for which a full paper is not appropriate may submit short papers of at most 6 pages, not including references, with the same formatting guidelines as full papers. You may include any number of pages for references. Short papers may describe original or unconventional ideas at a preliminary stage of development, negative results, experimental validations, or original results that do not require a full-length paper.

Papers must be unpublished and must not be submitted or under review for publication elsewhere. Technical Program Committee members and other experts active in the field will review submitted papers to ensure high quality and relevance to the conference program. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published in IEEExplore. For accepted papers, conference registration and attendance by at least one author to present the paper is mandatory.

For guidelines regarding formatting, please refer to the IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings. All papers must be formatted using the two-column IEEE conference style with a font size of 10 points or greater. There is no need to anonymise submissions, since MASCOTS does not use a double-blind reviewing process (only single-blind).

Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mascots2019

A selection of the best papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper to a Special Issue in the Performance Evaluation journal (after the conference).

Open Preview

MASCOTS 2019 will be using IEEE Xplore Open Preview!

MASCOTS 2019 is offering Open Preview, a new IEEE program designed to increase speed to market, allow for accelerated access to research, as well as increase in visibility of the conference publication. Open Preview allows conference proceedings to be available in the IEEE Xplore digital library, free of charge to all customers, one month before the conference until the conference ends. Access to the conference proceedings will be available via the conference mobile app or directly on the Xplore digital library.

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