CFP: SPECTS 2002 - Special Session on Modeling and Simulation-Based Multiprocessor Scheduling, July 14-19, 2002 , San Diego, CA, USA

["K. Pawlikowski" <krys@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz>]

     Special Session on Modeling and Simulation-Based Multiprocessor
Scheduling

                 http://agent.csd.auth.gr/~karatza/SPECTS2002/

              2002 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation
                     of Computer and Telecommunication Systems

                
http://www.scs.org/confernc/spects02/spects2002cfp-gen.html


                                SPECTS 2002

                             July 14-19, 2002
                            San Diego, CA, USA

                             Call for Papers


      Multiprocessor systems provide considerable computational power
that can
    be used to solve problems with large computational requirements.
However, jobs
    are not always executed efficiently. Good scheduling policies can
improve system
    performance, preserve  individual application performance, and avoid
unbounded
    delays.

      The availability of multiprocessor systems and wide diversity of
hardware
    and software resources used in them makes the arbitration of
requirements and
    management of resources difficult. Schedulers must determine where
and when
    applications are to execute, i.e., on which processors and in what
order.

      The most practical way to evaluate scheduling algorithms without
    constructing a full scale implementation is by using modeling and
simulation.
    Simulation models can help determine performance bottlenecks
inherent
to the
    architecture and provide a basis for refining system configurations.

                                  Scope

    This SPECTS 2002 Special Session is a forum to present the latest
results
    of international researchers. The focus of this technical session is
on
Modeling
    and Simulation Methodologies applied to the Scheduling of
Multiprocesssors.

    Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

    Scheduling of multiprogrammed parallel systems
    Coshecduling of applications on multiple processors
    Load-balancing and load-sharing
    Scheduling of shared-memory/distributed shared-memory systems
    Scheduling of parallel applications within distributed systems (e.g.
clusters)
    Scheduling Methods for Networks of Workstations
    Scheduling of heterogeneous processors

                              Paper Submission

      It is strongly recommended that papers be submitted by email to
the
    session organizer Helen Karatza (karatza@csd.auth.gr) in postscript
or PDF
    format. Only papers that have not been previously published or
presented should
    be submitted. Authors must obtain employer, client, or government
releases prior
    to submitting the final manuscript.
      All papers will be refereed for accuracy, technical content and
relevance to
      multiprocessor scheduling. Submissions should not exceed 25
double-spaced,
    8.5x11 inch pages (including figures, tables, and references) in
10-12
point
    font. Include five to ten keywords, complete postal and e-mail
return
addresses,
    as well as the fax and phone numbers of each author.

    Deadlines

    Submission of Papers - January 31, 2002
    Notification of Acceptance - April 22, 2002
    Final Camera Ready Papers - May 22, 2002

    Session Organizer

    Helen D. Karatza
    Department of Informatics
    Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
    54006 Thessaloniki
    Greece

    E-mail:    karatza@csd.auth.gr
    Fax:       +30-31-996360
    Phone:     +30-31-997974

    For additional information, please contact Dr. Helen Karatza at the
    Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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networks,  and the COSC/Management/Maths research group on stochastic 
simulation, at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New zealand, 
and anybody else interested in research in these areas

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		Associate Prof. Dr  Krzysztof Pawlikowski

	Department of Computer Science,  University of Canterbury
 			Christchurch, New Zealand
		
ph.  +(64) 3 3642 987 ext.7772  email:   krys@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz 
fax. +(64) 3 3642 569      URL:     http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~krys

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