2003 International Multiconference

2003 Illinois International Multiconference on Measurement, Modelling, and Evaluation of Computer-Communication Systems

September 2-7, 2003

Urbana and Monticello, Illinois, USA

The 2003 Illinois International Multiconference on Measurement, Modelling, and Evaluation of Computer-Communication Systems encompasses four conferences: PNPM 2003 (the 10th International Workshop on Petri Nets and Performance Models), Performance TOOLS 2003 (13th International Conference on Modelling Techniques and Tools for Computer Performance Evaluation), NSMC '03 (International Conference on the Numerical Solution of Markov Chains), and PMCCS-6 (Sixth International Workshop on Performability Modeling of Computer and Communication Systems).

You can download a PDF-format PNPM/Tools/NSMC final program, the PMCCS final program, or the old call for papers booklet for information about the conference.

Please follow the conference-specific links listed below to find conference-specific information about the scope, tools, and submission deadlines and guidelines, as well as program committee information:

The Multiconference is being sponsored by the Coordinated Science Laboratory at the University of Illinois.

Slides from the Tutorials and the Keynote and Invited Talks

Slides from the tutorials, keynote talks, and invited talk are now available in PDF format:

Rajeev Alur presented a tutorial entitled Hybrid Systems: Formal Modeling and Verification.
Peter Buchholz presented a tutorial entitled Numerical Analysis Approaches for Large Markov Chains - Experiments, Observations and Some New Results.
Frederica Darema presented Performance Engineering Technology.
Amy N. Langville presented The Life and Work of A. A. Markov by Gely P. Basharin and Valeriy A. Naumov. (NOTE: 33.4 MB file)
David Nicol presented Multiscale Modeling and Simulation of Worm Effects on the Internet Routing Infrastructure, his paper with Michael Liljenstam and Jason Liu.
Jean Peccoud presented Molecular Networks: Structure, Dynamics, and Applications, his paper with Kent Vander Velden.
Kalyan Vaidyanathan presented a tutorial entitled Software Rejuvenation: Modeling and Analysis.
Murray Woodside presented a tutorial entitled Layered Resources, Layered Queues and Software Bottlenecks.

Due Dates

	due date	how to submit
PNPM 2003 papers	3 March 2003	submit PS or PDF via web form
Performance TOOLS 2003 papers	3 March 2003	submit PS or PDF via web form
NSMC '03 papers and work-in-progress abstracts	31 Mar 2003	e-mail PS to either William J. Stewart (billy at csc.ncsu.edu) or Amy N. Langville (anlangvi at unity.ncsu.edu)
Tool demonstrations	31 Mar 2003	e-mail the Tools Chair (falko.bause at udo.edu)
Tutorials	31 Mar 2003	e-mail the Tutorials Chair (aad at hpl.hp.com)
PMCCS-6 extended abstracts	16 June 2003	e-mail PS or PDF to Daniel Deavours (deavours at ittc.ku.edu)

Registration

The registration form can be downloaded as a PDF file. The deadline for early registration for PNPM/Tools/NSMC is July 7. July 7 is also the hard deadline for PMCCS registration.

Final Program

The final program for PNPM/Tools/NSMC and final program for PMCCS are now available in PDF format.

Venue

The conferences will be held on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, except for PMCCS, which will be held at the Robert Allerton Park and Conference Center in Monticello, Illinois (a short drive from Urbana-Champaign).

Details on transportation and accommodations are now available.

Workshop Organizers

General Chair	William H. Sanders, University of Illinois (USA)
PNPM 2003 PC co-Chairs	Gianfranco Ciardo, College of William & Mary (USA)
PNPM 2003 PC co-Chairs	William H. Sanders, University of Illinois (USA)
TOOLS 2003 PC co-Chairs	Peter Kemper, University of Dortmund (Germany)
TOOLS 2003 PC co-Chairs	William H. Sanders, University of Illinois (USA)
NSMC '03 PC co-Chairs	William J. Stewart, North Carolina State University (USA)
NSMC '03 PC co-Chairs	Amy N. Langville, North Carolina State University (USA)
PMCCS-6 Co-Organizers	Andrea Bobbio, Università del Piemonte Orientale (Italy)
	Daniel D. Deavours, University of Kansas (USA)
	Yue Ma, Motorola (USA)
Tools Chair	Falko Bause, University of Dortmund (Germany)
Tutorials Chair	Aad van Moorsel, HP Labs (USA)
Local Arrangements	Jenny Applequist (applequi at crhc.uiuc.edu), University of Illinois (USA)