PPAM 2007

: : The First Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Parallel Applications on Large-Scale Systems

The First Workshop on Performance Evaluation
of Parallel Applications on Large-Scale Systems

To be held in conjunction with the 7th International Conference on Parallel Processing
and Applied Mathematics - PPAM 2007, in Gdansk, Poland, on September 9-12, 2007.
The goal of the Workshop is to present the latest research in the field of Performance Evaluation of Parallel Applications. This workshop will bring together scientists, engineers, and practitioners to share and exchange their experiences, discuss challenges, and report state-of-the-art and in-progress research of all aspects in performance evaluation.

Suggested topics include (but are not limited to):

Performance of large-scale parallel architectures and applications
Performance of parallel, distributed, and grid-based algorithms
Predictive performance models of cluster and grid systems and applications
Workload characterization and traffic modeling of cluster and grid applications
Performance evaluation of cluster and grid systems
Case studies showing the role of performance evaluation in the design of cluster and grid systems
Measurement and monitoring techniques and tools
Tracing and trace analysis
Automatic performance analysis
Hardware and software monitors
Test methods and tools
Performance comparison
Techniques for modeling achievable performance
Performance modeling of software applications
Performance modeling of hardware and software architectures
Scalability studies
Improvement in system performance through optimization and tuning

PROGRAM COMMITTEE (to be completed):
L. Borzemski, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
J. Cunha, University Nova of Lisbon, Portugal
P. Czarnul, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
H. Krawczyk, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
J. Kwiatkowski, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
J. Lourenco, University Nova of Lisbon, Portugal
E. Luque, University Autonoma of Barcelona, Spain
T. Margalef, University Autonoma of Barcelona, Spain

PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION
All rules of paper submission of the PPAM conference apply (http://ppam.pcz.pl), specifically

Papers will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their scientific merit and relevance to the Workshop topics.
Authors should submit papers (draft version with abstract, PDF file) using PPAM submission system and concurrently to Jan Kwiatkowski (jan.kwiatkowski@pwr.wroc.pl) before April 30, 2007. Regular papers are not to exceed 10 pages
Papers presented at the Workshop will be included into the conference proceedings published after the conference by Springer in the LNCS series.

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission of Papers:	April 30, 2007
Notification of Acceptance:	June 15, 2007
Workshop:	September 9-12, 2007
Camera-Ready Papers:	October 15, 2007

WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
Jan Kwiatkowski,
Dariusz Konieczny,
Marcin Pawlik,
Wroclaw University of Technology
Institute of Applied Informatics
50-370 Wroclaw
Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27
Poland