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International Workshop on Middleware Performance (MP 2004)
April, 2004 in Phoenix, Arizona
Sattelite workshop of the IEEE International Performance, Computing
and Communications Conference (IPCCC <http://www.ipccc.org> 2004)
CALL FOR PAPERS
Recent years have seen the trend from closed applications designed in
isolation to open systems in which network-wide resources are not a
priori fixed. Components of such applications are developed
independently and run in environments that vary over time, hence
requiring adaptability.
Variants of middleware, based on existing technologies such as CORBA,
COM, EJB, Jini, Java RMI, etc. should provide adaptability either by
built-in mechanisms, or by mechanisms to support evolving applications.
One example of adaptability is transparent recovery from failures,
implemented by fault tolerance mechanisms. Other features might include:
adaptation to variations in load and resource demands, defence against
external threats and intrusions, etc.
Ensuring adherence to performance requirements in such open platforms on
an application-to-application basis demands characterization of metrics,
measurement techniques, evaluation methods and benchmarks.
Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to:
* Performance for reflective middleware
* Performance for mobile, ad-hoc and sensor networks
* Metrics and evaluation strategies
* Adaptation for intrusion tolerance
* Adaptation to faults
* Data consistency and performance
* Real-time and power-aware middleware
* Programming for adaptation, e.g. Aspects
* Performance studies of communication primitives, e.g. point-to-point,
publish/subscribe
* QoS-aware application support
* Case studies and trade-off assessments
Papers
Original work not published and not subject to review elsewhere is
solicited. Papers should be of length 5-8 pages in standard IEEE format,
including abstract, 3-5 keywords, and corresponding author's e-mail.
Please submit your papers electronically in PDF(or PS) format, to the
following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Important dates
Paper submission deadline: December 6, 2003
Notification of acceptance: December 29, 2003
Camera-ready copy due: January 26, 2004
Program co-chairs:
Diana Szentiv�nyi <http://www.ida.liu.se/~diasz>
Link�ping University, Sweden
Simin Nadjm-Tehrani <http://www.ida.liu.se/~snt>
Link�ping University, Sweden
Program committee:
David Bakken, Washington State University, US
Geoffrey Coulson, Lancaster University, UK
Pascal Felber, Institute Eurecom, France
Valerie Issarny, INRIA, France
Holger Karl, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Priya Narasimhan, Carnegie Mellon University, US
Paddy Nixon, University of Strathclyde, UK
Sotirios Terzis, University of Strathclyde, UK
Franklin Webber, BBN Technologies, US
The address of the workshop webpage is http://www.ida.liu.se/~diasz/IPCCC04Workshop.
