Co-sponsored by the IEEE (Computer Society, TCCA, TCSIM)
In Cooperation with the ACM (SIGSIM, SIGARCH, SIGMETRICS),
IFIP WG 7.3, and
SCS
February 1 - 3, 1996
Hyatt Sainte Claire, San Jose, California, USA
Continental Breakfast (7:30 -8:00AM)
MASCOTS'96 Welcome Address from General and Program Chairs
Dharma Agrawal (NC State) and Xiaodong Zhang (UTSA)
Invited Session
Chair: Xiaodong Zhang
(8:00AM - 10:00AM)
Building Parallel Simulations from Serial Simulators, P. Heidelberger IBM T.J. Watson Research Center; and D. Nicol, College of William and Mary
I/O, Performance Analysis, and Performance Data Immersion, D. A. Reed, University of Illinois
Coffee Break (10:00AM - 10:30AM)
Session 1a: Networks I
Chair: Philip Heidelberger, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
(10:30AM - 12:00PM)
Performance Analysis and Simulation, Validation Tests: A Comparative Case Study About FDDI for Network Management, S. Meunier and O. Sercan, Universite Paul Sabatier, France
Tuning the Performance of Fast Resource Management for Bursty Traffic in ATM-based Networks, H. Augsten, M. Mateescu and A. Wolisz, GMD, Germany
Zone-Bit-Recording-Enhanced Video Data Layout Strategies, S. Chen and M. Thapar, HP Research Labs
Session 1b: Instrumentation and Trace
Chair: Evangelos P. Markatos, Foundation for Research and Technology,
Greece
(10:30AM - 12:00PM)
The Inaccuracy of Trace-Driven Simulation Using Incomplete Multiprogramming Trace Data, J. K. Flanagan, Brigham Young University
Bridge: A Retargetable Extensive Profiling Tool, J. Chen, M. Rabb and V. Taylor, Northwestern University
Annai/PMA Instrumentation Intrusion Presentation, A. Endo and B. J. N. Wylie, NEC European Supercomputer Systems, Switzerland
Lunch on Own (12:00PM - 1:30PM)
Session 2a: Distributed Systems I
Chair: Daniel Reed, University of Illinois
(1:30PM - 3:00PM)
Simulation of Heterogeneous Networks of Workstations, Z. Xu, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Performance Modeling of Heterogeneous Distributed Applications, Cosimo Anglano, Universita di Torino, Italy
Using Remote Memory to Avoid Disk Thrashing: A Simulation Study, E. P. Markatos, Foundation for Research and Technology, Greece
Session 2b: Performance Modeling I
Chair: Peter Wilke, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany
(1:30PM - 3:00PM)
A Multinomial Formulation for Monte Carlo Simulation Using Importance Sampling, J. A. Freebersyser and J. K. Townsend, North Carolina State University
Two New Fair and Efficient Algorithms for Slot Reuse in DQDB Mans, M. A. Marsan and F. Saluta, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Two New Algorithms to Compute Steady-state Bounds for Markov Models with Slow Forward and Fast Backward Transitions, J. A. Carrasco, A. Calderon and J. Escriba, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
Coffee Break (3:00PM - 3:30PM)
Session 3a: Parallel Systems I
Chair: Keith Townsend, North Carolina State University
(3:30 - 5:00PM)
Performance Estimation in a Simultaneous Multithreading Processor, M. J. Serrano, IBM Santa Teresa Lab
A Simulation Platform for Multi-threaded Architectures, V. Vlassov, H. Ahmed, L-E Thorelli and Rassul Ayani, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Measurement and Modeling of EARTH_MANNA Multithreaded Architecture, S. S. Nemawarkar and G. R. Gao, McGill University, Canada
Session 3b: Network Simulation
Chair: Patrick Dowd, State University of New York at Buffalo
(3:30PM - 5:00PM)
A Comparison of Methodologies for the Stationary Analysis of Data Gathered in the Simulation of Telecommunication Networks, A. Francini and F. Neri, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Design and Implementation of an Object-Oriented Network Simulator, W-S. E. Chen, C-H. Lin and Y-T. Chen, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan
Object Oriented Simulation of Multimedia-On-Demand Services over ATM Network, A. Srivastava, A. Singru, A. Kumar and K. A. Kamel, University of Louisville
Workshop Reception (6:00PM - 8:00PM)
Session 4a: Networks II
Chair: Nita Sharma, Hitachi Data Systems
(8:00AM - 9:30AM)
Analysis of Buffer Design for Adaptive Routing in Direct Networks, A. Lagman and W. A. Najjar, Colorado State University
On the Design of Efficient Multistage Interconnection Networks, Y. R. Potlapalli and D. P. Agrawal, North Carolina State University
Performance Analysis of WDM Networks with Wavelength Conversion, J-C Chen and P. W. Dowd, State University of New York at Buffalo
Session 4b: Workloads and Benchmarks
Chair: Anup Kumar, University of Louisville
(8:00AM - 9:30AM)
Transaction Processing Workloads - A Comparison to the SPEC Benchmarks Using Memory Hierarch Performance Analysis, B. E. Nelson and G. D. Thompson, Brigham Young University
The Design and Simulation of the PACE Prototype Architecture, F. Z. Ieromnimon, T. J. Reynolds and M. E. Waite, University of Essex, UK
A Quantitative Method for Design of Benchmark Suites, J. J. Dujmovic, San Francisco State University
Coffee Break (9:30AM - 10:00AM)
Session 5a: Parallel Simulation I
Chair: Samir Das, University of Texas at San Antonio
(10:00AM - 11:30AM)
A Model for Parallel Simulation of Mobile Telecommunication Systems, M. Liljenstam and R. Ayani, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Parallelizable Execution-Driven Simulation of Threaded Distributed Memory Parallel Computations, D. N. Nicol and J. X. Liu, College of William and Mary
A Model for Parallel Simulation of Distributed Shared Memory, L. Barriga, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; M. Brorsson, Lund University, Sweden; and R. Ayani, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Session 5b: Tool -- Performance Analysis
Chair: Thomas Braunl, University of Stuttgart, Germany
(10:00AM - 11:30AM)
The Annai/PMA Performance Monitor and Analyzer, A. Endo, B. Wylie, Centro Svizzero di Calcolo Scientifico, Switzerland
Vista: A Framework for Instrumentation System Design for Multidisciplinary Applications, Abdul Waheed, Diane Rover, Michigan State University
Building Models for Performance Analysis, Doug Neuse, SES, Inc.
Workshop Luncheon and Invited Session
Chair: Dharma Agrawal
(12:00PM - 2:00PM)
Fair Queueing Architectures for High Speed Networks, Albert Greenberg, AT&T Bell Labs
Session 6a: Distributed Systems II
Chair: Mark Squillante, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
(2:30PM - 4:30PM)
Analyzing and Tuning the Distributed Coordination Function in the IEEE802.11 DFWMAC Draft Standard, J. Weinmiller, H. Woesner, J-P Ebert and A. Wolisz, Technical University Berlin, Germany
Issues of Reliable Network Memory Paging, E. P. Markatos, Foundation for Research and Technology, Greece
Performability Management in Distributed Database Systems: An Adaptive Concurrency Control Protocol, A. T. Tai, University of California at Los Angeles; and J. F. Meyer, University of Michigan
Performance Analysis and Optimization of Search and Selection Algorithm for Highly Parallel Associative Memories, B. Parhami, University of California at Santa Barbara
Session 6b: Tool --- Networks and Parallel Systems
Chair: Guenter Mamier, University of Stuttgart, Germany
(2:30PM - 4:30PM)
VISTA: A Configurable Visualization and Simulation Tool for ATM Switches, N. Tummala, K. Robbins, University of Texas at San Antonio
TimeNET - A Toolkit for Evaluationg Non-Markovian Stochastic Petri Nets R. German et. al., Technische University Berlin, Germany
MVPE: Visual Design of Parallel Simulation Models, R. Meyer, R. Bagrodia, University of California at Los Angeles
Simulation of Data-Parallel Programs in Parallaxis-III, T. Braunl, H. Keller, and J. Stippa, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Invited Session
Chair: Santosh G. Abraham, HP Lab
(8:00AM - 9:00AM)
Evaluation of Cache Consistency Algorithm Performance, Alan Smith and J. D. Gee, University of California at Berkeley
Coffee Break (9:00AM - 9:30AM)
Session 7a: Parallel Systems II
Chair: Alan Smith, University of California at Berkeley
(9:30AM - 11:30AM)
A Performance Debugger for Eliminating Excess Synchronization in Shared-Memory Parallel Programs, R. Rajamony and A. L. Cox, Rice University
Event-based Study of the Effect of Execution Environments on Parallel Program Performance, S. R. Sarukkai and J. C. Yan, NASA Ames Research Center
Modeling and Analysis of Task Migration in Shared-Memory Computer Systems, R. D. Nelson, OTA Limited Partnership; and M. S. Squillante, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
Performance Evaluation of an Integrated Instrumentation System, A. Waheed and D. T. Rover, Michigan State University
Session 7b: Performance Modeling II
Chair: Dipak Ghosal, U of California at Davis
(9:30AM - 11:30AM)
Comparing the Performance Parameters of Two Network Structures for Scalable Massively Parallel Processors, D-M. Kwai and B. Parhami, University of California at Santa Barbara
Well-defined Stochastic Petri Nets, G. Ciardo, College of William and Mary; and R. Zijal, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
A New Methodology for Performance Evaluation, J. Martins and J.-P. Hubaux, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Response time analysis of two server fork-join systems, E. Varki and L. W. Dowdy, Vanderbilt University
February 1 -- 3, 1996
San Jose, California
The early registration fee for IEEE/ACM members is $275, $345 for non-members, and $175 for full-time students by January 10. Late and on-site registration for IEEE/ACM members is $330, $410 for non-members, and $210 for students. This includes the Proceedings published by the IEEE CS Press, continental breakfasts, the workshop reception, the workshop luncheon, and coffee breaks. Additional copies of the Proceedings may be purchased at the conference. In order to publish a paper in the proceedings, one of the authors must register for the workshop by November 20.
Professor Anup Kumar
EMACS Dept
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
Tel: 502-852-0471
e-mail address:
a0kuma01@starbase.spd.louisville.edu
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