MASCOTS’12 uses the EDAS Conference Management System. Submit paper conforming to the manuscript requirements given below. Please note important dates.

Conference

The IEEE Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS) is a well-established forum for state-of-the-art research on the measurement, modeling, and performance analysis of computer systems and networks, and is cosponsored by the IEEE and ACM. The 20th edition of this conference will take place August 7-9, 2012 in Arlington (near Washington DC), Virginia, USA. The conference will bring together academics and industry practitioners to present and discuss their latest research results. The technical program for the 3-day conference will include keynote talks, refereed papers, and posters. The conference organizers encourage researchers worldwide to submit their latest work in computer system performance analysis and evaluation, with results of theoretical and/or practical significance.

Papers

MASCOTS 2012 seeks original technical papers describing research in the areas of computer networks and computer systems performance evaluation. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Computer Architecture
Computer Networks
Distributed/Parallel Systems
Industrial Practice and Experience
Internetworking Protocols
Multimedia Systems
Performance Evaluation Methodologies
Pervasive Web and Mobility
Sensor Networks
Storage Systems
Web-based Systems
Wireless Networks

Submissions may be up to 10 pages in length (including figures and references), formatted in two-column IEEE conference style (US Letter format) with font size no less than 10 point. All papers will be peer-reviewed by at least three members of the program committee. We will not accept any paper which, at the time of submission, is under review for or has already been published or accepted for publication in any other conference or journal. Accepted papers for MASCOTS 2012 will appear in the conference proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society and may be up to 8 pages in length. The program committee will choose a subset of the accepted papers to be published in extended 10 page versions. Authors of highly-ranked papers may be invited to submit extended versions of their work to appropriate IEEE or ACM journals.

Poster Papers

Poster papers provide a forum for late-breaking or preliminary research results, giving an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to present and demonstrate their recent research, and to obtain feedback from their peers in an informal setting. Material submitted as a full paper may also be submitted as a poster paper; if the full paper is accepted, the poster submission will not be considered. Poster paper submissions may be up to 2 pages in length (US Letter format), excluding references (up to one additional page), formatted as described above. Accepted poster papers will be allocated up to 3 pages in the conference proceedings (including references). Accepted poster papers must be presented with a poster during the poster session in the conference.

Submission of regular track paper or poster paper implies the authors acknowledge the requirement of registration and attendance by at least one author at the conference. Please note the early author registration deadline to ensure that the paper appears in the proceedings.