2nd International Workshop on Performance Modeling, Benchmarking and Simulation of High Performance Computing Systems (PMBS 11) in cooperation with ACM SIGMETRICS and held as part of Supercomputing'11 (SC11), Seattle, USA, November 13-17, 2011

http://www.pmbsworkshop.org

*** Deadline Extended to 30th September 2011 ***


PMBS 11 - Call For Papers

This workshop is concerned with the comparison of high-performance
computing systems through performance modeling, benchmarking or
through the use of tools such as simulators. We are particularly
interested in research which reports the ability to measure and make
tradeoffs in software/hardware co-design to improve sustained
application performance. We are also keen to capture the assessment of
future systems, for example through work that ensures continued
application scalability through peta- and exa-scale systems.

The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers, from
industry and academia, concerned with the qualitative and quantitative
evaluation and modeling of high-performance computing systems. Authors
are invited to submit novel research in all areas of performance
modeling, benchmarking and simulation, and we welcome research that
brings together current theory and practice. We recognize that the
coverage of the term 'performance' has broadened to include power
consumption and reliability, and that performance modeling is
practiced through analytical methods and approaches based on software
tools and simulators.

Workshop focus

We encourage submissions in the following areas:

- Performance modeling, analysis, and prediction of applications and high-performance computing systems;
- Novel techniques and tools for performance evaluation and prediction;
- Advanced simulation techniques and tools;
- Micro-benchmarking, application benchmarking and tracing;
- Performance-driven code optimization, scalability analysis;
- Verification and validation of performance models;
- Benchmarking and performance analysis of novel hardware;
- Performance concerns in software/hardware co-design;
- Tuning and auto-tuning of HPC applications and algorithms;
- Benchmark suites; Performance visualization;
- Real-world case studies.

Work which examines related topics will also be considered.

Important dates and submission instructions:

- Extended to 30th Sept., 2011 Paper submissions
- 7 Oct., 2011 Notification
- 31 Oct., 2011 Final submissions
- 13 Nov., 2011 PMBS Workshop

Authors are invited to submit papers with unpublished, original work
of not more than 8 pages. ACM manuscript guidelines can be found on
the PMBS workshop website: www.pmbsworkshop.org

All accepted papers (subject to post-review revisions) will be
published in a special issue of the ACM SIGMETRICS Performance
Evaluation Review. SIGMETRICS-PER is sent to all SIGMETRICS members
and indexed in the ACM Digital Library. Authors of accepted papers
grant ACM permission to publish them in print and digital formats.
Authors of selected papers will also be invited to submit revised
papers for inclusion in The Computer Journal and IEEE Computer
Architecture Letters.