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<div>CALL FOR PARTICIPATION</div>
<div>FOR MMB & DFT 2016</div>
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<div>18th International GI/ITG Conference on “Measurement, Modelling and Evaluation of Computing Systems” and “Dependability and Fault-Tolerance”</div>
<div>April 4-6, 2016,</div>
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<div>http://www.mmb2016.de </div>
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<div>Organized by GI/ITG Technical Committees on "Measurement, Modelling and Evaluation of Computing Systems (MMB)" and "Dependability and Fault-Tolerance (DFT)"</div>
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<div>The technical committees MMB and DFT are the main fora in Germany covering all aspects of performance and dependability evaluation of systems including networks, computer architectures, distributed systems, workflow systems, software, fault-tolerant and
secure systems. In 2016 both committees join forces in a common international conference MMB & DFT 2016. In addition to its scientific programme on performance and dependability evaluation techniques, it will comprise invited talks, tool presentations, state-of-the-art
tutorials, and workshops focusing on hot topics.</div>
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<div>Registration is now open. For further information please visit http://mmb2016.de/page/registration .</div>
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<div>**HIGHLIGHTS**</div>
<div>Keynotes</div>
<div>- Enrico Vicario (University of Florence, Italy):</div>
<div>"From transient analysis to Probabilistic Model Checking of Markov Regenerative Processes"</div>
<div>- Aiko Pras (University of Twente, the Netherlands)</div>
<div>"DDoS 3.0: How terrorists bring down the Internet”</div>
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<div>Workshops</div>
<div>- Practical Applications of Stochastic Modelling (PASM 2016)</div>
<div>- Mobility Workshop (Emobility 2016)</div>
<div>- Network Calculus Workshop (WoNeCa 2016)</div>
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<div>Full program is available on the conference website: http://mmb2016.de/page/conference-program .</div>
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<div>**VENUE AND HOTEL INFORMATION**</div>
<div>All the events of the conference, including the keynotes, presentations, and workshops, will take place at administrative centre of the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster: Schlossplatz 2, 48149 Münster, Germany. For more information see http://mmb2016.de/page/venue-location
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<div>Information about the hotels can be found here: http://mmb2016.de/page/accomodation .</div>
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<div>**TOPICS**</div>
<div>Models and Methods</div>
<div>- Quantitative evaluation techniques related to performance, dependability, security, survivability, real-time constraints, cost, energy-efficiency and combined aspects like performance-security tradeoffs</div>
<div>- Fault-tolerant system and network design, dependable computing, redundancy techniques, fault modelling, fault injection</div>
<div>- Testing, measuring, benchmarking and monitoring of systems and networks</div>
<div>- Queueing systems, stochastic Petri nets, stochastic process algebras, Markov chains, non-Markovian models, fluid models, network calculus</div>
<div>- Simulation techniques including rare events, parallel and distributed simulation</div>
<div>- Combination of stochastic modeling and formal methods in engineering</div>
<div>- Model checking and theorem proving in model-driven software development</div>
<div>- Network economics, accounting, tariffing</div>
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<div>Applications </div>
<div>- Computer and software architectures, cloud computing, organic computing, pervasive and ubiquitous computing, adaptive and self-organizing systems, embedded</div>
<div>systems, sensor systems</div>
<div>- Fault-tolerant systems and networks, safety-oriented and security-oriented architectures, redundancy techniques</div>
<div>- Communication networks including access, backbone and optical networks, high-speed switching, software-defined networking, mobile and wireless networks, sensor networks, car communication, traffic engineering, network planning and optimization</div>
<div>- Peer-to-peer, overlay and information-centric networks, web-based systems, multimedia systems</div>
<div>- Complex networks, social networks, power-law and scale-invariant systems, biochemical systems</div>
<div>- Workflow and logistic systems, traffic and transportation systems</div>
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<div>Special session on Critical Infrastructures</div>
<div>- Green IT, energy-efficient systems</div>
<div>- Future smart energy networks</div>
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<div>Tools and Case Studies in all Areas of Application</div>
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<div>**IMPORTANT DATES**</div>
<div>Early registration deadline: March 1, 2016</div>
<div>Conference: April 4-6, 2016</div>
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<div>**ORGANIZING COMMITTEE**</div>
<div>Conference Chairs</div>
<div>Anne Remke WWU Münster</div>
<div>Boudewijn Haverkort U Twente</div>
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<div>Local Organization</div>
<div>Evelyn Egelkamp WWU Münster</div>
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<div>Web Chair </div>
<div>Björn Postema U Twente</div>
<div>Justyna Chromik U Twente</div>
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<div>Program Committee</div>
<div>Lothar Breuer U Kent </div>
<div>Peter Buchholz TU Dortmund </div>
<div>Hans Daduna U Hamburg </div>
<div>Klaus Echtle U Duisburg-Essen </div>
<div>Bernhard Fechner U Augsburg</div>
<div>Markus Fidler U Hannover</div>
<div>Reinhard German U Erlangen-Nuremberg </div>
<div>Gerhard Haßlinger Deutsche Telekom AG</div>
<div>Boudewijn Haverkort U Twente</div>
<div>Holger Hermanns U Saarbrücken</div>
<div>Joost-Pieter Katoen RWTH Aachen</div>
<div>Peter Kemper College of William and Mary</div>
<div>Jörg Keller FeU Hagen</div>
<div>Udo Krieger U Bamberg</div>
<div>Kai Lampka U Uppsala</div>
<div>Wolfram Lautenschläger Alcatel-Lucent </div>
<div>Axel Lehmann UBw München</div>
<div>Ralf Lehnert TU Dresden</div>
<div>Hermann de Meer U Passau </div>
<div>Michael Menth U Tübingen </div>
<div>Peter Reichl U Europ. de Bretagne & U Wien </div>
<div>Anne Remke WWU Münster</div>
<div>Johannes Riedl Siemens AG</div>
<div>Ramin Sadre U Louvain</div>
<div>Francesca Saglietti U Erlangen-Nuremberg </div>
<div>Jens Schmitt TU Kaiserslautern</div>
<div>Markus Siegle UBw Munich</div>
<div>Helena Szczerbicka U Hannover </div>
<div>Dietmar Tutsch U Wuppertal</div>
<div>Kurt Tutschku BTH Karlskrona</div>
<div>Oliver Waldhorst KIT</div>
<div>Verena Wolf U Saarbrücken </div>
<div>Bernd Wolfinger U Hamburg</div>
<div>Katinka Wolter FU Berlin</div>
<div>Armin Zimmermann TU Ilmenau</div>
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