[Storage-research-list] Call for Participation: ACM SIGMETRICS/Performance 2012*** EARLY REGISTRATION PERIOD ENDS FRIDAY ***

[Y. Charlie Hu]

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: *** EARLY REGISTRATION PERIOD ENDS FRIDAY ***
REGISTRATION AND HOTEL INFORMATION

ACM SIGMETRICS/Performance 2012
Joint International Conference on Measurement
and Modeling of Computer Systems

http://www.sigmetrics.org/sigmetrics2012/

11-15 June 2012
Imperial College London
United Kingdom

We cordially invite you to attend ACM SIGMETRICS/Performance 2012 and 
its co-located workshops and tutorials. Registration is now open, for 
further information please visit 
http://www.sigmetrics.org/sigmetrics2012/registration.php

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* The discounted early registration period ends on May 18 (May 25 for 
students). *
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HIGHLIGHTS
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* A strong technical program 
http://www.sigmetrics.org/sigmetrics2012/program.php
* Keynote Lectures http://www.sigmetrics.org/sigmetrics2012/keynotes.php
* A broad tutorial program 
http://www.sigmetrics.org/sigmetrics2012/tutorials.php

- Micro and macro views of discrete state Markov models and their 
application to efficient simulation with Phase-type distributions, by 
Philipp Reinecke, Mikl—s Telek,Katinka Wolter
- PoTrA: A framework for Building Power Models For Next Generation 
Multicore Architectures, by Ramon Bertran, Marc Gonzalez
- Basic Theory and some Applications of Martingales, by Richard A. 
Hayden (three hours)
- Applications of Machine Learning to Performance Evaluation, by Edmundo 
de Souza e Silva and Daniel Sadoc Menasche
- Introduction to Network Experiments using the GENI 
CyberInfrastructure, by Jay Aikat, Kevin Jeffay

* Four affiliated workshops, still open for submissions 
http://www.sigmetrics.org/sigmetrics2012/workshops.php
- MAMA 2012, Submission deadline: 4 May 2012
- GreenMetrics 2012, Submission deadline: 1 May 2012
- W-PIN, Submission deadline: 1 May 2012
- PADE, Submission deadline: 1 May 2012

* A new Hands-on Tutorial-Workshop, NetFPGA 
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/netfpga/workshop/sigmetrics2012/index.html

* Student activities and opportunities 
http://www.sigmetrics.org/sigmetrics2012/student_info.php
- Research Lab Visit
- Student Industry Fair
- Student Poster Competition, submission deadline: 30 April 2012
- Student Travel Support, application deadline: 30 April 2012

* Presentation of SIGMETRICS Awards:
- The 9th Achievement Award
- The 5th Rising Star Award

Full details are on the conference Web site.


HOTEL INFORMATION
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PREFERENTIAL RATES AT THE CONFERENCE HOTELS ENDED ON 10TH MAY. HOWEVER:

Both of the recommended hotels still have rooms available and the 
increase in rate over the expired preferential rates is only about 10% 
... you may find better deals on the internet. The recommended hotels are:

REGENCY HOTEL (http://www.londonregency.com/)
You may contact Imperial College Reservations and quote group reference 
472563: Fu Mei Chen, Reservation Sales Agent, Tel. +44 (0) 20 7594 9507, 
Fax +44 (0) 20 7594 9505, Email reservations at imperial.ac.uk. 
Alternatively contact the hotel directly: Tel. +44 (0) 20 7373 7878, Fax 
+44 (0) 20 7370 5555, Email info at londonregency.com

NH HARRINGTON HALL (http://www.harringtonhallhotel.co.uk/)
You may call the hotel directly: Tel. +44 (0) 20 7396 9696, Fax +44 (0) 
20 73969090, Email nhharringtonhall at nh-hotels.com.

Please check the internet for better rates, e.g. at www.booking.com. 
There are many other nice hotels in the Kensington/Chelsea area.



IMPORTANT DATES
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* Early Registration Deadline: 18 May 2012 (25 May for students)
* Main Conference: 11-15 June 2012
* Student activities: 14 June 2012
* Tutorials: 11 June 2012
* Workshops: GreenMetrics 11 June 2012

W-PIN 11 June 2012
MAMA 15 June 2012
PADE 15 June 2012
NetFPGA 15 June 2012

SIGMETRICS/PERFORMANCE 2012 ORGANIZERS
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GENERAL CHAIR:
Peter G. Harrison, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

CONFERENCE PROGRAM CHAIRS:
Martin Arlitt, HP Labs, USA and University of Calgary, Canada
Giuliano Casale, Imperial College London, United Kingdom