[Storage-research-list] Final Call for Participation: ACM SIGMETRICS/Performance 2012 Registration and Hotel Information

[Y. Charlie Hu]

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             **** FINAL ****  CALL FOR PARTICIPATION:
                  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 still open, for further information please visithttp://www.sigmetrics.org/sigmetrics2012/registration.php

HIGHLIGHTS
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* A strong technical programhttp://www.sigmetrics.org/sigmetrics2012/program.php

* Keynote Lectureshttp://www.sigmetrics.org/sigmetrics2012/keynotes.php

* A broad tutorial programhttp://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 submissionshttp://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, NetFPGAhttp://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/netfpga/workshop/sigmetrics2012/index.html

* Student activities and opportunitieshttp://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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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, Emailreservations at imperial.ac.uk.  Alternatively contact the hotel directly:  Tel. +44 (0) 20 7373 7878, Fax +44 (0) 20 7370 5555, Emailinfo 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, Emailnhharringtonhall at nh-hotels.com.

Please check the internet for better rates, e.g. atwww.booking.com.

There are many other nice hotels in the Kensington/Chelsea area too.


IMPORTANT DATES
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* Main Conference: 12-14 June 2012
* Student-industry fair: 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