General Chair

Mohammad S. Obaidat
Monmouth Univ., NJ, USA

Program Chairs

Jose Marzo
Univ. of Girona, Spain

Helena Szczerbicka
Univ. of Hannover, Germany

Program Vice Chairs

Pawel Gburzynski
Univ. of Alberta, Canada

José Luis Sevillano
Univ. of Seville, Spain

Tutorials and Special Sessions Chair

S. Dharmaraja
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India

Awards Chair

Franco Davoli
Univ. of Genoa, Italy

Publicity Committee

Essia Elhafsi
Univ. of California-Riverside, USA (Chair)

Jong Hyuk Park
Kyungnam Univ., Korea

Farid Naďt-Abdesselam
Univ. of Sciences & Technologies of Lille, France

Abdelmajid Khelil
Technical Univ. of Darmstadt, Germany

Local Arrangement Chair

Graham Shanks
Baesystems, UK

Webmasters

Antonio Bueno
Univ. of Girona, Spain

Michael J. Chinni
US Army TACOM-ARDEC

Publication Chair

Pere Vilŕ
Univ. of Girona, Spain

SPECTS 2008 program

Note: Theatres A, B, and C are in David Hume Building, all the rest are in the William Robertson Building. The two buildings are linked via an underground passage – in case it is raining.

Monday, June 16, 2008

SESSION 1: Keynote Speaker 1

8:30-10:00
Room: Theatre B
Session Chair: M. Obaidat, University of Monmouth, USA
SPECTS 2008/SummerSim 2008 keynote I
Quality of experience: the route to scalable performance evaluation of networked systems?
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Jonathan Pitts, Queen Mary, University of London, UK

SESSION 2: Keynote Speaker 2

10:30-12:00
Room: Theatre B
Session Chair: H. Szczerbicka, University of Hannover, Germany
SPECT 2008/ Summer Sim 2008 Keynote II
From questions to answers via models: Answers to questions?
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Rob Pooley, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

SESSION 3: Joint Plenary Session

13:30-15:00
Room: Theatre A
SummerSim 2008/SISO Workshop Joint Plenary Session

SESSION 4: Tutorial

15:30-17:00
Room: Theatre A
Session Chair: M. Drozda, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
An Introduction to Artificial Immune Systems
Speaker: J. Timmis, University of York, UK

SESSION 5: Tutorial

15:30-17:00
Room: Theatre B
Session Chair: S. Sastry, University of Akron
Introduction to Energy Efficient Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) Protocols
Speaker: H.M. Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

SESSION 6: Keynote Speaker

8:30-10:00
Room: Theatre B
Session Chair: Jose Marzo, University of Girona, Spain
SummerSim 2008/Grand Challenges 2008 Keynote
Quantized State System Simulation
Keynote speaker: Prof. F. Cellier, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

SESSION 7: MODELING & SIMULATION

10:30-12:00
Room G02
Session Chair: Zrinka Puljiz, University of Texas, USA
Performance Evaluation of Gang Scheduling in Distributed Real-Time Systems with Possible Software Faults
Georgios L. Stavrinides and Helen D. Karatza
Efficient and accurate solution of multiserver retrial systems with user impatience through the value extrapolation technique
Jose Manuel Gimenez-Guzman, MŞ Jose Domenech-Benlloch, Vicent Pla, Vicente Casares-Giner and Jorge Martinez-Bauset
Analytical Modeling of Token Bucket Based Load Transformations
Stephan Heckmüller and Bernd E. Wolfinger
Event Scheduling based on Combined Rollback Cost in Time Warp Parallel Simulation
Hussam Ramadan

Special SESSION 8: Biologically inspired wireless networks I

13:30-15:00
Room G02
Session Chairs: Jon Timmes, University of York, UK & M. Drozda, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
Modified Binary PSO Training of Recurrent Neural Network for 1/n Rate Convolutional Decoders
Reza Asvadi and Mahmoud Ahmadian
Exploring Self-star Properties in Cognitive Sensor Networking
Pruet Boonma and Junichi Suzuki
Influence of Network Payload and Traffic Models on the Detection Performance of AIS
Sven Schaust and Martin Drozda

Special SESSION 9: Biologically inspired wireless networks II

15:30-17:00
Room G02
Session Chairs: Jon Timmes, University of York, UK & M. Drozda, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
Computing the state of Specknets: an immune inspired approach
Despina Davoudani and Emma Hart
Bio-inspired Energy-aware Medium Access Control Protocol for Cooperative Wireless Networks
Gian Paolo Perrucci, Puri Anggraeni, Satya Wardana, Frank Fitzek and Marcos Katz
Traffic Analysis and Classification with Bio-Inspired and Classical Algorithms in Sensor Networks
Matthias Becker, Sebastian Bohlmann and Sven Schaust
Wireless Discussion Forums: Automatic Management via Artificial Immune Systems
Luca Albergante

SESSION 10: METHODS & TOOLS

10:30-12:00
Room G04
Session Chair: S. Heckmueller, University of Hamburg, Germany
Distributed Response Time Analysis of GSPN Models with MapReduce
Oliver Haggarty, William Knottenbelt and Jeremy Bradley
Pseudo Random Numbers Generators available as Web Services
Sébastien Rumley and Markus Becker
Model Checking of steady-state rewards using bounding aggregations
Hind Castel, Lynda Mokdad and Nihal Pekergin
On the Use of a Genetic Algorithm in High Performance Computer Benchmark Tuning
Dominic Dunlop, Sebastien Varrette and Pascal Bouvry

SESSION 11: ENERGY CONSERVATION IN AD-HOC NETWORKS

13:30-15:00
Room G04
Session Chair: Dr. Kumar Padmanabh, India
Analysis of Minimum-Energy Path-Preserving Graphs for Ad-hoc Wireless Networks
Mahmuda Ahmed, Mehrab Shariar, Shobnom Zerin and Ashikur Rahman
EAGR: Energy Aware Greedy Routing Scheme for Wireless Ad hoc Networks
Sachin Sharma, H.M. Gupta and Dharmaraja S.
MEA-DSR: A Multipath Energy-aware Routing Protocol for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
Floriano De Rango and Salvatore Marano
Transmission Range Management for Lifetime Maximization in Wireless Sensor Network
Kumar Padmanabh

SESSION 12: PROTOCOLS FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS

15:30-17:00
Room G04
Session Chair: H. Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
Enhanced Partial Dominant Pruning (EPDP) Based Broadcasting in Ad hoc Wireless Networks
Endadul Hoque, Farzana Rahman, Sabuj Kundu, Ashikur Rahman and Pawel Gburzynski
Optimizing Access in an Integrated Wireless Network Environment
Weizhi Luo and Eliane Bodanese
Minimal Cost Clock Synchronization Using a Sender-Receiver Protocol in Wireless Sensornets
hesham elmahdy, Iman Ali, mohamed elshrkawey and Abdelatif Elkouny

SESSION 13: MOBILITY IN WIRELESS NETWORKS

10:30-12:00
Seminar Room 10
Session Chair: Sebastiŕ Galmés, University of Baleares, Spain
Neighbour Coverage: A Dynamic Probabilistic Route Discovery for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Jamal-Deen Abdulai, Mohamed Ould-Khaoua, Lewis Mackenzie and Aminu Mohammed
Performance Evaluation of Multi-path and Single-path Routing Protocols for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
Christos Tachtatzis and David Harle
Performance Evaluation of an Efficient Counter-Based Scheme for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks based on Realistic Mobility Model
Aminu Mohammed, Mohamed Ould-Khaoua, Lewis M. Mackenzie and Jamal Abdulai
Hierarchical Trajectory-Based Routing Protocol for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks
Floriano De Rango, Fiore Veltri and Salvatore Marano

SESSION 14: CHANNEL MODELS

13:30-15:00
Seminar Room 10
Session Chair: Manuel Villen-Altamirano, Telefonica I+D, Madrid, Spain
A New Algorithm for Common Phase Error Estimation for Multipath Fading Channel in OFDM Systems
Mohammad Noroozi, Abdulhamid Zahedi and Hamidreza Bakhshi
New Low Computational Complexity Partial Crosstalk Cancellation and Multi-User Power Control Algorithm in New xDSL Networks
Mohsen Maesoumi and Mohammad Ali Masnadi-Shirazi
Using Adaptive Agent-Based Approach to Iterative Distributed Swapping Prediction for Interference Reduction in Cellular Systems
jamal raiyn

SESSION 15: QUALITY OF SERVICE

15:30-17:00
Seminar Room 10
Session Chair: Jose Sevillano Ramos, University of Sevilla, Spain
Localized Quality Based QoS Routing
Abdulbaset Mohammad and Michael Woodward
Resource Allocation and Game Theoretic Scheduling with Dynamic Weight Assignment in IEEE 802.16 Fixed Broadband Wireless Access Systems
Jayaparvathy R and Geetha S
User-Managed QoS: Model and Validation
Jean-Charles Grégoire, André Girard and Linda Dadjo
Improving TCP QoS over OBS Networks: A Scheme Based on Optical Segment Retransmission
Mohammad Obaidat, A. Lazzez and N. Boudriga

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

SESSION 16: OPTICAL NETWORKS

8:30-10:00
Room G02
Session Chair: M.H. Mac Gregor, University of Alberta, Canada
A Real-time TCP Management Scheme over OLS Networks
Y. Khlifi, N. Boudriga and Mohamamd S. Obaidat
Time-Slotted Scheduling for Agile All-Photonics Networks: Performance and Complexity
Hana Bilbeisi and Lorne Mason
BURST LOSS REDUCTION SCHEMES IN OPTICAL BURST SWITCHING NETWORKS
Abdelilah Maach, Abdelhakim Senhaji Hafid and Abdetawab Belbekkouche
Dynamic Unicast/Multicast Traffic Grooming Using S/G Light-tree In WDM Networks
Javier Emilio Sierra, Fernando Solano Donado, Luis Fernando Caro, Jose Luis Marzo, Ramon Fabregat and Yezid Donoso Meisel

SESSION 17: CONTENT DELIVERY

10:30-12:00
Room G02
Session Chair: M. Faulkner, University of Lancaster, UK
Adaptive Smooth Multicast Protocol for Multimedia Data Transmission
Christos Bouras, Apostolos Gkamas and George Kioumourztis
A Measurement Study of Shared Content on Pee-to-Peer Networks
Mohammed Hawa
Design and Performance Evaluation of an Optimized Peer-to-Peer Content Replication Scheme for Vehicular Networks
Luca Caviglione and Cristiano Cervellera
An experiment with Globus over a satellite link
Franco Tommai, Simone Molendini and David Camassa

SESSION 18: NETWORK PERFORMANCE EVALUATION I

13:30-15:00
Room G02
Session Chair: M. Hawa, University of Jordan, Jordan
The Windowed Moments Change Test: A Novel Technique for Assessing Stationarity in Network Traffic
Kristof Sleurs, Jan Potemans, Johan Theunis, Dagang Li, Emmanuel Van Lil and Antoine Van de Capelle
Slot-by-slot maximum likelihood estimation of tag populations in framed slotted aloha protocols
Bastian Knerr, Martin Holzer, Christoph Angerer and Markus Rupp
Performance Analysis of Scheduling Policies for Delay-Tolerant Applications in Centralized Wireless Networks
Mohamed Shaqfeh and Norbert Goertz
ParaSynTG: A Parameterized Synthetic Trace Generator for Representation of WWW Traffic
Rachid El Abdouni Khayari, Mathias Ruecker, Axel Lehmann and Adisa Musovic

SESSION 19: EVALUATION & MEASUREMENTS

15:30-17:00
Room G02
Session Chair: S. Majumdar, Carleton University, Canada
Evaluating SIP Proxy Servers Based on Real Performance Data
Tugrul Yanik, H.Hakan Killijnc, Mustafa Sariöz, Serdar S. Erdem
Neuro-Inspired Real-Time USB & PCI to AER Interfaces for Vision Processing
A Linares-Barranco, R Paz-Vicente, A Jimenez-Fernandez, C Lujan-Martinez, M Rivas-Perez, J L Sevillano-Ramos, G Jimenez-Moreno and A Civit-Balcells
Simple and practical disk performance evaluation method in virtual machine environments
Teruyuki Baba and Atsuhiro Tanaka
Passive Capacity Estimation: Comparison of Existing Tools
Taoufik En-Najjary and Guillaume Urvoy-Keller

SESSION 20: SAFE, DEPENDABLE & REAL-TIME SYSTEMS

8:30-10:00
Room G04
Session Chair: Alejandro Linares-Barranco, University of Sevilla, Spain
Effects of Simultaneous Stimulation on the Event Stream Densities of Fixed-Priority System
Steffen Kollmann, Karsten Albers and Frank Slomka
A Methodology to Evaluate the Availability of Reconfigurable Conveyor Systems
Qui Zhu, Swapna Gokhale and Shivakumar Sastry
Performance Modelling and Evaluation of An Adaptation Management System
Abdelhak Attou, Jie Ding, Dave Laurenson and Klaus Moessner
Investigating Intrusion Detection Systems That Use Trails of System calls
Suhair Amer and John Hamilton

SESSION 21: DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

10:30-12:00
Room G04
Session Chair: S. Majumdar, Carleton University, Canada
Performance evaluation on multiprocessor task scheduling with resource augmentation
Deshi Ye and Qinming He
Evaluation of scheduling policies in a Mobile Grid architecture
Konstantinos Katsaros and George Polyzos
Modeling the Effects of Node Heterogeneity on the Performance of a Real Grid Application
Paolo Cremonesi, Roberto Turrin and Vassil N. Alexandrov
Efficient Multiple-Keyword Search in DHT-based Decentralized Systems
Sivanthan Sivaraja, Mayatheepan Thiyagarajah, Thiruvarangan Piranavam, Chung-Horng Lung and Shikharesh Majumdar

SESSION 22: INTERNET PROTOCOLS

13:30-15:00
Room G04
Session Chair: S. Heckmueller, University of Hamburg, Germany
Integration of Linux TCP Implementation into Simulation: Verification and Validation
Songrith Kittiperachol and Zhili Sun
Optimal Bandwidth Allocation in IP network; the case of QoS-sensitive user utility functions
Piotr Paulski and Mariusz Kamola
Fuzzy Logic Controller of Random Early Detection based on Average Queue Length and Packet Loss Rate
Hussein Abdel-jaber, Fadi Thabtah, Mike Woodward and Mohamed Mahafzeh
A Comparative Performance Evaluation of DCCP
Saleem Bathi, Martin Bateman, Dimitrios Miras

SESSION 23: RELIABILITY AND SECURITY

15:30-17:00
Room G04
Session Chair: M. Kamola, Technical University of Warsaw, Poland
A New Statistical Approach to Network Anomaly Detection
Christian Callegari, Sandrine Vaton and Michele Pagano
An Adoption of Kerberos to 3G Network for Mutual Authentication: Challenges and Evaluations
Chan-Kyu Han and Hyoung-Kee Choi
Providing Protection and Restoration with Distributed Multipath Routing
Pascal MERINDOL, Jean Jacques PANSIOT and Stephane CATELOIN
On the Scalability of Storage Sub-System Back-end Networks
Yan Li, Tim Courtney, Roland Ibbett and Nigel Topham

SESSION 24: NETWORK PERFORMANCE EVALUATION II

8:30-10:00
Seminar Room 10
Session Chair: M. Bateman, University of St. Andrews, UK
Analysis of prediction performance of training-based models using real network traffic
Mohamed Faten Zhani, Halima Elbiaze and Farouk Kamoun
Hardware Bottleneck Evaluation and Analysis of A Software PC-based Router
Qinghua Ye and Mike MacGregor
Heavy Traffic Analysis of State-Dependent Fork-Join Queues with Triggers and an Application to Web Search Systems
Saul Leite and Marcelo Fragoso
Performance Analysis of Rate Regulation Mechanism using Trajectory Tracking Control
Zitoune Lynda, Mounier Hugues, Včque Véronique and Hamdi Amel

SESSION 25: NETWORK PERFORMANCE EVALUATION III

10:30-12:00
Seminar Room 10
Session Chair: S. Schasut, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
End-to-End Inference of Link Level Queueing Delay Distribution and Variance
Andrea Di Pietro, Domenico Ficara, Stefano Giordano, Francesco Oppedisano and Gregorio Procissi
On the Threshold for Observing Approximate Invariance of Effective Bandwidth
Kishore Angrishi
Performance analysis of a decentralized network simulator
Zrinka Puljiz, Roberto Penco and Miljenko Mikuc
BRUNO: A High Performance Traffic Generator for Network Processor
Gianni Antichi, Andrea Di Pietro, Domenico Ficara, Stefano Giordano, Gregorio Procissi and Fabio Vitucci

SESSION 26: LOCAL AND EDGE NETWORKING

13:30-15:00
Seminar Room 10
Session Chair: Floriano de Rango, University of Calabria, Italy
A New Bandwidth Statistical Multiplexing scheme for 2D WLAN Environments with passive reservations
F. de Rango, P. Fazio, S. Marano
Enhanced Forward Explicit Congestion Notification (E-FECN) Scheme for Datacenter Ethernet Networks
Chakchai So-In, Raj Jain and Jinjing Jiang
Design and performance evaluation of a MAC Protocol for Motorway Environment under Poisson and self-similar traffic
Bilal Qazi and Jaafar Elmirghani
Augmented Grooming in Networks with Elastic Traffic
Zoltán Zsóka, Renato Lo Cigno and Balázs Farkas