The goal of this annual conference is to provide a forum for professionals and researchers to discuss and disseminate the most promising contributions on performance evaluation of computer and telecommunication systems. Papers describing results of theoretic and/or practical significance are solicited. Experimental, modeling, analysis, and simulation studies as well as testbed deployment, field trials and experiences gained are all in the scope of the conference. Work presenting novel performance evaluation methods or providing insights on design and runtime tradeoffs are particularly encouraged.

SPECTS 2020 will be co-located with the 2020 Summer Simulation Conference (SummerSim'20). SummerSim'20 is a premier annual international conference by The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS).

Papers and tutorials are solicited in (but not limited to) the following subjects of interest:

Networking Technologies and Telecommunication Systems

    Future Internet and next Generation Networking
    5G & Beyond
    Hyperdense networks
    Massive MIMO
    mm Wave communications
    Multiple access, multiplexing, modulation and coding techniques
    Cooperative communications and networking
    Cognitive radio and networking
    Autonomic Networks
    Software Defined Networking
    Network Function Virtualization
    Cloud Radio Access Networks
    Radio over Fiber
    Flexible optical networks
    Optical-Wireless communication and systems
    Visible light communications
    Internet of Things and enabling technologies
    Machine to Machine systems
    Device to Device communications
    Cyber Physical Systems
    Wireless ad-hoc Networks
    Wireless Sensor Networks
    Delay Tolerant Networks
    Opportunistic Networks
    Vehicular ad-hoc networks / connected vehicles
    Nanonetworks
    Satellite and Space communications and networking
    Network design, optimization, management and performance evaluation
    Traffic engineering, network reliability, Quality of Service / Experience

Computer Systems

    Parallel and Distributed Computing
    Service Oriented Architectures and Microservices
    Cloud and Edge Computing
    High Performance Computing
    Distributed and Mobile Middleware
    Computer Architectures
    Microprocessors
    Multi-core processors
    Memory systems
    High performance I/O
    Big Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence Applications and Machine Learning
    Software Engineering, Performance, Evaluation and Testing
    Verification and Validation
    Programming Languages
    Parallel Algorithms
    Data Storage Systems
    Fault tolerance, signal processing, and coding techniques

Tools & Methodologies

    Modeling and Analysis
    Performance Optimization, Bounds and Models
    Stochastic Models
    Queuing Systems and Networks
    Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Applications
    Integrated Modeling and Measurement
    Mathematical Aspects and Integrated Design of Performance
    Verification and Validation
    On-Line Performance Adaptation and Tuning
    Parallel and Distributed Simulation
    Case studies, Testbed deployments, field trials and experiences
    Scalability Studies