The 12th joint ACM SIGMETRICS / Performance conference solicits papers on the development and application of state-of-the-art, broadly applicable analytic, simulation and measurement-based performance evaluation techniques. Of particular interest is work that presents new performance evaluation methods or that creatively applies previously developed methods to make predictions about, or gain insights into key design trade-offs in, computer and networked systems. The main conference will last three days, 12-14 June 2012, and have two keynote speakers, to be announced shortly. A day of tutorials will precede and a day of workshops will follow the main conference. The notion of performance is broadly construed - including considerations of speed and scalability as well as reliability, availability, sustainability and manageability of systems. We encourage both theoretical contributions and also submissions relating to real world empirical studies or focusing on implementation and experimental issues.
Quantitative design and evaluation studies of

Computer and communication networks, protocols and algorithms
Wireless, mobile, ad-hoc, and sensor networks
Computer architectures, multi-core processors, memory systems and storage networks
Operating systems, file systems and databases
Virtualization and data centers
Distributed and cloud computing
Social networks, multimedia systems, service-oriented architectures, and Web services
Energy-efficient computing systems
Real-time and fault-tolerant systems
Mobile and personal computing systems
Security systems and network attacks
Large-scale operational systems
Software systems and enterprise applications
Emerging technologies

Methodologies, formalisms, solution techniques and algorithms for

Performance, scalability, power, and reliability analysis
Sustainability analysis and power management
Capacity planning, resource allocation, run time management and scheduling
Anomaly detection
Analytical modeling techniques and model validation
System measurement, monitoring and forecasting
Workload characterization and benchmarking
Quality of service, total cost of ownership and pricing
Experimental design, statistical analysis, simulation

Papers

Papers should not exceed 12 double column pages, including figures and tables in standard ACM format. In addition, a 2-page appendix is permitted, where the appendix does not count towards the original 12 pages. All submissions will be reviewed using a double-blind review process. Additional submission details will be published shortly on the conference Web site.

Workshops

Workshop proposals are solicited for the day following the main conference, June 15, 2012. Send 1-2 page proposals to the General Chair (sigmeperf12-general-chair@imperial.ac.uk). Please include the proposed title, brief description of topics, intended audience, and membership of the workshop organizing committee.

Tutorials

Tutorial submissions will be considered for presentation the day immediately preceding the main conference, June 11, 2012. Send proposals of no more than 1-2 pages for 90-minute or 3-hour tutorials to the Tutorial Chair (sigmeperf12-tutorial-chair@imperial.ac.uk). Include the proposed title, brief description of material, intended audience, assumed background of attendees, and the name, affiliation, contact information (email and phone) and brief biography of the speaker(s).