MERMAT 2013 CFP http://atc.udg.edu/MERMAT/
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2nd International Workshop on Measurement-based
Experimental Research, Methodology and Tools
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May 7th, 2013 - Dublin, Ireland

Co-located with Future Internet Week (FI Week) 2013
[ http://www.fi-dublin.eu/ ]

Measurement and associated tools play nowadays a fundamental role in
iterative experimental research. This role includes the evaluation of
protocols, systems and their associated components, etc. functionality
and performance by means of reliable and verifiable tools following a
systematic methodology. It is also anticipated that distributed
measurement and associated tools will also become prominent in the
context of operation and management of autonomic information
communication infrastructures, at the equipment and monitoring level but
also in support of higher-level control functionality such as on-line
data analysis mining and diagnostic.

This workshop, co-located with Future Internet Week (FI Week) 2013, aims
at gathering all research projects and initiatives under the
measurement-based experimental research, methodology and tools thematic.
Participants are invited to present their current research and
developments on measurements and associated tools in the context of
experimental research including simulation, emulation, prototypes, etc.

SPONSORS
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EULER FP7 Project http://www.euler-fire-project.eu/
CREW FP7 Project http://www.ict-fire.eu/
FIRE FP7 Project http://www.crew-project.eu/

IMPORTANT DATES
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Submission of papers: April 1, 2013
Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2013
Camera-ready submission: April 23, 2013

TOPICS OF INTEREST
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Workshop topics include (but are not limited to):
* Measurement techniques and tools specialized for traffic
spatio-temporal properties, network and routing topology/properties,
protocol performance, wireless/wireline technologies, etc. in
experimental settings
* Methods and techniques to generate repeatable, reproducible, and
reliable measurements in experimental homogeneous/heterogeneous
settings
* Methods, techniques, and tools to reproduce representative
experimental conditions
* Measurement verification and comparison methods and techniques
* Extrapolation and interpolation techniques
* Sampling techniques, calibration / timing and synchronization
techniques, etc.
* Large-scale simulation and emulation distributed measurement
methodology, tools, etc.
* Distributed measurement techniques and tools for
test-beds/experimental facilities including small to large-scale
test-beds, federated test-beds, homogeneous/ heterogeneous
test-beds, etc.
* Advances on distributed measurement: agents, platforms and on-line
analysis
* Data-mining, interpretation, knowledge acquisition from experimental
measurements
* Modeling/analyzing experimental data by time series
(frequency-domain/time-domain methods, parametric and non-parametric
methods, univariate/multivariate) for exploratory analysis,
prediction and quantitative forecasting, regression analysis, etc.
* Multivariate experimental data analysis, e.g., analysis of variance,
regression analysis, principal component analysis and variants,
discriminant analysis and variants, etc.
* Estimation methods and techniques using experimental data
* Interval estimation and statistical hypothesis tests using sample of
experimental data

PAPER SUBMISSION
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Authors should only submit original work that has not been published
before and is not under submission to any other venue.

All submissions must be written in English with a minimum of 4 and a
maximum of 6 double-column pages (10 point font) including references
and figures. All papers must be formatted according to the IEEE
manuscript template for conference proceedings:
http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html

Papers can be submitted through the form available later in the MERMAT
website:
http://atc.udg.edu/MERMAT/

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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* General Chair: Dimitri Papadimitriou, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs
* Treasurer/Financial Chair: Davide Careglio, Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya,
Spain
* Publication Chair: Lluís Fàbrega, Univ. of Girona, Spain
* Technical Program Committee Co-Chairs:
Pere Vilà, Univ. of Girona, Spain
Ingrid Moerman, Ghent Univ., Belgium

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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* Pere Barlet, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
* Pierre Borgnat, Phys-ENS Lyon, France
* Periklis Chatzimisios, Alexander Technological Educational Institute
of Thessaloniki, Greece
* Piet Demeester, Ghent University, Belgium
* Panagiotis Demestichas, University of Piraeus, Greece
* Stefano Giordano, Università di Pisa, Italy
* Scott Kirkpatrick, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
* Philippe Owezarski, LAAS-CNRS Toulouse, France
* Charalambos Skianis, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece
* Fabien Tarissan, UPMC-CNRS, Paris, France
* Sandrine Vaton, Telecom Bretagne, Brest, France

LOCATION AND VENUE
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The Helix Center is located on Dublin City University (DCU) Campus in
Glasnevin, North Dublin. http://thehelix.ie/

Further details on the Helix location and venue, as well as a
transportation guide, can be found in the venue website:
http://thehelix.ie/findus/