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