2001 Aachen International Multiconference on Measurement, Modelling, and Evaluation of Computer-Communication Systems

September 11-14, 2001

RWTH Aachen, Germany
Department of Computer Science
Laboratory for Performance Evaluation and Distributed Systems


The 2001 Aachen International Multiconference on Measurement, Modelling, and Evaluation of Computer-Communication Systems encompasses three conferences: PNPM 2001, MMB 2001 and PAPM/ProbmiV 2001.

Please follow the conference-specific links listed below to find conference-specific information about the scope, tools, submittion deadlines and electronic submission guidelines as well as the programme committee:

PNPM MMB PAPM/ProbmiV

General information about the conference can be found here:

The 2001 Aachen International Multiconference is supported by the following sponsors:

Siemens Information and Communication Networks Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) T-Nova Tenovis
IBM VDE ITG GI CTIT Uni Dortmund


Accomodation


Hotel booking is handled by the Aachen tourist service. For this purpose a booking form is available here that you can fill in and send to the Aachen tourist service by fax or "snail" mail. Deadline is July-23-2001. If you book via this form, the Aachen tourist service will book a room that is in walking distance from the conference venue.

If you want to book your hotelroom yourself you should take a look at the website of the Aachen tourist service.


Venue


The conference will be held in the Kármán-Auditorium (location 3 on the map) which hosts some of the central lecturing halls of the RWTH Aachen. They are located in the city center opposite of the university main building of the RWTH (location 4 on the map). The Kármán-Auditorium is located adjacent to the pedestrian area of the city; pubs, restaurants and shops are in close proximity.

The tutorials will take place in lecturing rooms Fo 6, Fo 7 and Fo 8. The conference tracks will take place in Fo 4, Fo 5 and one of Fo 6, 7 or 8. The opening session on Wednesday will take place in Fo 4. All lecturing rooms are located on the second floor. The foyer will host the registration desk and will also be used for coffee breaks.


Registration to the tutorial and the conference


Both tutorial and conference registration are handled by the VDE office in Frankfurt. The registration forms can be found below. The preferred method for payment is per credit card. If you can not pay per credit card, still fill in the registration form, but leave the credit card details open, and fax it to the address mentioned on the form. The VDE conference organisation will then send you a bill which will include all the necessary money tranfer information,. Please make sure that all possible costs involved in the money tranfer are taken over by you or your organisation ("Spesenfreie Überweisung"). We can only consider you as registered whenever the money transfer has been completed.

Registration to the tutorial

The tutorial registration form (PDF-file) is available with fees given in Euro or DM. On the registration form you have to select the tutorial you want to visit (click here for the tutorial programme).

Material for your selected tutorials (papers, copies of slides, etc.) will be distributed at the conference. We plan to make all the tutorial material available electronically, for all tutorial participants.

Registration to the conference

The conference registration form (PDF-file) is available with fees given in Euro or DM. In case at least 5 persons from the same institution intend to attend the conference, please directly contact the registration office for a reduced rate.


Technical programme


The time schedule is available in two versions: More information can be found here:

The tool session is sponsored by the University of Dortmund, Department of Computer Science, Germany.

The tutorial programme is sponsored by the Center for Telematics and Information Technology, University of Twente, the Netherlands.

Regular Presentations

The slots for regular paper presentations are 30 minutes long. Be prepared for a 20- to 25-minute talk so as to allow time for questions. Please note that overrunning time is impolite towards fellow speakers in your session, as well as towards the audience.

All lecturing rooms will be equipped with an overhead projector, a beamer and a blackboard. We do not provide laptops.

For details on the tool session presentations, directly refer to the tools session chair.


Joint Tool Session


A special tool session will be organised, chaired by Peter Kemper of the University of Dortmund. Please refer to the tool pages for more information.

The tool session is sponsored by the University of Dortmund, Department of Computer Science, Germany.


Social programme


Get Together Party

Tuesday night (September 11, 19:00) there will be a get-together party in the "Gewölbekeller" underneath the main building of the RWTH (location 4 on the map). The entrance to this "keller" is just across the right corner of the building (when you are standing in front of it) through a relatively small door. There will be a registration desk opened during the get-together party.

Conference Dinner

Thursday night (September 13, 20:00 onwards) the conference dinner will take place in Restaurant Ratskeller (location 5 on the map). This restaurant is located in the cellars of the medieval townhall where once upon a time Charlemagne held office.

Extra banquet tickets can be bought at the registration desk.


Business Meetings


The following business meetings will take place during the conference:
  • MMB: Tuesday, Sep 11, 15:00-19:00 (room SFo 1) and Thursday, Sep 13, 18:00-19:00 (in the same room as the MMB-Award)
  • PAPM/ProbmiV: Tuesday, Sep 11, 18:00-19:00 (room SFo 11)
  • PNPM: Wednesday, Sep 12, 18:00-19:00 (room SFo 1)
  • ARC-DFG Project (Baier): Friday, Sep 14, 14:00-17:00 (room SFo 4)
All rooms are located in the Kármán-Auditorium (location 3 on the map)


Workshop Organizers


General Chair and Local Arrangements Boudewijn Haverkort, RWTH Aachen (Germany)
PNPM 2001 PC Co-Chairs Boudewijn Haverkort, RWTH Aachen (Germany)
Reinhard German, University of Erlangen (Germany)
MMB 2001 PC Chair Boudewijn Haverkort, RWTH Aachen (Germany)
PAPM and ProbMiV 2001 PC Co-Chairs Stephen Gilmore, University of Edinburgh (UK)
Luca de Alfaro, UC Santa Cruz (USA)
Tools Chair Peter Kemper, University of Dortmund (Germany)
Tutorials Chair Holger Hermanns, University of Twente (Netherlands)