The MASCOTS conference is a well-established forum for state-of-the-art research on the measurement, modeling, and performance analysis of computer systems and networks.

The MASCOTS 2025 conference encourages original submissions describing state-of-the-art research in the areas of the performance evaluation of computer systems and networks as well as in related areas.

Papers describing results of theoretical and/or practical significance are solicited. Experimental, modelling and simulation studies are all part of the scope of the conference.

Works focusing on novel performance evaluation methods or providing insights on design and runtime management tradeoffs are particularly encouraged.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to any journal or conference.

All submissions must be formatted in IEEE style using two-columns and may be up to 8 pages in length, including tables, figures, appendices, and references.

Guidelines regarding paper formatting are available at the IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings.

Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements. Accepted papers will only be included in the program if there is one distinct registered author per paper.

Some of the best submitted papers that fall below the acceptance threshold for the main conference program, will be invited to the MASCOTS’25 Workshop. If they are orally live presented at the workshop by one registered author, they will then be published in the MASCOTS’25 proceedings as 4-page short papers.

Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mascots2025 

Topics of Interest

• Big data and advanced machine learning techniques for system design, optimization, and cybersecurity​
• Cloud/edge/fog technologies​
• Combining quality of service and cybersecurity in system performance​
• Computer architectures, multi-core processors, accelerators (e.g., GPUs), and memory systems
• Computer networks, protocols and algorithms
• Databases and big data systems and technologies
• Internet-of-Things​
• Mobile systems
• Multimedia systems
• Operating systems and virtualization technologies
• Security in computer and communication systems
• Smart grids and cyber-physical systems
• Social networks
• Storage and file systems
• Sustainable (or energy-efficient) computing
• Web systems, enterprise applications and web services
• Wireless, mobile, ad-hoc and sensor networks

Committees

Program Committee

• Cristina Abad, Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral, Ecuador
• Jussara Almeida, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
• Jonatha Anselmi, INRIA, France
• Varsha Apte, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
• Belen Bermejo, University of Balearic Islands, Spain
• Jalil Boukhobza, ENSTA Bretagne, France
• Peter  Buchholz, Technical University Dortmund, Germany
• Maria Carla Calzarossa, Universita di Pavia, Italy
• Valeria Cardellini, University of Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy
• Giuliano Casale, Imperial College London, UK
• Ana Rosa Cavalli, Télécom-Paris, France
• Luca  Caviglione, IMATI-CNR, Italy
• Sophie Chabridon, Telecom SudParis, France
• Tadeusz Czachorski, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics, PAS, Poland
• Laurent Decreusefond, Telecom-Paris, France
• Marios Dikaiakos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• Ernesto Damiani, University of Milan, Italy and Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates
• Jerzy Domżał, AGH University of Technology, Poland
• Lorenzo Donatiello, University of Bologna, Italy
• Derek Eager, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
• David Eyers, University of Otago, New Zealand
• Serge Fdida, Sorbonne University, France
• Katarzyna Filus, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics, PAS, Poland
• Jean-Michel Fourneau, Universite de Versailles St Quentin, France
• Erol Gelenbe, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics, PAS, Poland
• Krzysztof Grochla, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics, PAS, Poland
• Jane Hillston, University of Edinburgh, UK
• Ilias Iliadis, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland
• Alain Jean-Marie, INRIA, France
• Bo Jiang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
• Carlos Juiz, University of Balearic Islands, Spain
• Gabriele Kotsis, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria
• Samuel Kounev, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
• Zhiling Lan, University of Illinois Chicago, USA
• Valeria Loscri, INRIA Lille-Nord Europe, France
• Luisa Massari, University of Pavia, Italy
• Deepak Mishra, The University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Australia
• Edith C. H. Ngai, The Hong Kong University, Hong Kong
• Mert Nakıp, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics, PAS, Poland
• Shankar Narayanan, AT&T, USA
• Guillaume Pierre, University of Rennes, France
• Nihal Pekergin, Univ. Paris-Est-Creteil, France
• Jayaram Radhakrishnan, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA
• Gerardo Rubino, INRIA Rennes, France
• Miltiadis Siavvas, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece
• Karl Sigman, Columbia University, USA
• Amoghavarsha Suresh, Meta, USA
• Asser Tantawi, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA
• Halina Tarasiuk, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
• Miklos Telek, Technical University of Budapest, Hungary
• Daniele Tessera, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
• Petr Tuma, Charles University, Czech Republic
• Benny Van Houdt, University of Antwerp, Belgium
• Ana Lucia Varbanescu, Universities of Amsterdam and Twente, The Netherlands
• Marco Vieira, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
• Umberto Villano, University of Sannio, Italy
• Muhammad Wajahat, Google, USA
• Yunxiao Zhang, University of Exeter, UK

Organizing Committee

• General Chair: Erol Gelenbe (IITIS PAN)
• Local Organization Chair: Serge Fdida (Sorbonne University)
• Finance Chair: Tadeusz Czachórski (IITIS PAN)
• Program Co-Chairs: Maria Carla Calzarossa, (Univ. of Pavia) & Krzysztof Grochla (IITIS PAN)
• Publication Chair: Luisa Massari (Univ. of Pavia)
• Publicity Chair: Mert Nakıp (IITIS PAN)

Venue

The conference will take place at the Amphithéâtre Roussy, Sorbonne University in Paris, France.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to mascots2025 at easychair dot org.