Workshop on Stochastic Modelling and Analysis of Communication Networks


Final programme

Thursday 1 October
08.00-08.10 OPENING
08.10-09.00 Gennady Samorodnitsky: Heavy tails and long range dependence in communication networks
09.00-09.05 BREAK
09.05-09.30 Xuanye Gu: Modeling the impact of long-range dependence on queuing performance
09.30-09.55 Gregorio Procissi: On the build-up of large queues in a queueing model with fractional Brownian motion input
09.55-10.25 COFFEE
10.25-11.15 Adam Shwartz: Sample path large deviations: Introduction
11.15-11.20 BREAK
11.20-11.45 Krzysztof Debicki: Asymptotic behaviour of Gaussian fluid models
11.45-12.10 Zbigniew Palmowski: Bounds for Markovian fluid models
12.10-13.25 LUNCH
13.25-14.15 Nick Duffield: Applications of large deviations to performance analysis with long-range dependent traffic
14.15-14.20 BREAK
14.20-14.45 K.R. Krishnan: Application of Markov decision theory to admission control and routing of multirate long-range dependent traffic
14.45-15.10 COFFEE
15.10-15.40 Richard R. Weber: Large deviations analysis of cell loss in a multiplexer: an investigation of cell scale and burst scale effects
15.40-16.05 Jim Dai: Efficiency of scheduling policies in multiclass queueing networks
16.05-16.10 BREAK
16.10-16.35 Zbigniew Michna: On tail probabilities and first passage times for fractional Brownian motion

Friday 2 October
08.30-09.30 Patrice Abry: Analysis of scale invariance, self similarity and long range dependence using wavelets - Application to network traffic : a 50 min tour
09.30-09.35 BREAK
09.35-10.00 Darryl Veitch: Distinguishing non-stationarity from scaling behaviour
10.00-10.25 Petteri Mannersalo: Simulation of fractional Brownian motion with conditionalized random midpoint displacement
10.25-10.50 COFFEE
10.50-11.40 Gennady Samorodnitsky: Heavy tails and long range dependence in communication networks
11.40-12.10 Discussion: Long-range dependence
12.10-13.25 LUNCH
13.25-14.15 Vaidyanathan Ramaswami: A tutorial on matrix analytic methods - The essential ideas and current research directions
14.15-14.20 BREAK
14.20-14.45 Francois Baccelli: Asymptotics of stochastic networks with subexponential service times
14.45-15.10 Bert Zwart: Sojourn time asymptotics in processor sharing queues with heavy-tailed service time distributions
15.10-15.35 COFFEE
15.35-16.05 Bo Friis Nielsen: Aspects of modelling highly variable packet traffic with the Markovian arrival process
16.05-16.30 Adrian Popescu: Modeling and analysis of network applications and services
16.30-16.35 BREAK
16.35-17.00 Sofia Andersson: Evaluating rare events performance with heavy tails

Saturday 3 October
08.30-09.20 Adam Shwartz: Sample path large deviations: Applications
09.20-09.25 BREAK
09.25-09.50 Ravi Mazumdar: Many source asymptotics for cell loss ratios in multi-buffered multiplexing with generalized processor sharing disciplines
09.50-10.15 Florin Avram: Large deviations based approximations for queueing networks
10.15-10.40 COFFEE
10.40-11.30 Nick Duffield: Applications of large deviations to performance analysis with long-range dependent traffic
11.30-12.00 Discussion: Large deviations
12.00-13.15 LUNCH
13.15-14.05 Vaidyanathan Ramaswami: A tutorial on matrix analytic methods - The essential ideas and current research directions
14.05-14.35 Discussion: Matrix-analytic methods
14.35-14.40 BREAK
14.40-15.05 Qing Deng: Heavy-traffic analysis of the M/G/1 queue with priority classes
15.05-15.30 COFFEE
15.30-16.00 Ilkka Norros: Busy periods in Gaussian storages
16.00-16.25 Evsei Morozov: Stability of queueing network output
16.25-16.50 Jakob Riishede Møller: Tail asymptotics for M/G/1 type queueing processes with subexponential increments
16.50-17.00 CLOSING