Paper Abstracts of the 2nd International Conferernce on Performance Engineering (ICPE 2011)

Foreword This issue of SEN contains the abstracts of the papers, which were presented on the Second Joint WOSP/SIPEW International Conference (ICPE 2011), held in Karlsruhe, Germany, March 14-16, 2011, now established as a regular event known as ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE). The primary goal of this conference series is to bridge the gap between theory and practice in the field of computer systems performance engineering by providing a forum for sharing ideas and experiences between industry and academia. This years conference brought together researchers and industry practitioners to share and present their experiences, discuss challenges, and report on both state-of-the-art research and work-in-progress on performance engineering of software and systems, including performance measurement, modeling, benchmark design, and run-time performance management. The ICPE gives researchers and practitioners a unique opportunity to share their perspectives with others interested in the various aspects of computer systems performance engineering. The call for papers attracted 63 research and 24 industrial paper submissions from Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America. The program committees accepted 19 full research papers and 7 short papers together with 13 industrial papers. These papers cover a variety of topics, including performance modeling and techniques and measurement and benchmarking strategies for adaptive systems, power management, virtualized environments, and large-scale and distributed systems. We are confident that you will find the abstracts stimulating and that they will provide you with many new ideas and insights. The full paper are available at the ACM Digital Library. David J. Lilja: Program Co-Chair - Research Track Raffaela Mirandola: Program Co-Chair - Research Track Kai Sachs: Program Co-Chair - Industrial Track