EPEW 2026

The concept of performance in EPEW 2026 is considered in its broadest sense, including notions of Quality of Service, scalability, reliability, availability, and systems management, among others. Of particular interest are ideas that introduce new methods for evaluating complex systems, as well as innovative applications of methodologies and established techniques to the latest generation of systems, networks, and computer-based services.

EPEW 2026 invites papers on the performance evaluation of systems from both theoretical and practical perspectives. The application of performance evaluation techniques to emerging technologies, such as cyber-physical systems—including mobile devices, the Internet of Things (IoT), fog and edge computing, large-scale cloud computing systems, smart grids, and security infrastructures—is among the topics of interest to EPEW 2026.

Call for papers

Scope and topics

Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following topic areas:

Theoretical advances in performance modeling and evaluation:

• Probabilistic, stochastic, or performability models, such as Queueing Networks, Petri Nets, and Process Calculi
• Analytical and numerical solution techniques and simulation techniques
• Quantitative model checking, equivalence checking, and static analysis
• Context-aware modelling and analysis techniques
• Machine learning and deep learning-based approaches for performance evaluation and analysis
• Multiformalism and Multiparadigm modelling approaches

System, software, and network performance engineering:

• Performance-oriented design, architecture, implementation, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance
• Constraint-based and model-driven system design
• Performance analysis, simulation, and experimental design
• Benchmark design and benchmark-based evaluation and monitoring
• Quality of service, and trade-offs between security, performance, dependability, energy consumption, usability, etc.
• Software performance modeling languages, model composition and tool interoperability

Case studies:

• Cloud systems, Hybrid Cloud, and Fog Computing Internet of Things
• Cyber-physical systems
• E-health systems
• Blockchain and Cryptocurrency applications
• Sharing services such as carshare and rideshare
• Electric vehicles and battery modelling
• Large-scale systems and scalability analysis of systems, robustness analysis of systems, resilience analysis of systems
• Industrial case studies, experience reports and tools, with a solid analysis and theoretical background

Submissions

Authors are solicited to submit full papers of at most 15 pages for publication in the proceedings. The page limit includes tables, figures, and references. All papers must be submitted electronically in Springer’s LNCS format (in PDF format) using [TBA]. Springer encourages authors to include their ORCIDs in their papers. Springer encourages authors to include their ORCIDs in their papers. Authors should consult Springer’s authors’ guidelines and use Springer’s LaTeX templates for the preparation of their papers. Submitted papers not complying with the above guidelines may be rejected without undergoing review. All submitted papers will be reviewed by the program committee based on technical quality, relevance, significance, and clarity.

Best presentation award

The EPEW 2026 organizing committee will select the best paper presentation, for which a certificate will be presented at the end of the workshop. Note that the selection is based on content, as well as presentation.

Important dates

• Paper submission: [TBA]
• Acceptance notification for full papers: [TBA]

All deadlines are UTC-12, Anywhere on Earth.

Organising Committee

Technical Programme Committee Chairs

• Dieter Fiems, Ghent University, Belgium
• Mauro Iacono, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy

Technical Programme Committee

• Laura Carnevali, University of Florence, Italy
• Davide Cerotti, Technical University of Milan, Italy
• Daniele Di Pompeo, University of L’Aquila, Italy
• Josu Doncel, University of the Basque Country, Spain
• Francesco Longo, University of Messina, Italy
• Anne Remke, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
• Marco Scarpa, University of Messina, Italy
• Nigel Thomas, University of Newcastle, UK

[To be completed]

Contact

For any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at: [TBA]