EPEW 2026

The European Performance Engineering Workshop is an annual event that brings together researchers working across all aspects of performance engineering. EPEW 2026 considers the concept of performance in the broadest possible sense, encompassing Quality of Service, scalability, reliability, availability, systems management, and related dimensions. We are particularly interested in contributions that propose new ways to evaluate complex systems, as well as novel uses of established models, methodologies, and techniques when applied to emerging systems, networks, and computer-based services.

EPEW 2026 welcomes submissions addressing the performance evaluation of systems from theoretical foundations to practical applications. Particular attention is given to the use of performance evaluation methodologies in emerging domains such as cyber-physical systems, mobile platforms, the Internet of Things (IoT), fog and edge computing, large-scale cloud infrastructures, smart grids, and security-critical environments.

Registration

Registration for EPEW is handled through the ECMS conference website. Participants attending EPEW may register for either the full ECMS conference or the workshop only. All EPEW sessions are on June 24.

Workshop Programme (tentative)

Start	Details
09:00	ECMS Keynote
10:00	Coffee Break
EPEW Session 1
10:25	Prediction and Diagnosis of Cyber-Physical Attacks: A DBN-based Framework for Power Systems Davide Savarro, Mattia Borrelli, Elvio Gilberto Amparore, Davide Cerotti, Giuliana Franceschinis, Susanna Donatelli
10:50	From Protection to Fragility: Emergent Failure Modes in Automated Cyber–Physical Systems Enrico Barbierato, Alice Gatti, Serena Curzel, Marco Gribaudo
11:15	Quantitative Verification of In-Flight UAV Reconfiguration under Uncertainty Ioannis Stefanakos, Sepeedeh Shahbeigi, Jie Zou, Philippa Ryan, John Molloy
11:40	Incorporating Follower-initiated Dynamics within Adaptive Beaconing for Platooning Safety Hassan Laghbi, Nigel Thomas
12:05	Lunch Break
EPEW Session 2
12:55	Differentiable Fit of Empirical Distributions by Bernstein Phase Types Laura Carnevali, András Horváth, Marco Paolieri, Enrico Vicario
13:20	Markov Chain Decoders Overcome the Heavy-Tail Limitations of Lipschitz Generative Models Paolo Ballarini, Laura Carnevali, Marco Paolieri, Miklos Telek
13:45	Analysis of the Completion Time of Series Parallel Task Graphs with Correlated Random Durations Ana Busic, Jean-Michel Fourneau, Nihal Pekergin
14:10	Rare Events in Rating Systems with Hidden Strength: A Mean-Field and Diffusion Approach Koen De Turck
14:35	Coffee Break
EPEW Session 3
15:00	Overlapping Risk in Infinite-Server Queues: Equilibrium and Social Optimization Ayane Nakamura
15:25	Singular Perturbation Analysis of Markov Modulated Fluid Queues with One Transient and Two Recurrent Aggregates Sarah Dendievel
15:50	Energy-Efficient Controls for M/M/c/ Setup Queues with Threshold-Based Policies Taiga Kawano, Tuan Phung-Duc

Call for papers

Scope and topics

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

Theoretical advances in performance modelling 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 modelling 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 EasyChair. 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 organising 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 both content and presentation.

Important dates

• Submission site opens: 1 January 2026
• Paper submission: 1 February 2026 10 March 2026
• Acceptance notification for full papers: 15 March 2026 5 April 2026

All deadlines are UTC-12, anywhere on Earth.

Organising Committee

Technical Programme Committee Chairs

• Dieter Fiems, Ghent University, Belgium
• Mauro Iacono, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy

Technical Programme Committee

• Salvador Alcaraz, Miguel Hernandez University, Spain
• Paolo Ballarini, Centrale Supelec, France
• Simona Bernardi, University of Zaragoza, Spain
• Marco Bernardo, University of Urbino, Italy
• Peter Buchholz, Dortmund University, Germany
• Laura Carnevali, University of Florence, Italy
• Davide Cerotti, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy
• Daniele Di Pompeo, University of L’Aquila, Italy
• Ioannis Dimitriou, University of Ioannina, Greece
• Josu Doncel, University of the Basque Country, Spain
• Dieter Fiems, Ghent University, Belgium
• Jean-Michel Fourneau, University of Versailles, France
• Pedro Pablo Garrido Abenza, Miguel Hernandez University, Spain
• Marco Gribaudo, Technical University of Milan, Italy
• Nikolas Herbst, University of Würzburg, Germany
• Mauro Iacono, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy
• Alain Jean-Marie, INRIA, France
• Lasse Leskelä, Aalto University, Finland
• Francesco Longo, University of Messina, Italy
• Marco Paolieri, University of Southern California, USA
• Tuan Phung-Duc, University of Tsukuba, Japan
• Agapios Platis, University of Aegean, Greece
• Anne Remke, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
• Marco Scarpa, University of Messina, Italy
• Markus Siegle, University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Germany
• Ioannis Stefanakos, University of York, UK
• Miklos Telek, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
• Nigel Thomas, University of Newcastle, UK
• Benny Van Houdt, University of Antwerp, Belgium
• Marco Vieira, University of North Carolina, USA
• Joris Walraevens, Ghent University, Belgium
• Armin Zimmermann, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany

Contact

For any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at: epew2026@easychair.org