Research Interests

Linear Algebraic Approach to Queueing Theory (LAQT), Systems and Network Performance Modeling, Performability Modeling.

Conferences

Member of the Technical Program Committee of the International Conference on Analytical and Statistical Modeling Techniques and Applications (ASMTA): 2008-present

Publications

Imad Antonios, Feng Zhang, Reetu Dhar and Lester Lipsky, “A Performance Model of Gossip-Based Update Propagation,” submitted to the International Conference on the Principles of Distributed Computing (OPODIS), to be held in Nimes, France, December 2009. (pdf – 254KB)

Hans-Peter Schwefel, and Imad Antonios, “Performability Models for Multi-Server Systems with High-Variance Repair Times,” in the proceedings of the 37^th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN07), Edinburgh, UK, June 2007. (pdf – 172KB)

Hans-Peter Schwefel, Imad Antonios, and Lester Lipsky, “Performance-Relevant Network Traffic Correlation,” in the proceedings of the 14^th International Conference on Analytical and Stochastic Modeling Techniques and Applications (ASMTA07), Prague, Czech Republic, June 2007. (pdf – 204KB)

Imad Antonios, and Lester Lipsky, “On the Relationship Between Packet Size and Router Performance for Heavy-Tailed Traffic," in the Third IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA04), Boston, MA, Sept, 2004. (pdf – 937 KB)

Imad Antonios, and Lester Lipsky, “A Performance Model and Analysis of Heterogeneous Traffic with Heavy Tails," in the Second IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA03), pp.367-373, Cambridge, MA, April 2003. (pdf – 86 KB)

Imad Antonios, and Lester Lipsky, “A Performance Model for End-to-End User Delay in Telecommunications Systems With Self-Similar Traffic," in the 2002 International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS 2002), San Diego, CA, July 15-19, 2002. (pdf – 153 KB)

Gehan Weeransinghe, Imad Antonios, and Lester Lipsky, “A Generalized Analytic Performance Model Of Distributed Systems That Perform N Tasks Using P Fault-Prone Processors," FTPDS-02, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 2002.

Reda Ammar, Howard Sholl, Debra Smarkusky, and Imad Antonios, “Hierarchical Performance Modeling for Distributed System Architectures,” in the Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium in Computer and Communication (ISCC2000), Antibes, France, July 2000.