The History of SIGMETRICS

This page chronicles some of the past history of SIGMETRICS. We have assembled data representing past SIGMETRICS conferences, former SIG officers, former SIG Web sites, as well as some stories and anecdotes passed down over the years. Enjoy!

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Conferences

  • SIGMETRICS is the flagship conference of the SIGMETRICS community.
  • Performance is the flagship conference of IFIP WG 7.3 and occurs jointly with SIGMETRICS once every three years.
  • IMC is at the intersection between SIGCOMM and SIGMETRICS, focusing on Internet measurement.
  • SenSys focuses on the design, implementation, and application of sensor networks.
  • Greenmetrics is a high profile workshop that focuses on both designing sustainable ICT systems and using ICT to improve sustainability.
  • MAMA is a high profile workshop that focuses on mathematical performance modeling tools.
  • ValueTools bridges the study of performance methodologies and the development of tools for performance evaluation.
  • ICPE (formerly WOSP) focuses on the intersection of software design and performance evaluation.

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Publications

  • Performance Evaluation Review (PER) is the SIGMETRICS quarterly review. PER is a refereed publication that features guest edited special issues from leading researchers in the field.
  • Other SIGMETRICS publications
    The ACM Digital library provides a convenient archive of all SIGMETRICS publications, including PER and conference proceedings.