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Call for Papers 
EPEW 2026 - 22nd European Performance Engineering Workshop
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June 24-26, 2026, Grimstad, Norway
https://epew-workshop.github.io

co-located with the 40th ECMS International Conference on Modelling and 
Simulation (ECMS 2026)
https://scs-europe.net/conf/ecms2026) 

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SCOPE AND TOPICS
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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.

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

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SUBMISSIONS
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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.

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IMPORTANT DATES
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Submission site opens: 1 January 2026
Paper submission: 1 February 2026
Acceptance notification for full papers: 15 March 2026

All deadlines are UTC-12, anywhere on Earth.

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BEST PRESENTATION AWARD
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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.

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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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 
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