Message from the PDS Program Chair

Over the years, PDS has become a major high-quality international forum for researchers and practitioners to report on their latest advances in the analysis and assessment of computer systems and networks in terms of their performance, dependability, and security. A significant focus is on the analysis of information systems composed of large, evolving, networked systems and infrastructures, involving various systems from supercomputers and widely deployed server farms to myriads of small mobile computers and tiny embedded devices. Efficient and scalable modeling and measurement techniques are needed to understand and quantify the relationships between the occurrence of accidental or malicious threats and the impact on performance, dependability, and security.