Message from the PDS program chair

PDS is a well-recognized, major international forum for researchers and practitioners to present innovative, high-quality results in the analysis and assessment of computer systems and networks in terms of their performance, dependability, and security. As much as the considered systems vary from extremely small embedded devices and hardware components to large scale networked systems and infrastructures, so do the properties of interest with various aspects of performance, dependability, and security and the assessment approaches ranging from empirical and experimental studies to refined mathematical modeling methods. This year, we received 113 submissions (95 regular papers, 11 practical experience reports, and 7 tool descriptions) from 20 countries, covering various facets of research and practice on these topics.