Publications

Journal Publications



[1] T. Eilam, M. Kalantar, A. Konstantinou, G. Pacifici, J. Pershing, and A. Agrawal, "Managing the configuration complexity of distributed applications in internet data centers," IEEE Communications Magazine (to appear)
[2] G. Pacifici, M. Spreitzer, A. Tantawi, and A. Youssef, "Performance management of cluster based web services," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 23, pp. 2333-2343, December 2005
[3] D. Hutchison, G. Pacifici, B. Plattner, R. Stadler, and J. Sventek, "Service enabling platforms for networked multimedia systems," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 17, pp. 1533 1536, September 1999.
[4] C. Gbaguidi, J.-P. Hubaux, G. Pacifici, and A. Tantawi, "Integration of internet and telecommunications: An architecture for hybrid services," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 17, pp. 1563 1579, September 1999.
[5] C. Bisdikian, S. Brady, Y. Doganata, D. Foulger, F. Marconcini, M. Mourad, H. Operowsky, G. Pacifici, and A. Tantawi, "Multimedia digital community: A web-enabled multimedia collaboration system," IBM Journal of Research and Development, vol. 42, no. 2, 1998.
[6] G. Pacifici, G. Karlsson, M. Garrett, and N. Ohta, "Real-time video services in multimedia networks," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 15, pp. 961 964, August 1997. Guest Editorial.
[7] M. C. Chan, G. Pacifici, and R. Stadler, "Maaging multimedia network services," Journal of Network and Systems Management, vol. 5, no. 3, 1997.
[8] A. A. Lazar, G. Pacifici, and D. E. Pendarakis, "Modeling video sources for real time scheduling," Multimedia Systems, vol. 1, pp. 253 266, April 1994.
[9] A. Baiocchi, L. Gratta, M. Listanti, G. Pacifici, A. Roveri, and R. Winkler, "The adaptive cycle cell insertion MAC protocol for high throughput and fair multiaccess networks," Computer Networks and ISDN Systems, vol. 26, pp. 757 770, March 1994.
[10] J. M. Hyman, A. A. Lazar, and G. Pacifici, "A separation principle between scheduling and admission control for broadband switching," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 11, pp. 605 616, May 1993.
[11] J.-T. Amenyo, A. A. Lazar, and G. Pacifici, "Proactive cooperative scheduling and buffer management for multimedia networks," Multimedia Systems, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 37 49, 1993.
[12] A. A. Lazar and G. Pacifici, "Control of resources in broadband networks with quality of service guarantees," IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 29, pp. 66 73, September 1991.
[13] J. M. Hyman, A. A. Lazar, and G. Pacifici, "Real-time scheduling with quality of service constraints," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 9, pp. 1052 1063, September 1991.
[14] A. A. Lazar, G. Pacifici, and J. S. White, "Real-time traffic measurements on MAGNET II," IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. SAC-8, pp. 467 483, April 1990.
[15] G. Pacifici and A. Pattavina, "Performance evaluation of ring networks supporting packet voice service," Computer Networks and ISDN Systems, vol. 15, pp. 31 45, 1988.
[16] G. Pacifici and A. Pattavina, "Bandwidth allocation in buffer insertion rings," IEE Electronics Letters, vol. 23, pp. 220 222, February 1987.

Conference Publications



[1] N. Anerousis, L. Mummert, G. Pacifici, A. Black, and S. Hanson, "Health monitoring and control for application server environments," in Proceedings of the IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, (Nice, France), May 2005.
[2] T. Eilam, M. Kalantar, A. Konstantinou, and G. Pacifici, "Model-based automation of service deployment in a constrained environment," in Proceedings of the IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, (Nice, France), May 2005.
[3] D. Chess, G. Pacifici, M. Spreitzer, M. Steinder, A. Tantawi, and I. Whalley, "Experience with collaborating managers: Node group manager and provisioning manager," in IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing, (Seattle, WA), June 2005.
[4] B. Urgaonkar, G. Pacifici, P. Shenoy, M. Spreitzer, and A. Tantawi, "An analytical model for multi-tier internet services and its applications," in Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems (SIGMETRICS), (Banff, Canada), June 2005.
[5] R. Levy, J. Nagarajarao, G. Pacifici, M. Spreitzer, A. Tantawi, and A. Youssef, "Performance management for cluster based web services," in Proceedings of the IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, (Colorado Springs, CO), March 2003.
[6] M. Mourad, J. Munson, G. Pacifici, and A. Youssef, "An infrastructure to support Web content protection," in International World Wide Web Conference, (Hong Kong, China), May 2001.
[7] V. Naik, G. Pacifici, A. Tantawi, A. Youssef, M. Gowri, A. Kundu, and P. Varma, "eutopia: A framework for managing web utility services," in Workshop on Object-Oriented Web Services at OOPSLA, (Tampa, FL), October 2001.
[8] C. Gbaguidi, J.-P. Hubaux, G. Pacifici, and A. Tantawi, "An architecture for the integration of Internet and telecommunication services," in The Second IEEE Conference on Open Architectures and Network Programming, (New York, NY, USA), March 1999.
[9] G. Pacifici, R. Stadler, and M. C. Chan, "Multimedia network management as global control," in Multimedia Communications (F. D. Natale and S. Pupolin, eds.), pp. 207 222, Springer Verlag, 1999.
[10] G. Pacifici and A. Youssef, "Synchronous annotation of shared html documents," in Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications, (Nassau, Bahamas), pp. 275 279, October 1999.
[11] P. Maryni and G. Pacifici, "Real-time estimation of the link capacity in multimedia networks," in IFIP Fifth International Workshop on Quality of Service, (New York, NY), Columbia University, May 1997.
[12] P. Maryni, G. Pacifici, and A. Lazar, "An object-oriented atm multiplexer simulator for the estimation of the schedulable region," in Summer Computer Simulation Conference, (Alington, (VA)), July 1997.
[13] C. Bisdikian, S. Brady, Y. Doganata, D. Foulger, F. Marconcini, M. Mourad, H. Operowsky, G. Pacifici, and A. Tantawi, "Multimedia digital community: A web-enabled multimedia collaboration system," in IEEE Workshop on the Architecture and Implementation of High Performance Communication Systems, (Chalkidiki, Greece), June 1997.
[14] M. C. Chan, G. Pacifici, and R. Stadler, "Realizing global control in multimedia networks," in IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Systems Operations Management, (L'Aquila, Italy), October 1996.
[15] M. Chan, G. Pacifici, and R. Stadler, "Prototyping network architectures on a supercomputer," in Fifth International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing, (Syracuse, NY), August 1996.
[16] A. Orda, G. Pacifici, and D. E. Pendarakis, "An adaptive virtual path allocation policy for broadband networks," in Proceedings of the IEEE INFOCOM, (San Francisco, CA), pp. 329 335, March 1996.
[17] M. C. Chan, G. Pacifici, and R. Stadler, "A platform for real time visualization and interactive simulation of large multimedia networks," in IEEE Internation Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real Time Systems, (Honolulu, HW), pp. 47 52, April 1996.
[18] M. C. Chan, G. Pacifici, and R. Stadler, "Managing real time services in multimedia networks using dynamic visualization and high level controls,"in Proceedings of the ACM Multimedia, (San Francisco, CA), pp. 243 253, November 1995.
[19] M. C. Chan, G. Pacifici, and R. Stadler, "Real time emulation and visualization of large multimedia networks," in Proceedings of the ACM Multimedia, Demonstrations Program, (San Francisco, CA), pp. 373 374, November 1995.
[20] G. Pacifici and R. Stadler, "An architecture for performance management of multimedia networks," in Proceedings of the IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, (Santa Barbara, California), pp. 174 186, Elsevier Science (North Holland), May 1995.
[21] G. Pacifici and R. Stadler, "Integrating resource control and performance management in multimedia networks," in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications, (Seattle, WA), pp. 1541 1545, June 1995.
[22] A. A. Lazar, G. Pacifici, and R. Stadler, "An end-to-end connection service architecture for broadband networks," in ICC'95 National Information Infrastructure Software Workshop, (Seattle, WA), June 1995.
[23] G. Pacifici and R. Stadler, "A new paradigm for resource management in broadband networks," in Network Operation and Management Symposium, (Kissimmee, Florida), February 1994.
[24] J. Hyman, A. A. Lazar, and G. Pacifici, "A methodology for virtual path and virtual network bandwidth assignment in broadband networks with QOS guarantees," in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications, (New Orleans, LA), pp. 165 169, May 1994.
[25] P. Skelly, G. Pacifici, and M. Schwartz, "A cell and burst level control framework for integrated video and image traffic," in Proceedings of the IEEE INFOCOM, (Toronto, Canada), June 1994.
[26] A. A. Lazar, G. Pacifici, and D. E. Pendarakis, "Modeling video sources for real time scheduling," in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, (Houston, Texas), November 1993.
[27] J. M. Hyman, A. A. Lazar, and G. Pacifici, "Modeling VC, VP and VN bandwidth assignment strategies in broadband networks," in Proceedings of the Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video, (Lancaster, United Kingdom), pp. 99 110, November 1993. Reprinted in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, no. 846 Spring Verlag (1994).
[28] J. M. Hyman, A. A. Lazar, and G. Pacifici, "Joint scheduling and admission control for ATS-based switching nodes," in Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM, (Baltimore, Maryland), August 1992.
[29] J.-T. Amenyo, A. A. Lazar, and G. Pacifici, "Cooperative distributed scheduling for ATS-based broadband networks," in Proceedings of the IEEE INFOCOM, (Florence, Italy), pp. 333 342, May 1992.
[30] A. A. Lazar and G. Pacifici, "Management and control of resources in broadband networks with quality of service guarantees," in Proceedings of the Workshop on Distributed Systems: Operations and Management, (Santa Barbara, CA), October 1991.
[31] J. M. Hyman, A. A. Lazar, and G. Pacifici, "MARS: the MAGNET II real-time scheduling algorithm," in Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM, (Zurich, Switzerland), pp. 285 293, September 1991.
[32] B. Monderer, G. Pacifici, and C. Zukowski, "The cylinder switch: An architecture for a manageable VLSI giga-cell switch," in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications, (Atlanta, GA), pp. 567 571, April 1990.
[33] A. Lazar, G. Pacifici, and J. White, "Real-time traffic measurements on MAGNET II," in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications, (Atlanta, GA), pp. 1191 1196, April 1990.
[34] J. M. Hyman, A. A. Lazar, and G. Pacifici, "Real-time scheduling of switching nodes based on asynchronous time sharing," in Proceedings of the International Teletraffic Congress Seventh Specialist Seminar, (Morristown, New Jersey), October 1990.
[35] A. Baiocchi, M. Carosi, M. Listanti, G. Pacifici, A. Roveri, and R. Winkler, "The ACCI access protocol for a twin bus ATM metropolitan area network," in Proceedings of the IEEE INFOCOM, (San Francisco, CA), pp. 165 174, June 1990.
[36] A. Baiocchi, M. Carosi, M. Listanti, G. Pacifici, A. Roveri, and R. Winkler, "INFONET project: a flexible MAN architecture for very high throughput ATM communications," in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, (Dallas, TX), pp. 46.4.1 5, December 1989.
[37] G. Pacifici and A. Pattavina, "A packet voice/data access protocol for ring networks," in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications, (Philadelphia, PA), pp. 31.3.1 5, June 1988.
[38] M. Listanti, G. Pacifici, A. Roveri, and R. Winkler, "Hybrid approach for the design of a broadband local area network," in Proceedings of Conference on Private Switching Systems and Networks, (London, United Kingdom), pp. 81 86, June 1988.
[39] A. Baiocchi, M. Carosi, M. Listanti, G. Pacifici, A. Roveri, and R. Winkler, "Isochronous and non isochronous traffic handling policies on the INFONET network," in Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Communication, (Tel Aviv, Israel), pp. 72 77, November 1988.
[40] A. Baiocchi, M. Listanti, G. Pacifici, A. Roveri, and R. Winkler, "Hybrid handling of broadband and narrowband services in a local environment: design and performance issues," in Proceedings of the International Teletraffic Congress, (Turin, Italy), pp. B.3.1 9, June 1988.
[41] M. Listanti, G. Pacifici, A. Roveri, and R. Winkler, "INFONET: a broadband integrated service local area network," in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, (Tokyo, Japan), pp. 36.6.1 5, December 1987.
[42] G. Pacifici and A. Pattavina, "T S protocol: an access protocol for ring local area networks," in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, (Houston, TX), pp. 1.5.1 5, December 1986.
[43] G. Pacifici and A. Pattavina, "Issues on packet voice transfer in ring local area networks," in Digital Communications (E. Biglieri and G. Prati, eds.), pp. 351 362, Elsevier Science (North Holland), 1986.
[44] G. Pacifici and A. Pattavina, "Handling mixed traffic classes in buffer insertion rings: a performance evaluation," in Proceedings of the IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, (New Orleans, LA), pp. 17.2.1 5, December 1985.

IBM publications

Nikolaos Anerousis, Ann Black, Susan Hanson, Lily B. Mummert and Giovanni Pacifici. Health Monitoring and Control for Application Server Environments. IM 2005 - Ninth IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management . May 2005.

Tamar Eilam, Michael H. Kalantar, Alexander V. Konstantinou and Giovanni Pacifici. Model-Based Automation of Service Deployment in a Constrained Environment. IM2005. IEEE, November 2004.