Report on the First International Workshop on Teaching Performance Analysis of Computer Systems 2021

The teaching of performance analysis started in the early70's. The importance of such courses is obvious, considering the immense changes in computing systems over the years. However, rarely do academics meet to discuss and take stock of performance modeling and analysis in their teaching. Moreover, in the last two decades, an economic crisis has involved the educational system, and many changes are happening without the awareness of the parties involved. These reflections point to the need for this Workshop. Some issues to be discussed included: Are we teaching what our students and the industry want or need? Do we need to change the way we teach performance analysis? Can our teaching ride on the contents of popular courses in the curriculum? The Workshop was held in conjunction with IFIP Performance 2021. Since the Conference was online (because of COVID-19), the Workshop followed suit. This meant the program schedule was severely constrained by time differences. The 5 talks and 2 discussions were fast-paced (with just two 5-minute breaks) and finished in under 5 hours. The number of participants fluctuated between 20 and 25, and the discussions covered much ground and generated several ideas. This report summarizes the invited talks, records the discussions and lists some recommendations. (The extended abstracts and slides are available on the conference website.)