2001 USENIX Annual Technical Conference - Announcement and Call For Papers
Andrea Galleni
Announcement and Call for Papers
June 25-30, 2001
Marriot Copley Place Hotel
Boston, Massachusetts USA
http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01
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IMPORTANT DATES
FREENIX Refereed Track: November 27, 2000
General Session Refereed Track: December 1, 2000
Notification to authors: January 31, 2001
Camera-ready papers due: May 1, 2001
**See our website for detailed submission guidelines**
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Overview
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USENIX is the Advanced Computing Systems Association. For over 25
years, its members have come from a broad community of developers,
researchers, system administrators and engineers with interests
spanning the full range of technology. As the core conference of this
community, the USENIX Annual Technical Conference is the premier forum
for computing professionals to share the results of their latest and
best work, develop new ideas and solutions, and connect with their
colleagues.
Three days of tutorials start the conference with practical tutorials
on timely topics. The three-day technical session of the conference
follows and includes a track of General Session Refereed Papers
selected by the Program Committee; a track of Invited Talks by experts
and leaders in the field; and FREENIX, a track of refereed papers on
freely available POSIX-based software and systems.
General Session Refereed Papers
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The 2001 USENIX Technical Conference seeks original and innovative
papers about the applications, architecture, implementation, and
performance of modern computing systems. As at all USENIX conferences,
papers that analyze problem areas and draw important conclusions from
practical experience are especially welcome.
Some particularly interesting application topics are:
* Cluster computing
* Complexity management
* Distributed caching and replication
* Extensible operating systems
* File systems and storage systems
* Interoperability of heterogeneous systems
* Mobile code
* Networking and network services
* Multimedia
* Pervasive computing
* Reliability and QoS
* Security and privacy
* Web technologies
As at all USENIX conferences, papers that analyze problem areas, draw
important conclusions from practical experience, and make freely
available the techniques and tools developed in the course of the work
are especially welcome. Cash prizes will be awarded to the best papers
at the conference. Please see the Web site for examples of the 1999
Best Papers.
FREENIX Refereed Track
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FREENIX is a special track within the USENIX Annual Technical
Conference that showcases the latest developments and interesting
software applications in a form that is being freely redistributed.
The FREENIX forum includes Apache, FreeBSD, GNOME, GNU, KDE, Linux,
NetBSD, OpenBSD, Samba, and more. The FREENIX track attempts to cover
the full range of software which is freely redistributable in source
code form and provides pointers to where the code can be found on the
Internet. Clem Cole is serving as FREENIX program chair.
FREENIX is looking for paper about projects with a solid emphasis on
nurturing the open source/freely available software community. The
purpose for the FREENIX papers is not as wholly an archival reference,
but rather a place to let others know about the project on which you
are working and to provide a forum from which to expand your user
base. We are looking for talks which advance the state of the art of
freely redistributable software or otherwise provide useful
information to those faced with deploying (and selling) free software
in the field.
Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
* Operating system design
* Network design and implementation
* File system design
* Highly-available systems
* Highly-scalable systems
* Graphical user interface tools
* Desktop metaphors
* File and print systems
* System management tools
* Security
* Large scale system management
* Interesting deployments of free software
* How free software is being developed and managed today
Invited Talks
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These survey-style talks given by experts range over many interesting
and timely topics. The Invited Talks track also may include panel
presentations and selections from the best presentations at recent
USENIX conferences.
The Invited Talks coordinators welcome suggestions for topics and
request proposals for particular talks. In your proposal state the
main focus, including a brief outline, and be sure to emphasize why
your topic is of general interest to our community. Please submit via
email to useni...@usenix.org.
Tutorial Programs, WIPs, and BOFs
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Tutorials will be held from Monday to Wednesday, June 25-27, 2000
USENIX's well-respected tutorial program offers intensive, immediately
practical tutorials on topics essential to the use, development, and
administration of advanced computing systems.
To provide the best possible tutorial slate, USENIX continually
solicits proposals for new tutorials. If you are interested in
presenting a tutorial, contact: Dan Klein, Tutorial Coordinator,
Phone: 1.412.422.0285, Email: d...@usenix.org
Work-in-Progress Reports (WIPs)
Do you have interesting work you would like to share, or a cool idea
that is not yet ready to be published? The USENIX audience provides
valuable discussion and feedback. We are particularly interested in
presentation of student work. To request a WIP slot, send email to
usenix...@usenix.org.
Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions (BOFs)
The always popular evening BOFs are very informal, attendee-organized
gatherings of persons interested in a particular topic. BOFs may be
scheduled at the conference or in advance via email to
confe...@usenix.org