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From: diane@usenix.org (Diane DeMartini)
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Subject: San Diego Call For Papers
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CALL FOR PAPERS
USENIX Winter 1993
Technical Conference
San Diego, California
January 25-29, 1993
The Challenge of Innovation
UNIX and its cousins find themselves in increas-
ing use throughout the industry. Succeeding in
the challenge of meeting the world's expectations
of software is an increasingly difficult task.
This USENIX conference is looking for innovative
papers in a variety of areas, for example:
Computing in the very large
Global connectivity
Coping with explosive growth
Distributed environments
Client/server
Location independent computing
Sociological and societal impacts
Connectivity vs. Security
New base applications
Utilizing state-of-the-art hardware
Storage systems
Communications systems
Large networks
Exploiting increasingly layered software
Object oriented systems
Creative new interfaces
Complexity management
New development techniques
Visionary base systems software
New building blocks
Novel leverage of standards
At the USENIX Winter 1993 Technical Conference,
systems researchers and developers, systems
administrators, software professionals, program-
mers, applications developers, support staff,
technical managers, and educators tackle ques-
tions of immediate importance to advanced com-
puting systems development and management.
The Program Committee solicits new work on all
topics related to UNIX or UNIX-inspired program-
ming and technologies. Vendors are welcome to
submit technical presentations, but the program
committee will reject product announcements.
Relevant Dates for Refereed Paper Submissions
Extended Abstracts Due: July 20, 1992
Notifications to Authors: August 19, 1992
Final Papers Due: November 20, 1992
Form of Refereed Paper Submissions
Submissions must be in the form of extended
abstracts (1500-2500 words or 3-5 pages in
length). Shorter abstracts might not give the pro-
gram committee enough information to judge
your work fairly and, in most cases, your submis-
sion will be rejected. Longer abstracts and full
papers simply cannot be read by the committee in
the time available. Feel free to append a full paper
to an extended abstract; this is sometimes useful
during evaluation. The extended abstract should
represent your paper in "short form." The com-
mittee wants to see that you have a real project,
that you are familiar with the work in your area,
and that you can clearly explain yourself.
A Good Extended Abstract Should Contain:
o Abstract (same as in the final paper);
o Introduction (to the problem & its importance);
o Solution (details on the problem and its issues,
design decisions, tradeoffs, motivations, implementation details);
o Evaluation;
o References to previous work
Every Submission Should Include:
o The extended abstract;
o One contact author with a daytime phone num-
ber and surface mail address;
o Email address, if available;
o Home phone number (volunteers work at
night!);
o Indication if any authors are students;
o List of audio/visual equipment desired beyond
microphone and overhead projector.
Please note: presentations are usually scheuled
for 25 minutes.
Where to Send Submissions and Make Inquiries
Six paper copies of each submission should be
sent to:
Rob Kolstad
7759 Delmonico Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80919
Make inquiries regarding submissions to:
Rob Kolstad at (719) 593-9445 or via email to
kolstad@bsdi.com.
Tutorial Program
At San Diego, USENIX will offer tutorials such as:
Topics in Systems Administration;
Distributed File System Administration;
UNIX Programming Tools;
Systems and Network Security
Kernel Internals: OSF/1, SVR4, 4.4BSD;
Developing & Debugging X-Based Applications;
Network Program Maintenance and Design;
Introductions to C++ and Perl;
Micro-Kernel Technologies;
POSIX Threads and Systems Programming
In an effort to continue to provide the best possi-
ble tutorials, USENIX is soliciting proposals for
new tutorials. If you are interested in presenting
a tutorial, contact the Tutorial Coordinator:
Daniel V. Klein <dvk@usenix.org>.
Invited Talks
Invited Talks Coordinators:
Tom Cargill, Consultant
Bob Gray, US WEST Advanced Technologies
(303) 494-3239
<ITusenix@usenix.org> or
<uunet!usenix!ITusenix>
As part of the technical sessions, a full series of
invited talks provide introductory and advanced
information about a variety of interesting topics,
such as using standard UNIX tools, tackling sys-
tem administration difficulties, or employing
specialized applications. We welcome sugges-
tions for topics as well as request proposals for
particular Talks. In your proposal, state the main
focus, include a brief outline, and be sure to
emphasize why your topic is of general interest to
our community.
Conference Program Committee
General Chair:
Rob Kolstad, Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
Technical Program Chair:
Dan Geer, Geer Zolot Associates
Matthew Blaze, Princeton University
Tom Christiansen, CONVEX Computer
Clement T. Cole, Locus Computing Corp.
James Duncan, Pennsylvania State University
Dick Dunn, eklektix
Peter Honeyman, CITI, University of Maryland
Daniel V. Klein, Software Engineering Institute
Steve McDowell, Exlog, Inc.
Dinah McNutt, Tivoli Systems, Inc.
Kent Peacock, Intel Corporation
Gretchen Phillips, State Univ. of New York /Buffalo
David S. H. Rosenthal, SunSoft, Inc.
Jeffrey R. Schwab, Purdue University
Mary Seabrook, Open Systems Solutions, Inc.
Dave Taylor, SunWorld Magazine
Saul G. Wold, Sun Microsystems
Awards for Best Paper and Best Student Papers
A cash prize will be awarded by the conference
program committee for both the best paper and
the best paper by a full-time student at the confer-
ence. With your submission, please indicate if
you are a full-time student.
For More Conference Information
Materials containing all details of the technical
and tutorial program, conference registration,
hotel and airline discount and reservation infor-
mation will be mailed in September 1992.
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