[ale] 2004 USENIX ATC Call for Papers

[Terry Countryman]

} From: Andrea_Arpaci-Dusseau at usenix.org
} Subject: 2004 USENIX ATC Call for Papers
} Organization: USENIX
} Date: 4 Oct 2003 01:54:42 -0400
} Keywords: USENIX, ATC
} 
} USENIX Annual Technical Conference
} June 27-July 2, 2004, Boston, Massachusetts
} http://www.usenix.org/usenix04/
} 
} Dear Colleague,
} 
} On behalf of the 2004 USENIX Annual Technical program committee, we
} invite you to contribute your ideas, proposals, and papers for our
} Invited Talk, Refereed Paper, and Special Interest Group (SIG) 
} tracks, or for Work-in-Progress reports. 
} 
} We are also pleased to announce that in response to your feedback,
} the 2004 program has been reorganized and expanded. The new format
} will include additional tutorials, more security breakthroughs, and
} extra sessions devoted to Linux and Open Source Software.
} 
} Whether you choose to submit a paper to the General Session or the
} FREENIX track or to send a proposal for the new Special Interest Group
} sessions, we invite you to join the community of programmers,
} developers, and systems professionals in sharing solutions and fresh
} ideas.
} 
} 
} Call for Papers, General Session Refereed Papers
} http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/general.html
} 
} We welcome original and innovative papers about modern computing
} systems, emphasizing implementations with measured results. Possible
} topics include, but are not limited to:
} 
} * Administration-free systems 		* Benchmarking
} * Deployment experience			* Distributed and parallel systems
} * Embedded systems			* Energy/power management 
} * File and storage systems		* Mobile systems
} * Networking and network services	* Operating systems 
} * Reliability and availability		* Security, privacy, and trust
} * Virtual machines			* Web technology
} * Usage studies & workload characterization
} 
} IMPORTANT DATES: 
} * Submissions due: 		December 16, 2003, 11:59 p.m.  EST
} * Notification to authors: 	February 4, 2004
} * Camera-ready papers due: 	May 4, 2004
} 
} Please note that December 16 is a hard deadline; no extensions
} will be given.
} 
} Submission guidelines and conference details are available on our
} Web site:
} 
} http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/generalsubmit.html
} 
} 
} Call For Papers, FREENIX Track 
} http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/freenix.html 
} 
} FREENIX is the USENIX Annual Technical Conference's forum on free
} and open source software. We are looking for a variety of types of 
} submissions, including project reports, academic studies,
} and both successful and unsuccessful usage and development
} experiences. The 2004 FREENIX track will put
} special emphasis on two related areas:
} 
} I. Userland Application and Systems Development
} 	*  Desktop applications
} 	*  P2P and Web-based systems
} 	*  Libraries, toolkits, and infrastructure
} 	*  Scripting languages and applications
} 	*  Novel algorithms and applications
} 	*  System management and software development tools
} 	*  Print systems
} 
} II. Free and Open Source Software Engineering
} 	*  Project-centric: Software specification and design
} 	   methodologies, novel implementation techniques, testing,
} 	   deployment, readability and security, performance and
} 	   scalability
} 	*  Process-centric: Team governance, administration, and
} 	   management; planning and forecasting; measuring progress
} 	   and assessing quality
} 	*  Integrating tools and methodologies
} 
} We welcome submissions on a wide variety of additional
} topics, including:
} 
} *  Documentation
} *  Current examples of development and management of free software
} *  Graphical user interface tools
} *  Interesting deployments of free software
} *  Large-scale system management
} *  Security 
} *  Nontechnical aspects of free software (business, legal, etc.)
} *  Software development, system, and user management tools 
} *  Technical aspects of commercial use of free software
} 
} IMPORTANT DATES: 
} * Submissions due: 		December 16, 2003
} * Notification to authors: 	February 4, 2004
} * Camera-ready papers due:	April 8, 2004
} 
} Submission guidelines and conference details are available on our Web
} site:
} 
} http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/freenixsubmit.html
} 
} 
} Call for Proposals, Special Interest Groups (SIGs) 
} http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/sigs.html
} 
} New in 2004, a single track devoted to Special Interest Groups will be
} offered. These sessions will run in parallel with the
} technical sessions. A SIG may be informal and composed of a
} community bound by a common interest. SIGs confirmed as of
} 9/26/03 are UseLinux and Security. 
} 
} We are currently seeking proposals for SIGs. A sampling of possible
} topics: 
} 
} *BSD				*Sysadmin
} *Client Computing		*Beowulf/Clusters
} *Apple/Mac OS X			*Desktop/Gnome/KDE 
} *Integration			*Tools
} *Languages			*Databases
} *Messaging/Collaboration
} 
} To submit a proposal for a SIG, please e-mail Ellie Young,
} ellie at usenix.org.
} 
} Please join us in developing the best technical conference program
} ever! We look forward to your submissions.
} 
} On behalf of the USENIX '04 Organizing Committee,
} 
} Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau, University of Wisconsin, Madison
} Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, University of Wisconsin, Madison
} 2004 General Session Program Chairs
} usenix04chairs at usenix.org
} 
} Bart Massey, Portland State University
} Keith Packard, Hewlett-Packard Cambridge Research Lab
} 2004 FREENIX Program Chairs
} freenix04chairs at usenix.org
}