ellie@usenix.ORG (Ellie Young) (08/04/90)
The deadline for submitting abstracts with outlines is approaching (August 13). CALL FOR PAPERS WINTER 1991 USENIX CONFERENCE Dallas, Texas January 21-25, 1991 USENIX seeks original papers which describe new and interesting work for the Winter 1991 Technical Conference. Papers which are accepted for this conference will be published in the conference proceedings and will be presented during the three days of technical sessions. The previous conference had a theme which was retrospective in nature, so for this conference we once again look to the future. We would like to include papers that emphasize changes to operating systems, environments,... as we know them today. Thus, the theme is: What's next: by the year 2010, evolution or revolution? Unix derivative or Something Else? Appropriate topics include, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: Operating systems of the future: Distributed Systems Real-time Systems Object Oriented Systems Fault Tolerant Systems Multiprocessor and Multicomputer Systems Workstation Systems Systems for Novel Architectures Communications and Networking Protocols Performance Administration Security Applications Databases Transaction Processing Arts and Social Applications Novel Application Areas User Interfaces Human Factors Graphics and Window Systems Graphical User Interfaces Programming Environments and Languages Testing and Debugging All submissions will be considered; however, thinly disguised product announcements are rarely accepted, nor are rehashes of previous papers. We will require at least an abstract and an outline in a form that gives the committee confidence in the final paper. A submission should be 2-3 typewritten pages and include the following: 1. Author names, addresses, telephone numbers and E-mail addresses. 2. Abstract: 100-300 words (half a page) to be included in the final paper. 3. Outline: 1.5 - 3 pages, giving the major headings of the paper, plus a few sentences per section that give the major points that will be covered in that section in the final paper. 4. References: List a few key references to other work on the topic, preferably to other people's work. The following is a sample outline, which is not necessarily appropriate for all papers, but which illustrates the important topics. 1. INTRODUCTION Background Introduce the problem to be solved; why is it important? Reference previous work; make sure the committee knows the wheel is not being reinvented 2. HOW WE SOLVED THE PROBLEM More details on the problem and its issues Design decisions and tradeoffs, and why they were made Implementation issues 3. EVALUATION Data, on performance, effort required How well does it work? What would we do differently? If it failed, why? and what can we learn from it? 4. CONCLUSION Summarize the paper, emphasizing why it is important, and what was learned 5. REFERENCES Please submit abstracts with outlines as soon as possible, and mail one hard copy and one electronic copy to the addresses below. The final deadline for receipt of submissions is August 13, 1990. Abstracts received after this deadline will not be considered. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be made by Oct 3, 1990. Final camera-ready papers are due by November 14, 1990. The final paper should retain the 100-300 word abstract, add illustrations (where needed), and citations to relevant literature. Only previously unpublished submissions will be considered. Final papers should contain 8-12 pages of single spaced typeset materials. All final papers must be submitted in a camera-ready format or electronic format (troff -ms if possible). Typewritten or dot-matrix output is not acceptable. For authors without access to a laser printer or typesetter, appropriate facilities will be provided by the program chair. Please send the hard copy of your submission to: Lori S. Grob Dallas Conference Usenix Association 2560 9th St. Suite 215 Berkeley, CA 94710 To request additional information, please contact: Lori S. Grob Dallas USENIX Technical Program Chorus systemes 6, avenue Gustave Eiffel F78182 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines CEDEX France Internet: dallas-conf@usenix.org UUCP: uunet!usenix!dallas-conf Telephone: +33 (1) 30 57 00 22 FAX: +33 (1) 30 57 00 66 Please include your physical and electronic mail address in all correspondence. Program Committee: Lori S. Grob, Chair - Chorus systemes Steve Bourne - Sun Microsystems Marc Donner - IBM Research Tom Duff - AT&T Bell Laboratories Jan Edler - New York University Michel Gien - Chorus systemes Barry Gleeson, Unisys Corp. Trent R. Hein - University of Colorado, Boulder Andrew Hume - AT&T Bell Laboratories Michael J. Karels - University of California, Berkeley Deborah K. Scherrer - mt Xinu Melinda Shore - mt Xinu Max Meredith Vasilatos - Open Software Foundation