jsdy@dtix.ARPA (Joseph S. D. Yao) (06/24/89)
The Summer USENIX conference went pretty well, as these things have been going. It occurred to me that there are a lot of people on the net that might have interesting things going (or some interesting trivia), but who nevertheless might not feel it worth their effort to prepare and give a talk, or might not feel comfortable doing so. I just noticed that in comp.org.ieee somebody mentioned that the most interesting presentations were often the poster presentations. This isn't a bad idea. We haven't had any of those for a while. I wonder if anybody's interested in doing something like that? (Is USENIX interested in receiving submissions like that?) Also, it seems that a lot of people say, Oh, what I'm doing isn't very interesting. I know I do it. But I stepped back and thought, casting off the dreary glow of familiarity, might there be something in the stuff that I'm doing or its byproducts that others might find different and perhaps even interesting? Perhaps ... If I have time to prepare it. (*sigh* - They are making me do bothersome management things again.) Joe Yao hadron!jsdy@uunet.UU.NET
honey@mailrus.cc.umich.edu (peter honeyman) (06/24/89)
you mean something like the work in progress session? peter
smb@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (Steven M. Bellovin) (06/24/89)
We considered a poster session for this Usenix; we ultimately rejected the idea for lack of a suitable space, not because we didn't like the idea. It certainly could be done in the future.