mash@mips.COM (John Mashey) (11/23/89)
(sorry if duplicate, postnews problems)
USENIX continues to seek papers describing new and interesting work.
However, the Summer 1990 Technical Conference also seeks to include papers
that emphasize retrospectives, analyses of tradeoffs, and critical thinking
about where we are, how we got here, and why we're here. Thus, the theme is:
Beyond Mere Data: Perspective, Insight, Understanding.
Some sessions will follow the normal 3-paper format, with questions fol-
lowing each talk. In other sessions, the speakers will form a panel, follow-
ing the talks, first to compare approaches, and then to take questions from
the audience. In some cases, other experts may be added to the panel to
broaden the discussion. Especially desirable are sessions where several im-
portant different viewpoints are represented, and proposals for such sessions
are welcome.
Appropriate topics include, but are not limited to:
Software release systems
User interfaces, windowing, graphics
Compilers, debuggers, tools, run-time issues
File systems
Distributed systems
UNIX kernel approaches
Fault-tolerancy, reliability, or security
Computer architectures that stretch UNIX
We will accept full papers, but require at least an abstract and outline,
in a form that gives the committee confidence in the final paper. A submis-
sion 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: 1.5-2.5 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.
The following is a sample outline, which is not necessarily appropriate
for all papers, but which illustrates the important topics. The purpose of an
outline should be to convince the committee that something interesting and im-
portant will be said in the final paper.
1. Introduction
o 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
o More details on the problem and its issues.
o Design decisions and tradeoffs, and why they were made.
o Implementation issues.
3. Evaluation
o Data, on performance, effort required.
o How well does it work?
o What would we do differently?
o If it failed, why? and what can we learn from it?
4. Conclusion
o Summarize the paper, emphasizing why it is important, and what was
learned.
5. References
o List at least a few key references, preferably to other people's work.
The final paper should retain the 100-300 word abstract, include illus-
trations (where needed), and citations to relevant literature. Only previ-
ously unpublished submissions will be considered, although ``retrospective''
papers may describe work done years ago. Thinly-disguised product announce-
ments are rarely accepted. 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 submit abstracts with outline and proposals for sessions 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 February 7, 1990.
Abstracts received after this deadline will not be considered. Notification
of acceptance or rejection will be made by March 9, 1990. Final camera-ready
papers are due by April 17, 1990.
John R. Mashey
Anaheim USENIX Technical Program
MIPS Computer Systems
930 Arques Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Internet: anaheim@mips.com
UUCP: uunet!mips.com!anaheim
Phone: (408) 991-0253
FAX: (408) 720-9809
Please include your physical and electronic mail address in all
correspondence.
Program Committee:
John R. Mashey (Chair), MIPS Computer Systems
Clem Cole, Cole Computer Consulting
Doug Comer, Purdue University
Tom Ferrin, Univ. of CA - San Francisco
James Gettys, Digital Equipment Corp.
Lori Grob, Chorus Systems
Douglas P. Kingston III, Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.
Heinz Lycklama, Interactive Systems Corp.
M. Douglas McIlroy, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Joe Moran, Legato Systems, Inc.
Pat Parseghian, Princeton University
Lawrence Rosler, Hewlett Packard
Bill Shannon, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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