Call for Papers First Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI) November 14-17, 1994 Monterey, California, USA Sponsored by the Usenix Association Co-sponsored by ACM SIGOPS and IEEE TCOS (pending) IMPORTANT DATES Extended abstracts due: June 21, 1994 Notification to authors: August 5, 1994 Full papers due for editorial review: September 6, 1994 Camera-ready full papers due: October 4, 1994 OVERVIEW The OSDI symposium will emphasize both *innovative research* and *quantified experience* in operating systems. We seek papers describing original work concerning the design, implementation, and use of modern operating systems. Besides mature work, we encourage submissions describing exceptionally promising speculative work, or enlightening negative results. OSDI has evolved from the combination of three series of symposia on modern operating systems, "Microkernels and Other Kernel Architectures," "Mach," and "Experiences with Distributed and Multiprocessor Systems." Although papers in the ancestral areas are emphatically solicited, we do not favor any particular OS architecture. In general, OSDI has a broader charter than its predecessors, but this first symposium will retain an emphasis on practical issues relating to OS architecture, distributed systems, multiprocessing, and parallel computing. Questions regarding a topic's suitability are welcome and should be sent via electronic mail to the program chair. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: OS structure and organization Microkernel internals, servers, & applications Multiprocessor and MPP issues Scalability and high availability Distributed and mobile systems Object-orientation in OS's Security in distributed systems Communication paradigms Performance and optimization OS support for real time & multimedia OS support for embedded systems OS interaction with HW architecture PROGRAM COMMITTEE Jay Lepreau, Univ. Utah (Chair) Brian Bershad, Univ. Washington David Black, OSF Research Paul Leach, Microsoft Jim Lipkis, Chorus Systemes Karin Petersen, Xerox PARC Larry Peterson, Univ. Arizona Karsten Schwan, Georgia Tech. Michael Scott, Univ. Rochester Willy Zwaenepoel, Rice Univ. WHAT TO SUBMIT Authors must submit an extended abstract by June 21, 1994. This should be 5-7 pages long or about 2500-3500 words, not counting references and figures. Longer submissions will be penalized in the review process. The full papers resulting from accepted abstracts will go through an editorial review cycle with a member of the program committee, and should end up about 10-14 pages long. Very similar papers must not have been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. The object of an extended abstract is to convince the reviewers that a good paper and 25-minute presentation will result. It is important to identify what has been accomplished, to explain why it is significant, and to compare with prior work in the field, demonstrating knowledge of the relevant literature. The extended abstract should represent the paper in "short form." It must include the abstract as it will appear in the final paper. The body of the extended abstract should be complete paragraphs, not just an outline of the paper. (Sections present in the full paper but omitted from the abstract may be summarized in terse form.) Authors should include full references, figures when available, and, as is usually appropriate, performance data. Such data also help indicate the status of the implementation, often a crucial issue. The abstract will be judged on significance, originality, clarity, relevance, and correctness. (All submissions will be held in the highest confidentiality prior to publication. Papers accompanied by so called "non-disclosure agreement" forms are not acceptable and will be returned unread.) Potential authors are encouraged to contact osdi-info@usenix.org or +1 510-528-8649 to receive additional guidance about the submission and review process. HOW TO SUBMIT Please send one copy of an extended abstract to the program chair via one of the following methods. All submissions will be acknowledged. o Paper mail (preferred method) to: Jay Lepreau Department of Computer Science 3190 M.E.B. University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT, USA 84112 (lepreau@cs.utah.edu) o E-mail Postscript or ASCII to: osdi-papers@usenix.org For administrative reasons (not blind reviewing), every submission should include one additional page containing: (i) paper title and authors, indicating any that are full time students, and (ii) for the author who will act as the contact to the program committee, his or her name, paper mail address, daytime and evening phone numbers, e-mail address and fax number, if available. SYMPOSIUM OVERVIEW 2.5 days of technical sessions with presentations of the refereed papers will be preceded by one day of tutorials. The papers will be published in the Proceedings, provided free to technical session attendees and available for purchase from Usenix. Selected papers of particular merit, or possibly the Proceedings, will likely be distributed to ACM SIGOPS and IEEE TCOS members. A work-in-progress session will be held and will be described in later announcements. REGISTRATION MATERIALS Materials containing all details of the technical and tutorial programs, registration fees and forms, and hotel information will be mailed beginning in August 1994. If you wish to receive the registration materials, please contact Usenix at: Usenix Conference Office 22672 Lambert Street, Suite 613 Lake Forest, CA 92630 USA +1 714-588-8649; Fax: +1 714-588-9706 Internet: conference@usenix.org ------- End of Forwarded Message