CALL FOR PAPERS - Dallas '91
Ellie Young
ellie at usenix.ORG
Sat Aug 4 04:08:05 AEST 1990
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 at 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
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