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HotCloud '10: 2nd USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing
June 22, 2010, Boston, MA

HotCloud '10 seeks to discuss challenges in the Cloud Computing paradigm including the design, implementation, and deployment of virtualized clouds. The workshop provides a forum for academics as well as practitioners in the field to share their experience, leverage each other's perspectives, and identify new and emerging "hot" trends in this area. See the Call for Papers for more information.

Submissions due: March 26, 2010  Deadline Extended!

HotStorage '10: 2nd Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems
June 22, 2010, Boston, MA

The rapid increase in the volume and variety of digital data, the trend toward using commodity components rather than custom-built hardware, the availability of persistent storage memory technologies, and the proliferation of consumer-electronics storage devices all offer exciting opportunities for developers. The HotStorage workshop aims to bring together researchers interested in presenting their thoughts and engaging in discussions with their colleagues. Check out the Call for Papers.

Submissions due: April 1, 2010  Deadline Approaching!

HealthSec '10: 1st USENIX Workshop on Health Security and Privacy
Co-located with USENIX Security '10
August 10, 2010, Washington, DC

HealthSec '10 is intended as a forum for lively discussion of aggressively innovative and potentially disruptive ideas on all aspects of medical and health security and privacy. A fundamental goal of the workshop is to promote cross-disciplinary interactions between fields, including, but not limited to, technology, medicine, and policy. The Call for Papers is now available.

Submissions due: April 9, 2010  Deadline Approaching!

EVT/WOTE '10: 2010 Electronic Voting Technology Workshop/ Workshop on Trustworthy Elections
Co-located with USENIX Security '10
August 9–10, 2010, Washington, DC

EVT/WOTE brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines, ranging from computer science and human-computer interaction experts through political scientists, legal experts, election administrators, and voting equipment vendors. EVT/WOTE seeks to publish original research on important problems in all aspects of electronic voting. Check out the Call for Papers.

Submissions due: April 16, 2010

CollSec '10: 2010 Workshop on Collaborative Methods for Security and Privacy
Co-located with USENIX Security '10 and sponsored by USENIX and Deutsche Telekom
August 10, 2010, Washington, DC

CollSec '10 aims to bring to the forefront innovative approaches that involve the use of collaborative methods for privacy and security. Discussion will focus on the boundary between collaborative algorithms and swarm intelligence and the implementation domains of networking, privacy, and security. The Call for Papers is now available.

Submissions due: April 20, 2010

HotSec '10: 5th USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Security
Co-located with USENIX Security '10
August 10, 2010, Washington, DC

The HotSec workshop focuses on works that propose new directions of research, advocate non-traditional approaches, report on noteworthy experience in an emerging area, or generate lively discussion around an important topic. While pragmatic and systems-oriented, HotSec takes a broad view of security and privacy. Check out the Call for Papers.

Submissions due: May 3, 2010

OSDI '10: 9th USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation
Sponsored by USENIX in cooperation with ACM SIGOPS
October 4–6, 2010, Vancouver, BC, Canada

The ninth OSDI seeks to present innovative, exciting research in computer systems. OSDI brings together professionals from academic and industrial backgrounds in what has become a premier forum for discussing the design, implementation, and implications of systems software. Find out how to participate in the Call for Papers.

Complete paper submissions due: May 7, 2010

LISA '10: 24th Large Installation System Administration Conference
Sponsored by USENIX in cooperation with LOPSA and SNIA
November 7–12, 2010, San Jose, CA

The annual LISA conference is the meeting place of choice for system and network administrators and engineers. LISA is the place to exchange ideas, sharpen old and new skills, learn new techniques, debate current and controversial issues, and meet industry gurus, colleagues, and friends. The Call for Participation is now available. NEW! LISA '10 will feature practice and experience reports.

Submissions due: May 17, 2010

CSET '10: 3rd Workshop on Cyber Security Experimentation and Test
Co-located with USENIX Security '10
August 9, 2010, Washington, DC

CSET '10 will focus on the science, design, architecture, construction, operation, and use of cyber security experiments in network testbeds and infrastructures. While specifically centered on works that relate to emulation testbeds, the workshop's scope includes all work relevant to cyber security experimentation and evaluation (e.g., simulation, deployment, traffic models). The Call for Papers is now available.

Paper submissions due: May 24, 2010

HotDep '10: Sixth Workshop on Hot Topics in System Dependability
Co-located with OSDI '10
October 3, 2010, Vancouver, BC, Canada

The goal of HotDep '10 is to bring forth cutting-edge research ideas spanning the domains of fault tolerance/reliability and systems and to impact the two associated research communities by building linkages between them and sharing ideas and challenges. Check out the Call for Papers.

Submissions due: May 28, 2010

SSV '10: 5th International Workshop on Systems Software Verification
Co-located with OSDI '10
October 6–7, 2010, Vancouver, BC, Canada

The aim of the SSV workshop is to bring together researchers and developers from both academia and industry who are facing real software and real problems with the goal of finding real, applicable solutions. Find out more in the Call for Papers.

Paper registration and abstracts due: May 28, 2010

NetEcon '10: 2010 Workshop on the Economics of Networks, Systems, and Computation
Co-located with OSDI '10 and sponsored by USENIX in cooperation with ACM SIGecom
October 3, 2010, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Research interest in the application of economic and game-theoretic principles to the design and analysis of networked systems has grown in recent years. The NetEcon Workshop promotes multi-disciplinary work and discussion about the role of incentives in communication and computation. Check out the Call for Papers.

Submissions due: June 4, 2010