
UPCOMING CONFERENCES

NEW PUBLICATIONS
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Just Up! USENIX Security '07 Online Proceedings |
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Just Up! Online Proceedings of EVT '07, HotSec '07, WOOT '07, and DETER 2007 |
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August ;login: Now Online! |
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USENIX '07: Online Proceedings Now Available |
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SRUTI '07: Check Out the Online Proceedings |
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Up May 20! New SAGE Booklet on Cfengine |

CALLS FOR PAPERS
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VEE '08: Deadline Approaching! Submissions Due August 27
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New 2008 CFPs: USENIX '08, FAST '08, and NSDI '08
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Upcoming Conferences
Check Out the Programs and Register

LISA '07:
21st Large Installation System Administration Conference
November 1116, 2007, Dallas, TX
Sponsored by USENIX and SAGE

Join us at LISA '07 for the most in-depth, practical system administration training available. This year's program includes training by industry experts such as Tom Limoncelli, Æleen Frisch, and Steve VanDevender; keynote by John Strassner, Motorola Research Labs; invited talks by speakers including Bruce Moxon of NetApp, Erik Nygren of Akamai, and more; refereed papers; the Hit the Ground Running Track and Guru Is In sessions; a vendor exhibition; workshops, BoFs, WiPs, posters, and more! Check out the full program and register today.

Register online by October 19 and save up to $300!
LinuxConf Europe 2007
September 25, 2007, Cambridge, U.K.

USENIX is a Media Sponsor of LinuxConf Europe 2007.
The program includes training and talks on topics including: SystemTap, RDMA, cell programming, linear programming, GIT, RPM, high availability, chip
development, and Ruby on Rails. A conference dinner will be held on Sunday and after features Dr. David
Hartley, a former director of the Cambridge University Computing
Service, talking about the history of computing in Cambridge.

LinuxConf Europe 2007 is sponsored by UKUUG and GUUG and will overlap with the by-invitation-only USENIX 2007 Linux Kernel Developers Summit.
USENIX Education on the Road: Rhode Island
August 23, 2007, Providence, RI

USENIX is pleased to announce the return of the USENIX Education on the Road series. Designed to bring our
tutorials to a city near you, the latest event will offer "Next Generation Storage Networking" on August 23, 2007, at Brown University in Providence, RI.
It will be presented by Jacob Farmer, CTO, Cambridge Computer Services.
for more information.

Register online today!
SOSP 2007 Women's Workshop
October 1314, 2007, Stevenson, WA

Join us in Stevenson, WA, for the SOSP 2007 Women's Workshop. SOSP 2007 has initiated this special workshop for women in
computer systems research as a prelude to the SOSP
conference. The one-day workshop is targeted at
women students at the graduate and senior undergraduate levels. Women involved in systems
research in industry and academia are also welcome to participate.
Click here for more information.

New Publications
Conference Proceedings, ;login: Magazine, and More

Just Up! USENIX Security '07 Online Proceedings
August 610, 2007, Boston, MA

The online proeedings of the 16th USENIX Security Symposium are now available to USENIX members. Also, see the latest media coverage of USENIX Security '07.

Did you attend USENIX Security '07? Tell us what you think! Please help us in planning future conferences by taking a short online survey. You may win an iPod Nano! The survey deadline is noon PDT, Friday, August 17.
Just Up! Online Proceedings of EVT '07, HotSec '07, WOOT '07, and DETER 2007
August 67, 2007, Cambridge, MA

The proceedings of the workshops that were co-located with USENIX Security '07 are now available: EVT '07, WOOT '07, and DETER 2007. HotSec '07 proceedings are now available to USENIX members and workshop participants.
August ;login: Now Online

For USENIX members, the full August issue of ;login: is now online.

Among the articles free to everyone: "Building BitTyrant, a (More) Strategic BitTorrent Client," by Michael Piatek, Tomas Isdal, Tom Anderson, Arvind Krishnamurthy, and Arun Venkataramani; editor Rik Farrow's "Musings"; in-depth book reviews; "An Update on Standards: Revision Fever," by Nick Stoughton; NSDI '07, HotBots '07, HotOS XI, CHIMIT '07, and BSDCan conference summaries.

Not a member? See and hear a sample of what you're missing. Want to get ;login: on a regular basis? Join USENIX. Members rate ;login: the number one membership benefit.
USENIX '07: Online Proceedings Now Available
June 1722, 2007, Santa Clara, CA

Check out the proceedings of the 2007 USENIX Annual Technical Conference. They are now available online to USENIX members. Also, see the latest media coverage of USENIX '07.
SRUTI '07: Check Out the Online Proceedings
June 18, 2007, Santa Clara, CA

The proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Steps to Reducing Unwanted Traffic on the Internet are now available online to USENIX members.
Up May 20! New SAGE Booklet on Cfengine

Cfengine Booklet:
#16: A System Engineer's Guide to Host Configuration and Maintenance Using Cfengine, by Mark Burgess and Æleen Frisch, the latest in the Short Topics in System Administration series, is now online. SAGE members may read and download the complete PDF of this, our longest booklet to date. Nonmembers may view the free introductory materials and index and may order the booklet online for only $15/copy.

Calls for Papers
Publish and Present Your Work at USENIX Conferences

VEE '08: 2008 ACM International Conference on Virtual Execution Environments
Sponsored by ACM SIGPLAN in cooperation with USENIX
March 57, 2008, Seattle, WA

The VEE conference brings together researchers and practitioners in the area of virtual execution environments for programs and systems. The conference seeks original papers on virtualization at all levels of the hardware and software stack. For a list of topics of interest and submission guidelines, see the Call for Papers.

Abstracts due: August 27, 2007
FAST '08: 6th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies
Sponsored by USENIX in cooperation with ACM SIGOPS, IEEE Mass Storage Systems Technical Committee (MSSTC), and IEEE TCOS
February 2629, 2008, San Jose, CA

The 6th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST '08) brings together storage system researchers and practitioners to explore new directions in the design, implementation, evaluation, and deployment of storage systems. The conference will consist of two and a half days of technical presentations, including refereed papers, Work-in-Progress reports, and a poster session. Find out how to participate in the Call for Papers.

Paper submissions due: September 12, 2007
NSDI '08: 5th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design & Implementation
Sponsored by USENIX in cooperation with ACM SIGCOMM and ACM SIGOPS
April 1618, 2008, San Francisco, CA

NSDI focuses on the design principles and practical evaluation of large-scale networked and distributed systems.
The program committee seeks a broad variety of work that furthers the knowledge and understanding of the networked systems community as a whole, continues a significant research dialog, or pushes the architectural boundaries of large-scale network services. See the Call for Papers for details.

Paper titles and abstracts due: October 2, 2007
USENIX '08: 2008 USENIX Annual Technical Conference
June 2227, 2008, Boston, MA

Authors are invited to submit original and innovative papers to the Refereed Papers Track of the 2008 USENIX Annual Technical Conference. We seek high-quality submissions that further the knowledge and understanding of modern computing systems, with an emphasis on implementations and experimental results. We encourage papers that break new ground or present insightful results based on practical experience. Find out more in the Call for Papers.

Paper submissions due: January 7, 2008
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