---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS: '02 Usenix Annual Technical/Freenix Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 10:49:16 -0800 From: Ann Tsai <ann@usenix.org> To: andystewart@mediaone.net ATTN:Worcester linux Users' Group Dear Andy, Below is a conference announcement and call for papers for the 2002 USENIX Annual Technical Conference/Freenix Program. Please let me know if you have a more appropriate method for submitting this information. Thank you for your assistance! Best Regards, Ann Tsai USENIX Association/SAGE 2560 Ninth Street, Suite 215 Berkeley, CA. 94710 ph (510) 528-8649 fx (510) 548-5738 www.usenix.org The 2002 USENIX Technical Conference program committee needs your help in developing the best technical conference program of 2002! 2002 USENIX Annual Technical Conference June 9-14, 2002 Monterey, CA http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/ The program committee seeks original and innovative papers about the applications, architecture, implementation, and performance of modern computing systems. Interesting application topics include, but are not limited to: *Cluster computing *File systems and storage systems *Complexity management *Distributed caching and replication *Mobile code *Mobile/Wireless computing *Networking and network services *Multimedia *Reliability and QoS *Security and privacy *Ubiquitous computing *usage studies *Web technologies *Energy/Power Management *Interoperability of heterogeneous systems Submissions to the General Refereed Sessions Track are due on November 19, 2001. We look forward to receiving your submissions! Carla Ellis, Duke University Program Chair ------------------------------------------------------- 2002 Freenix Program Share your expertise with the open source/freely available software community by submitting a paper to the 2002 FREENIX program. The submission deadline has been extended until November 19th, 2001. Submission guidelines and sample abstracts are available on our Web site: http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/cfp/ FREENIX is a special track within the USENIX Annual Technical Conference that showcases the latest developments and applications in freely-redistributed technology. The FREENIX track covers the full range of software and source code including, but not limited to Apache, Darwin, FreeBSD, GNOME, GNU, KDE, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Perl, PHP, Python, Samba, Tcl/Tk and more. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: *Cross-platform source portability and binary compatibility *Desktop metaphors *Distributed and parallel systems *Documentation *File system design *Highly-available systems *Graphical user interface tools *Storage Systems *Highly-scalable and clustered systems *Security *System and user management tools *Quality Assurance *Large scale system management *Print Systems *Free Software development/mgmt *Operating system design *Interesting deployments of free software We look forward to receiving your submissions! Chris Demetriou, Broadcom Corp. Freenix Track Program Chair Carla Ellis, Duke University Program Chair -- Ann Tsai Marketing Coordinator Usenix Association 510-528-8649 x31 ann@usenix.org ------------------------------------------------------- -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org