From: Jackson Dodd <jackson@usenix.ORG>
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 14:11:03 -0700 (PDT)
To: coderpunks@toad.com
Subject: Announcing the Call for Papers - USENIX 1999 Annual Conference
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The Program Chair, Avi Rubin of AT&T Labs - Research, and the Program
Committee announce the availability of the Call for Papers for:

1999 USENIX ANNUAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE
June 7-11, 1999
Monterey Conference Center, Monterey, California

Sponsored by USENIX, the Advanced Computing Systems Association

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Call for Papers at
    http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/cfp.html

Paper submissions due:  December 2, 1998
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The Program Committee seeks original and innovative papers on the
applications, architecture, implementation, and performance of modern
computing systems. Papers that analyze problem areas and draw important
conclusions from practical experience are especially welcome. Some
particularly interesting application topics are:

               Availability
               Distributed caching and replication
               Embedded systems
               Extensible operating systems
               File systems and storage systems
               Interoperability of heterogeneous systems
               Mobile code
               Mobile computing
               Multimedia
               New algorithms and applications
               Personal digital assistants
               Quality of service
               Reliability
               Security and privacy
               Ubiquitous computing and messaging
               Web technologies

Invited Talk and tutorial suggestions and proposals are also very 
welcome.
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