From: Jackson Dodd <jackson@usenix.ORG>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 10:12:10 -0700 (PDT)
To: dbworld@cs.wisc.edu
Subject: 1998 USENIX Annual Technical Conference - Call for Papers
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USENIX 1999 Annual Technical Conference
June 7-11, 1999
Monterey Conference Center
Monterey, California, USA

For the full call for submissions, see 
http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99

Papers due: 			  December 2, 1998
Author notification: 		  January 20, 1999
Camera-ready final papers due: 	  April 27, 1999
Registration materials available: March, 1999

The 1999 USENIX Technical Conference Program Committee seeks 
original and innovative papers about the applications, architecture,
implementation, and performance of modern computing systems. 
As at all USENIX conferences, 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

TUTORIALS
We are also accepting proposals for tutorials.  USENIX's well-respected 
tutorial program offers intensive, immediately practical tutorials on 
topics essential to the use, development, and administration of advanced
computing systems. Skilled instructors, who are hands-on experts in 
their topic areas, present both introductory and advanced tutorials 
covering topics such as:

System and network administration
Java and Perl topics
High availability, scalability, and reliability
Programming tools and program development
Portability and interoperability
System and network security
Client-server application design and development
Sendmail, DNS, and other networking issues
GUI technologies and builders
WWW and CGI technologies
Performance monitoring and tuning
Freely distributable software

INVITED TALKS
The Invited Talks coordinators welcome suggestions for topics and
requests proposals for particular talks. In your proposal state 
the main focus, include a brief outline, and be sure to emphasize 
why your topic is of general interest to our community. Please submit 
via email to ITusenix@usenix.org.

For the full call for submissions, see 
http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99
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