From: toni@usenix.org (Toni Veglia)
Subject: USENIX 1999 Annual Technical Conference - Call for Papers
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 09:25:27 GMT


USENIX 1999 Annual Technical Conference
June 7-11, 1999
Monterey Conference Center
Monterey, California, USA

For the 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

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

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