From:	 Monica Ortiz <monica@mktgevents.com>
To:	 lwn@lwn.net
Subject: USENIX 2001 BRINGS WORLD'S BEST MINDS TO BOSTON, MASS
Date:	 Wed, 09 May 2001 01:34:55 -0700

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 9, 2001

For More Information contact:
Monica Ortiz, monica@usenix.org, 415-990-5513


GOT TECH?
USENIX 2001 BRINGS WORLD'S BEST MINDS TO BOSTON, MASS

Berkeley, CA -- The USENIX Association announced today the addition of
Cynthia Breazeal, Researcher for MIT Media Labs, to its acclaimed USENIX
Annual Technical Conference 2001 program, to be held on June 25 - 30,
2001 in the Boston Marriott Copley Place.  Breazeal's groundbreaking
work has created Kismet, a robot that can duplicate human facial
expressions.

Such is the caliber of the USENIX Annual Technical Conference.  USENIX
2001's program boasts an international flavor, attracting innovators
such as Greg Lehey from Australia and Rik van Riel from Brazil, as well
as researchers and visionaries from industry giants such as IBM, AT&T,
Bell Labs, Compaq, Sun Microsystems, Harvard University, MIT, and
Carnegie Mellon University.  A six-day experience, USENIX 2001 offers 30
high-caliber tutorials and three days of technical session tracks with
speakers at the leading edge of new development and high tech research.

"USENIX is a professional organization that as not only built a
community, but has seeded an industry.  When I look back at the best
ideas the computer science community has produced in the last 25 years,
its amazing how many of them were discussed and honed at USENIX
conferences," says Clem Cole, Freenix Track Chair for USENIX 2001. "It's
exciting to help make a home for the next set of good ideas.  It's a
pretty good bet that at least a few of the new things we hear and read
about at USENIX 2001 will become the building blocks of our next great
technology."

USENIX 2001 General Sessions have always attracted a mix of systems
researchers and developers. Daniel D. Frye, Director of IBM Linux
Technology Center and conference Keynote Speaker, will deliver his often
controversial views examining Linux and open source as a "Disruptive
Technology" within the traditional computer industry and the ways in
which these will redesign relationships between IT suppliers and
customers.  Jeff Bonwick of Sun Microsystems explains the workings of
multiprocessors extensions on memory slab allocators located in Solaris,
Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD.  Shym Technology's Don Davis delves
into the cryptographic defects within popular protocols such as PGP and
XML.  Richard Neeves of ReefEdge, Inc will describe the software
technology accelerating IBM Web servers.  The Future of Virtual
Machines, by Ed Bugnion of VMWare, Inc., presents technology that will
streamline server farms by allowing multiple operating systems such as
Linux and Windows to run concurrently.  Security topics continue to buzz
with a trio of presentations by luminaries Avi Rubin on the Security of
E-Voting in Public Elections, Steven Bellovin on Security Aspects of
Napster and Gnutella, and Lorrie Faith Cranor's discussion on Online
Privacy issues.

The celebrated Freenix track again assembles the gurus of Open Source
computing including presentations from FreeBSD, NetBSD, IBM Linux
Technology, Linuxcare, and VA Linux.  Dedicated to all things open
source, the Freenix track features Keith Packard of SuSE and the Xfree86
Core Team, discussing Graphics and the X Render Extension.  Timothy
Fraser, Robert M. Watson, and Peter Loscocco discuss Linux system
integrity, flexibility, and security through the use of LOMAC and
TrustedBSD.  The Kernel session touches on KQueue, a scalable
notification system, offers tips on improving FreeBSD SMP
Implementation, and discusses Linux 2.4/2.4 Virtual Memory Management.

"USENIX presents the rare opportunity to see inside the hearts and minds
of the people at the foundations of open source computing.  How designs
are created and how software is built---even the messy parts---are
presented for the community to share and grow together," says Keith
Packard, who is part of three USENIX 2001 presentations. "USENIX talks
will present open source technologies driving the Internet today, along
with obscure research topics which may well become the TCP/IP of
tomorrow."

The USENIX Annual Technical Conference is also notable for it intensive
tutorial classes taught by industry gurus.  Practical and immediately
applicable, tutorials train professionals to master techniques and
technologies in system administration, networking, security,
cryptography, Perl, Sendmail, Solaris, Samba, LDAP, UNIX, Linux,
wireless technology, and the Web.

Attendees have ample opportunities to meet the industry's movers and
shakers.  The conference's two-day exhibition showcases over 60
corporate leaders, including sponsors EMC, Inc and IBM, as well as
Compaq, Microsoft, Microway, Addison-Wesley, Prentiss Hall, Sendmail,
and ActiveState, exhibiting their products and services in the two-day
Exhibition. Evening receptions and informal sessions round out the
conference experience and include the ever-popular Birds-of-a-Feather
evening sessions, where attendees gather around topics of their choice
and network with like-minded peers and experts.  USENIX's unique,
tongue-in-cheek Game Show is a hilarious look at the gathered community
and a not-to-be-missed Thursday night event.

"The USENIX community represents everything that open source systems
should: a collegial environment where ideas are discussed openly," says
Keith Packard. "Personality and friendship are valued over corporate
loyalty. Who you work for is much less relevant than what you've
accomplished."

Again the USENIX Annual Technical Conference rises above gloomy industry
predictions by simply demonstrating how rich the computing community
continues to be and how far it can still go.  If there is only one
conference to attend, make it USENIX 2001.  Detailed conference
schedules and registration are available on the USENIX Web site:
http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01.

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Usenix Annual Technical Conference
June 25 - 30, 2001
Boston, Mass
http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix01

About the USENIX Association
USENIX is the Advanced Computing Systems Association.  For over 25
years, it has been the leading community for engineers, system
administrators, scientists, and technician working on the cutting edge
of the computing world.  USENIX conferences are the essential meeting
grounds for the presentation and discussion of technical advances in all
aspects of computing systems.  For more information about the USENIX
Association, visit http://www.usenix.org

Press Badges and Registrations
USENIX 2001 invites members of the press to register for a complimentary
badge to our technical sessions.  For more information on obtaining a
press badge or to set up interviews with our coordinators and speakers,
please contact Monica Ortiz at 415-990-5513 or email monica@usenix.org.