SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE monthly posting 1-MARCH-2001 Contents -------- 1. Announcements Calls for papers: MASCOTS 1 Mar 2001 http://www.ececs.uc.edu/mascots/ MobiDE 5 Mar 2001 http://www.cs.umbc.edu/mobide/ ERSADS 12 Mar 2001 http://www.cs.unibo.it/ersads/ SOSP 26 Mar 2001 http://www.cs.ucsd.edu/sosp01/ SRDS 2 Apr 2001 http://srds.cs.umn.edu MMNS 20 Apr 2001 http://www.mnlab.cs.depaul.edu/mmns2001 JSAC 1 May 2001 http://www.argreenhouse.com/society/J-SAC/Calls/internet.html ICNP 7 May 2001 http://www.cis.udel.edu/icnp2001/ IDMS 18 May 2001 http://www.idms2001.org FAST 13 Jul 2001 http://www.usenix.org/events/fast/ INFOCOM 31 Jul 2001 http://www.ieee-infocom.org/2002 Calls for participation: ACM1 10-14 March 2001 http://www.acm.org/acm1 USITS01 26-28 March 2001 http://www.usenix.org/events/usits01 2. Sites-of-the-month Web sites that OS researchers and practitioners may find useful Multicians http://www.multicians.org PRIVACY forum http://www.vortex.com/privacy 3. About this list How to subscribe, unsubscribe, and submit requests for announcements More information about SIGOPS can be found at the SIGOPS web page: http://www.acm.org/sigops 1. Announcements ---------------- Title: 9th Intl Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation On Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS) Deadline: 1 March 2001 Conference: 15-18 August 2001 Web page: http://www.ececs.uc.edu/mascots/ Synopsis: Papers are solicited which contain significant novel ideas and research results relevant to the modeling, analysis, simulation, measurement, benchmarking, and capacity planning of computer and communication systems and networks. Title: 2nd ACM International Workshop on Data Engineering for Wireless and Mobile Access (MobiDE) Deadline: 5 March 2001 Conference: 20 May 2001 Web page: http://www.cs.umbc.edu/mobide/ Synopsis: In conjunction with ACM SIGMOD/PODS '01 the workshop will serve as a forum for researchers and technologists to discuss the state-of-the-art, present their contributions, and set future directions in data management for mobile and wireless access. This is the second of a series of workshops that aim to act as a bridge between the data management and the mobile computing communities. Title: European Research Seminar on Advances in Distributed Systems (ERSADS) Paper Submission Deadline: 12 March 2001 Early Registration Deadline: 30 April 2001 Conference: 14-18 May 2001 Web page: http://www.cs.unibo.it/ersads/ Synopsis: Ersads is both an Advanced School and a Research Workshop, combining five half-day tutorials on advanced research topics in distributed computing with presentations of recent research results by the participants. Even though paper submission is not mandatory for attendance, interested participants are encouraged to submit papers describing their on-going work on distributed systems, even if the results are preliminary and fall outside of the topics covered by the tutorials. Title: 18th ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (SOSP01) Deadline: 26 March 2001 Conference: 21-24 October 2001 Web page: http://www.cs.ucsd.edu/sosp01/ Synopsis: We seek submissions of high quality that significantly further the knowledge and understanding of the systems community. In keeping with SOSP tradition, we will favor work that explores new territory, continues a significant research dialog, or reflects on experience with practical applications of the community's knowledge. Title: 20th IEEE Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS'2001) Deadline: 2 April 2001 Conference: 28-31 October 2001 Web page: http://srds.cs.umn.edu Synopsis: The objective of this symposium is to provide an effective forum for researchers and practitioners who are interested in distributed systems design and development, particularly with reliability, availability, safety, security, or real-time properties. Title: Fourth IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Management of Multimedia Networks and Services (MMNS'2001) Deadline: 20 April 2001 Conference: 29 October 2001 - 1 November 2001 Web page: http://www.mnlab.cs.depaul.edu/mmns2001 Synopsis: The IFIP/IEEE MMNS is the premier IEEE/IFIP conferences focusing on management of multimedia networks and services. The conference will bring together researchers and practitioners working in the network and service management and present the latest development in the field. Title: IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications INTERNET PROXY SERVICES Deadline: 1 May 2001 Web page: http://www.argreenhouse.com/society/J-SAC/Calls/internet.html Summary: Acting as an intermediary between clients and servers, proxies perform a variety of important functions that improve network efficiency and user performance for Web and multimedia transfers. Title: 9th International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP 2001) Deadline: 7 May 2001 Conference: November 11-14, 2001 Web page: http://www.cis.udel.edu/icnp2001/ Synopsis: ICNP deals with all aspects of communication protocols, from design and specification, to verification, testing, performance analysis, and implementation. Protocol functions of interest include network access, switching, routing, flow and congestion control, multimedia transport, wireless and mobile networks, network security, web protocols and applications, electronic commerce, network management, interoperability, internetworking, home computing and networks and digital broadcasting. Title: 8th Intl Workshop on Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems Deadline: 18 May 2001 Conference: 4-7 September 2001 Web page: http://www.idms2001.org Synopsis: The aim of the IDMS series of workshops is to bring together researchers, developers, and practitioners from academia and industry to provide a forum for discussion, presentation and exploration of technologies and advances in the broad field of interactive distributed multimedia systems. Title: FAST: File Storage and Technologies Conference Deadline: 13 July 2001. Conference: 28-29 January 28-29, 2002 Web page: http://www.usenix.org/events/fast/ File and storage systems are critical to business and society, holding the "crown jewels" of most Information Age organizations and dictating the performance of most computer systems. FAST brings together the top storage systems researchers and practitioners, providing a premier forum for discussing the design, implementation, and uses of storage systems. Title: IEEE INFOCOM 2002: The Conference on Computer Communications Deadline: 31 July 2001 Conference: 23-27 June 2002 Web page: http://www.ieee-infocom.org/2002 Synopsis: The conference will bring researchers and practitioners of every aspect of data communications and networks together to present the most up-to-date results and achievements in the field. Title: Call for Participation USITS 01 3rd USENIX Symposium on Internet Technologies and Systems Date: March 26-28, 2001 Place: San Francisco, California USA URL: http://www.usenix.org/events/usits01 Summary: The Internet continues to evolve in interesting and unexpected ways. We invite you to join us at USITS '01 to examine what's next. Highlights include: *Keynote Address by Scott Guthery, one of the world's leading smartcard researchers, on "Interfaces Are Forever" *Invited Talk by Mike Burrows, now with Compaq, on developing the Altavista search engine *Refereed papers on streaming media, new architectures, Internet measurements, managing mobility, and more . . . *Opportunities to meet peers and gurus at Birds-of-a-Feather sessions, Work-in-Progress reports, receptions, luncheons, and the hallway track. REGISTER by March 2, 2001, and save $100! Title: Call for participation: ACM1: BEYOND CYBERSPACE, A Journey of Many Directions Conference: ACM1 Conference (March 12-14) Web page: http://www.acm.org/acm1 Conference: ACM1 Free Educators Day (March 10) Web page: http://www.acm.org/acm1/educators/regform.html Conference: ACM1 Free Exposition (March 10-13) Web page: http://www.acm.org/acm1/educators/form.html Synopsis: How will Information Technology reshape the future? ACM examines the future of information technology (IT) and the potential impact of IT on science and society at ACM1. ACM1 convenes inspiring leaders and visionaries from industry, academia, and educational/research institutions, representing the some of the following fields: telecommunications, security, culture, medicine, life and social sciences, education, etc. 2. Sites-of-the-month --------------------- Please contribute. The sites-of-the-month list in the SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE monthly posting features web sites that OS researchers and practitioners may find useful. This list depends on contributions from members: if you know of a site you think other members should know about, please nominate it by following the instructions at http://www.acm.org/sigops/SOTM/ This month's sites: Name: Multics URL: http://www.multicians.org Maintainer: Thomas H. Van Vleck Maintainer Email: thvv@multicians.org Summary: The last running Multics installation was turned off on October 30th, 2000. Given Multics' tremendous influence over the field, it seems appropriate to commemorate the occasion by naming this the SOTM. The site is very complete, and contains both good lore and hard information. Name: Privacy Forum URL: http://www.vortex.com/privacy/ Maintainer: Lauren Weinstein Maintainer Email: lauren@vortex.com Summary: The PRIVACY forum incluses a moderated e-mail digest for the discussion and analysis of issues relating to privacy (both personal and collective) in the information age. Previous months' sites are listed at http://www.acm.org/sigops/SOTM/ 3. About the SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE mailing list ----------------------------------------- The SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE mailing list is intended to provide a low-volume channel that provides operating systems researchers and practitioners with information about upcoming events or other important announcements. 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