Artifact evaluation, theory and practice

Previously on the SIGOPS blog, we discussed the current status of artifact evaluation (AE) and how to improve it. At HotOS’23, we took another step in this direction: attendees discussed artifact evaluation in a panel led by Shriram Krishnamurthi (Brown), Margo Seltzer (UBC), and Neeraja Yadwadkar (UT Austin), and organized by Roberta De Viti (MPI-SWS), … Read more

Systems Trivia: Behind The Scenes

Editor’s note: Since HotOS ’21, Systems Trivia has become systems researchers’ favorite activity – it’s always incredibly fun and educational. Systems Trivia was created by Roberta De Viti and Vaastav Anand who have then been successfully running it at HotOS ’21, SOSP ’21, and HotOS ’23. In this article, We invite Roberta and Vaastav to … Read more

SOSP is going annual

The SOSP Steering Committee has decided to experiment with moving SOSP to an annual cadence. Care has been taken in the consideration of this change to schedule the two annual venues so that submission deadlines, reviewing periods, and conferences do not conflict.