-------- Original Message -------- Subject: SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE supplemental posting (SOSP'05 Call For Papers) Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 07:37:16 -0800 From: Geoff Voelker voelker@CS.UCSD.EDU Reply-To: Geoff Voelker voelker@CS.UCSD.EDU To: SIGOPS-ANNOUNCE@LISTSERV.ACM.ORG

20th ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles

October 23-26, 2005

The Grand Hotel, Brighton, United Kingdom

General chair Andrew Herbert, Microsoft Research aherbert@microsoft.com, +44 1223 479818

Program chair Ken Birman, Cornell University ken@cs.cornell.edu, +1 (607)-255-9199

Sponsored by ACM SIGOPS

Authors are invited to submit papers to the 20th SOSP reporting on original research related to the design, implementation, analysis, evaluation, and deployment of operating systems. 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. Papers of particular merit will be forwarded to ACM Transactions on Computer Systems for possible publication in a special issue.

The symposium attracts attendees with diverse backgrounds. We solicit papers in the traditional core of the OS field, as well as in the interfaces to areas such as computer architecture, networking, programming languages, and databases. Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to:

Robustness of complex systems Mobile computing Scalability and performance Fault tolerance and high-availability Security Power management File systems Sensor Networks I/O architectures Support for Web systems Overlay networks Empirical studies

Submissions will be done electronically. Detailed instructions for the submission process can be found at the conference web site. Submitted papers must be no longer than fourteen (14) 8.5"x11" or A4 pages in a typeface no smaller than 10 point. The page limit includes everything: references, title page, figures, appendices, etc. Additional formatting guidelines for submissions can be found on the web page. Papers should include new contributions; substantially identical results must not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Authors must not be identified in the submissions, either explicitly or by implication (e.g., through the references or acknowledgments). Submissions violating these rules or the formatting guidelines on the web page will not be considered for publication.

Blind reviewing of full papers will be done by the program committee, with limited use of outside referees. Papers will be provisionally accepted subject to revision and approval by a program committee member acting as a shepherd. On acceptance, authors will be required to sign an ACM copyright release form. Your submission indicates that you agree to this. Papers will be held in full confidence during the reviewing process. Authors of accepted papers will be encouraged to supply electronic versions of their papers, as well as source code and raw data to help others replicate and better understand their results.

There will be a scholarship programme to support student registration and attendance. Details can be found on the web site http://www.sosp-20.com.

Important Dates Submission deadline (HARD, NO EXTENSIONS) March 25, 2005 Acceptance notification June 15, 2005 Camera-ready deadline July 31, 2005

Program Committee

Lorenzo Alvisi, U.T. Austin Steven Hand, Cambridge Brian Bershad, Washington Frans Kaashoek, MIT Ken Birman, Cornell Dahlia Malkhi, Hebrew University Mike Burrows, Google Stefan Savage, UCSD Eric Brewer, Berkeley Liuba Shrira, Brandeis Miguel Castro, Microsoft Gun Sirer, Cornell David Culler, Berkeley Maarten van Steen, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Dawson Engler, Stanford Willy Zwaenepoel, EPFL Stu Feldman, IBM

Conference organizers Local Arranagements: Andrew Herbert, Microsoft Research Sponsorships: Galen Hunt, Microsoft Research Publicity: Anne-Marie Kermarrec, INRIA(IRISA) Poster Session: Steve Hand, Cambridge Work-in-Progress Session: Liuba Shrira, Brandeis

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