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VEE '09: 2009 ACM International Conference on Virtual Execution Environments
Sponsored by ACM SIGPLAN in cooperation with USENIX
March 11–13, 2009, Washington, D.C.

The VEE conference brings together researchers and practitioners in the area of virtual execution environments for programs and systems. The conference seeks original papers on virtualization at all levels of the hardware and software stack. For a list of topics of interest and submission guidelines, see the Call for Papers.

Abstracts due: August 29, 2008

WASL '08: First USENIX Workshop on the Analysis of System Logs
Co-located with OSDI '08
December 7, 2008, San Diego, CA, USA

WASL '08 will focus on novel techniques for extracting more information from existing logs and on methods to improve the information content of future logs. See the Call for Papers for information on how to participate.

Paper submissions due: September 2, 2008

HotPower '08: Workshop on Power Aware Computing and Systems
Co-located with OSDI '08
December 7, 2008, San Diego, CA, USA

This workshop hopes to provide a forum in which to present the latest research and to debate directions, challenges, and novel ideas about building energy-efficient computing systems. Find out more in the Call for Papers.

Paper submissions due: September 11, 2008

WIOV '08: First Workshop on I/O Virtualization
Co-located with OSDI '08
December 10–11, 2008, San Diego, CA, USA

This workshop is meant to provide a forum to discuss challenges of I/O virtualization that span the virtual machine monitor, guest operating system, processor, memory subsystem, and I/O subsystem. See the Call for Papers for more information.

Paper submissions due: September 15, 2008

FAST '09: 6th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies
Sponsored by USENIX in cooperation with ACM SIGOPS, IEEE Mass Storage Systems Technical Committee (MSSTC), and IEEE TCOS
February 24–27, 2008, San Francisco, CA

The 7th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST '09) brings together storage system researchers and practitioners to explore new directions in the design, implementation, evaluation, and deployment of storage systems. The conference will consist of two and a half days of technical presentations, including refereed papers, Work-in-Progress reports, and a poster session. Find out how to participate in the Call for Papers.

Paper submissions due: September 12, 2008

SysML08: Third Workshop on Tackling Computer Systems Problems with Machine Learning Techniques
Co-located with OSDI '08
December 11, 2008, San Diego, CA, USA

The SysML workshop brings together researchers working at the intersection of machine learning and systems to discuss ideas and techniques that will benefit the future of both fields. Check out the Call for Papers for more information.

Submissions due: September 26, 2008

NSDI '09: 6th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation
Sponsored by USENIX in cooperation with ACM SIGCOMM and ACM SIGOPS
April 22–24, 2009, Boston, MA

NSDI focuses on the design principles and practical evaluation of large-scale networked and distributed systems. The program committee seeks a broad variety of work that furthers the knowledge and understanding of the networked systems community as a whole, continues a significant research dialog, or pushes the architectural boundaries of large-scale network services. See the Call for Papers for details.

Paper titles and abstracts due: October 3, 2008

HotPar '09: First USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Parallelism
March 30–31, 2009, Berkeley, CA

HotPar '09 will bring together researchers and practitioners doing innovative work in the area of parallel computing. HotPar recognizes the broad impact of multicore computing and seeks relevant contributions from all fields, including application design, languages and compilers, systems, and architecture. Check out the Call for Papers for more information.

Submissions due: October 17, 2008

USENIX '09: 2009 USENIX Annual Technical Conference
June 14–19, 2009, San Diego, CA

Authors are invited to submit original and innovative papers to the Refereed Papers Track of the 2009 USENIX Annual Technical Conference. We seek high-quality submissions that further the knowledge and understanding of modern computing systems, with an emphasis on implementations and experimental results. We encourage papers that break new ground or present insightful results based on practical experience. Find out more in the Call for Papers.

Paper submissions due: January 6, 2009

HotOS XII: 12th Workshop on Hot Topics in Operating Systems
Sponsored by USENIX in cooperation with the IEEE Technical Committee on Operating Systems (TCOS)
May 18–20, 2009, Monte Verità, Switzerland

HotOS XII will bring together innovative practitioners and researchers in computing systems, broadly construed. Continuing the HotOS tradition, participants will present and discuss new ideas about computer systems research and how technological advances and new applications are shaping our computational infrastructure. Find out how to participate in the Call for Papers.

Paper submissions due: January 13, 2009