USENIX Update

The Call for Participation for the 24th Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA ’10) is now available.  Participation opportunities include refereed papers, invited talks, and more.

The annual LISA conference is the meeting place of choice for system and network administrators and engineers. The conference serves as a venue for a lively, diverse, and rich mix of technologists of all specialties and levels of expertise. LISA is the place to exchange ideas, sharpen old and new skills, learn new techniques, debate current and controversial issues, and meet industry gurus, colleagues, and friends.

The theme for LISA ‘10 is “Share your experiences, both real-world and in research.”

NEW! Have you completed a major project? Tell the LISA audience what worked and what didn’t in a practice and experience report.

Check out the full Call for Participation.

LISA ’10 takes place November 7–12, 2010 in San Jose, CA and is sponsored by USENIX in cooperation with LOSPA and SNIA

The Call for Papers for 2nd USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing (HotCloud ’10) is now available.

HotCloud ’10 seeks to discuss challenges in the Cloud Computing paradigm including the design, implementation, and deployment of virtualized clouds.

Submissions are due March, 23, 2010.

More information and submission guidelines can be found here.

HotCloud ’10 will be part of USENIX Federated Conferences Week, which will take place June 21–25, 2010.

The submissions deadline for the 3rd USENIX Workshop on Large-Scale Exploits and Emergent Threats (LEET ’10) is quickly approaching.

Please submit your work by Thursday, February 25, 2010, 11:59 p.m. PST.

Just Announced: LEET ’10 will feature two invited talks:
– “Why Don’t I (Still) Trust Anything?” by Jeff Moss, founder and director of Black Hat and DEF CON

– “Naked Avatars and Other Cautionary Tales About MMORPG Password Stealers,” by Jeff Williams, the principal group program manager for the Microsoft Malware Protection Center

Submissions guidelines and more information can be a found here.

LEET ’10 will take place on April 27, 2010, in San Jose, CA, and will be co-located with NSDI ’10.

Join us in San Jose, CA, February 23-26, 2010, for the 8th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST ’10).

FAST ’10 kicks off with tutorials on topics such as storage virtualization and solid-state storage. The program continues with 21 technical papers, two keynote addresses, Work-in-Progress reports, and a poster session. Submissions are still open for the Work-in-Progress reports and poster session. Find out more here.

Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to meet with premier storage system researchers and industry practitioners.

Register online by Monday, February 8, and save!

FAST ’10 is co-located with SustainIT ’10 and TaPP ’10, both of which will take place on February 22.