                       CALL FOR PAPERS

             USENIX Winter 1994 Technical Conference
                       January 17-21, 1994
                    San Francisco, California


For many years, UNIX and its derivatives have been the only wide-
ly available "open'' operating systems to support modern software
technology.  The next few years promise to change that,  as  many
new  PC  operating  systems reach the market.  These systems will
compete with UNIX, but they will also broaden the set of  systems
that  can support advanced applications, high-performance comput-
ing, novel user interfaces, and improved  network  communication.
The  question  is  not  "will UNIX survive,'' but rather how will
UNIX and other systems evolve together to improve  our  computing
environments.

As usual at USENIX  Conferences,  we  are  interested  in  papers
describing  new  and  interesting  developments in open operating
systems. Our traditional focus on UNIX remains, but this includes
lessons learned from work on UNIX that can be applied more broad-
ly, and lessons from other kinds of systems that can  be  applied
to the continuing evolution of UNIX.

DATES FOR REFEREED PAPER SUBMISSIONS

Extended Abstracts Due: July 13, 1993
Notification  to  Authors: August 30, 1993
Camera-ready Papers Due: November 2, 1993

HOW TO SUBMIT A REFEREED PAPER

As at all USENIX conferences,   papers   that   analyze   problem
areas  and  draw  important conclusions from practical experience
are  welcome.  Note  that  the  USENIX  conference,   like   most
conferences   and  journals, considers it unethical to submit the
same paper simultaneously  to  more  than one  conference or pub-
lication  or to submit a paper that has been or will be published
elsewhere.

Cash prizes will be awarded by the program committee for best pa-
per, best presentation and best student paper.

Authors of papers to be presented during the conference technical
sessions and published in the Proceedings must submit an extended
abstract to the Program Committee by July 13, 1993.   The  object
of  an extended abstract is to convince the reviewers that a good
paper and 25-minute presentation will result.  The reviewers need
to know that authors:

- are attacking a significant  problem;
- are familiar with the current literature about the problem.
- have devised an original solution;
- have implemented it and, if appropriate, characterized its
  performance;
- have drawn appropriate conclusions about what they have learned
  and why it is important.

An extended abstract should be about 5 pages in length, or  about
2500 words.  (Final papers should be 8 to 12 pages long.)  The ex-
tended abstract should represent the paper in "short  form."   It
should include the abstract as it will appear in the final paper.
The body of the extended abstract should be complete  paragraphs,
not  just an outline of the paper.  (Sections present in the full
paper but omitted from the abstract may be  summarized  in  terse
form;  this  will help reviewers to understand what material will
be present in the  final  paper.)  Authors  should  include  full
references,  and,  if  appropriate, performance data to establish
that they have a working implementation  and  measurement  tools.
Figures should be included when available.

Authors may, at their option, submit a full paper IN ADDITION  to
the  extended abstract.  Since the schedule for reviewing submis-
sions is short, however, reviewers do not have time to read  full
papers  for  all  submissions,  and  most judgements will be made
based on the extended abstracts.

Every submission should include one additional  page  containing:

- The  name, surface  mail address, daytime and evening telephone
  numbers, e-mail address and (if available) fax number of  one  of
  the  authors,  who will act as the contact to the program commit-
  tee;
- An indication of which, if any, of the authors are fulltime students;
- A list of audio/visual equipment desired beyond a microphone and
  an overhead projector.

Authors of accepted submissions will be notified  by  August  30,
1993.   They  will  promptly  receive  instructions for preparing
camera-ready copy of an 8-12 page final paper, which must be  re-
ceived by November 2, 1993.

WHERE TO SEND SUBMISSIONS

Please submit one copy of  an  extended abstract via at least two
of the following methods:

- (Preferred method) e-mail to SF94papers@usenix.org
- Fax to: the USENIX Association at +1 (508) 548-5738
- Mail to:
        Winter 94 USENIX
        USENIX Association
        2560 Ninth St., Suite 215
        Berkeley, CA  USA  94710

Inquiries about submissions to the USENIX Winter 1994  Conference
may  be  made by e-mail to SF94info@usenix.org or by telephone to
+1 (510) 528-8649.  Potential authors  of  technical  papers  are
strongly  encouraged to send us electronic mail.  This will allow
us to notify you of any important changes and  you  will  receive
additional  information  about  the submission and reviewing pro-
cess.

You may request a sample extended abstract  by  telephone  to  +1
(510)  528-8649,  by  fax  to  +1  (510) 548-5738, or by email to
sample-abstract@usenix.org

CONFERENCE PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Program Chair: Jeffrey Mogul,  Digital  Equipment  Corporation
Rafael Alonso, Matsushita Information Technology Laboratory
Brian N. Bershad, CMU
Nathaniel  S.  Borenstein,  Bellcore 
Frederick S. Glover, Digital Equipment Corporation UNIX* Software Group
Judith E. Grass,  Corporation  for  National Research Initiatives
Michael B. Jones, Microsoft Research, Microsoft  Corporation 
Phil  Karn,  Qualcomm,  Inc.  
Samuel  J.  Leffler,  Silicon  Graphics,  Inc.  
D. R. McAuley, University of Cambridge
David Presotto, AT&T Bell Laboratories 
Margo  Seltzer, Harvard University
Cathy L. Watkins, Intel Corporation, O/S Technology Engineering

CONFERENCE PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION

Materials containing all  details  of the technical sessions and
tutorial program, conference registration, hotel discounts, and
airfare discount and  reservation  information will be mailed at
the end of September 1993. If you wish to receive the registration
materials, please contact:

USENIX Conference  Office 
22672  Lambert  St.,  Suite  613 
Lake Forest,  CA  USA 
92630 +1 (714) 588-8649
FAX: +1 (714) 588-9706
E-mail: conference@usenix.org
