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FAST '03 Call for papers
2nd USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST '03)
March 31 - April 2, 2003
Cathedral Hill Hotel
San Francisco, California, USA
Important
Dates
Paper submissions due: Sept. 3, 2002
(Automatic extension given to Sept. 10, 2002.)
Notification of acceptance: Nov. 1, 2002
Camera-ready final papers due: Jan. 6, 2003
Conference
Organizers
Program Chair
Jeff Chase, Duke University
Program Committee
Khalil Amiri, IBM Research
Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Peter Chen, University of Michigan
Peter Corbett, Network Appliance
Mike Franklin, University of California, Berkeley
Eran Gabber, Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs
Greg Ganger, Carnegie Mellon University
Peter Honeyman, CITI, University of Michigan
Frans Kaashoek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Darrell Long, University of California, Santa Cruz
Erik Riedel, Seagate Research
Margo Seltzer, Harvard University
Keith A. Smith, Sun Microsystems
Chandu Thekkath, Microsoft Research
John Wilkes, Hewlett-Packard Labs
Steering Committee
Jack Cole, US Army
Greg Ganger, Carnegie Mellon University
Garth Gibson, Panasas
Peter Honeyman, CITI, University of Michigan
John Howard, Sun Microsystems
Merritt Jones, MITRE Corporation
Darrell Long, University of California, Santa Cruz
Jai Menon, IBM Research
Margo Seltzer, Harvard University
John Wilkes, Hewlett-Packard Labs
Ellie Young, USENIX
Overview
File and storage systems are the foundation of the Information Age. FAST brings
together the top storage systems researchers and practitioners to explore new
directions in the design, implementation, evaluation, and uses of storage
systems. The conference will consist of two and a half days of technical
presentations, including refereed papers, invited talks, work-in-progress and
opinion sessions, and an introductory keynote address. This will be the second
FAST conference; the first FAST in January 2002 was an exciting and
well-attended event, establishing FAST as the premier forum for storage-related
research.
Topics
The FAST program committee solicits papers on topics related to file systems and
storage systems. We especially encourage papers on novel techniques,
architectures, metrics, and methodologies. Topics of interest include but are
not limited to:
- New storage architectures and technologies
- Storage system reliability, availability, and scalability
- Storage networking and virtualization
- Utility storage and grid storage
- Wide-area storage, peer-to-peer, and disaster recovery
- Caching, replication, and consistency
- Storage system security
- Storage management
- Storage for databases
- Mobile storage
- Benchmarking and evaluation of storage systems
- Data layout, metadata, and indexing
- I/O in parallel and distributed system
FAST is a software systems conference, but we welcome papers on the impacts of
technology trends or new application demands. The program committee encourages
full papers on promising early-stage work as well as papers on mature projects.
Paper Submissions
Submit papers electronically using this Web submission form.
Submissions should be full papers of about 4000-6000 words. The maximum
submission length is 14 single-spaced 8.5" x 11" pages, including figures,
tables, and references, using an 11pt or larger font. Submitted papers should
be in PDF format; Postscript or ASCII are acceptable but discouraged. The
committee will not review papers that are too short (e.g., extended abstracts),
papers that exceed the length limit, Postscript papers with display problems, or
papers in other formats such as Word or HTML.
Submissions are due on September 3, 2002. An automatic one-week
extension will be granted to midnight PST on September 10, 2002. No
further extensions will be granted.
The program committee and external readers will judge papers on technical merit,
significance, relevance, and presentation. A good paper will demonstrate that
the authors:
- are attacking a significant problem,
- have devised an interesting, compelling solution,
- have demonstrated the practicality and benefits of the solution,
- have drawn appropriate conclusions,
- have clearly described what they have done, and
- have clearly articulated the advances beyond previous work.
Please read the detailed USENIX author guidelines
for more information.
Accepted papers may be shepherded through an editorial review process by a
member of the program committee. Authors of shepherded papers will submit an
editorial revision of their paper to the shepherd by December 6, 2002.
The FAST conference, like most conferences and journals, does not allow
submissions that are substantially similar to works that are previously
published or are under review for publication elsewhere. Accepted material may
not be subsequently published in other conferences or journals for one year from
the date of acceptance by USENIX. Papers accompanied by non-disclosure agreement
forms will not be read or reviewed. All submissions will be held in confidence
prior to publication of the technical program, both as a matter of policy and in
accordance with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976.
Best Paper Awards
Awards will be given for the best paper and best student paper at the
conference.
Work-in-Progress Reports
Would you like to share a provocative opinion, interesting preliminary work, or
a cool idea that will provoke discussion? The FAST technical sessions will
include slots for work-in-progress reports and "outrageous" opinion statements.
We are particularly interested in presentations of student work. To submit,
please send a proposal (one page or less) to the session coordinator (Remzi
Arpaci-Dusseau) at fastwips@usenix.org.
Birds-of-a-Feather
Sessions
Birds-of-a-Feather sessions (BoFs) are informal gatherings organized by
attendees interested in a particular topic. BoFs will be held in the evening.
BoFs may be scheduled in advance by emailing the Conference Office at
bofs@usenix.org. BoFs may also be scheduled at the conference.
Registration Materials
Complete program and registration information will be available in December 2002
on the conference Web site. The information will be in both HTML and a printable
PDF file. If you would like to receive the program booklet in print, please
email your request, including your postal address, to:
conference@usenix.org.
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