LISA '99 Conference Topics

Conference Topics

How and Where to Submit a Paper to the Refereed Track

CONFERENCE TOPICS

The Program Committee invites you to join the contributors to the LISA XIII conference. Submissions of refereed papers or other presentations which address any and all aspects of System Administration are acceptable. Here is a partial list of timely paper topics for potential authors:

Technology, Tools, and Techniques:

Innovative system administration tools and techniques
Tips and tricks: new uses for old tools
Distributed or automated system administration
High availability and disaster recovery
Scaling support of "open source" systems for servers and desktops
Designing, selecting, scaling, integrating and managing "enterprise" computing services.
Security (all aspects)
Authentication systems
Applications of tools, techniques and methods from other disciplines
Integration of new networking technologies, protocols and applications
Integration of emerging technologies
Performance analysis and monitoring

Theory and Practice of System Administration

Methodology, Paradigms and Models for system administration
Analysis of "best practices" in systems administration
Analysis and comparison of alternative systems for systems administration tasks
Case studies
Application of scientific methods to systems administration
Metrics for Systems Administration

The "Soft Science" of System Administration

System administration management issues
Support strategies
Effective hiring techniques
Effective training techniques for system administration
Budgeting, cost analyses and project planning/management techniques for systems administration
The System Administrator's role in the organization