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There's Still Time to Register for NSDI '17!

There's still time to register for NSDI '17, if you haven't already. Join researchers from across the networking and systems community together to address overlapping research challenges related to the design principles, implementation, and practical evaluation of networked and distributed systems. See you in Boston, MA, this March 27–29!

Registration Now Open for SREcon17 Asia/Australia

SREcon is a gathering of engineers who care deeply about site reliability, systems engineering, and working with complex distributed systems at scale. It strives to challenge both those new to the profession and those who have been involved in it for decades. Join us at the inaugural SREcon Asia/Australia in Singapore this May 22 to 24. The program will be available in early April. Register before Friday, April 28, to save $150!

SOUPS 2017 Accepting Nominations for Karat Student Award

In honor of John Karat's contributions to the usable privacy and security community, and his dedication to mentoring students, SOUPS has instituted the John Karat Usable Privacy and Security Student Research Award. The 2017 Karat Student Award will be presented to a graduate student at SOUPS 2017 based on their research in usable privacy and security, their efforts to mentor others, and their community service for usable privacy and security. Nominate a student for the 2017 Karat Student Award by Friday, April 15, 2017.

SREcon17 Europe/Middle East/Africa Seeks Your Proposals

SREcon17 Europe/Middle East/Africa will take place from August 30 to September 1, 2017 in Dublin, Ireland. Interested in participating? The conference organizers are now seeking proposals for talks, workshops, panels, and/or unconference sessions. This year's themes are SRE psychology and SRE antipatterns, but submissions on any topic related to site reliability engineering are welcome. Proposals are due Wednesday, April 12, 2017. View the complete call for details.

LISA17 Call for Participation Remains Open until April 24

Did you miss out on the Early Proposals deadline for submitting a Talk, Mini Tutorial, Tutorial, or Panel for the LISA17 program? Standard Proposals will be accepted until April 24, 2017. The submission system will open Monday, March 20. Please see the call for more details on topic categories of interest and the LISA17 Organizers.

SOUPS 2017 Calls for Workshop Papers Have Opened

Calls for Papers have opened for the three workshops taking place at the Thirteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2017):

For more information on each workshop, the target audience, and submissions sought, please see each individual call. Submissions for all three workshops are due Thursday, May 25, 2017.