2025 USENIX Annual Meeting Report
USENIX held its annual membership meeting on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, via Zoom. This report summarizes the topics covered by the Board of Directors and staff during the meeting.
Preserving the Legacy of USENIX ATC
The USENIX Annual Technical Conference (ATC) was a cornerstone of the USENIX community and a central gathering point for systems researchers and practitioners for fifty years. It provided a unique opportunity to blend deep scientific research with practical systems work. USENIX ATC was more than a venue for publishing research, and embodied the core ideals of USENIX itself.
USENIX ATC Announcement
USENIX celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2025. We celebrate decades of innovations, experiments, and gatherings of the advanced computing system community. And in the spirit of our ever-evolving community, field, and industry, we announce the bittersweet conclusion of our longest-running event, the USENIX Annual Technical Conference in July 2025, following USENIX ATC '25.
Scope Correction Reset Announcement from the NSDI Steering Committee
The NSDI Steering Committee is deliberately effecting a course correction regarding the scope of papers accepted to the conference. The correction is motivated by the committee’s observation that NSDI papers on certain topics have generated less community engagement than most papers.
What the uncertainty around federal grant funding means for USENIX
Amid the confusion around the future of federal funding in the United States, USENIX is among the many organizations preparing to na
2024 USENIX Annual Meeting Report
USENIX held its annual membership meeting on Monday, December 16, 2024, via Zoom.
Statement Regarding Recent USENIX Security Peer-Review Allegations
Recently, several prominent members of the computer security and privacy research community received emails alleging that a group of reviewers sought to gain an unfair advantage in the peer-review process via omitted conflicts or collusion. These emails include supposed confidential reviewer assignments for conferences including USENIX Security 2022-2024.
Statement on Deliberate Scope Adjustment from the NSDI Steering Committee
The mission statement of the USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI), expressed in the Call for Papers, is that "NSDI focuses on the design principles, implementation, and practical evaluation of networked and distributed systems." The NSDI Steering Committee is dedicated to ensuring that the symposium aligns with this goal on an annual basis and to providing strategic support for each set of NSDI program co-chai
2023 USENIX Annual Meeting Report
USENIX held its annual membership meeting on Monday, December 11, 2023, via Zoom. This report summarizes the topics covered by the Board of Directors and staff during the meeting.
USENIX Announces the Winners of the 2023 Internet Defense Prize
Today USENIX announced the winners of the 2023 Internet Defense Prize competition.