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OSCON or Bust (& other USENIX Updates)

If you make it to OSCON in Portland next week, be sure to swing by the USENIX booth in the non-profit pavilion. During the expo, you'll find me at the USENIX booth, but after the opening reception in the Expo hall, I'll hit the pavement with other runners in the OSCON 5K.

USENIX News Roundup: June 26, 2012

With Federated Conferences week June 12-15, this month was an exceptionally busy one for USENIX. If you weren't able to join us in person, you can still get a feel for the event by reading through the conference proceedings and watching the session videos.

Discrimination vs. Social Footprints

On June 21, I saw a tweet that raised a red flag for me. On my personal G+ account, I wrote: "I saw this tweet today from a hiring manager: 'Just interviewed for a sysadmin. I'm struggling since she has no social footprint. Is that wrong, or should social be key?' What are your thoughts on a 'social footprint' requirement for sysadmins?"

30 Links: What Does Advanced Computing Have to Do With Sex?

Last week USENIX held its first Women in Advanced Computing Summit (WiAC '12) as part of its Federated Conferences Week. Videos from the event will be on our site soon. Meanwhile, here is a list of 30 recommended links.

Women in Advanced Computing Recommended Links Roundup:

On This Week in Tech History...

Peter Salus sent us this history to share:

June 13:

  • In 1831, James Clerk Maxwell is born
  • In 1942, the first V-2 rocket is launched at Peenemunde
  • In 1973, J. White issues RFC 524: "Proposed Mail Protocol"

June 14:

USENIX News Roundup: June 5, 2012

I know it's hard to keep up with all our events, CFPs, registration deadlines, and news, so here are some highlights:

Access2Research Open Access Petition

By joining USENIX, members help support open access to research. Because USENIX is committed to the open access research movement, we offer free online access to conference proceedings and videos of our technical session presentations.

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