"From the Trenches" The First Workshop on Industrial Experiences with Systems Software (WIESS'2000) October 22, 2000 Co-located with the 4th Symposium on Operating Systems Design & Implementation (OSDI 2000) October 23-25, 2000, Paradise Point Resort, San Diego, CA https://www.usenix.org/events/osdi2000/wiess2000/ Co-sponsored by USENIX, IEEE TCOS, and ACM SIGOPS (pending approval) Important Dates --------------- Paper Submissions due: Monday, May 15, 2000 Notification to authors: Thursday, June 29, 2000 Revised papers for shepherding: Wednesday, August 1, 2000 Camera-ready papers due: Tuesday, August 31, 2000 WIESS'2000: Sunday, October 22, 2000 Workshop Organizers ------------------- Program Chair: Dejan S. Milojicic, HP Labs Program Committee: Gaurav Banga, Network Appliance Mark R. Brown, Microsoft Mark S. Brown, IBM Eduard Bugnion, VMware Rob Gingel, Sun Microsystems Fred Glover, Compaq Ira Greenberg, Oracle Larry Huston, Intel Rodger Lea, Sony Udi Manber, Yahoo Franklin Reynolds, Nokia Toshi Sakuraba, Hitachi Indira Subramanian, HP Franco Travostino, Nortel Networks Richard Wheeler, EMC Corporation Steering Committee: Jean Bacon, Cambridge University, SIGOPS Member Andrew Hume, AT&T Research, USENIX President Valerie Issarny, INRIA, ACM SIGOPS Vice Chair Mike B. Jones, Microsoft Research, IEEE-CS TCOS Vice Chair Marshall Kirk McKusick, Author and Consultant, USENIX Member Dejan S. Milojicic, IEEE-CS TCOS Chair Posters Chair: TBD Publication Chair: Alan Messer, HP Labs Overview -------- The first Workshop on Industrial Experiences with System Software, (WIESS'2000) will feature short papers (5-10 pages), abstracts, and posters on designing, implementing, and using industrial system software and applications. It is an attempt to allow people from "the trenches" to present their work. SOSP and OSDI conferences feature very high quality technical programs that have also "raised the bar" for paper acceptance. It has therefore become more difficult for authors of papers presenting industrial experience to be included in these programs. WIESS is an attempt to complement SOSP and OSDI, and focus primarily on industry results of immediate benefit and use rather than long-term research. The informal character of the workshop will feature short papers and abstracts combined with posters that will allow the participants to focus on the practical aspects and current problems in the field. Submission Guidelines --------------------- WIESS will focus on papers that draw important conclusions from practical experience in developing and using system software solutions. War stories, outrageous conclusions, and negative results are especially welcome. Topics of interest should include, but not be limited to: Operating Systems Distributed Systems Real Time & Quality of Service Embedded Systems Security and Privacy Networking Internet Web-Based Technologies Programming Environments and Tools Fault Tolerance and High Availability Middleware Appliances and Personal Digital Assistants System Administration and Configuration Papers will be valued for the relevance and usability of the work more than for the presentation. Authors will have a chance to improve their presentation with the assistance of a shepherd appointed from the program committee. A good paper will demonstrate that the authors have: - attacked a significant problem; - come up with an appropriate and usable solution; - demonstrated the benefits and use of their solution; - drawn some relevant experience (positive or negative). The best 20-30 papers will appear in the conference proceedings. The other accepted papers will appear as short abstracts. Most papers (except those that clearly did not meet the above criteria) will be provided an opportunity to present their work as a poster at WIESS 2000. Papers accompanied by non-disclosure agreement forms are not acceptable and will be returned to the author(s) unread. All submissions are held in the highest confidentiality prior to publication in the Proceedings, both as a matter of policy and in accord with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976. Deadline and Submission Instructions ------------------------------------ Submitted papers should be received by Monday, May 15, 2000. Papers should be submitted using Web: https://tesla.hpl.hp.com/wiess/forms/authpaper_reg.html Templates in Word, FramMaker, troff, and LaTex will be made available with informal instructions on how to write the paper. Submitted papers should be 5-10 pages, single-spaced 8.5x11 inches, including figures, tables and references. Only printable PS and PDF (preferably) will be accepted. Registration Materials ---------------------- Materials containing all details of the program, registration fees and forms, and hotel information will be available in July 2000. If you wish to receive the registration materials, please visit the symposium Web site or contact: USENIX Conference Office 22672 Lambert Street, Suite 613 Lake Forest, CA 92630, USA Phone: +1 (949) 588-8649 Fax: +1 (949) 588-9706 Email: conference@usenix.org FOR MORE INFORMATION See the symposium Web site, https://www.usenix.org/events/osdi2000/wiess2000 or e-mail dejan@hpl.hp.com.