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Instructions for Participants:

Sixth Workshop on Hot Topics in System Dependability
(HotDep '10)

This page is for those who will be presenting material at HotDep '10. If you wish to submit a paper or deliver a talk at another upcoming USENIX event, please return to the Events Calendar page and select the conference in which you're interested.

If you need an invitation letter to apply for a visa to attend the conference, please contact conference@usenix.org. Please identify yourself as a presenter and include your mailing address in your email.

Problems
Questions? Please don't hesitate to contact Jane-Ellen Long: jel@usenix.org, 510-528-8649 ext. 14.

If you find yourself in dire straits, please contact your Program Co-Chairs, Paulo Verissimo and Hakim Weatherspoon, hotdep10chairs@usenix.org.

Poster authors, your instructions are here.

Invited Talk presenters, panelists, Keynote and Plenary speakers, see your instructions below.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS OF REFEREED PAPERS
1. A printable PDF of your paper, no more than 6 pages long, along with consent forms with the signature of each author, is due on or before September 7, 2010.

Upload your final paper to the Web submissions system by September 7, 2010. If you have questions, please contact Jane-Ellen Long, jel@usenix.org.

2. Print, sign, and fax the HotDep '10 Consent Form for Refereed Paper Authors.

3. Using LaTeX? Read these instructions on generating PDF from LaTeX and follow them carefully. You will save a lot of time and hassle at the deadline. Naively produced PDFs may contain such errors as incorrect ligatures, nonprinting figures or parts of figures, or incorrect or missing special characters, any of which make your paper unreadable.

4. If you wish, make use of these sample first pages (two-column format):


5. Registration materials will be online soon. You will be contacted by the Conference Department with registration information. Please note: If the conference registration poses a hardship for the presenter of the refereed paper, please contact conference@usenix.org.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS OF POSTERS
1. A printable PDF, no more than 3 pages long, of the paper associated with your poster, along with consent forms with the signature of each author, is due on or before September 7, 2010.

Upload your final poster paper to the Web submissions system by September 7, 2010. If you have questions, please contact Jane-Ellen Long, jel@usenix.org.

2. Print, sign, and fax the HotDep '10 Consent Form for Poster Paper Authors.

3. See the tips and sample pages above, under Refereed Papers, for help in preparing your PDF.

4. Prepare a 32" x 40" poster for the poster session, where you will have a chance to present your work to the other workshop attendees. USENIX will provide everything you need to mount your poster.

5. Publication of your poster is conditional on one of the authors attending the workshop to present the work. Registration materials will be online soon. You will be contacted by the Conference Department with registration information. Please note: If the conference registration poses a hardship for the presenter of the refereed paper, please contact conference@usenix.org.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR INVITED TALK PRESENTERS, PANELISTS, AND KEYNOTE AND PLENARY SPEAKERS
1. The USENIX Conference Department will contact you with instructions for registering online. We will provide the following equipment:

  • 1 LCD projector
  • 1 screen
  • 1 wired Lavalier microphone
  • cables and extension cords

Please note: laptops are not provided. If you wish to discuss any special A/V needs, please contact the USENIX Conference Department, via email at conference@usenix.org or via phone at 510-528-8649.

2. Please read, sign, and fax to us:
Consent Form for Invited Talks, Keynote Speakers, and Panelists

3. In order to make your talk available on the USENIX Web site immediately after the conference, please email your electronic files to production@usenix.org immediately after your presentation.

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Last changed: 19 July 2010 jel