Dear Colleague:

We are writing to invite you to the First Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI '04), March 29–31 in San Francisco, CA

NSDI '04 is a new conference focused on the design principles of large scale distributed and networked systems. Our goal is to bring together researchers from across the system and networking communities to foster a cross-disciplinary approach to addressing common research challenges.

We received over 120 technical submissions, and from these the NSDI '04 program committee selected 27 papers for inclusion in the conference. The resulting program includes a diverse collection of creative and well-developed papers in areas including sensor systems, network routing, peer-to-peer networks, storage systems, and security. In addition, NSDI '04 will feature a Poster Session where each attendee can interact with researchers describing their current work in its formative stages and learn more about the leading edge of networked systems design. Finally, NSDI will feature a keynote address from Richard Lawrence, Director of Technology at Sony Online Entertainment, that will describe the unique systems challenges faced by builders of large-scale online games.

Please join us for this exciting new conference presenting the best of current networked systems research and practice. We look forward to seeing you there.

Sincerely,

Robert Morris, MIT
Stefan Savage, University of California, San Diego
NSDI '04 Program Chairs