The Second Workshop on Industrial Experiences with Systems Software (WIESS '02) is the ideal opportunity for systems software professionals, working "in the trenches," to share their knowledge and to connect with like-minded peers and active researchers. WIESS was designed to complement SOSP, OSDI, and similar conferences by providing a venue for papers, presentations, and discussions that are primarily concerned not with research results, but with exploiting, inspiring, or directing research.

The WIESS '02 program offers a comprehensive day of presentations and discussions on topics ranging from systems performance to smartcard security, with an emphasis on how to improve technology transfer from research to products. Douglass Wilson, IBM Distinguished Engineer and (among many other achievements) lead architect for Lotus 1-2-3 '97, will kick off the program. His talk will be followed by paper presentations, an invited talk from John Mashey, and plenty of opportunities for informal interactions with fellow attendees and presenters. Rounding out the program will be a panel session on the personal benefits of blurring the borders between "research" and "industry," with joint participation by WIESS and OSDI attendees.

Join us on December 8, 2002, at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel, for a day of technical and experience exchanges you won't find anywhere else.

For the WIESS '02 Program Committee,
Jeff Mogul, HP Labs Western Research Lab
WIESS '02 Program Chair