USENIX 1999 Annual Technical Conference June 7-11, 1999 Monterey Conference Center Monterey, California, USA For the full call for submissions, see http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99 Papers due: December 2, 1998 Author notification: January 20, 1999 Camera-ready final papers due: April 27, 1999 Registration materials available: March, 1999 The 1999 USENIX Technical Conference Program Committee seeks original and innovative papers about the applications, architecture, implementation, and performance of modern computing systems. As at all USENIX conferences, papers that analyze problem areas and draw important conclusions from practical experience are especially welcome. Some particularly interesting application topics are: Availability Distributed caching and replication Embedded systems Extensible operating systems File systems and storage systems Interoperability of heterogeneous systems Mobile code Mobile computing Multimedia New algorithms and applications Personal digital assistants Quality of service Reliability Security and privacy Ubiquitous computing and messaging Web technologies TUTORIALS We are also accepting proposals for tutorials. USENIX's well-respected tutorial program offers intensive, immediately practical tutorials on topics essential to the use, development, and administration of advanced computing systems. Skilled instructors, who are hands-on experts in their topic areas, present both introductory and advanced tutorials covering topics such as: System and network administration Java and Perl topics High availability, scalability, and reliability Programming tools and program development Portability and interoperability System and network security Client-server application design and development Sendmail, DNS, and other networking issues GUI technologies and builders WWW and CGI technologies Performance monitoring and tuning Freely distributable software INVITED TALKS The Invited Talks coordinators welcome suggestions for topics and requests proposals for particular talks. In your proposal state the main focus, include a brief outline, and be sure to emphasize why your topic is of general interest to our community. Please submit via email to ITusenix@usenix.org. For the full call for submissions, see http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99 ==================================================================== USENIX is the Advanced Computing Systems Association. Since 1975, USENIX has brought together the community of engineers, system administrators, and technicians working on the cutting edge of the computing world. For more information about USENIX: 1. URL: http://www.usenix.org 2. Email to office@usenix.org 3. Fax: 510.548.5738 4. Phone: 510.528.8649