Notification to poster presenters: March 15,
2009
Symposium Organizers
Program Co-Chairs
Jennifer Rexford,
Princeton University
Emin Gün Sirer, Cornell
University
Program Committee
Miguel Castro, Microsoft
Research
Jeff Dean, Google, Inc.
Nick Feamster,
Georgia Institute of Technology
Michael J. Freedman,
Princeton University
Steven D. Gribble, University of
Washington
Krishna Gummadi, Max Planck Institute for
Software Systems
Steven Hand, University of
Cambridge
Farnam Jahanian, University of
Michigan
Dina Katabi, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Arvind Krishnamurthy, University of
Washington
Bruce Maggs,
Carnegie Mellon University/Akamai
Petros
Maniatis, Intel Research Berkeley
Nick McKeown,
Stanford University
Greg Minshall
Michael
Mitzenmacher, Harvard University
Jeff Mogul, HP
Labs
Venugopalan Ramasubramanian, Microsoft
Research
Pablo Rodriguez,
Spain Telefónica
Kobus van der Merwe,
AT&T Labs—Research
Geoffrey M. Voelker,
University of California, San Diego
Matt Welsh,
Harvard University
Hui Zhang, Carnegie Mellon
University/Rinera
Yuanyuan Zhou, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
Steering Committee
Thomas Anderson, University of
Washington
Greg Minshall
Mike Schroeder, Microsoft
Research
Margo Seltzer, Harvard University
Amin
Vahdat, University of California, San Diego
Ellie Young,
USENIX
Overview
NSDI focuses on the design principles and practical
evaluation of large-scale networked and distributed systems.
Systems as diverse as Internet routing, peer-to-peer and overlay
networks, sensor networks, Web-based systems, and measurement
infrastructures share a set of common challenges. Progress in any
of these areas requires a deep understanding of how researchers
are addressing the challenges of large-scale systems in other
contexts. Our goal is to bring together researchers from across
the networking and systems community—including communication,
distributed systems, and operating systems—to foster a broad
approach to addressing our common research challenges.
Topics
NSDI will provide a high-quality, single-track forum
for presenting new results and discussing ideas that overlap these
disciplines. We seek a broad variety of work that furthers the
knowledge and understanding of the networked systems community as
a whole, continues a significant research dialog, or pushes the
architectural boundaries of large-scale network services. We
solicit papers describing original and previously unpublished
research. Specific topics of interest include but are not limited
to:
- Self-organizing, autonomous, and federated networked systems
- Scalable techniques for providing high availability and
reliability
- Energy-efficient computing in networked environments
- Clean-slate approaches to communication systems
- Distributed storage, caching, and query processing
- Security, robustness, and fault-tolerance in networked
environments
- Overlays and peer-to-peer systems
- Systems and protocols for mobile and wireless systems
- Protocols and OS support for sensor networking
- Novel operating system support for networked systems
- Virtualization and resource management for networked systems
- Design and evaluation of large-scale
networked system testbeds
- Network measurements, workload, and
topology characterization
- Managing, debugging, and diagnosing problems in networked
systems
- Practical protocols and algorithms for networked systems
- Addressing novel challenges of the developing world
- Experience with deployed networked systems
What to Submit
Submissions must be full papers, at most 14
single-spaced 8.5" x 11" pages, including figures, tables, and
references, two-column format, using 10-point type on 12-point
(single-spaced) leading, with a maximum text block of 6.5" wide x
9" deep with .25" intercolumn space. Papers that do not meet the
size and formatting requirements will not be reviewed. Submissions
will be judged on originality, significance, interest, clarity,
relevance, and correctness.
NSDI is single-blind, meaning that authors should include their
names on their paper submissions and do not need to obscure
references to their existing work.
Authors must submit their paper's title and
abstract by October 3, 2008, and the corresponding full paper is
due by October 10, 2008 (hard deadline). All papers must be
submitted via the Web form, which will be available here soon.
Accepted papers may be shepherded through an editorial review
process by a member of the Program Committee. Based on initial
feedback from the Program Committee, authors of shepherded papers
will submit an editorial revision of their paper to their Program
Committee shepherd by February 2, 2009. The shepherd will review
the paper and give the author additional comments. All authors
(shepherded or not) will produce a final, printable PDF and the
equivalent HTML by February 25, 2009, for the conference
Proceedings.
Simultaneous submission of the same work to multiple venues,
submission of previously published work, and plagiarism constitute
dishonesty or fraud. USENIX, like other scientific and technical
conferences and journals, prohibits these practices and may, on
the recommendation of a program chair, take action against authors
who have committed them. In some cases, program committees may
share information about submitted papers with other conference
chairs and journal editors to ensure the integrity of papers under
consideration.
Previous publication at a workshop is acceptable as long as the
NSDI submission includes substantial new material. For instance,
submitting a paper that provides a full evaluation of an idea that
was previously sketched in a 5-page position paper is acceptable.
Authors of such papers should cite the prior workshop paper and
clearly state the submission's contribution relative to the prior
workshop publication.
Authors uncertain whether their submission meets USENIX's
guidelines should contact the Program Co-Chairs, nsdi09chairs@usenix.org,
or the USENIX office, submissionspolicy@usenix.org.
Papers accompanied by nondisclosure agreement forms will not be
considered. All submissions will be treated as confidential prior
to publication on the USENIX NSDI '09 Web site.
One author per paper will receive a registration discount of
$200. USENIX will offer a complimentary registration upon request.
Best Paper Awards
Awards will be given for the best paper and the best
paper for which a student is the lead author.
Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions
Birds-of-a-Feather sessions (BoFs) are informal
gatherings organized by attendees interested in a particular
topic. BoFs will be held in the evening. BoFs may be scheduled in
advance by emailing the USENIX Conference Department at bofs@usenix.org. BoFs may also
be scheduled at the conference.
Poster Session
NSDI will be continuing its long-running tradition
of showcasing early research in progress at a poster session. New,
ongoing work, early findings from measurement studies, and
demonstrations of newly deployed systems are highly encouraged. We
are particularly interested in presentations of student work. To
submit a poster, please send a proposal, one page or less, by
March 1, 2009, to nsdi09posters@usenix.org.
The poster session chairs will send back decisions by March 15,
2009.
Registration Materials
Complete program and registration information will
be available in January 2009 on the conference Web site. If you
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