---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: motd from USENIX - August 2001 (53545) Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 09:52:17 -0700 (PDT) From: enotify@usenix.org To: gustaf.neumann@wu-wien.ac.at
motd August 2001
Table of contents: * Attend ALS '01 * Paper submission dates * USENIX and EFF * USENIX '01 wrap-up * Middleware 2001
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Join the best and the brightest in the Linux and Open Source world in Oakland, CA!
5th Annual Linux Showcase and Conference co-located with the XFree86 Technical Conference November 5-10, 2001 - Oakland Marriott City Center, Oakland, CA
Registration is now open! Register online and SAVE! http://www.linuxshowcase.org
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Submit a paper to our Refereed Tracks and share your expertise with the USENIX community.
BSDCon 2002 Submissions deadline: August 27, 2001 http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon02/
2002 USENIX Annual Technical Conference FREENIX submissions deadline: November 12, 2001 General Session submissions deadline: November 19, 2001 http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/
11th USENIX Security Symposium Submissions deadline: January 28, 2002 http://www.usenix.org/sec02
OSDI '02 Submissions deadline: May 17, 2002 http://www.usenix.org/osdi02
WIESS '02 Submissions deadline: July 15, 2002 http://www.usenix.org/wiess02
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Thank you for supporting USENIX and EFF in their struggle to allow Professor Edward Felten and his research team to present their research paper "Reading Between the Lines: Lessons from the SDMI Challenge" The paper was presented on August 15 at the USENIX Security Symposium and was followed by a panel discussion on SDMI/DMCA.
To read the full paper in PDF format visit: http://www.usenix.org/events/sec01/craver.pdf
To view the Dr. Dobb's TechNetCast Audio/Video taping of the presentation visit: http://www.technetcast.com/sdmi-challenge.html
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USENIX Annual Technical Conference 2001 wrap-up!
Over 1,750 technical professionals attended USENIX '01, representing over 35 countries. The conference provided an intellectually challenging program with two tracks of technical research presentations, including the popular FREENIX track, sessions dedicated to open source research and advances.
Presenters included industry luminaries such as Keynote Daniel Frye, Director of IBM's Linux Technology Center, Security gurus Steven Bellovin and Avi Rubin, and Compaq's James Gettys. Longtime USENIX members, Avi Rubin, Margo Seltzer, and Keith Bostic also announced the release of their new books at this conference.
To view conference interviews on Dr. Dobb's Technetcast, visit: http://technetcast.ddj.com/tnc_catalog.html?item_id=847
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APPLY FOR A STUDENT GRANT TO ATTEND MIDDLEWARE 2001!
Middleware 2001 IFIP/ACM International Conference on Distributed Systems Platforms 12-16 November 2001 - Heidelberg, Germany
Middleware 2001 includes an outstanding lineup of tutorials, invited talks, and refereed papers to stimulate discussion, dialogue, and debate in the beautiful university city of Heidelberg, Germany. Through donations from IFIP, USENIX, BBN Technologies and IBM Research, we are providing student travel grants to deserving students. Note that the deadline for grant applications is 31 August 2001. For more information, please visit: http://www.labs.agilent.com/middleware2001/
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