Call for Papers

[Thomas Ferrin%CGL]

                      CALL FOR PAPERS


               Summer 1985 USENIX Conference
    June 12-14, Portland Marriot Hotel, Portland Oregon


                   Abstracts due March 18


Conference Chair:               Program Committee:
  Steve Glaser, Tektronix         Eric Allman, Britton-Lee
				  Gordon Bell, Encore
                                  Steve Bourne, DEC
                                  Sally Browning, AT&T Bell Labs
				  Greg Chesson, Silicon Graphics, Chair
                                  Clem Cole,  Masscomp
Conference Host:                  Tom Ferrin, UC San Francisco
  Tektronix, Inc.                 Steve Holmgren, CMC
                                  Steve Johnson, AT&T Bell Labs
                                  Kirk McKusick, UC Berkeley
                                  Dennis Ritchie, AT&T Bell Labs



     The 1985 USENIX conference marks the tenth  anniversary
of  the  first  meeting.  Early USENIX meetings were held in
small lecture rooms where programmers would discuss  how  to
fix  the tape driver or how to arrange for system manuals to
be printed.  The technical program was often constructed  in
real-time,  and proceedings were published after the confer-
ences.

     In keeping with the  consistently  improving  technical
tradition  of  USENIX  conferences, the Portland proceedings
will be available at the conference, and for the first  time
selected  conference  papers  will  be  reviewed by Software
Practice and Experience for a special edition later  in  the
year.  As usual papers as well as panel or workshop sessions
are solicited on any technical aspect of the UNIX  operating
system  and  related  areas such as compilers and languages,
networks, distributed computation, and software  tools.   In
addition  contributions  are solicited in the following spe-
cial areas:

     programming environments, e.g. ADA
     user interfaces, e.g. windows and interactive debuggers
     multiprocessing hardware and software techniques
     new architectures, e.g. RISC
     interactive graphics
     experiences with system distribution and release
     evolutionary and perspective points of view
     standards activities

The conference publication schedule is as follows:

     abstracts due:            	   March 18
     notification of acceptance:   April 3
     camera-ready copy due:        May 10

Abstracts should be at least 1000 words,  or  1-2  pages  in
length,  and  convey the sense of the final paper.  The pro-
gram committee prefers to receive abstracts  via  electronic
mail  at ucbvax!portland.  Otherwise they may be sent to the
following U.S. Mail address:

     USENIX PROGRAM
     Silicon Graphics
     630 Clyde Court
     Mountain View, Ca, 94043

Be sure to include the following information with  any  sub-
mission:

     - Title of presentation, panel, or workshop
     - Full name of author
     - Institution or company
     - U.S. mail address
     - Network address, if available
     - Phone number
     - Special audio-visual requirements

In case of delay in acknowledging  electronic  mail  or  for
additional  information,  contact Greg Chesson, Program Com-
mittee chairman, at
     (415) 960-1980 [office]
     (415) 941-5053 [answering machine]