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USENIX '09 Call for Papers

Refereed Papers Track: Requirements for USENIX '09 Authors

This document provides supplementary information for authors writing submissions to USENIX '09 beyond that provided in the Call For Papers. Please read and follow both the instructions in the Call for Papers and these requirements carefully.

How Should I Prepare and Deliver My Manuscript?

Submission of all papers must be made electronically in PDF format.

Authors should make sure that their submission prints properly on US-style 8.5 x 11 inch paper. Submitted papers will be checked by the PC against these requirements:

  • No longer than 14 single-spaced 8.5" x 11" pages, including figures, tables, and references for regular full papers; no longer than 6 pages for short papers, applying the same formatting guidelines.
  • Use 10 point type on 12 point (single-spaced) leading, two-column format, and Times Roman or a similar font for the body of the paper.
  • All text and figures must fit a text block 6.5" wide x 9" deep.
  • The first page of the paper should include the paper title and author name(s).
  • Papers not meeting these criteria will be rejected without review, and no deadline extensions will be granted for reformatting.
  • Pages should be numbered, and figures and tables should be legible in black and white, without requiring magnification.

Do not send files meant for word-processing packages (Word, WordPerfect, LaTeX, Framemaker, etc.).

If you are using Microsoft Word, Troff, LaTeX, or Framemaker, please make use of these templates and sample first pages (two-column format), if possible:

MS Word 6.0
Troff
LaTeX and style file
Framemaker

More Information is Available

Lots of papers and books have been written about how to write a good paper. We strongly suggest that you read a paper called

An Evaluation of the Ninth SOSP Submissions; or, How (and How Not) to Write a Good Systems Paper.

This was written by Roy Levin and David D. Redell, the program committee co-chairs for SOSP-9, and first appeared in ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review, Vol. 17, No. 3 (July, 1983), pages 35-40.

Another helpful paper is:

The Science of Scientific Writing, George D. Gopen and Judith A. Swan, In American Scientist, Vol. 78, No. 6 (Nov-Dec, 1990), pp. 550-558.

This article describes not how to write an entire paper, but how to write sentences and paragraphs that readers can understand.

For matters of English usage, style, and taste we strongly recommend that you purchase and consult this little gem of a book:

The Elements of Style. William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White. Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, 1979.

If you have any other questions, feel free to send mail to the Program Co-Chairs at usenix09chairs@usenix.org.

Good Luck!
The Program Committee

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