Chair: Adam Moskowitz

This one-day workshop will focus on the most recent developments in systems administration, including technical, ethical, and "political" issues. Attendance is limited, and is based on acceptance of a position paper. The workshop will be an open forum during which a representative subset of the topics and positions submitted will be discussed.

This limited-attendance workshop will focus on the most exciting new developments and issues in systems administration. The workshop will be an open forum during which a representative subset of the topics and positions submitted will be discussed.

The workshop's result will be a presentation (created in real-time during the workshop) that will also be distilled to prose for dissemination to the membership.

How to Participate
Attendance is limited, and is based on acceptance of a position paper (which should make a good five minute talk). To sign-up for the Advanced Topics in System Administration Workshop submit a proposal (in ASCII), of at most three pages (a maximum of 1500 words), via the Web page to Adam Moskowitz at https://www.usenix.org/events/lisa98/advtopics.html no later than October 1. Proposals should contain a topic for discussion, why the topic is relevant, and a personal position on the topic.

There is no additional fee to attend this workshop, but attendees must be registered for the conference technical program.