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VM '04 Call for Papers
3rd Virtual Machine Research and Technology Symposium (VM '04)
May 6-7, 2004
San Jose Hyatt
San Jose, California, USA
Important
Dates
Paper submissions due: October 13, 2003
Submission deadline extended until October 20, 2003
Notification of acceptance: December 7, 2003
Camera-ready final papers due: February 16, 2004
Work-in-Progress reports due: March 7, 2004
Notification of acceptance of Work-in-Progress reports: April 7, 2004
Conference
Organizers
Program Chair
Tarek S. Abdelrahman, University of Toronto
Email: vm04chair@usenix.org
Program Committee
Henri Bal, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
Robert Berry, IBM, UK
Hans Boehm, HP Labs, USA
Michal Cierniak, Intel, USA
Stephen Fink, IBM, USA
Etienne Gagnon, University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada
John Gough, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Sam Midkiff, Purdue University, USA
David Tarditi, Microsoft, USA
David Ungar, Sun Microsystems, USA
Matt Welsh, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Saul Wold, Sun Microsystems, USA
Overview
Since the introduction of Java™ and the Java™ Virtual Machine in the
early 90's, virtual machine technology has become an increasingly
important part of the software infrastructure. The 3rd USENIX
symposium on Virtual Machine Research and Technology (VM '04) will build
on the success of the two preceding Java™ Virtual Machine symposia.
JVM '01 and JVM '02 provided venues for presenting top-quality research on
Java™ Virtual Machines, facilitated the interaction between compiler
writers and virtual machine developers, and were well attended from both
academia and industry. In 2004, the scope of the symposium will expand
beyond that of the first and second symposia to encompass other types of
virtual machines, such as Microsoft's .NET initiative, and low-level
virtual machines/environments such as VMware, Connectix Virtual PC, and
SWSoft Virtuozzo.
This symposium will have 2 days of technical
sessions. Sessions will include presentations by invited speakers and
authors of refereed papers, as well as the popular Work-in-Progress
reports.
VM '04 will continue to emphasize research and advanced engineering
techniques applicable to the development of virtual machines, with an
emphasis on experimental results. The Proceedings will be
printed and distributed to attendees. Following the symposium, the
proceedings will be available online for USENIX members, and available
for purchase.
Awards for the best paper and the best paper that is primarily the work
of a student are presented at the Symposium.
We invite the submission of quality papers describing research or
experiences with virtual machines, including, but not limited to, the
Java™ Virtual Machine, .NET, and VMware. Research papers should describe
original work that offers significant contributions to the state of VMs.
Experience papers should describe general insights gained from porting,
integrating, or tuning VMs -- insights that can be applied by other
practitioners in the field. Submitted papers should make substantial
contributions to the field and be useful to members of both the research
and industrial communities.
Topics
Relevant topics for VM '04 include, but are not limited to the following:
- VM implementation
- Hardware implementation of standard VMs
- Compilation techniques
- Security
- Garbage collection
- Embedded VM systems
- Large VM and server issues (scalability and availability)
- Interactions and trade-offs with static compilation
- VMs and grid computing
- Porting experiences
- Performance issues and tuning techniques
- Multiple VM environments and interactions
- Proposed standards, particularly empirical studies
Questions about the relevance of a topic may be addressed to the Program Chair at
vm04chair@usenix.org
What to
Submit
The full paper deadline has been extended to October 20, 2003, with no further extensions possible.
Submissions should be full papers, 10 to 14 pages (around 5,000-6,000
words) in length. Late and too long papers will be rejected. All
submissions will be judged on originality, significance, relevance,
correctness, and clarity. Each submission must include the paper title,
the contact author, email and regular addresses, and a phone number. For
more information, please read the
detailed author guidelines.
The VM symposium, like most conferences and journals, requires that
papers (or significantly similar papers) not be submitted simultaneously
to any other conference or publication, that submissions not be
previously published, and that accepted papers not be subsequently
published elsewhere for a year from date of acceptance by USENIX. Papers
accompanied by non-disclosure agreement forms are not acceptable and
will be returned to the author(s) unread. All submissions are held in
the highest confidentiality prior to publication in the Proceedings,
both as a matter of policy and in accord with the U.S. Copyright Act of
1976.
How to
Submit
Web-based electronic submission will be expected. Submissions should be
in Postscript that is interpretable by Ghostscript or in PDF that is
interpretable by Acroread, and should be printable on US Letter sized
paper. Please use this Web form for submissions. All submissions will be
acknowledged.
Submitters for whom web submission is a hardship should contact the
Program Chair for alternative means of submission at
vm04chair@usenix.org.
Work-in-Progress Reports
Researchers are invited to submit abstracts of new research for inclusion
in an informal Work-in-Progress session. Abstracts of 1-2 pages (inclusive of any figures) should be submitted electronically to Saul Wold at vm04wip@usenix.org by March 7, 2004 (this
is a hard deadline). Abstracts should be in PostScript or PDF format,
viewable by Ghostview or Acroread. Submissions longer than 2 pages will
not be considered.
Program committee members will select the best abstracts for 10- to
15-minute talks during the session. This is intended to be a fun, informal
session that will spark ideas and interactions. Topics of interest
include all aspects of Virtual Machine technology, including (but not
limited to):
- VM implementation
- Hardware implementation of standard VMs
- Compilation techniques
- Security
- Garbage Collection
- Embedded VM systems
- Large VM and Server Issues (scalability and availability)
- Interactions and trade-offs with static compilation
- VMs and Grid Computing
- Porting Experiences
- Performance Issues and Tuning Techniques
- multiple VM environments and interactions
- Proposed standards, particularly empirical studies
- Alternate VM implementation
Abstracts should clearly communicate the ideas behind the work, and should
highlight any initial results. Submissions will be selected based on
originality, the importance of the problem addressed, and the potential
for conveying the ideas clearly in a mere ten minutes. Mature work that
has been presented elsewhere in some form is inappropriate, and will not
be considered. Notification of acceptance will be sent by April 7, 2004.
Any questions should be directed to the Work-in-Progress session chair,
Saul Wold at vm04wip@usenix.org.
Birds-of-a-Feather
Sessions
Birds-of-a-Feather sessions (BoFs) are very 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
Conference Office at
conference@usenix.org. BoFs may also be scheduled at the symposium.
Registration Materials
Complete program and registration information will be available in
February 2004 on the symposium Web site. The information will be in
both HTML and a printable PDF file. If you would like to receive the
program booklet in print, please email your request, including your
postal address, to: conference@usenix.org.
One author per paper may take a registration discount of $200. If the registration fee poses a hardship to the presenter, USENIX can offer a complimentary registration.
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