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Program Committee
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Conference Information
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Conference Proceedings
One copy of the proceedings is included with your Technical Sessions registration fees. Additional copies may be purchased on-site or ordered after the conference. To order additional copies, phone 510.528.8649, or send email to office@usenix.org.
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Tutorial Notes
Some tutorial notes may be available for sale after 3 pm on-site each day. Check with the registration desk.
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Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions (BoFs)
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings
Do you have a topic that you'd like to discuss with others?
Our Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions may be perfect for you. BoFs are very interactive and informal gatherings for attendees interested in a particular topic. Schedule your BoF in advance by sending email to conference@usenix.org or by telephoning the USENIX Conference Office at 714.588.8649. You can also schedule a BoF on-site at the registration desk.
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Student Programs
The USENIX student stipend program covers travel, living expenses, and registration fees to enable full-time students to attend USENIX meetings. See Student Discounts and Stipends below. Information about student programs is available at the USENIX Web site: https://www.usenix.org/students/, by reading comp.org.usenix, or by sending email to students@usenix.org.
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For more information, please contact:
- USENIX Conference Office
- 22672 Lambert Street, Suite 613
- Lake Forest, CA 92630
- Phone: 714.588.8649
- Fax: 714.588.9706
- Email: conference@usenix.org
- Office hours: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Pacific Time
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Hotel and Travel Information
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Hotel Discount Reservation Deadline:
Monday, May 20, 1997
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USENIX has negotiated special rates for conference attendees at the Portland Marriott Hotel. Contact the hotel directly to make your reservation. Please mention USENIX to get the special rate. A one-night room deposit must be guaranteed to a major credit card. To cancel your reservation, please notify the hotel at least 24 hours before your planned arrival date.
- Portland Marriott Hotel
- 1401 S.W. Front Avenue
- Portland, OR 97201
- Toll Free: 800.228.9290
- Local Telephone: 503.226.7600
- Reservation Fax: 503.499.6357
Single/Double Occupancy $125.00
(plus local taxes, currently at 9%)
- Note: Requests for hotel reservations made after the deadline will be fulfilled on a space and rate available basis only.
Discount Airfares
Special airline discounts will be available for USENIX attendees. Please call for details:
- JNR, Inc.
- Toll Free in US and Canada:
- 800.343.4546
- Telephone: 714.476.2788
Airport To Hotel Transportation
Portland International Airport is approximately 25 minutes from the hotel. RAZ Airporter Transportation Service provides daily shuttle service every 30 minutes from 5 am until midnight to the Portland Marriott and other downtown hotels. Catch the shuttle outside the baggage claim area. Shuttle cost is currently $8.50 one way. Reservations not required. Taxi service is approximately $25.
Points of Interest
Visitors will find a wide variety of cultural attractions, historic sites and gourmet restaurants in the Portland area. Known as the "city of books, beer, bikes, and blooms", Portland has the largest forest wilderness in the nation (Forest Park), more micro brewery outlets than anywhere else in North America, and a bookstore with the largest number of volumes in the United States (Powell's City of Books). Other Portland attractions include:
- International Rose Test Gardens
(Washington Park)
- Metro Washington Park Zoo
- Multnomah Falls (Columbia River Gorge/Mount Hood)
- Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
- Pittock Mansion
- Portland Art Museum
- Portland Center for the Performing Arts
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Student Discounts and Stipends
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Technical Sessions:
USENIX offers a discount rate of $75 for COOTS '97 technical sessions for full-time students. You must include a copy of your current student ID card with your registration. This fee is not transferable.
Stipends: Student stipends are available to pay for travel, living expenses, and registration fees to enable full-time students to attend this conference. To apply for a stipend, read comp.org.usenix six to eight weeks before the conference, visit our Web site, https://www.usenix.org/students/, or send email to students@usenix.org for more information.
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Program Committee
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Technical Sessions Program Chair
Steve Vinoski, IONA Technologies, Inc.
Tutorial Program Chair
Douglas C. Schmidt, Washington University
Program Committee
Don Box, DevelopMentor
David Chappell, Chappell & Associates
Jim Coplien, Lucent Bell Labs
Murthy Devarakonda, IBM TJ Watson Research Center
Daniel Edelson, IA Corporation
Rachid Guerraoui, EPFL
Doug Lea, SUNY Oswego
Dmitry Lenkov, Hewlett-Packard
Mark Linton, Vitria
Stan Lippman, Walt Disney Feature Animation
Igor Metz, GLUE Software Engineering
Scott Meyers, Consultant and Author
Rajendra Raj, Morgan Stanley
Ron Resnick, IBM Israel
Vince Russo, Purdue University
Jonathan Shopiro, Novell
Joe Sventek, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
Jim Waldo, JavaSoft
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