Program Committee Important Due Dates and Cash Prizes Refereed Papers Tutorials, Invited Talks, WIPs, and BOFs How to Submit a Paper to the Refereed Track Where and How To Send Refereed Paper Submissions USENIX Vendor Exhibition

REFEREED PAPERS Three days of Technical Sessions include one refereed paper track, a parallel track of Invited Talks, and a track with an emphasis on freely distributable software. The freely distributable software track will contain a combination of invited talks and refereed papers. Refereed papers are published in the Proceedings which are provided to Technical Sessions attendees, along with Invited Talks Submitted Notes. The 1998 USENIX Technical Conference Program Committee seeks original and innovative papers about the applications, architecture, implementation, and performance of modern computing systems. As at all USENIX conferences, papers that analyze problem areas and draw important conclusions from practical experience are especially welcome. Some particularly interesting application topics are: ActiveX, Inferno, Java, and other embeddable environments Distributed caching and replication Extensible operating systems Freely distributable software Internet telephony Interoperability of heterogeneous systems Nomadic and wireless computing Privacy and security Quality of service Ubiquitous computing and messaging A major focus of this conference is the challenge of technology: What is the effect of commodity hardware on how we build new systems and applications? What is the effect of next-generation hardware? We seek original work describing the effect of hardware technology on software. Examples of relevant hardware include but are not limited to: Cheap, fast personal computers Cheap, large DRAM and disks Flash memory Gigabit networks Wireless networks Cable modems WebTV Personal digital assistants Network computers