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

SUGGESTIONS AND PROPOSALS WELCOME Tutorial Suggestions and Proposals On Monday and Tuesday, June 15-16, USENIX's well-respected tutorial program offers intensive, immediately practical tutorials on topics essential to the use, development, and administration of advanced computing systems. Skilled instructors, who are hands-on experts in their topic areas, present both introductory and advanced tutorials covering topics such as: System and network administration System and network security Java Distributed computing Kernel internals: SVR4, BSD, NT Programming tools and program development Portability and interoperability Client-server application design and development Sendmail, DNS, and other networking issues GUI technologies and builders World Wide Web technologies Freely distributable software To provide the best possible tutorial slate, USENIX continually solicits proposals for new tutorials. If you are interested in presenting a tutorial, contact: Dan Klein, Coordinator Telephone: 412.421.2332 Email: dvk@usenix.org Invited Talks Suggestions and Proposals These survey-style talks given by experts range over many interesting and timely topics. The Invited Talks track also includes panel presentations and selections from the best presentations at recent USENIX conferences. The Invited Talks coordinators welcome suggestions for topics and requests proposals for particular talks. In your proposal state the main focus, include a brief outline, and be sure to emphasize why your topic is of general interest to our community. Please submit via email to ITusenix@usenix.org. Work-In-Progress Reports Do you have interesting work you would like to share, or a cool idea that is not yet ready to be published? The USENIX audience provides valuable discussion and feedback. We are particularly interested in presentation of student work. To schedule your short report, send email to wips98@usenix.org. Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions (BOFs) The always popular evening BOFs are very informal, attendee-organized gatherings of persons interested in a particular topic. BOFs may be scheduled at the conference or in advance by contacting the USENIX Conference Office by phone at 714.588.8649 or via email to conference@usenix.org.