[Storage-research-list] CFP: 2007 IEEE Conference on Mass Storage Systems & Technologies (MSST 2007)

[Ethan L. Miller]

Paper submission deadline is April 30, 2007.

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                         IEEE MSST2007

Twenty-Fourth IEEE Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies

MSST2007 will be a venue for presenting the latest research and
development in many aspects of large-scale and long term storage.  The
conference will focus on three specific challenges for mass storage
systems: global-scale distributed storage, long-term data storage and
stewardship, and large-scale high-performance storage systems.

Specific areas of interest for MSST2007 include developments in
storage technologies such as disk storage, tape storage, clustered
storage, and other emerging technologies; advances in high speed
global networks and protocols to support storage; security and
metadata management in global-scale, high-performance, and archival
storage; techniques for building scalable storage systems; approaches
to long-term data preservation and management; and performance
modeling and analysis of large storage systems.  "Idea" papers that
discuss potential approaches, proof-of-concept papers that show the
effectiveness of potentially limited-scale implementations, papers
that describe real-world experience with large-scale storage systems
are all welcome.

How to Participate

We encourage participation by individuals and organizations with
research or practical experience, including government and commercial
users, universities, research laboratories, and early adopters. We
invite submissions of technical papers, tutorial proposals, short
paper/poster presentations, and vendor briefings.

Technical Papers and Poster Presentations: Submit a full 8-14 page
paper or short 3-5 page paper online at http://storageconference.org/
by April 30, 2007.  Papers should be in two columns with 10 point font
and should be in PDF; specific formatting details are available at the
submission site.  All papers will receive full, detailed reviews from
at least 3 PC members (in contrast to previous conferences), with
acceptance notification provided by June 22, 2007.  Final camera-ready
papers, incorporating reviewer comments, must be submitted in PDF
format no later than July 20, 2007, and must conform to the formatting
standards described in the Author's Kit, which will be available at
the conference site.  Full 8-14 page papers will be considered for
both full 30 minute presentations and the poster session; please
indicate on your submission form if you do not want your paper to be
considered for the poster session.  Short paper submissions of 3-5
pages in length will only be considered for the poster session.
Questions about technical papers or possible submissions may be directed
to the program chair, Ethan Miller, at pcchair07 at storageconference.org.

Tutorial Proposals: There will be several tutorial sessions at MSST
held on September 24, 2007.  Submit outlines of half- or full-day
tutorials, with material to be covered and a biography of the proposed
tutorial presenter by April 30, 2007 via email to
tutorial07 at storageconference.org.

Vendor Briefings: We will provide a block of time during the
conference for vendors to present information addressing the
conference theme. Submit a 3-5 page abstract by April 30, 2007 via
email to vendor07 at storageconference.org.

Vendor Expo: Space for vendor product exhibits will be assigned in the
order reservations are received. Space is limited. Vendor
inter-operability demonstrations are encouraged. To register and to
discuss facilities and cost, contact the Vendor Expo Chair, Ben Kobler,
at ben.kobler at nasa.gov.

Questions that aren't covered by specific people listed above may
be directed to James Hughes, the general chair, at
generalchair07 at storageconference.org.

General chair:     James Hughes, Sun Microsystems
Program chair:     Ethan L. Miller, University of California, Santa Cruz
Vendor Expo chair: Ben Kobler, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Program committee:

Ahmed Amer, University of Pittsburgh
Curtis Anderson, Data Domain
Jean-Jacques Bedet, Adnet Systems
Greg Bronevetsky, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Randal Burns, Johns Hopkins University
Bob Chadduck, NARA
John Chandy, University of Connecticut
Jack Cole, US Army Research Laboratory
Zoran Dimitrijevic, Google
Gene Harano, NCAR
James Hughes, Sun Microsystems
Merritt Jones, MITRE
Ben Kobler, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Reagan Moore, San Diego Supercomputer Center
James Nunez, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Matthew O'Keefe, Cray
Ron Oldfield, Sandia National Laboratory
Tom Ruwart, University of Minnesota
Julian Satran, IBM Haifa Research Laboratory, Israel
Thomas Schwarz, Santa Clara University
Rodney Van Meter, Keio University, Japan
Theodore Wong, IBM Research
Jay Wylie, Hewlett Packard
Qin Xin, Symantec