[Storage-research-list] CFP: First USENIX Workshop on Large-Scale Computing (LASCO ’08)

[Rob Ross]

Hi all,

Apologies if you receive multiple copies! Good opportunity for storage  
and file system papers at a new workshop held in conjunction with  
USENIX '08 in Boston. Please consider submitting!

Regards,

Rob

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LASCO '08 Call for Papers

First USENIX Workshop on Large-Scale Computing (LASCO '08)
June 23, 2008
Boston, MA, USA

Sponsored by USENIX, the Advanced Computing Systems Association

LASCO '08 will be co-located with the 2008 USENIX Annual Technical  
Conference (USENIX '08), which will take place June 22–27, 2008.

Important Dates
Submissions due: April 16, 2008, 11:59 p.m. PDT
Notification to authors: May 5, 2008
Final papers due: June 2, 2008

Workshop Organizers

Program Chair
Toni Cortes, Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Publicity Chair
Michael Schöttner, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Program Committee
Gheorghe Almasi, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
David Bader, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Yolande Berbers, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Angelos Bilas, FORTH, Greece
Erich Focht, NEC, Germany
Andrzej Goscinski, Deakin University, Australia
Ian Johnson, Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK
Thilo Kielmann, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
Christine Morin, INRIA, France
Ira Pramanick, Google, USA
Rob Ross, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Stephen L. Scott, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Heinz Stockinger, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Switzerland
Zhiwei Xu, Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of  
Sciences, China

Workshop Overview
With the increasing interest devoted to grid computing and large  
clusters, large-scale computing is once more becoming a key topic in  
the systems arena. Current technology and needs are pushing the  
concept of large-scaling much further than ever before, and new  
solutions need to be researched and applied.

The objective of this workshop is to gather people working on large- 
scale computing. For this reason, we will organize it with a mixture  
of invited speakers who are leaders or key participants of significant  
projects in the area, traditional research papers, and larger  
attendant participation (more time for discussion).

We seek high-quality submissions that further the knowledge and  
understanding of large-scale computing, with an emphasis on  
implementations and experimental results. Specific topics of interest  
include but are not limited to:

     * Application execution management
     * Application-system interface
     * Ease of use
     * File and storage systems
     * Grid operating systems
     * Heterogeneity
     * Industrial use cases
     * Networking and network services
     * Peer-to-peer management
     * Reliability, availability, and scalability
     * Security, privacy, and trust
     * System and network management and troubleshooting
     * Virtualization

Submitting a Paper
Submissions should be no longer than ten (10) U.S. letter (8.5" x 11")  
pages, two-column format, using 10-point type on 12-point (single- 
spaced) leading within a 6.5" x 9" text block.

Author names and affiliations should appear on the title page.  
Submissions must be in PDF and must be submitted via the Web  
submission form.

Papers accompanied by nondisclosure agreement forms will not be  
considered. All submissions will be treated as confidential prior to  
publication in the Proceedings.

Simultaneous submission of the same work to multiple venues,  
submission of previously published work, and plagiarism constitute  
dishonesty or fraud. USENIX, like other scientific and technical  
conferences and journals, prohibits these practices and may, on the  
recommendation of a program chair, take action against authors who  
have committed them. In some cases, program committees may share  
information about submitted papers with other conference chairs and  
journal editors to ensure the integrity of papers under consideration.  
If a violation of these principles is found, sanctions may include,  
but are not limited to, barring the authors from submitting to or  
participating in USENIX conferences for a set period, contacting the  
authors' institutions, and publicizing the details of the case.  
Authors uncertain whether their submission meets USENIX's guidelines  
should contact the Program Chair, toni.cortes at bsc.es, or the USENIX  
office, submissionspolicy at usenix.org.

Online copies of the papers will be made available before the workshop  
to registered attendees and will be publicly available online after  
the workshop. Participants may update their papers to incorporate  
workshop feedback.