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NSDI
2008
13 years 11 months ago
Before and After WOWCS: A literature survey, A list of papers we wish had been submitted
The Workshop on Organizing Workshops, Conferences, and Symposia for Computer Systems (WOWCS) was organized to "bring together conference organizers (past, present, and future...
Jeffrey C. Mogul, Tom Anderson
NSDI
2008
13 years 11 months ago
Best Practices for the Care and Feeding of a Program Committee, and Other Thoughts on Conference Organization
I provide several lessons learned from running a number of conference program committees over the past decade, as well as some additional thoughts on conference organization and t...
Fred Douglis
NSDI
2008
13 years 11 months ago
Overcoming Challenges of Maturity
In 2008, the systems and networks research communities find themselves victims of their own successes. This white paper reviews some of the evidence that the two areas are under e...
Ken Birman
NSDI
2008
13 years 11 months ago
Thoughts on Improving Review Quality
In my mind, one of the biggest problems with PCs today is the quality of the review. The main reason that review quality is often bad is because PCs are overworked. This paper sug...
Paul Francis
NSDI
2008
13 years 11 months ago
Program Committee Meetings Considered Harmful
This paper discusses various disadvantages of having a program committee meeting.
Robbert van Renesse
NSDI
2008
13 years 11 months ago
Paper Rating vs. Paper Ranking
Within the computer-science community, submitted conference papers are typically evaluated by means of rating, in two respects: First, individual reviewers are asked to provide th...
John R. Douceur
NSDI
2008
13 years 11 months ago
Freezing More Than Bits: Chilling Effects of the OLPC XO Security Model
In this paper, we discuss Bitfrost, the security model developed by the One Laptop Per Child project for its XO laptop computers. Bitfrost implements a number of security measures...
Meredith L. Patterson, Len Sassaman, David Chaum