Important
Dates Paper titles and abstracts due: October 8, 2004 Final paper submissions due: October 15, 2004 Notification of acceptance: January 15, 2005 Papers due for shepherding: March 11, 2005 Final papers due: March 29, 2005 Poster proposals due: March 29, 2005 Poster notification: April 15, 2005
Conference Organizers
Program Chairs Amin Vahdat, University of California, San Diego David Wetherall, University of Washington
Program Committee Miguel Castro, Microsoft Research Jon Crowcroft, University of Cambridge David Culler, University of California, Berkeley Michael Dahlin, University of Texas at Austin Peter Druschel, Rice University Paul Francis, Cornell University Ramesh Govindan, University of Southern California Joe Hellerstein, Intel Research and University of California,
Berkeley Dina Katabi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Eddie Kohler, University of California, Los Angeles Ed Lazowska, University of Washington Jeffrey Mogul, HP Labs Vern Paxson, ICSI and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Larry Peterson, Princeton University Sylvia Ratnasamy, Intel Research Stefan Savage, University of California, San Diego Srini Seshan, Carnegie Mellon University Ellen Zegura, Georgia Institute of Technology
Steering Committee Thomas Anderson, University of Washington Peter Honeyman, CITI, University of Michigan Mike Jones, Microsoft Research Robert Morris, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mike Schroeder, Microsoft Research Amin Vahdat, University of California, San Diego Ellie Young, USENIX Association
Overview The NSDI conference focuses on the design principles of large-scale
networks and distributed systems. Systems as diverse as Internet routing,
peer-to-peer file sharing, sensor nets, scalable Web services, and
distributed network measurement share a set of challenges. Progress in
any of these areas requires an understanding of how researchers are
addressing the challenges of large-scale systems in other contexts. Our
goal is to bring together researchers from across the networking and
systems communityincluding computer networking, distributed systems, and
operating systemsto foster cross-disciplinary approaches and to address
shared research challenges.
Topics NSDI will provide a high-quality, single-track forum for presenting
new results and discussing ideas that affect these disciplines. We seek a
broad variety of work that furthers the knowledge and understanding of
the networking and systems community as a whole, continues a significant
research dialogue, or pushes the architectural boundaries of large-scale
network services. We solicit papers describing original, previously
unpublished research. Specific topics of interest include, but are not
limited to:
Routing, transport, and signaling protocols and services
Scalable techniques for high availability and reliability
Design and implementation of high-speed packet classification and
transformation algorithms
Security and robustness of networked systems
Novel architectural approaches, e.g., for specific application
domains
Network measurements, workload and topology characterization
Autonomous and self-configuring network, system, and overlay
management
Network virtualization and resource management
Distributed storage, caching, and query optimization
Algorithms for distributed systems
Operating system support for scalable network services
Application experiences, e.g., in sensor networks, peer-to-peer
systems, overlay networks, pervasive computing, and content distribution
What to Submit Submissions will be judged on originality, significance, interest,
clarity, relevance, and correctness. Submissions should be full papers,
12?14 single-spaced US 8.5" x 11" pages, including figures,
tables, and references, two-column format, using 10-point type on
12-point (single-spaced) leading within a 6" x 9" text block.
Please number the pages on your submission, and avoid using color in
figures or text. Submissions must be "blind," meaning
authors must not be identified in the submissions, either explicitly or
by implication (e.g., through references, affiliations, or
acknowledgments). We strongly recommend that you do not omit
references to provide anonymity, as this leaves the reviewer unable to
grasp the context. Instead, a good solution is to reference your past
work in the third person, just as you would any other piece of related
work.
Authors must submit their paper's title and abstract by October 8, 2004,
and the corresponding full paper is due by October 15, 2004. Accepted
papers may be shepherded through an editorial review process by a member
of the program committee. Based on initial feedback from the program
committee, authors of shepherded papers will submit an editorial revision
of their paper to their program committee shepherd by March 11, 2005. The
shepherd will review the paper and give the author additional comments.
All authors (shepherded or not) will produce a final paper by March 29,
2005, to be included in the conference Proceedings.
One author per paper may take a registration discount of $200. If the
registration fee poses a hardship to the presenter, USENIX can offer a
complimentary registration.
The NSDI conference, like most conferences and journals, does not allow
submissions that are substantially similar to works that are previously
published or are under review for publication elsewhere. Accepted
material may not be subsequently published in other conferences or
journals for one year from the date of acceptance by USENIX. Papers
accompanied by nondisclosure agreement forms will not be read or
reviewed. All submissions will be held in confidence prior to publication
of the technical program, both as a matter of policy and in accordance
with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976.
How to Submit
Authors are required to submit at least an abstract by October 8, 2004, with the full papers due on October 15, 2004. All submissions to NSDI 2005 must be electronic, in PDF or PostScript, via this Web form.
Authors will be notified of acceptance decisions via email by January 15, 2005. If you do not receive notification by that date, contact the Program Chairs at nsdi05chairs@xxxxxxxxxx.
Best Paper Awards Awards will be given for the best paper and best student paper at the conference.
Poster Session Do you have interesting work in progress you would like to share? Poster sessions are for you! Poster sessions introduce new or ongoing work. The NSDI audience provides valuable discussion and feedback. We are particularly interested in presentations of student work. To submit a poster, please send a proposal, one page or less, by March 29, 2005, to the poster session coordinator at nsdi05posters@xxxxxxxxxx. We will send back decisions by April 15, 2005.
Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions Birds-of-a-Feather sessions (BoFs) are informal gatherings organized by attendees interested in a particular topic. BoFs will be held in the evening. BoFs may be scheduled in advance by emailing the USENIX Conference Department at bofs@xxxxxxxxxx. BoFs may also be scheduled at the conference.
