Dear Friend:

As I celebrated my first anniversary with USENIX last month, I reflected on what a great year it's been getting to know the various communities we serve. I also observed that there's no substitute for in-person communications to help build, strengthen, and broaden your personal and professional networks.

Why build your network by attending a USENIX conference?

  • Gain new perspectives on existing problems. Sometimes that spontaneous conversation in the lunch buffet line can bring about the perfect solution to your latest work challenge.
  • Open the door to collaboration. Discover others who share your passion and curiosity for leading-edge topics in advanced computer systems.
  • Expand your horizons for future career growth. When it's time for a change, finding a new role is frequently about "who you know."

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With a year of conference participation under my belt, I can vouch for USENIX providing a safe and welcoming environment that facilitates and nurtures these connections. I strongly encourage you to make attendance at one of our upcoming conferences a priority.

I look forward to seeing you there and meeting you in person!

Cheers,
Liz Markel
USENIX Community Engagement Manager

Watch

  • What's new in the world of networked systems design and implementation? Check out videos of the technical sessions presented at NSDI '19.
  • There's a lot to watch from FAST '19 as well! If file and storage technologies are your areas of interest, take a moment to browse the videos on the program page.
  • Don't forget: videos of the Enigma 2019 talks are available to watch, too!
  • Videos from SREcon19 Americas talks will be posted on the program page soon. We'll tweet about it @SREcon when they're live, so make sure to follow us.
  • Want more? Videos from many of our past conferences are available on our multimedia page.

Join Us

Registration is open for the following conferences:

  • NEW EVENT! 2019 USENIX Conference on Operational Machine Learning: May 20 in Santa Clara, CA, USA. The early bird registration and hotel reservation deadline is Monday, April 29.
    The inaugural OpML provides a forum for both researchers and industry practitioners to develop and bring impactful research advances and cutting edge solutions to the pervasive challenges of ML production lifecycle management. ML production lifecycle is a necessity for wide-scale adoption and deployment of machine learning and deep learning across industries and for businesses to benefit from the core ML algorithms and research advances. Review the program.
  • SREcon19 Asia/Pacific: June 12-14 in Singapore. The early bird registration and hotel reservation deadline is Monday, May 20.
    SREcon is a gathering of engineers who care deeply about site reliability, systems engineering, and working with complex distributed systems at scale. It aims to serve both those new to the profession as well as those who have been involved in it for years. The conference has a culture of critical thought, deep technical insights, continuous improvement, and innovation. Review the program.

Take note: registration for the 2019 USENIX Annual Technical Conference and co-located workshops will open in early May.

Apply for a travel grant for these events:

  • OpML: Diversity Grant applications are due Monday, April 22.
  • SREcon19 Asia/Australia: Diversity Grant applications are due Monday, May 6.

View a full list of upcoming USENIX conferences.

Participate

Publish and present your work at a USENIX conference! Mark your calendar with these upcoming deadlines.

Wednesday, May 1:

  • NEW EVENT! Talk proposals due, PEPR '19: 2019 USENIX Conference on Privacy Engineering Practice and Respect

Tuesday, May 7:

Wednesday, May 15:

Tuesday, May 21:

  • Paper submissions due, CSET '19: 12th USENIX Workshop on Cyber Security Experimentation and Test

Thursday, May 23:

  • Paper submissions due, FOCI '19: 9th USENIX Workshop on Free and Open Communications on the Internet

Wednesday, May 29:

Monday, June 10:

Tuesday, June 18:

View a full list of all USENIX open Calls for Papers and Calls for Participation.

Sponsor

Contact sponsorship@usenix.org for additional information about connecting with USENIX communities at these events:

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NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS

USENIX invites you to join our LISA19 Industry Partner, LinuxFest Northwest, at their 20th anniversary event in Bellingham, WA, USA, on April 26–28. Established in 2000, LinuxFest Northwest is an annual open source event co-produced by Bellingham Linux Users Group and the Information Technology department at Bellingham Technical College. LFNW features presentations and exhibits on free and open source topics, as well as Linux distributions & applications, InfoSec, and privacy—something for everyone from the novice to the professional!

From our friends at the 18th International Workshop on High Performance Transaction Systems: Send in brief position papers for a chance to participate at HPTS 2019, taking place in Pacific Grove, CA, USA, on November 3–6. Submissions can be on any topics that affect today's systems and their design and implementation, especially where performance and scalability are concerned. The CFP deadline is Tuesday, April 30.