Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: Lionel Garth Jones <lgj [ at ] usenix [ dot ] org> > Date: 6 May, 2011 17:17:35 EDT > To: scott5 [ at ] ovsage [ dot ] org > Subject: Making It Easier to Submit Papers to USENIX LISA '11 > > Greetings, could this please be posted to the following e-mail address? > > ocuug [ at ] listserv [ dot ] storm [ dot ] ca > > We want YOU to submit a paper this year to the LISA conference. > Really. Yes, you! Whether you are an academic developing new > algorithms that improve system administration, a leader of an open > source project that sysadmins find valuable, or a practitioner in > industry that has written new software to improve productivity, we > believe there's a paper inside all of you that wants to get out! > (LISA '11 is December 4-9, 2011, in Boston). LISA is also a great > venue for student papers: it is a friendly audience and we have a > "Best Student Paper" award that pays cash. > > LISA '11 is doing three big things this year to make it easier to > submit a paper: > > 1. We provide mentoring. > > Submitting a paper to a conference can be intimidating, a lot of work, > and stressful. To make the process easier, the members of the LISA > Program Committee (PC) are available to provide mentoring. You can > bounce ideas off of us by email or phone, we'll proofread your drafts, > and we'll try to answer any questions about the conference or submission > process. Just write "assign me a mentor" in email to the conference > co-chairs at lisa11chairs [ at ] usenix [ dot ] org. > > Mentors can help turn your accepted abstract into a "print ready" final > draft. We'll also work with you over video chat to rehearse and > strengthen your presentation for the conference. > > 2. You don't have to submit a full paper. > > It can be heartbreaking to write a complete paper only to learn it > wasn't accepted for this year's conference. Papers are 8 to 18 pages; > that's a lot of writing. In recent years about 20 of the approximately > 80 submitted papers were accepted. > > While you may submit a complete paper, we will also accept an > "extended abstract" of 4-8 pages. You only write the full paper by > the publication deadline if your abstract is accepted. > > In an extended abstract, you document the meat of your paper. You want > to make sure you don't leave out important points such as what you have > achieved along with how you achieved it. Phrases like "the full paper > will reveal the new algorithm" don't allow the PC to evaluate your > efforts. Working with a mentor can help you through this process to > ensure you submit the best abstract possible. > > 3. You don't have to be a scientist. > > "But I haven't invented anything!" Refereed papers describe work that > advances the art or practice of system administration and are held to > high research standards. However, LISA has an additional category > called "Practice and Experience Reports" (PER) that describe a > substantial system administration project whose story reveals lessons > worth sharing. In other words, you did something awesome and want to > tell the world about it so they can learn from your mistakes. (Did I say > mistakes? I meant "learn from your awesomeness.") Actually, failures > are often worth documenting as we learn the most! > > A PER is judged on the basis of whether it addresses a pressing or > rising need in the industry and the usefulness of the lessons learned. > If accepted, a final draft of the full report (4-10 pages) is due by the > publication deadline, just like refereed papers. > > The first paper I presented at a LISA conference would have been a PER, > if the category had existed then. That was 1997! My paper wasn't > rocket science (or even computer science), but we were able to explain > some valuable insights into what to do (but mostly what not to do). > > We're also looking for proposals for general talks, special Q&A talks > called "The Guru Is In," and posters. > > http://www.usenix.org/lisa11/cfpb > > Conclusion > > Every PC member is currently reaching out to friends, calling > universities, and visiting user groups to encourage people to submit > papers. We'd love for you to announce the Call for Participation at your > local user group meetings (and we'll give you a little gift if you do). > Let us know if you're interested in getting more involved by > participating on a future PC. > > LISA '11 is making an extra big effort to seek out new papers and new > authors. We're doing outreach, we're making the submission process > easier, and we're providing mentoring. So, if you have never submitted > an abstract to LISA, maybe this is your year. Contact us if you are on > the fence. Maybe we can answer your questions and concerns to put you > on the path to successful author. > > The submission deadline is June 9, 2011. That may seem far in the > future but it creeps up on us very fast. Start brainstorming your paper > now and we look forward to receiving your submission soon! > > Tom Limoncelli > LISA '11 Program Co-Chair > lisa11chairs [ at ] usenix [ dot ] org > > Key dates: > -- Submission deadline: June 9, 2011, 11:59 p.m. PDT: > Extended abstracts, papers, experience reports, and proposals for > invited talks, workshops, and tutorials > -- Notification to all submitters: July 11, 2011 > -- Publication deadline: September 15, 2011: Final papers and reports due > -- Poster proposals due: November 11, 2011 > ----------------------------------------------
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