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Call for Papers: SYSTOR 2015</font>
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May 26-28, 2015</font>
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Haifa, Israel</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We invite you to submit original and
innovative papers to SYSTOR 2015, The 8th ACM International Systems and</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Storage Conference.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The conference will take place May 26-28,
2015 in Haifa, Israel.</font>
<br><a href=http://systor.org/2015><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">http://systor.org/2015</font></a>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Paper submission deadline: March 5,
2015</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">SYSTOR has a broad scope, promoting
experimental and practical computer systems research encompassing the</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">following topics:</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Operating systems, computer
architecture, and their interactions</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Distributed, parallel,
and cloud systems</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Networked, mobile, wireless,
peer-to-peer, and sensor systems</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Runtime systems and
compiler/programming-language support</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * File and storage systems</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Security, privacy, and
trust</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Virtualization</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Embedded and real-time
systems</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Fault tolerance, reliability,
and availability</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Deployment, usage, and
experience</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Performance evaluation
and workload characterization</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">IMPORTANT DATES</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Full & short paper
submission: March 5, 2015</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Highlights paper submission:
April 30, 2015</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Paper notification:
April 5, 2015</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Camera-ready submission:
April 17, 2015</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Poster submission: April
30, 2015</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Poster notification:
May 11, 2015</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">SYSTOR is a home for high-quality international
systems research of a practical nature and welcomes both academic</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">and industrial contributions. We solicit
paper submissions in three separate categories:</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Full papers: should
report original, previously unpublished high-quality research, and be at
most 10 pages of</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">content, including everything except
references, which may use additional pages. The program committee will</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">review all submitted papers. Accepted
papers will be presented at the conference and included in the conference</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">proceedings, to be published by the
ACM.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Short papers: should
report original, previously unpublished work for which a full paper may
not be suitable.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Short paper submissions may report on
smaller ideas; unconventional ideas that are still in a preliminary stage</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">of development; interesting negative
results; experimental (in)validation of previous findings; controversial</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">positions that challenge common wisdom;
and fresh approaches for addressing old problems. Short papers may be at</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">most 5 pages, excluding references.
They will undergo the same review process as full papers. If accepted,
short</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">papers will be allocated a shorter talk
slot during the conference and will also be published in the conference</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">proceedings.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Highlight papers: should
contain exciting research results that have been accepted to a recent top-tier</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">systems conference or journal. A small
sub-committee will briefly review these submissions and will select the</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">most suitable ones for SYSTOR. The corresponding
presentations will then be "replayed" at SYSTOR for the benefit</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">of the local community. A highlight
paper submission should include the full citation of the published or</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">accepted paper and a link to it. Accepted
submissions will not be published in the proceedings.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">SYSTOR 2015 will host distinguished
keynote speakers, a poster session, and several social events at the</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">conference. Our goal is to provide an
excellent forum for interaction across the systems community:</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">international, academic, and industrial,
for both students and more established members.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Additional details can be found at:
</font><a href=http://www.systor.org/2015/cfp.html><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">http://www.systor.org/2015/cfp.html</font></a>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Gernot Heiser (NICTA
and UNSW, Australia)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Idit Keidar (Technion)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">GENERAL CHAIR</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Dalit Naor (IBM Research)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">POSTERS CHAIR</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * David Breitgand (IBM
Research)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">STEERING COMMITTEE HEAD</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Michael Factor (IBM
Research)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">STEERING COMMITTEE</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Ethan Miller (University
of California Santa Cruz)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Liuba Shrira (Brandeis
University)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Dan Tsafrir (Technion)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Yaron Wolfsthal (IBM
Research)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> * Erez Zadok (Stony Brook
University)</font>
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