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Aucbvax.4156 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Thu Oct 1 17:12:53 1981 Official USENIX Conference Announcement >From obrien@RAND-UNIX Thu Oct 1 17:06:52 1981 It's been suggested that the Announcement and Call for Papers be circulated to this mailing list, which seems reasonable.

PRE-ANNOUNCEMENT

1982 WINTER USENIX MEETINGS ------

The 1982 Winter USENIX Meetings will be held in Santa Monica, California, January 26 through January 29, at the Miramar Sheraton Hotel. This announcement provides early information about the dates of events, as well as persons to contact for further information. A Pre-registration Packet will be mailed before Thanksgiving. It will include both registration and hotel information and forms.

...USENIX TECHNICAL SESSIONS - January 27-29, 1982

Session topics include Conversion, Networks, Graphics, Applications, Languages, Hardware, Word Processing, etc. A session is planned for vendor presentations. Copies of the Call for Papers may be obtained from the USENIX Association at the address given below.

...SOFTWARE TOOLS USERS GROUP MEETING - January 26, 1982

The emphasis at this meeting will be standardization and consolidation of all the various implementations into a compatible system.

...UNIX* TUTORIALS -- January 26, 1982

Two all day tutorials will be offered:

1) OVERVIEW OF UNIX, intended for programmers with prior UNIX experience.

2) TEXT PROCESSING AND DOCUMENT PREPARATION, intended for clerical staff users of UNIX.

For further information, please contact:

John L. Donnelly NCAR P.O. Box 3000 Boulder, Colorado 80307

(303) 494-5151

...VENDOR EXHIBITION - January 26 (afternoon) - January 29, 1982

An exhibit by vendors will be held at the Miramar.

Vendors wishing to exhibit should contact:

Mr. Harry Kerman, President Conventions West, Inc. 9301 Wilshire Boulevard Beverly Hills, California 90210

(213) 278-2326

[ If you did not receive this Announcement directly and wish to be on the mailing list for receipt of the Pre-registration Packet, please contact:

USENIX Association Box 8 Rockefeller University 1230 York Avenue New York, New York 10021

(212) 360-1039 Note: The above number will be changed shortly after 10/30/81 to (212) 570-8934 ]

*UNIX is a trademark of Bell Laboratories

1982 Winter USENIX Conference

Call for Papers ---------------

The 1982 Winter USENIX Conference will be held in Santa Monica, California, January 27 through January 29, at the Miramar Sheraton Hotel. Abstracts are now being accepted from individuals wishing to make presentations at the conference. Potential speakers must submit a 250-word abstract to Mike O'Brien (address below) by October 29, 1981. Abstracts may be sent by any available means; electronic mail is preferred.

It is planned that one session be available for vendor presentations. Presentations at this session should consist of factual descriptions of currently available products. More technical presentations should be reserved for the other, more technical sessions, at which vendors are also welcome.

Possible session topics include:

VAX Further developments, 750 experiences, system extensions

V7 Rumor is that it's slow. Why? Tuning, extensions, and major and minor customization efforts.

V6 Is there a case for retaining it? Do some people prefer it?

CONVERSION How to ease the pain of version conversion.

NETWORKS Local nets and long-haul nets. Distributed systems. UUCP installation and modifications. Building the USENET. Gateways. RJE.

GRAPHICS Core standards. Necessary system extensions. Exchange of available packages.

APPLICATIONS Mail systems, editors, database systems, games, etc.

LANGUAGES New language systems and debussers. Changes, fixes, and extensions to C.

HARDWARE Portability to new processors. News and rumors about new processors.

WORD PROCESSING Newer and better tools and applications package.

Abstracts must contain the following information:

Full name of author Installation name and U.S. mailing address Electronic address, if available (Arpanet, or UUCP net relative to a "well-known" host such as ucbvax or decvax) Telephone number and hours available Audio-visual requirements

Authors will be notified of accepted presentations in advance of the conference. Talks already presented at previous conferences are discouraged unless the previous conference was one not likely to attract the USENIX community, or unless SIGNIFICANT new developments are described.

Abstracts should be mailed to:

Michael T. O'Brien The Rand Corporation 1700 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90406

obrien@rand-unix (Arpanet) decvax!randvax!obrien (UUCP)

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