BSDCon 03 reminder

USENIX BSDCon '03, September 8-13, 2003, San Mateo, CA
Register before August 18th and save $150

Once again BSDCon showcases the BSD community's long history of
innovative research, open exchange of ideas, and collaborative work.
Don't miss it!

WHAT:   BSDCon '03
WHEN:   September 8-13, 2003
WHERE:  San Mateo, CA, San Mateo Marriott
WHO:    Developers, SysAdmins, Researchers using any BSD Operating
        System
WHY:    To learn, to share, to create the future of BSD development
HOW:    http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/

Two days of TUTORIALS including: Kirk McKusick will lead an
"Intensive Code Walkthrough" of the new BSD 5.x release, Greg Lehey
will be debugging kernel problems on live systems, Mike
DeGraw-Bertsch will teach advanced BSD system and network security,
and Poul-Henning Kamp will familiarize you with FreeBSD's new GEOM
disk I/O subsystem.

Two and a half days of PAPERS and INVITED TALKS including:

ULE: A Modern Scheduler for FreeBSD
-Jeff Roberson, The FreeBSD Project

An Automated Binary Security Update System for FreeBSD
-Colin Percival, Computing Lab, Oxford

Cryptographic Device Support for FreeBSD
-Samuel J. Leffler, Errno Consulting

Enhancements to the Fast Filesystem to Support Multi-Terabyte
Storage Systems
-Marshall Kirk McKusick, Author and Consultant

Running BSD Kernels as User Processes by Partial Emulation and
Rewriting of Machine Instructions
-Hideki Eiraku and Yasushi Shinjo, University of Tsukuba

Social and Technical Implications of Nonproprietary Software
-Peter G. Neumann, Principal Scientist, Computer Science Laboratory,
SRI International

Post-Digital Possibilities
-Michael Hawley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

BIRDS-OF-A-FEATHER SESSION and WORK-IN-PROGRESS REPORTS give you a
preview of next year's news, or present fledgling work of your own
and get feedback from the audience.

For more information and to register for USENIX BSDCon '03 visit:

http://www.usenix.org/bsdcon03/