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# USENIX - 2002 USENIX Annual Technical Conference - Technical Sessions

THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2002   8:45 am | 10:30 am|Opening Remarks & Keynote|note
Opening Remarks, Awards, and Keynote
Serra Ballroom I

Keynote Address:  The Internet's Coming Silent Spring
Lawrence Lessig, Stanford University

The innovation of the Internet grew out of the network's unique design. Its 'architecture' was built to enable neutral and unrestrained innovation. In this talk, Lawrence Lessig shows how this ecology of innovation is now being undermined by those who were threatened by the original network architecture. Changes to this architecture, and the legal environment within which it lives, will in turn undermine the network's potential.

Professor Lessig, the nation's leading scholar of law and cyberspace, recently formed the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School. The Center aims to examine the relationship between the architecture of cyberspace and the basic constitutional and public policy values that define our democracy.
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11:00 am | 12:30 pm|General: File Systems|note
GENERAL TRACK
Steinbeck Forum

File Systems
Session Chair: Greg Ganger, Carnegie Mellon University

Structure and Performance of the Direct Access File System (DAFS)
Kostas Magoutis, Salimah Addetia, Alexandra Fedorova, and Margo Seltzer, Harvard; Jeff Chase, Drew Gallatin, Richard Kisley, and Rajiv Wickremesinghe, Duke; and Eran Gabber, Lucent

Conquest: Better Performance Through a Disk/RAM Hybrid File System
An-I Wang, Peter Reiher, and Gerald Popek, UCLA; and Geoffrey Kuenning, Harvey Mudd College

Exploiting Gray-Box Knowledge of Buffer Management
Nathan C. Burnett, John Bent, Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau, and Remzi H.  Arpaci-Dusseau, University of Wisconsin
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11:00 am | 12:30 pm|Talks: IETF|note
INVITED TALKS
Serra Ballroom I

The IETF, or, Where Do All Those RFCs Come from, Anyway?
Steve Bellovin, AT&T Labs Research

What are Internet standards, and where do they come from? What is the real meaning of an RFC? Did a black helicopter really land on the White House lawn? The last topic won't be covered, but you'll hear all you need to know about the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) and what it does. More important, you'll hear why you should care, and perhaps even participate.
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11:00 am | 12:30 pm|Freenix: Building Apps|note
FREENIX TRACK
Serra Ballroom II

Building Applications
Session Chair: Chris Demetriou, Broadcom Corp.

Interactive 3D Graphics for Tcl
Oliver Kersting and Jrgen Dllner, Hasso-Plattner-Institute, University of Potsdam

The AGFL Grammar Work Lab
Cornelis H.A. Koster and Erik Verbruggen, KUN

SWILL: A Simple Embedded Web Server Library
Sotiria Lampoudi and David M. Beazley, University of Chicago
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11:00 am | 12:30 pm|Guru: Linux on Laptop/PDA|note
GURU SESSIONS
Ferrante Room

Linux on Laptop/PDA
Bdale Garbee, HP Linux Systems Operation

Bdale currently works at HP helping to making sure Linux will work well on future HP systems. He has worked on both UNIX internals and embedded systems for many years. He helped jump-start ports of Debian GNU/Linux to 5 architectures other than i386, and keeps an impressive number of oddball systems running Linux in his basement just for fun.  When he's not busy trying to keep his compute farm running, Bdale's other big hobby is amateur radio, specifically building amateur satellites.
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2:00 pm | 3:30 pm|General: Operating Systems|note
GENERAL TRACK
Steinbeck Forum

Operating Systems (and Dancing Bears)
Session Chair: Frank Bellosa, University of Erlangen-Nrnberg

The JX Operating System
Michael Golm, Meik Felser, Christian Wawersich, and Jrgen Kleinoeder, University of Erlangen-Nrnberg

Design Evolution of the EROS Single-Level Store
Jonathan S. Shapiro, Johns Hopkins University; and Jonathan Adams, University of Pennsylvania

Think: A Software Framework for Component-based Operating System Kernels
Jean-Philippe Fassino, France Telecom R&D; Jean-Bernard Stefani, INRIA; Julia Lawall, DIKU; and Gilles Muller, INRIA
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2:00 pm | 3:30 pm|Talks: Air Traffic Mgt|note
INVITED TALKS
Serra Ballroom I

Introduction to Air Traffic Management Systems
Ron Reisman and James Murphy, NASA Ames Research Center, and Rob Savoye, Seneca Software

This introduction to air traffic control systems summarizes the operational characteristics of the principal Air Traffic Management (ATM) domains (i.e., en route, terminal area, surface control, and strategic traffic flow management) and the challenges of designing ATM decision support tools. The Traffic Flow Automation System (TFAS), a version of the Center TRACON Automation System (CTAS), will be examined. TFAS achieves portability across platforms (Solaris, HP/UX, and Linux) by adherence to software standards (ANSI, ISO, POSIX). Software engineering issues related to design, code reuse, portability, performance, and implementation are discussed.
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2:00 pm | 3:30 pm|Freenix: Netwrk Perfrmance|note
FREENIX TRACK
Serra Ballroom II

Network Performance
Session Chair: Craig Metz, Extreme Networks

Linux NFS Client Write Performance
Chuck Lever, Network Appliance; and Peter Honeyman, CITI, University of Michigan

A Study of the Relative Costs of Network Security Protocols
Stefan Miltchev and Sotiris Ioannidis, University of Pennsylvania; and Angelos Keromytis, Columbia University

Congestion Control in Linux TCP
Pasi Sarolahti, University of Helsinki; and Alexey Kuznetsov, Institute for Nuclear Research at Moscow
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2:00 pm | 3:30 pm|Guru: Large Data|note
GURU SESSIONS
Ferrante Room

Large Data/Clusters/Resilient Computing
Andrew Hume, AT&T Labs Research

Andrew Hume has worked at Bell Labs and AT&T for 21 years. Most recently, he has been working on solving very large-scale data problems, using data feeds from legacy systems, on a Linux cluster using resilient computing techniques.
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4:00 pm | 5:30 pm|General: Building Services|note
GENERAL TRACK
Steinbeck Forum

Building Services
Session Chair: Jason Nieh, Columbia University

Ninja: A Framework for Network Services
J. Robert von Behren, Eric A. Brewer, Nikita Borisov, Michael Chen, Matt Welsh, Josh MacDonald, Jeremy Lau, Steve Gribble, and David Culler, University of California at Berkeley

Using Cohort Scheduling to Enhance Server Performance
James R. Larus and Michael Parkes, Microsoft Research
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4:00 pm | 5:30 pm|Talks: Adventures in DNS|note
INVITED TALKS
Serra Ballroom I

Adventures in DNS
Bill Manning, ISI

The Internet Domain Name System is poised for explosive growth in several areas: * adding support for IPv6; * DNS security; * support for alternate character encoding methods. The existing DNS root structure was constructed with some presumptions about the underlying transport protocol that have dictated how the DNS root structure and context have evolved. Our project has constructed and deployed a root context that supports the IPv4 data but introduces new features and protocol support. We have augmented the system with IPv6 and DNSSec records and are discussing how to test alternate encodings. I'll review some preliminary findings and possible ramifications.
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4:00 pm | 5:30 pm|Freenix: Xtreme Xcitement|note
FREENIX TRACK
Serra Ballroom II

Xtreme Xcitement
Keith Packard, XFree86 Core Team & SuSE, Inc.

The Future Is Coming: Where the X Window System Should Go
James Gettys, Compaq Computer Corp.

XCL: An Xlib Compatibility Layer for XCB
Jamey Sharp and Bart Massey, Portland State University

Biglook: A Widget Library for the Scheme Programming Language
Erick Gallesio, University of Nice; and Manuel Serrano, INRIA
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4:00 pm | 5:30 pm|Guru: SAMBA|note
GURU SESSIONS
Ferrante Room

SAMBA Ins and Outs
Gerald Carter, SAMBA Team / Hewlett-Packard

Gerald Carter has been a member of the SAMBA Team since 1998 and is employed by Hewlett-Packard as a Software Engineer, where he works on Samba-based print appliances. He is currently working on a guide to LDAP for system administrators with O'Reilly Publishing. Gerald holds a master's degree in computer science from Auburn University, where he was also previously employed as a network and system administrator.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2002 9:00 am | 10:30 am|General: Netwrk Perfrmance|note
GENERAL TRACK
Steinbeck Forum

Network Performance
Session Chair: Vern Paxton, ACIRI

EtE: Passive End-to-End Internet Service Performance Monitoring
Yun Fu, Duke University; Ludmila Cherkasova and Wenting Tang, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories; and Amin Vahdat, Duke University

The Performance of Remote Display Mechanisms for Thin-Client Computing
S. Jae Yang, Jason Nieh, Matt Selsky, and Nikhil Tiwari, Columbia University

A Mechanism for TCP-Friendly Transport-Level Protocol Coordination
David Ott and Ketan Mayer-Patel, University of North Carolina
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9:00 am | 10:30 am|Talks: Breaking Things|note
INVITED TALKS
Serra Ballroom I

The Joy of Breaking Things
Pat Parseghian, Transmeta

When Transmeta launched the Crusoe microprocessor, how did we assure its compatibility with the x86 architecture? The CPU's layered design poses unique challenges, from the silicon's underlying proprietary architecture through the multiple stages of the Code Morphing Software which executes x86 instructions. This talk will share a testing philosophy and set of practices that can be applied to software products as well as systems or devices.
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9:00 am | 10:30 am|Freenix: Kernel|note
FREENIX TRACK
Serra Ballroom II

Hacking in the Kernel
Session Chair: Chuck Cranor, AT&T Labs Research

An Implementation of Scheduler Activations on the NetBSD Operating System
Nathan J. Williams, Wasabi Systems Inc.

Authorization and Charging in Public WLANs Using FreeBSD and 802.1x
Pekka Nikander, Ericsson Research NomadicLab

ACPI Implementation on FreeBSD
Takanori Watanabe, Kobe University; and Michael Smith, The FreeBSD Project
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9:00 am | 10:30 am|Guru: Portable Apps|note
GURU SESSIONS
Ferrante Room

Developing Portable Applications
Nick Stoughton, MSB Consultants

Nick is a principal with MSB Associates, a small Bay Area consulting firm.  He is the USENIX standards liaison, and has been working on developing standards for portable applications (most notably POSIX and LSB) for 10 years. He is head of delegation for the UK to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG15, Secretary to the IEEE Portable Applications Standards Committee, and Technical Editor for the Itanium Architecture Specific Linix Standards Base document. While not developing standards for portabilty, he is writing portable applications for his clients.
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11:00 am | 12:30 pm|General: Storage Systems|note
GENERAL TRACK
Steinbeck Forum

Storage Systems
Elizabeth Shriver, Bell Labs

My Cache or Yours? Making Storage More Exclusive
Theodore Wong, Carnegie Mellon University; and John Wilkes, Hewlett-Packard Labs

Bridging the Information Gap in Storage Protocol Stacks
Timothy E. Denehy, Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau, and Remzi H.  Arpaci-Dusseau, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Maximizing Throughput in Replicated Disk Striping of Variable Bit-Rate Streams
Stergios V. Anastasiadis, Duke University; and Kenneth C. Sevcik and Michael Stumm, University of Toronto
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11:00 am | 12:30 pm|Talks: Technology, Liberty, and Washington|note
INVITED TALKS
Serra Ballroom I

Technology, Liberty, and Washington
Alan Davidson, Center for Democracy and Technology

The open, distributed, end-to-end architecture of today's Internet is becoming a favorite target of policymakers in the U.S. and around the world. For example, in the wake of the September 11 attacks, new laws and regulations have been proposed in the U.S. to enable greater government monitoring of Internet activity.  Concerns about copyright have prompted some to propose government-mandated digital-rights-management security standards. These and other initiatives could directly impact both the architecture of the Internet and the rights of Internet users. This talk will report on the latest Internet security and policy initiatives in Washington and examine their impact on the Internet's architecture and individual liberty.
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11:00 am | 12:30 pm|Freenix: Analyzing Apps|note
FREENIX TRACK
Serra Ballroom II

Analyzing Applications
Session Chair: Jim McGinness, Consultant

Gscope: A Visualization Tool for Time-Sensitive Software
Ashvin Goel and Jonathan Walpole, Oregon Graduate Institute, Portland

Inferring Scheduling Behavior with Hourglass
John Regehr, University of Utah

A Decoupled Architecture for Application-Specific File Prefetching
Chuan-Kai Yang, Tulika Mitra, Tzi-Cker Chiueh, Stony Brook University
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11:00 am | 12:30 pm|Guru: Automated Sys Admin|note
GURU SESSIONS
Ferrante Room

Automated System Administration
Steve Traugott, TerraLuna, LLC

Steve helped pioneer the term "Infrastructure Architecture" and has worked toward industry acceptance of this SysAdmin++ career track for the last several years. He is a consulting Infrastructure Architect and publishes tools and techniques for automated system administration. His deployments have ranged from financial trading floors and NASA supercomputers to Web farms and growing startups.
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2:00 pm | 3:30 pm|Talks: CNN.com|note
INVITED TALKS
Serra Ballroom I

CNN.com: Facing a World Crisis
William LeFebvre, CNN Internet Technologies

On September 11, 2001, Net users flocked to news sites. The unexpected and unprecedented demand quickly drove nearly every news site into the ground, and CNN.com was no exception. What brought our site back up was a tremendous effort of teamwork, fast thinking, and troubleshooting. On September 11, with only 85% availability, we nearly equaled our site's all-time high. Next day, we shattered previous site records. This talk tells the story of the CNN.com team that met an unbelievable user demand.
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4:00 pm | 5:30 pm|General: Tools|note
GENERAL TRACK
Steinbeck Forum

Tools
Session Chair: Christopher Small, Sun Microsystems

Simple and General Statistical Profiling with PCT
Charles L. Blake and Steven Bauer, LCS MIT

Engineering a Differencing and Compression Data Format
Phong Vo and David Korn, AT&T Labs
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4:00 pm | 5:30 pm|Talks: Taking an Open Source Project to Market|note
INVITED TALKS
Serra Ballroom I

Taking an Open Source Project to Market
Eric Allman, Sendmail, Inc.

What happens when a long-time open source project is converted to a commercial model? Some effects are business-oriented and expected: for example, marketing and sales departments appear. Some are less obvious, involving the way engineering is done. Open source sendmail has been the major MTA since 1982. In 1998, as sendmail neared a "success disaster," a commercial company was formed to develop and support sendmail. The focus of this talk will be on engineering, but business issues will also crop up.
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4:00 pm | 5:30 pm|Freenix: Access Control|note
FREENIX TRACK
Serra Ballroom II

Access Control
Session Chair: Robert Watson, NAI Labs & The FreeBSD Project

Design and Performance of the OpenBSD Stateful Packet Filter (pf)
Daniel Hartmeier, Systor AG

Enhancing NFS Cross-Administrative Domain Access
Joseph Spadavecchia and Erez Zadok, Stony Brook University
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4:00 pm | 5:30 pm|Guru: Netwk Mgt & System Tuning|note
GURU SESSIONS
Ferrante Room

Network Management, System Performance Tuning
Jeff R. Allen, Tellme Networks, Inc.

Jeff has been working in the Sysadmin field since 1992. He finds himself drawn to running large, complex systems that serve people who don't want to know they are using a computer (therein lies the complexity). He developed tools for the NOC at WebTV Networks, then moved to Tellme Networks, where today he acts as a bridge between engineering and the NOC, interfaces with the European operations team, and solves tricky problems as they arise.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2002 9:00 am | 10:30 am|General: Where in the Net|note
GENERAL TRACK
Steinbeck Forum

Where in the Net . . .
Session Chair: Patrick McDaniel, AT&T Research

A Precise and Efficient Evaluation of the Proximity Between Web Clients and Their Local DNS Servers
Zhuoqing Mao, UC Berkeley; and Charles Cranor, Fred Douglis, Michael Rabinovich, Oliver Spatscheck, and Jia Wang, AT&T Labs

Geographic Properties of Internet Routing
Lakshminarayanan Subramanian, UC Berkeley; Venkata N. Padmanabhan, Microsoft Research; and Randy H. Katz, UC Berkeley

Providing Process Origin Information to Aid in Network Traceback
Florian Buchholz, Purdue University; and Clay Shields, Georgetown University
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9:00 am | 10:30 am|Talks: Info Visualization for Systems People|note
INVITED TALKS
Serra Ballroom I

Information Visualization for Systems People
Tamara Munzner, Compaq SRC

By interacting with a carefully designed visual representation of data, people form mental models that help them carry out a specific task more effectively. To meet the daunting design challenge of finding a cognitively useful spatial mapping for an abstract dataset, information visualization draws on ideas from several intellectual traditions, including computer graphics, human-computer interaction, cognitive psychology, semiotics, graphic design, cartography, and art. I will present a survey of information visualization techniques and methods, concentrating on solutions relevant to problems faced by computer systems people.
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9:00 am | 10:30 am|Freenix: Engineering Open Source Software|note
FREENIX TRACK
Serra Ballroom II

Engineering Open Source Software
Session Chair: Niels Provos, University of Michigan

Ningaui: A Linux Cluster for Business
Andrew Hume, AT&T Labs Research; and Scott Daniels, EDS

CPCMS: A Configuration Management System Based on Cryptographic Names
Jonathan S. Shapiro, Johns Hopkins University

X Meets Z: Verifying Correctness in the Presence of POSIX Threads
Bart Massey, Portland State University; and Robert T. Bauer, Rational Software Corp.
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9:00 am | 10:30 am|Guru: Cheswick|note
GURU SESSIONS
Ferrante Room

Internet Security, Intranet Security, Mapping Networks
Bill Cheswick, Lumeta Corporation

Ches used to be a programmer from Bell Labs. Now he is a programmer for a Bell Labs startup. He is working hard on the second edition of his book.
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11:00 am | 12:30 pm|General: Programming|note
GENERAL TRACK
Steinbeck Forum

Programming
Session Chair: Darrell Anderson, Duke University

Cyclone: A Safe Dialect of C
Trevor Jim, AT&T Labs Research; and Greg Morrisett, Dan Grossman, Michael Hicks, James Cheney, and Yanling Wang, Cornell

Cooperative Tasking Without Manual Stack Management
Atul Adya, Jon Howell, Marvin Theimer, Bill Bolosky, and John Douceur, Microsoft Research

Improving Wait-Free Algorithms for Interprocess Communication in Embedded Real-Time Systems
Hai Huang, Padmanabhan Pillai, and Kang G. Shin, University of Michigan
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11:00 am | 12:30 pm|Talks: Fixing Network Security by Hacking the Business Climate|note
INVITED TALKS
Serra Ballroom I

Fixing Network Security by Hacking the Business Climate
Bruce Schneier, Counterpane Internet Security

Network security has long been considered an engineering problem, which companies try to solve by applying technologies. The technologies are failing, and the problem is worsening. What we need are security processes, such as detection, response, and deterrence.  However, the only way to get corporate management to adequately address security is to change the risk-management equation. This can be achieved by enforcing penalties for liabilities and giving corporate management the means to reduce or insure against those liabilities. It's only after we do all of these things that the Internet will be a safe and secure place.
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11:00 am | 12:30 pm|Freenix: File Systems|note
FREENIX TRACK
Serra Ballroom II

File Systems
Session Chair: Erez Zadok, Stony Brook University

Planned Extensions to the Linux Ext2/Ext3 Filesystem
Theodore Ts'o, IBM; and Stephen Tweedie, Red Hat

Recent Filesystem Optimisations on FreeBSD
David Malone, Dublin Institute of Technology; and Ian Dowse, Trinity College

Filesystem Performance and Scalability in Linux 2.4.17
Ray Bryant, SGI; Ruth Forester, IBM; and John Hawkes, SGI
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11:00 am | 12:30 pm|Guru: Jim Gettys|note
GURU SESSIONS
Ferrante Room

General/Random
Jim Gettys, Compaq

Jim helped develop the X Window System. He also edited the HTTP/1.1 spec, and is now messing with Linux handhelds.
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2:00 pm | 3:30 pm|General: Mobility|note
GENERAL TRACK
Steinbeck Forum

Mobility
Session Chair: Mary Baker, Stanford University

Robust Positioning Algorithms for Distributed Ad-Hoc Wireless Sensor Networks
Chris Savarese, UC Berkeley; Koen Langendoen, Delft University of Technology; and Jan Rabaey, UC Berkeley

Application-specific Network Management for Energy-aware Streaming of Popular Multimedia Formats
Surendar Chandra, University of Georgia; and Amin Vahdat, Duke University

Characterizing and Analyzing Alert and Browse Services of Mobile Clients
Atul Adya, Paramvir Bahl, and Lili Qiu, Microsoft Research
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2:00 pm | 3:30 pm|Talks: Life in an Open Source Startup|note
INVITED TALKS
Serra Ballroom I

Life in an Open Source Startup
Daryll Strauss, Consultant

Development is very different for open source companies. Strangers look at your code. You give away large parts of your intellectual property. Demands are made by your users. You're expected to explain your plans and actions. Outsiders contribute code without necessarily understanding the material in depth. The benefits are a better product that better meets the requirements of your users. The development of OpenGL for Linux, a very large and very visible open source project, was a roller coaster ride with a startup company, acquisition, and finally a split, but the project lives on. This talk will debunk some of the myths about open source development and will draw conclusions in the hope of improving experiences for future open source companies.
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2:00 pm | 3:30 pm|Freenix: Things to Think About|note
FREENIX TRACK
Serra Ballroom II

Things to Think About
Session Chair: Toon Moene, GNU Fortran Team

Speeding Up the Kernel Scheduler by Reducing Cache Misses
Shuji Yamamura, Akira Hirai, Mitsuru Sato, Masao Yamamoto, Akira Naruse, and Kouichi Kumon, Fujitsu Laboratories, LTD

Overhauling Amd for the '00s: A Case Study of GNU Autotools
Erez Zadok, Stony Brook University

Simple Memory Protection for Embedded Operating System Kernels
Frank Miller, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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2:00 pm | 3:30 pm|Guru: Sysadmin Management|note
GURU SESSIONS
Ferrante Room

Sysadmin Management/General
David Parter, University of Wisconsin, Madison

David has been a system administrator at the University of Wisconsin Computer Science Department for 10 years, serving as Associate Director for the past six. David has been the senior system administrator, guiding a staff of 8 fulltime sysdamins, and supervising up to 12 student sysadmins at a time. His experiences in this capacity include working with other groups on campus; providing technical leadership to the group; managing the budget; dealing with vendors; dealing with faculty; and training students. As a consultant, he has dealt with a variety of technical and management challenges. David has also been active in SAGE, serving on several program committees and chairing LISA '99. He currently serves as SAGE President.
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4:00 pm | 5:30 pm|Closing Session: How Flies Fly?|note
GENERAL TRACK
Serra Ballroom

Special Closing Session: How Flies Fly?
Michael H. Dickinson, Williams Professor, UC Berkeley

Join Professor Dickinson as he shares his fascinating exploration into the flight behavior and aerodynamics of flies. In his research Professor Dickinson uses virtual technology to reconstruct what a fly 'sees' and determine the means by which the fly's nervous system integrates visual and olfactory input to modify aerodynamic forces. This clever fusion of olfactory and visual information produces a robust and efficient search algorithm and should serve as a useful model for control systems in autonomous vehicles.
END

Thursday, June 13 5:30 pm | 7:00 pm|Exhibition Happy Hour|note
Exhibition Happy Hour
De Anza Ballroom
DoubleTree Hotel

Enjoy refreshments and light snacks while visiting the Exhibition.
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Friday, June 14 12:30 pm|1:30 pm|Lunch in the Exhibition Hall|note
Free Pizza and Soda!
Visit the exhibition on Friday at 12:30 pm and enjoy a slice of pizza and soda on us.
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Friday, June 14 8:00 pm|10:00 pm|Dessert Reception|note
Dessert Reception at the Aquarium

USENIX '02 offers many opportunities for attendees to socialize and get to know each other. Don't miss our special dessert reception on Friday, June 14, at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.  The Aquarium features a new special exhibit on jellyfish.
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Friday, June 14 2:00 p.m. | 3:30 p.m.|WiPs|note
GENERAL TRACK
Steinbeck Forum

Work-in-Progress Reports (WiPs)
Session Chair: Amin Vahdat, Duke University

Short, pithy, and fun, Work-in-Progress reports introduce interesting new or ongoing work. If you have work you would like to share or a cool idea that's not quite ready for publication, send a one- or two-paragraph summary to usenix02wips@usenix.org. We are particularly interested in presenting students' work. A schedule of presentations will be posted at the conference, and the speakers will be notified in advance. Work-in-Progress reports are five-minute presentations; the time limit will be strictly enforced.
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Friday, June 14 5:30 pm | 6:30 pm|USENIX Annual Meeting|note
USENIX Annual Meeting
San Carlos I & II, Marriott

Meet the USENIX Association Board of Directors and staff. Get an update on USENIX activities. Let's explore new ideas on how best to serve you!
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Saturday, June 15 12:30 pm | 1:30 pm|World Juggling Day!|note
In celebration of World Juggling Day on Saturday, June 15th, join fellow attendees on Jeffers Plaza (off the Steinbeck Lobby) during the lunch break (12:30 pm - 1:30 pm) to juggle together and attract some new converts to the sport.
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Wednesday, June 12 6:00 pm | 11:55 pm |BoFs|note
Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions (BoFs)

Do you have a topic you'd like to discuss with others? Our Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) sessions may be perfect for you. These informal and highly interactive evening gatherings are a great way for you to present new work, meet with your peers and maximize your time at the conference. Topics range from highly technical, to fun! Past BoF sessions include:

Getting Plugged into Sendmail
BSD Users, Unite!
UWIN-UNIX for Windows
Oldtimer's BoF
Sun-Manager's BOF
Workplace Issues for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered Sysadmins & Friends
How do YOU manage to not get spammed?

Don't miss the famous LINUX BoF with Linus Torvalds and Ted Ts'o on Friday, June 14 from 10pm- midnight.

These sessions are open to all attendees and can be scheduled during the conference at the registration desk or in advance by contacting USENIX (bofs@usenix.org); please include preferred day and time, title of the BoF, and the name, email address, and phone number of the moderator. Check the BoF Board in the Registration area for any changes and additions.
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Wednesday, June 12  6:00 pm|7:00  p.m.|Berkeley DB BoF|note
Berkeley DB BoF
Emily Salus, Sleepycat Software
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  6:00 pm|8:00  p.m.|SAGE BoF|

  9:30 pm|11:30  p.m.|Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Friends BoF|note
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Friends BoF
Trey Harris
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Thursday, June 13  6:00 pm|7:00  p.m.|Standards BoF|note
Standards BoF
Nick Stoughton
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Thursday, June 13  6:00 pm|7:00  p.m.|Web auth BoF|note
User authentication on the Web sucks: What can we do?
Kevin Fu, MIT
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  7:00 pm|9:00  p.m.|Sun Community BoF|note
Sun Community BoF
Eric Boulitier, Sun
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  7:00 pm|10:00  p.m.|Super BSD BoF|note
Super BSD BoF
Kirk McKusick
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  8:00 pm|9:00  p.m.|GCC testing BoF|note
Getting users involved in GCC integration testing
Janis Johnson
IBM Linux Technology Center
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  8:00 pm|10:00  p.m.|XFree86 BoF|note
XFree86
Keith Packard
XFree86 Core Team
HP Cambridge Research Lab
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  10:00 pm|11:00  p.m.|Plan 9 BoF|note
Plan 9
Russ Cox
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Friday, June 14  10:15 pm|11:55 pm|Linux BoF|note
Linux BoF
Linus Torvalds, Ted T'so & Stephen Tweedie
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