Operating Systems Review
Editor: Jeanna Matthews (Clarkson University)
Information
Operating Systems Review (OSR) is a publication of the ACM Special Interest Group on Operating Systems (SIGOPS),
whose scope of interest includes: computer operating systems and architecture
for multiprogramming, multiprocessing, and time sharing; resource management;
evaluation and simulation; reliability, integrity, and security of data;
communications among computing processors; and computer system modeling and
analysis.
Contributions to OSR
With the January 2006 issue, the publication policy of the OSR
is changing. In particular, each issue will be organized around a theme and
submissions will be solicited for that theme. Guest editors will
often be chosen to solicit and review submissions for a special
topics issue. We are interested in having a broad range of
special topics reflecting both academic and industrial interests.
If you would like to suggest a topic or volunteer to serve as
a guest editor, please contact the OSR editor, Jeanna Matthews (jnm@clarkson.edu).
In addition to the special topics content, individual submissions will also be considered.
Individual submissions may be collected together into a single issue or included in a seperately designated section of a special topics issue.
We encourage submitters to contact the OSR editor to propose a particular individual submission and to discuss possible publication dates.
We would especially like to encourage individual submissions in the following categories:
Polemics: Seek out points of difference and encourage both sides to write their side of the story. Such articles could revisit debates from recent conferences. This could also include counter arguements or responses to recently published works.
Works in Progress: One page descriptions of recent work related to
systems.
Results of Repeated Research: Describe experience with and results from independent trials of previously published work. (See "The Case for Repeated Research In Operating Systems" in OSR, Volume 38, Number 2, April 2004.)
Memorials or Historical Accounts: ACM as a whole is working to preserve its history and has asked each of the SIGS to collect descriptions of the early days of its community. OSR would be an excellent place to publish such accounts.
Novel Approaches to Operating Systems Education: Describe particularly effective assignments and teaching techniques in operating systems.
Tutorials: Provide a clear explanation or survey of a topic of interest to the OS community.
Anyone interested in submitting an individual article should submit a proposal to the OSR editor. This proposal should briefly describe the proposed submission (1-2 paragraphs), estimate the page count of the final submission and identify it as an example of one the categories listed above if applicable.
If the proposed article is already complete, please indicate this in the
proposal.
Upcoming Special Topics
| Issue |
Topic |
Guest Editor |
Submission Deadline |
| January 2006 |
PlanetLab |
Marc Fiuczynski (Princeton) |
November 1/November 15 2005 |
| April 2006 |
Operating and Runtime Systems for
High-end Computing Systems |
Barney Maccabe (University of New Mexico)
Patrick Bridges (University of New Mexico)
Orran Krieger (IBM)
|
February 1/February 15 2005 |
| July 2006 |
Self-Organizing Systems |
Emin Gun Sirer (Cornell) |
May 1/May 15 2006 |
| November 2006 |
Best of Grad OS |
Jeanna Matthews (Clarkson) |
|
| January 2007 |
File and Storage Systems |
Erik Riedel (Seagate) |
|
Submission Directions
Final submissions to OSR should be sent via email to the OSR editor, Jeanna
Matthews (jnm@clarkson.edu), or to a special topics guest editor as directed.
Final submissions to OSR should include both an Acrobat PDF file and the original source following the ACM Proceedings format. Please adhere to the following guidelines:
Use a two-column, U.S. letter-size (8.5" x 11") document format.
Use a 0.75-inch margin everywhere -- no more, no less.
All fonts MUST be Type 1 or 3 PostScript fonts from the Latin 1 Fontset.
Do not use TrueType, bitmapped, or Ryumin fonts.
For the basic text content, use a 10-point font size.
No superfluous white-space, anywhere.
Use appropriately sized images (clearly legible, and no larger than
necessary).
No headers, footers, or page numbers.
Deadlines for final submissions are typically are typicaly the 15th of February for the April issue, May for the July, August for the October issue, and November for the January issue. The SIGOPS conference proceedings will be mailed as the December issue in odd-numbered calendar years, and the ASPLOS conference proceedings will be mailed in even-numbered calendar years.