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Join us in San Jose, CA, February 14–17, 2012, for the 10th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies. FAST '12 brings together storage system researchers and practitioners to explore new directions in the design, implementation, evaluation, and deployment of storage systems. The FAST program will again be offering tutorials, which will be taught by expert instructors including Brent Welch and Jiri Schindler and will take place on Tuesday, February 14. Beginning on Wednesday February 15, the technical program includes 26 technical papers, Work-in-Progress reports (WiPs), and two poster sessions.

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Don't miss NDSS 2012 taking place February, 5-8 2012, in San Diego, CA. The purpose of NDSS is to bring the global Internet community together to learn about and discuss cutting-edge advances in the science and application of network and distributed systems security. The three day program features refereed paper presentations, punctuated by selected invited talks on security as it is applied in the field.

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Nominating Committee Report, 2012 Election for the USENIX Board of Directors
The USENIX Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the candidates we are nominating for the upcoming USENIX Board of Directors election. Find out more here.

USENIX Conference Videos Now Open to the Public
All videos of conference technical session presentations now will be available to the general public on the USENIX Web site shortly after they take place. This shift in policy is aligned with our dedication to fostering innovation and providing open access to research. In addition to offering video content on the USENIX site, select videos will also be available on the USENIX YouTube Channel. USENIX is on the forefront of the open access issue and has offered free online access to conference proceedings since 2008. Interested in supporting USENIX? Become a member today.

USENIX Security '12: 21st USENIX Security Symposium (CFP)
August 8–10, 2012, Bellevue, WA

Submissions due: February 16, 2012  Deadline Approaching!

LEET '12: 5th USENIX Workshop on Large-Scale Exploits and Emergent Threats (CFP)
April 24, 2012, San Jose, CA

Submissions due: February 23, 2012  Deadline Approaching!

HotCloud '12: 4th USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing (CFP)
June 12–13, 2012, Boston, MA

Submissions due: March 8, 2012

HotStorage '12: 4th USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems (CFP)
June 13–14, 2012, Boston, MA

Submissions due: March 12, 2012

TaPP '12: 4th USENIX Workshop on the Theory and Practice of Provenance (CFP)
June 14–15, 2012, Boston, MA

Contributions/Proposals due: March 31, 2012

HealthSec '12: 3rd USENIX Workshop on Health Security and Privacy (CFP)
August 6–7, 2012, Bellevue, WA

Submissions due: April 10, 2012

CSET '12: 5th Workshop on Cyber Security Experimentation and Test (CFP)
August 6, 2012, Bellevue, WA

Submissions due: April 19, 2012

OSDI '12: 10th USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (CFP)
October 8–10, 2012, Hollywood, CA

Submissions due: May 3, 2012

Just Up! LISA '12: 26th Large Installation System Administration Conference (CFP)
December 9–14, 2012, San Diego, CA

Submissions due: May 17, 2012

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Thanks to those of you who joined us in Boston, MA, for LISA '11. Check out the online proceedings of the technical program.

Just Up! Videos and slides of the presentations are now available. Click here to find out more.

December 2011 ;login: Now Online

For USENIX members, the full December 2011 issue of ;login: is now online.

Articles free to everyone: "The Halting Problems of Network Stack Insecurity," by Len Sassaman, Meredith L. Patterson, Sergey Bratus, and Anna Shubina; editor Rik Farrow's "Musings"; book reviews by Elizabeth Zwicky and Sam Stover; "USENIX Notes," with an announcement about the 2012 Election for the USENIX Board of Directors, a remembrance of Dennis Ritchie, a celebration of a big win by the USACO team, and thanks to our wonderful volunteers; and conference reports from USENIX Security '11, CSET '11, FOCI '11, WOOT '11, HealthSec '11, and HotSec '11.

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