Linux Symposium Issues CFP

C. Craig Ross let me know that the 2006 Linux Symposium has issued their 2006 call for papers The conference is being held from July 19th thru the 22nd up in luverly Ottawa, Canada. OLS has been a phenomenal show in the past, and I highly recommend it for people looking for a "meaty" show. Proposals for papers will be accepted from January 1st - February 1st, so get writing.

Comments

They better have something good

[Eli Gottlieb]

I'm really hoping that these "papers" end up being serious material about new technologies which run on Linux, rather than another 100 papers on "Why Linux Should Do as I Say to Achieve World Domination".

Re:They better have something good

[Anonymous Coward]

Have you even taken a look at the previous year's proceedings? They're all avaliable on the OLS's web site:
http://www.linuxsymposium.org/2006/proceedings.php
All of the talks are highly technincal and most topics covered wouldn't directly affect the average end user. These aren't opinion papers!

Re:They better have something good

[tpgp]

I'm really hoping that these "papers" end up being serious material about new technologies which run on Linux, rather than another 100 papers on "Why Linux Should Do as I Say to Achieve World Domination".

Hmmmmn, lets have a look at the 2005 schedule:

Two examples (chosen at random):

• Enhancements to Linux I/O Scheduling

• RapidIO for Linux

Looks like its a serious conference, for serious linux hackers.

What is the focus?

[webword]

I'm surprised by the lack of information on the Call for Papers page. What is the focus? What is the theme? Usually conferences of this size and scope have some sort of target. This sounds like a rock and roll free-for-all.

Sidebar: "Papers must be formatted using the provided LaTeX template" This seems a bit old skool to me. I've been out of the academic loop for a few years now, but is this standard now? Even for a Linux Love Fest this seems like a bit of a constraint...

Re:What is the focus?

[Chirs]

You can look at papers from previous years on the website.

There is no focus or theme for the conference. It's essentially one of the main technical linux conferences, so topics cover the gamut from where X.org is headed, to driver optimizations for a particular network card, to introducing whole new protocol stacks.

Also, anyone who wants to present a talk will likely have attended previous years.

FAQ about the event

[Doomedsnowball]

Q. What is the legal drinking age in Canada?

A. In Ontario (the provice that Ottawa is in) the legal drinking age is 19. (from TFA's site FAQ)

Re:FAQ about the event

[IAAP]

Ah, that's good. I want to propose a kernel supported bartender's guide. That way, drink recipes will come up really fast!

Re:FAQ about the event

[Dystopian Rebel]

Q. What are my chances of meeting a g-g-girl at the Symposium?

A. We'd all like to read your white paper about that.