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The submission deadline for the LISA '08 Call for Papers is approaching. Please submit extended abstract and paper submissions by Thursday, May 8, 2008, 11:59 p.m. PDT.

The Call for Participation with submission guidelines and sample topics can be found here.

Submit your work to the 2nd USENIX Workshop on Offensive Technologies (WOOT '08). Taking place July 28, 2008, in San Jose, CA, the workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners in system security to present research advancing the understanding of attacks on operating systems, networks, and applications.

See the Call for Papers for information on how to participate. Submissions are due June 1, 2008.

Please join us May 31, 2008, at U.C. Berkeley for a Tribute to Honor Jim Gray. Gray is known for his groundbreaking work as a programmer, database expert, and Microsoft engineer. The tribute will include a general session followed by a technical sessions program. Speakers include Joe Hellerstein, Mike Olson, and Ed Lazowska. The event is sponsored by the Family of Jim Gray, ACM, USENIX, and EECS, UCB.

The registration deadline for technical sessions is Tuesday, April 15.

Find out more and register here.

The Program Committee for the First Workshop on Large-Scale Computing (LASCO '08) is seeking high-quality submissions that further the knowledge and understanding of large-scale computing, with an emphasis on implementations and experimental results.

Please submit your work by 11:59 p.m. PDT on April 16, 2008.

See the Call for Papers for information on how to participate.