Lead or attend a BoF! Meet with your peers! Present new work! Don't miss these special activities designed to maximize the value of your time at the conference. The always popular evening Birds-of-a-Feather sessions are very informal gatherings of persons interested in a particular topic.
Vendor BoFs
Want to demonstrate a new product or discuss your company's latest technologies with USENIX Federated Conferences Week attendees? Host a Vendor BoF! These sponsored one-hour sessions give companies a chance to talk about products and proprietary technologyand they include promotional benefits. Email sponsorship@usenix.org if you're interested in sponsoring a Vendor BoF. Click here for more information about sponsorship opportunities.
Scheduling a BoF
To schedule a BoF, simply write the BoF title as well as your name and affiliation on one of the BoF Boards located in the registration area. If you have a description of our BoF you'd like posted on this Web page, please schedule your BoF on the BoF board, then send its title, the organizer's name and affiliation, and the date, time, and location of the BoF to bofs@usenix.org with "FCW '11 BoF" in the subject line.
BoF Schedule (as of June 15, 2011)
For the most current schedule, please see the BoF Boards in the registration area.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 |
ROOM |
# of seats |
8:00 p.m.– 9:00 p.m. |
9:00 p.m.– 10:00 p.m. |
10:00 p.m.– 11:00 p.m. |
Mt. Hood |
100 |
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Columbia |
75 |
VMware Vendor BoF |
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Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
ROOM |
# of seats |
9:00 p.m.– 10:00 p.m. |
10:00 p.m.– 11:00 p.m. |
Salon C |
50 |
Minicluster BoF Strongbox Minicluster: Scalable Drawer-based design, 49 CPUs drawer, 100 Watts per drawer Mitch Williams, Sandia National Laboratories |
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Columbia |
75 |
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Salon G |
50 |
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Salons A–B |
75 |
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VMware Vendor BoF
Tuesday, June 14, 8:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m., Columbia
Beer, wine, soft drinks, and snacks will be provided.
USENIX BoF
Wednesday, June 15, 8:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m., Salon C
Come meet the USENIX Board and staff. Find out what's going on, give us your ideas on how we can better serve you, and enjoy some refreshments and dessert.
Rapid Application Development with CakePHP
Jim Lerza, Corrisoft, LLC
Wednesday, June 15, 9:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m., Salon G
A gathering of WebApp developers of all experience levels either already using the CakePHP framework or interested in practical examples of real-world use. Potential topics include a brief introduction to rapid development with the CakePHP framework for those who have not used it before, challenges of CakePHP development, knowing when and how to release portions of otherwise proprietary functionality as open plugins, and more.
Minicluster BoF: Strongbox Minicluster: Scalable Drawer-based design, 49 CPUs drawer, 100 Watts per drawer
Mitch Williams, Sandia National Laboratories
Thursday, June 16, 9:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m., Salon C
Demonstration of the Strongbox Minicluster: Built with Gumstix Overo™ Tide COMs using the ARM® Cortex™-A8-based OMAP35x processor. Strongbox provides a personal HPC test and prototype platform, Low power dissipation, Small footprint.
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