LISA '98 Conference Overview Important Dates Tutorials, Refereed Papers, Invited Talks, WIPs, and BOFs Conference Topics Conference Organizers Cash Prizes and How to Submit a Paper to the Refereed Track Where To Send Refereed Paper Submission LISA '98 Products Exhibition		CASH PRIZES and HOW TO SUBMIT A PAPER TO THE REFEREED TRACK CASH PRIZES Cash prizes will be awarded at the conference for the best paper and for the best paper by a student. Prizes are for papers accepted to the refereed paper track. Important Dates Extended abstracts due: June 23, 1998 Notification to authors: July 21, 1998 Final papers due: October 16, 1998   HOW TO SUBMIT A PAPER TO THE REFEREED TRACK An extended abstract of two to five pages are required for the paper selection process. Full papers are not acceptable at this stage; if you send a full paper, you must also include an extended abstract. Include references to establish that you are familiar with related work, and, where possible, provide detailed performance data to establish that you have a working implementation or measurement tool. Submissions will be judged on the quality of the written submission, and whether or not the work advances the state-of-the-art of systems administration. Please consult the detailed author guidelines. Note that LISA, like most conferences and journals, requires that papers not be submitted simultaneously to more than one conference or publication, and that submitted papers not be previously or subsequently published elsewhere for a certain period of time. Papers accompanied by non-disclosure agreement forms are not acceptable and will be returned unread. All submissions are held in the highest confidence prior to publication in the conference proceedings, both as a matter of policy and as protected by the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976. At least one author of each accepted paper presents the paper at the conference. Authors of an accepted paper must provide a final paper for publication in the conference proceedings. Final papers are limited to 20 pages, including diagrams, figures and appendices. Complete instructions will be sent to authors of accepted papers. To discuss potential submissions and for inquiries regarding the content of the conference program, contact the program chair: Xev Gittler Email: xev@usenix.org Tel: 1.201.692-1638