USENIX BSDCon '03, September 8-13, 2003, San Mateo, CA

Register before August 18th and save $150
Once again BSDCon showcases the BSD community's long history of

innovative research, open exchange of ideas, and collaborative work.

Don't miss it!
WHAT:   BSDCon '03

WHEN:   September 8-13, 2003

WHERE:  San Mateo, CA, San Mateo Marriott

WHO:    Developers, SysAdmins, Researchers using any BSD Operating

        System

WHY:    To learn, to share, to create the future of BSD development

HOW:    http://www.usenix.org/events/bsdcon03/
Two days of TUTORIALS including: Kirk McKusick will lead an

"Intensive Code Walkthrough" of the new BSD 5.x release, Greg Lehey

will be debugging kernel problems on live systems, Mike

DeGraw-Bertsch will teach advanced BSD system and network security,

and Poul-Henning Kamp will familiarize you with FreeBSD's new GEOM

disk I/O subsystem.
Two and a half days of PAPERS and INVITED TALKS including:
ULE: A Modern Scheduler for FreeBSD

-Jeff Roberson, The FreeBSD Project
An Automated Binary Security Update System for FreeBSD

-Colin Percival, Computing Lab, Oxford
Cryptographic Device Support for FreeBSD

-Samuel J. Leffler, Errno Consulting
Enhancements to the Fast Filesystem to Support Multi-Terabyte

Storage Systems

-Marshall Kirk McKusick, Author and Consultant
Running BSD Kernels as User Processes by Partial Emulation and

Rewriting of Machine Instructions

-Hideki Eiraku and Yasushi Shinjo, University of Tsukuba
Social and Technical Implications of Nonproprietary Software

-Peter G. Neumann, Principal Scientist, Computer Science Laboratory,

SRI International
Post-Digital Possibilities

-Michael Hawley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BIRDS-OF-A-FEATHER SESSION and WORK-IN-PROGRESS REPORTS give you a

preview of next year's news, or present fledgling work of your own

and get feedback from the audience.
For more information and to register for USENIX BSDCon '03 visit:
http://www.usenix.org/bsdcon03/