Time & Location

An electronic version of the proceedings will be made available.

The proceedings:

Scope

The Plan 9 operating system and related technologies, such as the 9p protocols and the Inferno OS, have gained increased interest due to the recent founding of the Plan 9 Foundation and the publication of Plan 9 and Inferno source code under the MIT open source license.

This 2024 edition of the International Workshop on Plan 9 aims to bring together researchers, developers and students working on Plan 9 from Bell Labs or related systems, platforms, and projects, to discuss a wide range of system and application ideas and issues.

Suggested topics for papers and discussion include, but are not restricted to, any of the following:

• System Architecture
• System Services
• Ports to New Hardware Platforms
• File Systems and Servers
• Applications
• Projects for other Platforms Related to Plan 9
• Security Topics

All systems in the Plan 9 family are welcome.

Important Dates

Sep TBD, 2023: Abstracts deadline
Nov TBD, 2023: Paper deadline
Nov TBD, 2023: Works in Progrss deadline
Nov TBD, 2023: Hackathons and tutorials proposal deadline
Jan TBD, 2024: Paper acceptance notification
Jan TBD, 2024: WIP acceptance notification
Feb TBD, 2023: Camera ready version
Feb 1, 2024: Registration deadline (to receive an IWP9 t-shirt)
Mar TBD, 2024: Registration deadline (no t-shirt for you!)
March TBD-TBD, 2024: Workshop

Types of Submission

In order to increase the interactivity of the workshop, we intend to offer a hackathon and/or tutorial session in addition to the presentation of regular and short work in progress papers. Please send your proposal to iwp9paper at iwp9.org including the topic and a short abstract of the session, the name(s) of the organizer(s), duration of the session and required infrastructure (e.g. wired/wireless network, power, video projector).

Paper Submission

Papers of up to 15 pages must be sent to iwp9paper at iwp9.org in PDF. Please do not forget to include the e-mail address of the author. Submissions will be acknowledged via e-mail (please allow for a small delay). Papers must be visually similar to Plan 9 papers that can be found at /sys/doc/9/ in order to compile a homogeneous proceedings book. Please keep this look and feel, use the same fonts and do not include page numbers.

Work-in-Progress Submission

WIP of up to 3 pages must be sent to iwp9wip at iwp9.org in PDF format. Please do not forget to include the e-mail address of the author. Submissions will be acknowledged via e-mail (please allow for a small delay). Formatting requirements are the same as for papers.

Registration

The registration deadline is March 1st, 2024. To receive an IWP9 t-shirt, please register by Feb 1st, 2024. Please note that we can accomodate, at most, TBD attendees.

To register, please send an e-mail to iwp9reg at iwp9.org with your name, affiliation and e-mail address, one per line. If you would like an IWP9 t-shirt, please also include the preferred size.

Location & Travel

The workshop will be held in Munich, Germany on the campus of the Munich University of Applied Sciences.

Talks: March TBD, 2024, located at TBD
Workshop: March TBD 2024, located at TBD

Some attendees may need visas. To check, please look here. Letters of invitation will be available by request.

Respect

We expect that attendees will remain respectful of one another. Any organizer has the right to request an attendee to leave.

Sponsors

Professor Stefan Wallentowitz, Host and Faculty Sponsor, Munich University of Applied Sciences

Program Committee

Organizing Committee

For further inquiries, please send an e-mail to iwp9 at iwp9.org.

Previous workshops

1st IWP9 (2006), Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain; 2nd IWP9 (2007), Bell Labs, NJ, United States; 3rd IWP9 (2008), University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece; 4th IWP9 (2009), University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States; 5th IWP9 (2010), Seattle, WA, United States. 6th IWP9 (2011), Madrid, Spain. 7th IWP9 (2012), Dublin, Ireland. 8th IWP9 (2013), Athens, Georgia. 9th IWP9 (2023), Waterloo, ON, Canada.