8th International Workshop on Plan 9

Important Dates - Paper Submission - Program - WIP Submission - Registration - Location & Travel - Accommodation - Posters

Purpose
The workshop aims to bring together researchers, developers and students working on Plan 9 (see Plan 9 from Bell Labs), or related systems, platforms, and projects, to discuss a wide range of system and application ideas and issues.

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.

Important Dates
Sep 1: Paper submission deadline
Sep 14: Paper acceptance notification
Oct 1: Works in progress submission deadline
Oct 7: WIP acceptance notification
Oct 15: Registration deadline
Oct 15: Camera ready version
Oct 30 — Nov 1: Workshop

Paper Submission
Papers of up to 15 pages must be sent to iwp9paper at iwp9.org in PDF or PS format. Please do not forget to include the e-mail address of the contact 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. See for example this paper. These macros and this mkfile can be used to duplicate this look. Please keep this look and feel, use the same fonts and do not include page numbers.

For accepted papers, besides the PDF/PS file, it would be nice if authors could provide a LaTeX (or troff) source in order to facilitate the compilation of the proceedings book. This is not mandatory. Worst case, page numbers and a toc will be added by hand. The workshop proceedings will be published in electronic form. We are also considering the edition of a printed version with ISBN, to be distributed during the workshop.

Program Outline (subject to change)

Wed 2013.10.30
15:00-		Gather in the Fred Building 220 College Ave, 6th floor
16:30-17:30	Welcome and Key Note: “The Simple Mystery,” Brantley Coile
18:00-		Dinner at Amici's (Wing Night)
		Continue at Allgood

Thu 2013.10.31
09:30-10:15	Inferno in Embedded Space: Porting to the Sun Spot
		Brian L. Stuart (paper)
10:15-11:00	Multiprocessor Kernel Debugging Using Acid
		Steven Stallion (paper, slides)
11:00-11:30	GSOC recap
		Anthony Sorace
11:30-12:00	Presentations
12:00-14:00	Lunch at The Globe
14:00-15:00	CPython: Constricting the Great Ape
		Jeff Sickel (slides)
15:00-15:30	Break
15:30-16:00	Automatic Booting
		Erik Quanstrom (paper, slides)
16:30-17:00	Presentations
17:00-		Depart for Terrapin Brewery via shared Taxi
19:40		Return downton via shared Taxi
20:00		Dinner at NONA
		GO Bar!

Fri 2013.11.1
09:30-12:00	Raspberry pi hacking
12:00-14:00	Lunch at DePalma's
14:00-17:00	Raspberry pi hacking
17:00		Dinner at Trapeze

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

Program and Proceedings
An electronic copy is available on this page.

Registration
The registration deadline is Oct 15th, 2013. To register, please send an e-mail to iwp9reg at iwp9.org with your name, affiliation and e-mail address, one per line.

Location & Travel
Athens, GA USA.

Accommodation
We have arranged a special rate with Hotel Indigo Athens. When booking a room at Hotel Indigo for the Plan 9 Conference, guests can reference "Coraid Conference" when booking over the phone, or "COC" when booking online. The rate is $129/night with a $10/day parking fee if applicable.

Program Committee
Lindsey Dasher, Coraid, Inc.
Noah Evans, Bell Labs
Gorka Guardiola, Lsub, URJC
Erik Quanstrom, IWP9.org
Steven Stallion, Coraid, Inc.