[PLUG] PLUG Call for Participation
Michael Dexter
dexter at ambidexter.com
Tue Oct 6 22:24:11 UTC 2015
Hello all,
In my continuing effort to making a conference warrior out of each of
you, I wish to remind you of PLUG's ongoing CFP.
While PLUG will continue to have "invited talks" but I know you each
have a fascinating talk up your sleeve.
Submissions should include:
A 50 to 300 word description/abstract of the talk
Optional speaker(s) bio(s)
Optional slides to be posted at pdxlinux.org
Optional handouts
Optional extended abstract and full academic paper
Your availability (1st Thursday or 3rd Tuesday and month)
Yes, some conferences require all of these but PLUG is about as flexible
as it gets. I think we've had everything short of extended abstracts and
papers. What is an academic paper? I consider it a formal historic
snapshot of a project you are working on that clearly communicates what
you set out to do and what you achieved. Tweets and blog posts are nice
but it is very rewarding to establish a point of reference that with
luck, will be referred to for decades. One such point of reference is
Popek and Goldberg's definitive paper on Virtualization from 1974:
http://www.cs.nyu.edu/courses/fall14/CSCI-GA.3033-010/popek-goldberg.pdf
As a bonus I and perhaps other PLUG members will gladly help you flesh
out ideas for talks. Any topic can be interesting if addressed from the
right perspective and at the right depth. We want to hear about your
unique experiences relating to a given subject. Yes, you are the local
or possibly world expert on something and it's just a question of
determining what that something is. If it is of interest to you, it
certainly is of interest to someone else.
Send your talk proposals to me at dexter at ambidexter.com or to the list
CC'ing me for peer review and ideas.
I look forward to your submissions!
Next slot: December Advanced Topics, Tuesday the 16th
Michael Dexter
PLUG Volunteer
More information about the PLUG
mailing list