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- General Questions
- What is Kernel Conference Australia?
- Where and when is the conference?
- Kernel Conference Australia will be held at the Queensland Brain Institute, Brisbane, Australia, from July 15th to 17th, 2009.
- Potential Speaker Questions
- What is a proposal?
- A "proposal" is a short summary of what you'd like to talk about. It doesn't have to be exactly what you end up talking about, but it should be close.
- What is an abstract?
- An "abstract" is a short summary (up to 3 A4 pages) of what you're actually talking about. If you don't provide one, it'll be the same as your proposal.
- What is a paper?
- For the purposes of this conference, a "paper" is a document that covers the topic that you intend to talk about. Ideally it should include an introduction to your subject, a discussion on your subject, any conclusions you can draw and a list of further references. The purpose of your paper is to give attendees a resource they can use to find out more about your talk topic.
- What is a presentation?
- A presentation or talk is a 45 minute session in which you talk about your chosen topic. The session time also includes set-up and take down time, and time for audience questions; thus you won't actually be speaking for a full 45 minutes.
- What is a lightning talk?
- Does my talk have to be about a Kernel project?
- No, but it must be about an Open Source licensed operating system. Since this is a “Kernel Conference” the program committee will be looking for at least a kernel focus in your presentation.
- Who will be my audience?
- Kernel developers, system administrators who want to peek under the hood, academics and students in IT, Computer Science and Engineering fields.
- What technology will be available to me?
- How do I get a talk/paper accepted?
- Please ensure you perform spelling and grammar checking on your proposal before submitting it. Proposals that are easy to read and understand are much more likely to be accepted. Asking a friend or two to read your proposal before you submit it is a great way to get feedback.
To get a paper accepted follow the instructions on the Call for Papers. In particular take care to make sure that your topic is likely to be of interest to the conference attendees. That is, make sure that it fits into one or more of the following categories:
- Cross-architecture kernel development
- Porting an OS to a new architecture
- Filesystems
- System performance visualisation (such as DTrace or SystemTap)
- Image visualisation (GPU kernels)
- Fault Management
- (globally) Distributed kernel development - how to make it work
- Virtualisation
- Clustering (HPC and High Availability)
- Distributed systems
- Kernel Testing - methodologies, interesting problems found
- Traps and pitfalls found when porting drivers between OSes
- Realtime performance and scheduling
- Embedded OSes and drivers (including control systems)
- Patents and Open Source
- The state of OS kernel research / what's new / work in progress
We're going to have a lot of proposals to sift through. Clever titles are great, but try to keep them short. Really long talk titles are difficult to work with, and difficult to read. Make sure that your proposal covers how the topic is interesting to our target audience and how it fits into one of the above categories.
- What if I can't make the deadlines?
- If you are having difficulties with a deadline, please let us know as soon as possible - this will make it much easier for us to work with you to find a solution.
Similarly, if you find that you have to pull out of presenting, again, please let us know as soon as possible. Telling us the week before makes the conference scheduling very very tricky.
- If my talk is accepted, will I still need to pay the admission fee for attendees?
- No, conference attendance, including the reception, is free for speakers (Standard sessions only, fee will still be applied to lightning talk speakers).
- If my talk is accepted, will you cover travel and/or accommodation expenses? Will you cover international travel?
- Unfortunately we do not have the funds to cover speaker expenses. If you can only make it to the conference if your costs are subsidised, please let us know. It may be possible for us to encourage one of our excellent sponsors to help cover these costs, but we can make no guarantees.
- What do I need to do once my talk is accepted?
- Once your talk is accepted you need to start writing your paper. As mentioned above, a paper is ideally an article about your chosen topic which allows attendees to learn more about your talk topic (even if they missed your talk). Your paper need not cover new research or original work, though of course presenting cutting edge research is definitely a way to impress your audience. All it needs is to be is a detailed, in-depth discussion of your topic such that you might expect to find in a HOWTO, a relevant page on a website, or a explanation on a mailing list. More formal papers are welcome as well.
A simple paper might consist of up to 4 pages with the following information:
- Title, author details
- Brief introduction to what your technology is
- Brief appraisal that summarises your talk content
- List of further resources
The Call for papers gives you a maximum length for your paper. You don't need to use all of that, and likewise if you need an extra little smidgen of space, we can probably let you have it (please ask!).
To ensure high quality conference content, we will be peer reviewing all papers. So you must submit a proper paper, and all slideware must be accompanied by your full speaker notes and references.
Please ensure you perform spelling and grammar checking on your paper before submitting it for review. Our reviewers' time is limited and you will get much more useful feedback if the reviewer isn't spending all of their time commenting on spelling and grammatical errors. Asking a friend or two to read your paper before you submit it is a great way to get feedback.
Make sure you get your finished paper in by the date specified in the call for papers. This will allow us to ensure that your paper is reviewed by two people. The review will cover aspects such as how well your paper flows, how it could be more interesting, and suggestions for improvement.
You will be given your reviewers' comments and some time to improve your paper. You must get your improved paper in by the final deadline.
- Who do I send my paper submission to?
- Attendee Questions
- When can I register to attend?
- Sun Microsystems will open registration on the 4th of May – Seats will be limited so make sure to be quick!
- What kind of talks can I expect to see? What will their topics be?
- You can expect to see some very technical talks about intricate details of operating system kernels, from chip level to userland. There will also be talks which cover user-visible features, demonstrating why and how they're useful.
- How long will talks be?
- The majority of talks will fit in a 45 minute slot including a few minutes for audience questions, and to setup the room. A small number of talks will fill a a longer timeframe (Keynotes, etc...). There will be at least one session of lightning talks which individually go for about 7 minutes each, but which will be run in larger blocks without breaks.
- How much will the conference cost for attendees?
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Price | Option |
$195 | Earlybird Conference Ticket (includes Conference Reception) |
$300 | (Full price) Conference Ticket |
$95 | Student price Conference Ticket (does not include Conference Reception) |
$195 | Conference ticket (per person) for groups of 3 or more people |
$0 | Presenter Conference Ticket |
- Can I get any kind of discount?
- The student price ticket offers a significant discount for conference attendance. To be eligible for this discount, you need to present a copy of your student concession at the Conference registration desk.
- Are there any sources of funding for attendees?
- Unfortunately we are unable to offer any funding for attendees. This conference is as low-cost as we can make it
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