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From: "David J. Craig" <Dave@nospam.yoshimuni.com>
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Subject: [9fans] Re: FAST 2002 - Conference on File and Storage Systems
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 09:35:01 +0000
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Maybe we can all agree to not go to this conference.  It is just a bunch of
spam and not very tasty either.  $640 is absurd.  If you want warm weather,
go to Florida and enjoy lower taxes and costs.

"Ann Tsai" <mktgadm@usenix.org> wrote in message
news:mktgadm-975D68.11140517122001@reader.news.uu.net...
> REGISTER BY JANUARY 7 AND SAVE!
> http://www.usenix.org/events/fast/
>
> Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST 2002)
> January 28-30, 2002
> Monterey, California, USA
>
> Join the top storage systems researchers and practitioners, at FAST, the
> premier forum for discussing the design, implementation, and uses of
> storage systems. FAST will be the successor to IOPADS, which for several
> years was the top conference dedicated to parallel and distributed I/O
> systems.
>
> The FAST program, represents some of the outstanding work in the area,
> with technical presentations given by top researchers from both academia
> and the industry including:
>
> Dr. Robert Morris, Director of the IBM Almaden Research Center
> "Storage: From Atoms to People,"
>
> David Patterson, University of California at Berkeley
> "Availability and Maintainability >> Performance: New Focus for a
> New Century."
>
> Dr. Mark Kryder, Seagate Technology
>
> Dr.Hans Coufal, IBM Research
>
> Dr. Jim Gray, Microsoft Research
>
> FAST 2002 will consist of two days of technical presentations, including
> refereed papers, invited talks, and an introductory keynote address.
> Work-in-progress presentations and informal Birds-of-a-Feather sessions
> will round out the conference experience allowing attendees to meet
> respected colleagues and provide valuable feedback.
>
> FAST is the conference to attend to get the best of the best in file
> systems and storage technology and a strong vision of the future.
>
> We look forward to seeing you in beautiful Monterey, California!
>
> =============================================================
> FAST 2002 is Co-sponsored by USENIX, The Advanced Computing Systems
> Association, in cooperation with ACM SIGOPS and IEEE TCOS.