Writing a Publishable USENIX/SAGE Technical Paper

This document contains a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation on what a typical program committee for a USENIX/SAGE-sponsored technical conference tends to look for in a paper for a refereed papers track. It provides information about issues the author should consider before submitting an extended abstract to the program committee, as well as suggestions on improving the submission to increase the chances of the paper being accepted.

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Browse the (1999) presentation

Select a slide from the list below:

• (Cover)
• Quickest way to get published
• Overview
• Why me?
• Why you?
• What the Committee looks for
• Extended abstract
• Extended abstract (continued)
• Relevance
• Presentation
• Quality
• Overall
• Comments
• Questions we ask
• More questions we ask
• Statistics
• 1998 LISA attendee affiliations
• Increasing your chances
• LISA '99 conference info
• Incentives
• Online resources
• Questions
• Questions

The 2000 presentation is available as well.

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