USENIX ATC '25: Call for Papers

The 2025 USENIX Annual Technical Conference (USENIX ATC '25) will take place on July 7–9, 2025, at the Sheraton Boston in Boston, MA, USA. The conference is co-located with the 19th USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI '25).

Overview

USENIX ATC '25 seeks original, high-quality submissions that improve and further the knowledge of computing systems, with an emphasis on implementations and experimental results. We are interested in systems of all scales, from small embedded mobile devices to data centers and clouds.

The scope of USENIX ATC covers all practical aspects related to computer systems, including but not limited to:

• Operating systems
• Runtime systems
• Parallel and distributed systems
• Storage
• Networking
• Security and privacy
• Virtualization
• Software-hardware interactions
• Performance evaluation and workload characterization
• Reliability, availability, and scalability
• Energy and power management
• Bug-finding, tracing, analyzing, and troubleshooting

We value submissions more highly if they are accompanied by clearly defined artifacts not previously available, including traces, original data, source code, or tools developed as part of the submitted work. We particularly encourage new ideas and approaches.

Important Dates

• Abstract registrations due: Tuesday, January 7, 2025, 11:59 pm UTC
• Submissions due: Tuesday, January 14, 2025, 11:59 pm UTC
• Authors' response period: Monday, April 7–Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 11:59 pm UTC
• Notification to authors: Friday, April 25, 2025
• Final papers due: Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Submission Guidelines

• Anonymity: USENIX ATC '25 will employ double-blind reviewing. Papers that are not properly anonymized may be rejected without review.
• Originality: Submissions must contain original unpublished material that is not under review at any other forum, including journals, conferences, and workshops with proceedings.
• Registration: Papers need to be registered and their abstracts submitted by the abstract registration deadline. Papers with an empty abstract at the time of the abstract registration deadline will be rejected.
• Artifact Evaluation: There will be an optional artifact evaluation process for accepted papers. Visit the href="/conference/atc25/call-for-artifacts" - Call for Artifacts page for details.
• Further Details: For detailed submission instructions, please see the href="/conference/atc25/submission-instructions" - Submission Instructions page.

Submission Types

USENIX ATC '25 accepts both full and short submissions.

• Full submissions: Must not exceed 12 pages, excluding references and appendices.
• Short submissions: Must not exceed 6 pages, excluding references and appendices.

Both types are reviewed to the same standards and differ primarily in scope. A short paper presents a complete idea that is properly evaluated, just like in a full-length submission. Optionally, authors can include an appendix to provide material that may be of interest to some reviewers, such as algorithm details, proofs, and code snippets, but is not central to the contributions of the paper.

Deployed Systems Track

USENIX ATC '25 solicits papers that describe the design, implementation, analysis, and experience with real-world deployment of systems and networks. Papers for the deployed systems track need not present new ideas or results to be accepted but should convey practical insights. Note that the rules regarding submission and anonymization are different for deployed systems track papers.

Generative AI Policy

Authors must not submit papers containing sections generated entirely by generative AI. Authors must submit a statement attesting that their paper does not include sections completely created by generative AI as part of the submission process in HotCRP. For more detailed questions about the appropriate use of generative AI, please feel free to contact the ATC co-chairs.

Contact Information

Please direct any questions to the program co-chairs at href="mailto:atc25chairs@usenix.org?subject=Questions about USENIX ATC '25 CFP" - atc25chairs@usenix.org or to the USENIX office at href="mailto:submissionspolicy@usenix.org?subject=Questions about USENIX ATC '25 CFP" - submissionspolicy@usenix.org .

Conference Organizers

• Program Co-Chairs: Deniz Altınbüken (Google), Ryan Stutsman (University of Utah and Stellar Development Foundation)
• Steering Committee: A list of committee members is available on the conference website.

Registration Information

• Early Bird Registration Deadline: Monday, June 16
• See the href="https://www.usenix.org/conference/atc25/registration-information" - Registration Information page for details, including fees and discount information.