Ongoing EuroSys activities

• EuroSys, the European Systems Conference.
  • EuroSys is a series of Systems conferences located in Europe. It welcomes submissions and attendance from all over the world. EuroSys unifies different areas of Computer Systems, otherwise spread over multiple conferences. EuroSys sollicites submissions on all aspects of computer systems, and especially ones that cross the divide between areas.
  • Attendance: The conference consists of a single track. Approximately 170 participants from academia and industry registered in 2006, and 200 in 2007.
  • EuroSys 1 took place in April 2006, Leuven, Belgium
  • EuroSys 2 took place in March 2007 in Lisboa, Portugal.
  • EuroSys 3 took place in April 2008 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
  • EuroSys 4 in April 2009 in Nuremberg, Germany.
  • The 2010 edition will be in Paris, France, in March-April 2010.
• EuroSys PhD prize: the Roger Needham Award. EuroSys has established an annual prize to be awarded to a PhD student from a European University whose thesis is regarded to be an exceptional, innovative contribution to knowledge in the Systems area. For more information about this activity, see here.
• The 2009 EuroSys Doctoral Workshop, co-located with EuroSys 2009 in Nuremberg, will provide a forum for students to present their PhD work and receive constructive feedback and general advice from experts in the field as well as peers. Invited speakers and panel discussions will address common challenges and general advice for PhD students.
• White Paper on "Fostering Systems Research in Europe", to be submitted to European and national funding agencies and decision-makers, etc. It was publicly released at EuroSys 2006. See here. (An earlier paper is listed hereafter under "Past Activities".)

Past Eurosys-related activities

• In 2007, EuroSys organised an SOSP Shadow PC, an educational experience for young systems researchers. The shadow PC wrote real reviews of the real submissions to SOSP 2007, in parallel with the real PC, and held an actual paper selection meeting. The Shadow PC compared results with the real PC and discussed the writing and reviewing process. For more information about this activity, contact Rebecca Isaacs.
• EuroSys Authoring Workshop 2006
  • This workshop aims to help European papers get accepted at a major Systems conference, e.g. OSDI. It includes an intensive online paper preparation period, followed by a full-day, hands-on physical meeting co-located with the EuroSys 2006 conference in Leuven. Students may discuss ways of presenting their PhD work, and receive feedback from peers as well as experts in the field. We focus more on organization, presentation and writing of the paper, and less on the technical issues. Throughout the preparation period, a shepherd is assigned to work with each group of authors.
  • Attendance: 7 author groups were invited. See web site for more info.
  • The final meeting, 18 April 2006, Leuven, attracted ~25 authors, shepherds, and senior researchers.
• Systems research, education and industry in Europe, A White Paper by EuroSys. This was prepared (in a hurry) in June 2005 for the European Commission in preparation for the next round of European funding (affectionately called "FP7"). It is made obsolete by the newer paper "Fostering Systems Research in Europe" referenced above.
• 1st ACM EuroSys workshop: "Promoting excellence in European systems research".
  • Goal: This workshop is designed for senior European researchers in Systems to meet, to exchange information and discuss current research interests and trends. The aim is to reinforce the community, a key goal of EuroSys.
  • Attendance: The workshop is by invitation only, and is limited to 40.
  • Timing/venue: Lisbon, Portugal, July 2005.
• 2005 European Systems Doctoral Symposium colocated with SOSP 2005, 2008 European Systems Doctoral Symposium colocated with Eurosys 2008.
  • Goal: To provide the opportunity for European doctorate students in the area of Computer Systems to meet and discuss their projects