OSDI '27 Requirements for Authors | USENIX

This document provides supplementary information for authors writing submissions to OSDI '27 beyond that provided in the Call for Papers. Please read and follow both the instructions in the Call for Papers and these requirements carefully.
Submission of all papers must be made electronically in PDF format.
Authors should make sure that their submission prints properly on US-style 8.5 x 11-inch paper. Submitted papers will be checked by the PC against these requirements:
Do not send files meant for word-processing packages (Word, WordPerfect, LaTeX, Framemaker, etc.).
If you are using Microsoft Word or LaTeX, please make use of the templates on the conference paper templates page.
Peer review is the cornerstone of our publication culture. Preserving the integrity of this process requires ethical behavior on the part of all participants: authors, program committee members, and reviewers. In particular: There should be no out-of-band contact (i.e., anything other than that supported by standard submission processes) between authors and PC members. Authors must abide by the ACM Code of Ethics. Violations of this ethics code may include additional action by USENIX, upon the recommendation of the program co-chairs.
Lots of papers and books have been written about how to write a good paper. We strongly suggest that you read a paper called
An Evaluation of the Ninth SOSP Submissions; or, How (and How Not) to Write a Good Systems Paper.
This was written by Roy Levin and David D. Redell, the program committee co-chairs for SOSP-9, and first appeared in ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review, Vol. 17, No. 3 (July, 1983), pages 35–40.
Another helpful paper is:
The Science of Scientific Writing, George D. Gopen and Judith A. Swan, In American Scientist, Vol. 78, No. 6 (Nov–Dec, 1990), pp. 550–558.
This article describes not how to write an entire paper, but how to write sentences and paragraphs that readers can understand.
For matters of English usage, style, and taste we strongly recommend that you purchase and consult this little gem of a book:
The Elements of Style. William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White. Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, 1979.
If you have any other questions, feel free to send mail to the Program Co-Chairs at osdi27chairs@usenix.org.
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