Post Atpd5C5US92JwAkSrA by ricci@discuss.systems
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 (DIR) Post #AtpX0fdKZjuoOo2M0O by ricci@discuss.systems
       2025-05-06T21:48:26Z
       
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       I just learned that this @usenixassociation #ATC will be the last:> USENIX celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2025. We celebrate decades of innovations, experiments, and gatherings of the advanced computing system community. And in the spirit of our ever-evolving community,field, and industry, we announce the bittersweet conclusion of our longest-running event, the USENIX Annual Technical Conference in July 2025, following USENIX ATC '25.> Since USENIX’s inception in 1975, it has been a key gathering place for innovators in the advanced computing systems community. The early days of meetings evolved into the two annual conferences, the USENIXSummer and Winter Conferences, which in 1995 merged into the single Annual Technical Conference that has continued to evolve and serve thousands of our constituents for 30 years.> For the past two decades, as more USENIX conferences have joined the USENIX calendar by focusing on specific topics that grew out of ATC itself, attendance at ATC has steadily decreased to the point wherethere is no longer a critical mass of researchers and practitioners joining us. Thus, after many years of experiments to adapt this conference to the ever-changing tech landscape and community, the USENIX Board of Directors has made the difficult decision to sunset USENIX ATC.
       
 (DIR) Post #AtpbJGrhHreKtssihM by cross@discuss.systems
       2025-05-06T22:36:37Z
       
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       @ricci @usenixassociation huh. I mean, it's colocated with OSDI, so I guess I kinda see it...but the last time I went ('23) I thought it had a lot of good talks; perhaps more-so than the OSDI track.I plan on going to this one, since it's in the neighborhood.
       
 (DIR) Post #Atpd5BQ0wLrLrXLLCy by cross@discuss.systems
       2025-05-06T22:49:37Z
       
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       @ricci PS: where was this published? I can't seem to find it on the USENIX web site; curiously, they list Seattle as the location for ATC'26 (though that may just be lag in updating their web presence).
       
 (DIR) Post #Atpd5C5US92JwAkSrA by ricci@discuss.systems
       2025-05-06T22:56:29Z
       
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       @cross I received mail about it I assume just as a regular consequence of being on their mailing list
       
 (DIR) Post #AtpdBUMJQwDwLHcPDs by ricci@discuss.systems
       2025-05-06T22:57:38Z
       
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       @cross @usenixassociation Yeah, my impression is that it has really surged in quality recently. I can't comment on the financial aspects of this decision, but from the perspective of publishing top quality research this is a huge blow to the community
       
 (DIR) Post #AtqmRHpYsGzQrirpa4 by cross@discuss.systems
       2025-05-07T12:16:03Z
       
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       @ricci @usenixassociation this is something I worry about frequently. I, as an industry person, find it vital to be able to interact both with the academic and industrial research communities via conferences like this. I often wonder, what fills that gap? Aside from social media like this, where are all the cool kids, I mean, where do folks communicate regularly, if at all?One of the things that I miss about USENET was that it was sort of the public square where a broadly diverse groups of folks actually had deep conversations about technical topics. Nothing else seems to have filled that gap (at least, not that I'm aware of), and I fear that things are becoming more and more siloed. The loss of ATC reaffirms and amplifies those fears.