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A comprehensive guide for authors on how to position novelty within top-tier systems literature (like EuroSys, SOSP, OSDI). It teaches authors to move beyond superficial citations by defining concrete 'technical deltas,' systematically covering neighboring research venues, and structuring the argument based on problem dimensions rather than chronology. Essential for ensuring rigorous academic positioning.

This guide helps researchers evaluate whether their computer systems project—covering areas like OS, distributed infrastructure, cloud computing, and ML systems—is best suited for EuroSys, or if it should target other top-tier venues like SOSP, OSDI, or ASPLOS. It provides rigorous criteria covering built artifacts, transferable ideas, evidence quality, and strategic timing to maximize publication chances.

This guide details the USENIX FAST artifact evaluation process, providing systematic advice for researchers submitting system papers. It explains the requirements for earning the three USENIX badges (Available, Functional, Reproduced). Key topics include managing hardware dependencies in storage systems, packaging best practices (e.g., Docker containers, raw logs, comprehensive READMEs), and ensuring the final artifact is maximally reproducible for external evaluation.

A comprehensive guide for researchers deciding the optimal conference venue (e.g., FAST, OSDI, NSDI, ATC) for their storage-related academic work. It advises on distinguishing a core storage contribution from general systems results, detailing specific contribution shapes FAST rewards, and providing routing logic based on the project's nature and evidence maturity.

This guide provides a rigorous framework for designing and auditing empirical studies in software engineering (SE). It emphasizes that evidence must proportionally match the claims made, covering topics like using real subject systems, establishing fair baselines, calculating SE-standard statistics (effect sizes, CIs), and ensuring thorough provenance, especially for LLM-based work. It helps researchers strengthen their research methodology before publication.

This guide helps researchers determine the most appropriate conference venue (e.g., HPCA, ISCA, MICRO, ASPLOS) for their microarchitecture or systems research paper. It outlines key criteria, such as whether the contribution is a measured microarchitectural cost, a buildable mechanism, or a measurable characterization, and how to strategically route the project based on its novelty and evidence.

This guide details the advanced methodology for structuring the 'Related Work' section for top-tier academic conferences (e.g., ASPLOS). It emphasizes positioning research across multiple parallel domains—including architecture, OS/systems, compilers, and accelerators—and defining the precise technical boundary where your work advances the state of the art.

A comprehensive guide for researchers determining if their cross-layer systems work belongs at ASPLOS or a specialized venue (e.g., ISCA, SOSP, PLDI). It introduces the crucial "deletion test," a routing table based on core claims (microarchitecture, language design, etc.), and criteria for identifying genuine cross-disciplinary intersections between OS, PL, and Architecture.

A comprehensive guide for authors targeting the IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE). This skill helps assess venue fit, re-frame manuscripts from journal/arXiv styles, and structure papers for top CS conferences. It details required evidence (system architecture, realistic workloads) and best practices for positioning contributions in data engineering, database systems, and analytics.

This guide establishes standards for reporting reproducibility in robotics research, addressing the difference between traditional ML and physical systems. It mandates that every claim must be classified as either 'rerunnable' (executable code/simulation) or 'auditable' (detailed logs, hardware specs, and protocols). It covers creating a complete evidence map, detailing the hardware specification ledger, explicitly reporting the sim-to-real gap, and writing an honest availability statement, all within the main paper body.

This framework guides authors on positioning their Information Systems (IS) research manuscripts by joining existing, ongoing academic conversations rather than simply cataloging gaps. It emphasizes the necessity of demonstrating an intradisciplinary move by bridging multiple theoretical silos (e.g., economic, behavioral, design-science) and engaging core IS scholarship to maximize academic impact in top-tier journals.

A comprehensive preflight checklist for authors submitting Information Systems Research (ISR) manuscripts to the INFORMS portal. It verifies compliance with strict formatting guidelines, double-anonymization rules, mandatory contribution statements, and required reviewer/editor nominations, ensuring the manuscript is submission-ready.