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systems-paper-writing
Comprehensive guide for writing systems papers targeting OSDI, SOSP, ASPLOS, NSDI, and EuroSys. Provides paragraph-level structural blueprints, writing patterns, venue-specific checklists, reviewer guidelines, LaTeX templates, and conference deadlines. Use this skill for all systems conference paper writing.
Why this skill is useful
Provides detailed structural blueprints and venue-specific guidelines for writing systems papers that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
About 8k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-06-16. 11,472 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Systems Paper Writing: Paragraph-Level Structural Blueprint Fine-grained structural guidance for writing 10–12 page systems papers targeting top systems venues: OSDI, SOSP, ASPLOS, NSDI, and EuroSys. This skill provides page allocation per section, paragraph-level blueprints, and writing patterns distilled from authoritative guides and best-paper analysis. When to Use This Skill Scenario Use This Skill Use ml-paper-writing Instead ---------- --------------- ------------------------------ Structuring a 12-page OSDI/SOSP paper ✅ Page budget and paragraph planning ✅ Systems-specific evaluation structure ✅ General ML paper writing philosophy ✅ Citation verification workflow ✅ LaTeX templates and formatting ✅ NeurIPS/ICML/ICLR paper structure ✅ Boundary: ml-paper-writing provides general writing philosophy, multi-venue templates, and citation verification. This skill focuses exclusively on paragraph-level structural blueprints for systems conferences. --- Authoritative Sources This blueprint synthesizes guidance from established systems researchers: 1. Levin & Redell — "How (and How Not) to Write a Good Systems Paper" (SOSP'83 PC Chairs, USENIX/ACM SIGOPS) 2. Irene Zhang (MSR/UW) — "Hints on how to write an SOSP paper" (SOSP/OSDI PC) 3. Gernot Heiser (UNSW, seL4) — Style Guide + Paper Writing Talk 4. Timothy Roscoe (ETH Zürich) — "Writing reviews for systems conferences" 5. Mike Dahlin (UT Austin/Google) — "Giving a Conference Talk" 6. Yi Ding — "How to write good systems papers?" 7. hzwer & DingXiaoH — WritingAIPaper (GitHub 1.3k+ stars) Full citations and URLs: see references/section-blueprints.md. …
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