| 1979 | A Client-Based Transaction System to Maintain Data Integrity. William H. Paxton |
| 1979 | A Mechanism for Information Control in Parallel Systems. Richard P. Reitman |
| 1979 | A Virtual Machine Emulator for Performance Evaluation (Summary). M. D. Canon, D. H. Fritz, John H. Howard, T. D. Howell, Michael F. Mitoma, Juan Rodriguez-Rossel |
| 1979 | An Open Operating System for a Single-User Machine. Butler W. Lampson, Robert F. Sproull |
| 1979 | Evaluating Synchronization Mechanisms. Toby Bloom |
| 1979 | Experience with Processes and Monitors in Mesa (Summary). Butler W. Lampson, David D. Redell |
| 1979 | Implementing Atomic Actions on Decentralized Data. David P. Reed |
| 1979 | In Support of Domain Structure for Operating Systems. Douglas Cook |
| 1979 | Medusa: An Experiment in Distributed Operating System Structure (Summary). John K. Ousterhout, Donald A. Scelza, Pradeep S. Sindhu |
| 1979 | Modelling and Analysis of Distributed Software Systems. B. Kumar, Timothy A. Gonsalves |
| 1979 | Pilot: An Operating System for a Personal Computer (Summary). David D. Redell, Yogen K. Dalal, Thomas R. Horsley, Hugh C. Lauer, William C. Lynch, Paul R. McJones, Hal G. Murray, Stephen C. Purcell |
| 1979 | Polyvalues: A Tool for Implementing Atomic Updates to Distributed Data. Warren A. Montgomery |
| 1979 | Primitives for Distributed Computing. Barbara H. Liskov |
| 1979 | Proceedings of the Seventh Symposium on Operating System Principles, SOSP 1979, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California, USA, 10-12, December 1979 Michael D. Schroeder, Anita K. Jones |
| 1979 | Specification and Verification of the UCLA Unix Security Kernel (Extended Abstract). Bruce J. Walker, Richard A. Kemmerer, Gerald J. Popek |
| 1979 | StarOS, a Multiprocessor Operating System for the Support of Task Forces. Anita K. Jones, Robert J. Chansler Jr., Ivor Durham, Karsten Schwan, Steven R. Vegdahl |
| 1979 | Systems Aspects of the Cambridge Ring. Roger M. Needham |
| 1979 | The Behavior of Ethernet-Like Computer Communication Networks. Guy T. Almes, Edward D. Lazowska |
| 1979 | The ROSCOE Distributed Operating System. Marvin H. Solomon, Raphael A. Finkel |
| 1979 | The Transfer of Information and Authority in a Protection System. Matt Bishop, Lawrence Snyder |
| 1979 | Variable-Length Capabilities as a Solution to the Small-Object Problem. Edward F. Gehringer |
| 1979 | Virtual Terminal Management in a Multiple Process Environment. Keith A. Lantz, Richard F. Rashid |
| 1979 | WFS: A Simple Shared File System for a Distributed Environment. Daniel C. Swinehart, Gene McDaniel, David R. Boggs |
| 1979 | Weighted Voting for Replicated Data. David K. Gifford |