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Welcome
SIGCOMM is ACM's professional forum for discussing communications and computer networks.
SIGCOMM members include scientists, engineers, educators and students. They study all aspects of computer communications and networks: analysis, technical design, engineering, measurement and management. Our members are particularly interested in the systems engineering and architectural questions surrounding computer communication.
SIGCOMM supports a wide variety of activities in the field:
Professional meetings
- The annual SIGCOMM Conference
- Other SIGCOMM-sponsored or cosponsored conferences and workshops: CoNEXT, IMC, Hotnets, Sensys, and ANCS.
- Conferences and workshops in cooperation with SIGCOMM.
Publications
Recognition and support for computer networking professionals
- Awards: the SIGCOMM Award, the Test of Time Award, the Rising Star Award, and the Best Paper and Best Student Paper Awards.
- Travel Grants
Resources for the community
More information about SIGCOMM: its membership, annual reports, and officers.
Discussions of interest to the SIGCOMM community are held on the SIGCOMM Blog.
If you are a computer networking professional, please make use of SIGCOMM, and consider joining ACM SIGCOMM: Join online here.
Recent News
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February 1, 2012
The ACM CoNEXT conference (sponsored by SIGCOMM) is soliciting site proposals for its 2013 edition.
Details on what a site proposal entails can be found on the SIGCOMM CoNEXT web page under "Proposals for Hosting CoNEXT" towards the bottom of the page,
but in short, putting forward a site proposal calls for:
- providing the names of volunteer General Chairs,
- a site city,
- target dates (the conference is held at the beginning of December),
- together with some initial details on the overall organization,e.g., hotels, conference facilities, possible venues for the conference banquet, etc.
Note that like several other SIGCOMM conferences CoNEXT rotates on a three years cycle between Europe, North America, and a "wildcard". CoNEXT 2010 was in Philadelphia, PA, the 2011 edition was held for the first time in Asia in Tokyo, Japan, and just ended after what was a very successful conference, and the 2012 conference will take place in Nice, France, next December.
As result, we are now targeting a North American location for CoNEXT 2013. However, this is only a "target" and while preference will be given to proposals that conform to this target, strong proposals that don't will definitely be considered.
If you are interested in submitting a site proposal, please check the instructions on the CoNEXT page http://www.sigcomm.org/events/conext-conference/site-proposals , and email me (guerin@ee.upenn.edu) your proposal before _*May 1st, 2012*_. We are expecting to finalize a site selection by May 31st, 2012. There is still plenty of time before the deadline, but proposals that are submitted early will be given greater consideration.
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January 18, 2012
S. Keshav has served admirably as CCR Editor now for close to 4 years, and the Executive Committee is pleased to report that we have recruited Dina Papagiannaki as his successor. Dina is well known to many in the community as a former SIGCOMM PC Chair and current member of the SIGCOMM Technical Steering Committee. We look forward to her taking the reins in September 2012 and continuing the fine editorial work that Keshav has done since 2008. Many thanks to Keshav, and congratulations to Dina.
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December 21, 2011
The SIGCOMM EC received three strong proposals for sites to host the annual flagship conference in 2013. The EC has selected Hong Kong as the site, with Dah-Ming Chiu (Chinese University of Hong Kong, China) and Jia Wang (AT&T Labs – Research, USA) being the general chairs. The conference will be in August 2013, with precise dates and more details to follow.
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September 29, 2011
The Rising Star Award:
Each year, ACM SIGCOMM will present a "Rising Star" Award, recognizing a young researcher - an individual no older than 35 - who has made outstanding research contributions to the field of communication networks during this early part of his or her career. Depth, impact, and novelty of the researcher's contributions will be key criteria upon which the Rising Star award committee will evaluate the nominees. Also of particular interest are strong research contributions made independently from the nominee's PhD advisor.
The award will be presented at the annual ACM CoNEXT conference, where the award-winner will deliver a keynote address. Conference registration, travel, and lodging for the awardee will be paid by ACM SIGCOMM.
A nominee must be 35 years of age or younger as of December 31 of the year in which the award would be made. Nominations must be sent to Bruce Maggs (bmm@cs.duke.edu) by November 1, 2011, 11:59pm EDT. Details at http://www.sigcomm.org/awards/sigcomm-rising-star-award
The Dissertation Award:
This annual award was created by SIGCOMM in 2011, and will recognize excellent thesis research by doctoral candidates in the field of computer networking and data communication. The SIGCOMM Doctoral Dissertation Award winner and up to two runners-up will be recognized at the ACM SIGCOMM conference. The award winner will receive a plaque, a $1,500 honorarium and a complimentary registration to the following year’s ACM SIGCOMM Conference. The runners-up each will receive a plaque.
Nominations for the award must include:
1. A statement summarizing the candidate’s PhD thesis contributions and potential impact, and justification of the nomination (no more than two pages);
2. The PhD thesis itself;
3. An endorsement letter by the department chair;
4. Three endorsement letters supporting the nomination including the significant PhD thesis contributions of the candidate. Each endorsement should be no longer than 500 words with clear specification of the nominee’s PhD thesis contributions and potential impact on the computer networking field;
5. A concise statement (one sentence) of the PhD thesis contribution for which the award is being given. This statement will appear on the plaque and on the SIGCOMM website.Nominations must be sent to Bruce Maggs (bmm@cs.duke.edu) by October 31, 2011, 11:59pm EDT. Details at http://www.sigcomm.org/awards/dissertation
