January 2021 SIGCOMM Newsletter

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Contents
SIG elections
ACM SIGCOMM 2021, Call for Workshops
APNet 2021, Call for Papers
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SIG elections
SIGCOMM will be holding elections for the positions of Chair, Vice-Chair, and Treasurer.  To see the slate of candidates, please visit the 2021 ACM SIG Elections site:  https://www.acm.org/elections/sigs/2021-candidate-slate
 
A description of the voting procedure and schedule can be found at https://www.acm.org/elections/sigs/pol_proc with a detailed schedule available here.  The election site is expected to go live in April with an email notification with voting instructions sent to all SIG members.  Elections will close by June 7, with results announced by June 14 and hand-over to the new elected officers happening on July 1st.
 
Note also that in accordance with the ACM SIG Bylaws, additional candidates may be placed on the ballot by petition. All candidates must be ACM Professional Members, as well as members of the SIG. Anyone interested in petitioning must inform ACM Headquarters, Pat Ryan (ryanp@hq.acm.org) and the Secretary of the SIG of their intent to petition by 16 March 2021. Petitions must be submitted to ACM Headquarters for verification by 2 April 2021.
 

ACM SIGCOMM 2021, Call for Workshops
 
(full Call for Workshops may be found at https://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2021/cf-workshops.html)
 
SIGCOMM 2021 plans to hold multiple one-day/half-day virtual (online) workshops in conjunction with the conference, to be held between August 24 and August 26, 2021. Workshops will take place on Monday, August 23 and Friday, August 27.We invite you to submit workshop proposals on any topic related to the broad set of research and application areas covered by the SIGCOMM conference, including topics in network research, practice, and education. Topics that represent new research areas and directions are particularly welcome. The deadline for receiving proposals is February 5, 2021. 
 

APNet 2021, Call for Papers
(Full CFP may be found at https://conferences.sigcomm.org/events/apnet2021/cfp.html)
 
The 5th Asia-Pacific Workshop on Networking (APNet’21) aims to bring together the very best researchers in computer networking and systems across the Asia-Pacific region and around the globe to a live forum discussing innovative ideas at their early stages. The mission of APNet is that promising but not-yet-mature ideas can receive timely feedback from the community and experienced researchers, leading them into publications at major conferences such as SIGCOMM, NSDI, SOSP, OSDI, MobiCom, and CoNEXT.
 
Abstract registration deadline: March 12, 2021
Paper submission deadline: March 19, 2021
Notification date: April 30, 2021 (tentative)