SIGCOMM Conference

Mission

SIGCOMM is the flagship annual conference of the Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM), a vital special interest group of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

The annual SIGCOMM conference seeks papers describing significant research contributions to the field of computer and data communication networks. We invite submissions on network architecture, design, implementation, operations, analysis, measurement, and simulation.

There are two categories of paper submissions -- full papers and position papers. Full papers are no more than 14 pages long and typically report novel results firmly substantiated by experimentation, simulation, or analysis. Position papers are no more than 8 pages long and attempt to shape research directions by offering new perspectives, wisdom, and guidance rather than presenting mature work with quantitative results. Posters present ongoing work on one 30" x 40" (75cm x 100cm) page. Student poster submissions will be favored.

Papers are double-blind reviewed (no author identification) by a technical program committee (TPC). Depending on the year and the program chairs, the TPC can have between 20-40 researchers. The paper acceptance ratio also varies year to year, from between 8-16%, on average accepting 30 papers out of 300 submissions.

The meeting is 3 days, single-track. It is accompanied by 2 days of tutorials and related workshops which vary each year. The conference occurs once a year in the late summer, with the location varying internationally, typically including locations in North America and Europe every three years.

Attendance is open, and there are some limited student travel grants available.

Upcoming Conference

ACM SIGCOMM 2010 will be held in New Delhi, India, from August 30-September 3, 2010.

Previous SIGCOMM Conferences

The proceedings of the following past SIGCOMM conferences are available online:

• SIGCOMM 2009 in Barcelona, Spain, from August 17-21, 2009.
• SIGCOMM 2008 in Seattle, WA, USA.
• SIGCOMM 2007 in Kyoto.
• SIGCOMM 2006 in Pisa.
• SIGCOMM 2005 in Philadelphia.
• SIGCOMM 2004 in Portland.
• SIGCOMM 2003 in Karlsruhe.
• SIGCOMM 2002 in Pittsburgh.
• SIGCOMM 2001 in San Diego.
• SIGCOMM 2000 in Stockholm.
• SIGCOMM 1999 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• SIGCOMM 1998 in Vancouver.
• SIGCOMM 1997 in Cannes.
• SIGCOMM 1996 in Palo Alto.
• SIGCOMM 1995 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.