Awards
SIGCOMM Awards recognize and celebrate outstanding contributions to the field of communication networks. These awards acknowledge researchers, practitioners, and students who push the boundaries of innovation and excellence in our community. We encourage everyone who has made impactful contributions to apply for these prestigious awards and join us in celebrating the remarkable progress in communication networks.
SIGCOMM Award for Lifetime Contribution
The annual SIGCOMM Award, presented at the SIGCOMM Technical Conference, recognizes lifetime contributions to the field of communication networks.
Deadline: March 31st
SIGCOMM Doctoral Dissertation Award
This annual award was created by SIGCOMM in 2011 and recognizes excellent thesis research by doctoral candidates in computer networking and data communication.
Deadline: December 1st
SIGCOMM Rising Star Award
Each year, ACM SIGCOMM presents a "Rising Star" Award, recognizing a young researcher - an individual within 10 years of receiving their Ph.D. or equivalent degree - who has made outstanding research contributions to the field of communication networks during this early part of his or her career. The depth, impact, and novelty of the researcher's contributions will be key criteria for evaluating the nominees by the Rising Star award committee. Also of particular interest are strong research contributions made independently from the nominee's PhD advisor.
Deadline: July 15th
2024 SIGCOMM Rising Star Award Winner: Xin Jin (Peking University)
SIGCOMM Test of Time Paper Award
The ACM SIGCOMM Test of Time Award recognizes a paper published 10 to 12 years in the past in Computer Communication Review or any SIGCOMM-sponsored or co-sponsored conference that is deemed to be an outstanding paper whose contents are still a vibrant and useful contribution today.
Deadline: March 31st (optional)
Nomination submission: online form
Test of Time'24 Award Winner: "P4: programming protocol-independent packet processors"
IMC Test of Time Award
The IMC Test Time of Award is given to papers that have had a significant impact on the field of network measurement since their publication.
Networking Systems Award
The SIGCOMM Networking Systems Award is awarded to an institution or individual(s) to recognize the development of a networking system that has had a significant impact on the world of computer networking.
Deadline: March 31st
SIGCOMM conference-specific awards
ACM Recognition of SIGCOMM Members
ACM Fellows who are SIGCOMM members
ACM's SIGCOMM honors experienced professionals for significant contributions to computing.