ACM SIGCOMM Distinguished Community Service Award Winners

The ACM SIGCOMM Distinguished Community Service Award recognizes individuals for outstanding service to the SIGCOMM community, including efforts such as advancing diversity, supporting students and early-career faculty, and strengthening our professional environment. This award highlights the essential role of service in sustaining the health and growth of our community.

2026: 

Craig Partridge

For outstanding service contributions that helped establish computer networking as a distinct area of computer science, and for sustained leadership within ACM SIGCOMM, the IRTF, and the end-to-end research community.

Ellen W. Zegura

For outstanding service to the networking and computer science communities through sustained leadership in ACM SIGCOMM, the Computing Research Association, and the National Science Foundation.

The committee comprised John Byers (Boston University, Chair), Bruce Davie (Systems Approach), Roya Ensafi (University of Michigan), Nate Foster (EPFL)