Call for Nominiations - IEEE INFOCOM Achievement Award
We would like to have your nomination for the prestigious IEEE INFOCOM Achievement Award.
1. Name of Award: IEEE INFOCOM Achievement Award
The IEEE INFOCOM Achievement Award is the highest honor that can be bestowed on a researcher in the INFOCOM community.
2. Selection Criteria
The recipient should have a body of work that has had significant impacts on the networking community in general, and INFOCOM in particular. The body of work should include, but not limited to, papers published in INFOCOM proceedings.
The recipient should be a living individual at the time of nomination. Given that this award is considered a "lifetime" achievement award, an individual can receive this award at most once and past winners of this award are not eligible for a second time of this award.
3. Candidate Nominations
Anyone in the INFOCOM community can make a nomination. Annual solicitation of nominations will be sent out by the TPC co-chairs. A valid nomination package consists of:
(1) A letter from the nominator, which must include a proposed citation ("for contributions to ...") and detailed justifications why the candidate is qualified.
(2) A list of significant papers published in INFOCOM proceedings by the candidate (include total citations and citations for each paper).
(3) A list of significant papers published in other venues that have made significant impacts on INFOCOM and the networking community (include citation for each paper).
(4) Exactly three reference letters.
The entire nomination package should be submitted by the candidate's nominator in a single PDF file. An incomplete nomination package will not be considered by the award committee.
4. Examples of Possible Citation
* INFOCOM Achievement Award, for contributions to scheduling and resource allocation in wireless networks
* INFOCOM Achievement Award, for contributions to measurement, modeling and performance analysis of computer networks
* INFOCOM Achievement Award, for contributions to resource allocation in wireless networks
* INFOCOM Achievement Award, for contributions to modeling and performance analysis of communication networks
* INFOCOM Achievement Award, for pioneering contributions to the theory and practice of QoS in networks
5. Award Committee
The committee shall have seven (7) members, consisting of the three TPC co-chairs of that year, the winners of the award from the most recent three years, and the Chair of the INFOCOM Steering Committee. The committee will be chaired by one of the TPC co-chairs. To avoid conflict of interest, none of the current committee members is allowed to nominate or write reference letters for that year.
6. Award Presentation
Only one winner will be selected each year. The winner will be announced and presented a plaque by the Award Committee Chair during the opening ceremony of the conference.
7. Past Winners
* 2015 R. Srikant
* 2014 Ness Shroff
* 2013 James Kurose
* 2012 T.V. Lakshman
* 2011 Don Towsley
* 2010 Roch Guerin
* 2009 Rene Cruz
* 2008 Not Offered
* 2007 Leandros Tassiulas
Please send your nomination package to infocom16.chairs@gmail.com by March 10, 2016 with subject of "INFOCOM 2016 Achievement Award Nomination".
Thank you for your input and best regards!
SJ Lee, Chiara Petrioli, Peng-Jun Wan
IEEE INFOCOM'16 TPC Co-Chairs
Kai Zeng
TPC Vice Chair for Information Systems (EDAS)
We would like to have your nomination for the prestigious IEEE INFOCOM Achievement Award.
1. Name of Award: IEEE INFOCOM Achievement Award
The IEEE INFOCOM Achievement Award is the highest honor that can be bestowed on a researcher in the INFOCOM community.
2. Selection Criteria
The recipient should have a body of work that has had significant impacts on the networking community in general, and INFOCOM in particular. The body of work should include, but not limited to, papers published in INFOCOM proceedings.
The recipient should be a living individual at the time of nomination. Given that this award is considered a "lifetime" achievement award, an individual can receive this award at most once and past winners of this award are not eligible for a second time of this award.
3. Candidate Nominations
Anyone in the INFOCOM community can make a nomination. Annual solicitation of nominations will be sent out by the TPC co-chairs. A valid nomination package consists of:
(1) A letter from the nominator, which must include a proposed citation ("for contributions to ...") and detailed justifications why the candidate is qualified.
(2) A list of significant papers published in INFOCOM proceedings by the candidate (include total citations and citations for each paper).
(3) A list of significant papers published in other venues that have made significant impacts on INFOCOM and the networking community (include citation for each paper).
(4) Exactly three reference letters.
The entire nomination package should be submitted by the candidate's nominator in a single PDF file. An incomplete nomination package will not be considered by the award committee.
4. Examples of Possible Citation
* INFOCOM Achievement Award, for contributions to scheduling and resource allocation in wireless networks
* INFOCOM Achievement Award, for contributions to measurement, modeling and performance analysis of computer networks
* INFOCOM Achievement Award, for contributions to resource allocation in wireless networks
* INFOCOM Achievement Award, for contributions to modeling and performance analysis of communication networks
* INFOCOM Achievement Award, for pioneering contributions to the theory and practice of QoS in networks
5. Award Committee
The committee shall have seven (7) members, consisting of the three TPC co-chairs of that year, the winners of the award from the most recent three years, and the Chair of the INFOCOM Steering Committee. The committee will be chaired by one of the TPC co-chairs. To avoid conflict of interest, none of the current committee members is allowed to nominate or write reference letters for that year.
6. Award Presentation
Only one winner will be selected each year. The winner will be announced and presented a plaque by the Award Committee Chair during the opening ceremony of the conference.
7. Past Winners
* 2015 R. Srikant
* 2014 Ness Shroff
* 2013 James Kurose
* 2012 T.V. Lakshman
* 2011 Don Towsley
* 2010 Roch Guerin
* 2009 Rene Cruz
* 2008 Not Offered
* 2007 Leandros Tassiulas
Please send your nomination package to infocom16.chairs@gmail.com by March 10, 2016 with subject of "INFOCOM 2016 Achievement Award Nomination".
Thank you for your input and best regards!
SJ Lee, Chiara Petrioli, Peng-Jun Wan
IEEE INFOCOM'16 TPC Co-Chairs
Kai Zeng
TPC Vice Chair for Information Systems (EDAS)