SIGCOMM Award Nominations
The SIGCOMM Award was initiated in 1989 as a means of honoring computer
communications professionals for outstanding technical achievement in the
fields of data and computer communications. The award consists of a plaque
and a $2000 honorarium. the award will be presented at theannual SIGCOMM
Conference, at which time that awardee is invited to deliver a technical
address. In the following are guidelines for submitting a nomination.
Self-nominations are not accepted.
The nominee need not be a member of ACM SIGCOMM.
The nominator must be a member of ACM SIGCOMM.
Nominations must be received by the Chairman of the SIGCOMM Award Committee no later than
April 30 each year.
Nominations which did not result in an award can be resubmitted/updated in subsequent years.
Previous awardees are not eligible for future nominations.
Members of the Award Committee are not eligible.
Members of the SIGCOMM Executive Committee (Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary-Treasurer
and Editor) are not eligible.
Material to be included in the nomination:
Curriculum Vitae, including publications, of nominee
Concise statement (one sentence) of the work for which the award is being nominated. This statement
will appear on the award plaque.
Description of the nominee's role in the work justifying the nomination
Letters of recommendation from others which identify rationale for the nomination and by what
means the recommender knows of the nominee's work. It is recommended that at least three letters of
recommendation be included in the nomination materials.
Justification for declaring the nominee's work to be a major, lifetime contribution to computer com-
munications.
The nomination should be made in the form of a letter addressed to the Chairman of the SIGCOMM
Award Committee. The nominator should solicit recommendations from colleagues in the field who are
most familiar with the nominee's achievements. It is not recommended to send copies of published papers or
books along with the nomination materials.
The nominator is responsible for gathering all nomination materials and sending
two copies of all materials to reach the Chairman of the Awards Committee before April 30.
No late nominations will be considered for the current year. They will be held over until the following year
for consideration.
The 1994 chair of the SIGcomm Award Committee is:
Dr. Franklin Kuo
SRI International
333 Ravenswood Avenue
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 415-859-4116
e-mail: Kuo@nisc.sri.com
Fax: 415-859-6171