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  • April 2024 SIGCOMM Newsletter
    April 1, 2024

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    1. Call for SIGCOMM Rising Star Award Nominations
        The deadline for SIGCOMM Rising Star Award nominations is July 15th! Please help spread the word and send out your nominations.
         You can check more information here.
     
    2. Call for Talk Proposals: Networking Channel Fall'24 Session
        As we gear up for the Fall 2024 session of the Networking Channel, we invite you to contribute your ideas and expertise to our vibrant community. The Networking Channel is an online talk series dedicated to all things computer networking, and we're excited to curate an engaging lineup of discussions, panels, and thought-provoking talks (for our previous events, please see our web site https://networkingchannel.eu/ and youtube channel linked therein). Whether you're a seasoned researcher, a budding practitioner, or simply passionate about networking, we want to hear from you! Propose topics that ignite curiosity, challenge norms, or shed light on emerging trends. Self-nominations, nominations of others, talk ideas, topic ideas, thought-provoking questions, etc are all welcome. Proposals are taken year-round but for Fall'24 please submit by August 15, 2024. Please submit your ideas using this form: https://networkingchannel.eu/contact/. Include a brief description of your idea, and speakers or panelist details (if applicable).
     
    3. SIGCOMM'24 Call for Non Paper Sessions
        Beyond technical papers, conferences thrive on informal interactions, mentoring, and diverse sessions. While traditional research paper sessions have their place, we’re exploring new avenues. As an experiment, we invite proposals for non-paper sessions. Let’s reimagine the SIGCOMM conference together! Submit exciting ideas that enrich our community experience. We invite proposals for both technical and non-technical non-paper sessions. Technical Sessions deviate from traditional formats; examples: Invited talks, panels on cross-disciplinary impact, lightning talks, hackathons, and insights from non-traditional participants (e.g., open-source maintainers). Non-Technical Sessions foster community connections; examples: personal networking events and mentoring sessions. Our evaluation criterion: interest to the SIGCOMM community. Let's reimagine conferences together! Please submit your proposals by the due date of April 26, 2024. 
        For more details, see: https://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2024/cf-nonpaper/.
     
    4. SIGCOMM'24 Call for Posters, Demos, and Student Research Competition
        Join us at SIGCOMM 2024 for an exciting showcase of works-in-progress! Our poster/demo session provides an informal platform to present your research. Here’s why you should participate: Student and industry submissions are welcome. Emphasize research problems faced by the industry and share practical insights. Presenting a poster allows you to receive feedback from experts. Accepted posters and demos will be part of the conference proceedings. Showcase your original research before judges and attendees in the ACM SIGCOMM Student Research Competition (SRC). Submit your proposals and be part of the vibrant SIGCOMM community!
        For more details, see: https://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2024/cf-posters/.
     
    5. CoNEXT'24 Call for Papers (June Cycle)
     
       The Proceedings of the ACM on Networking (PAMCNET) journal is seeking papers containing significant and novel research results on emerging computer networks and its applications. All accepted long papers will also be presented in the ACM CoNEXT 2024 conference (https://conferences.sigcomm.org/co-next/2024/#!/home), which will be held in Los Angeles, California, USA in December 2024. This is a new model that strives to combine the benefits of both conference and journal based publication. We especially encourage submissions that present novel experimentation, creative use of networking technologies, and new insights made possible using analysis. There are two submission opportunities over the course of the year. The June submission deadline is June 14th, 2024 (the registration deadline is June 7th, 2024). A link to the call for papers is here: https://conferences.sigcomm.org/co-next/2024/#!/cfp.
     
    6. CoNEXT'24 Call for Workshop Proposals
     
        ACM CoNEXT 2024 is soliciting proposals for new, as well as recurring editions of, workshops. CoNEXT 2024 will hold multiple one-day workshops in conjunction with the conference, to be held in Los Angeles, California, USA from December 9 to 12, 2024. Workshops will take place on Monday, December 9, the day before the main conference begins.
        We invite you to submit workshop proposals on any topic related to the broad set of research and application areas covered by the ACM CoNEXT conference. We welcome workshops on topics in network research, practice, and education. The workshop format itself should favor interaction among participants and community building. We welcome returning workshops.
        For more details, see: https://conferences.sigcomm.org/co-next/2024/#!/cfw.
     
    7. SIGCOMM'24 Call for Workshop Proposals
        As we gear up for SIGCOMM 2024, we invite you to shape the conference by proposing workshops that delve into cutting-edge topics, foster collaboration, and ignite discussions. Workshops provide an intimate setting for in-depth exploration, and we encourage diverse and innovative proposals. By proposing a workshop, you can help influence the research direction of our community, help experts and students connect, and contribute to the SIGCOMM experience. Accepted workshop papers will be part of the conference proceedings.
        For more details, see: https://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2024/cf-workshops/.
     
    8. A New Proposal for Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives
        The SIGCOMM EC has developed a proposal for a new approach we are taking on diversity and inclusion. Building upon last year's discussions and community feedback, we've crafted a plan to allocate resources and efforts strategically. Our goal is to empower students in need and create an inclusive environment in a sustainable manner. Please take a moment to read our proposal and share your thoughts. Your input will help create a more supportive and equitable community.
        Here is a link to the proposal: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fZFIXQR-fFIaOiZmhLFtLSEr5A5Q2qoCsSuTT9phI1o/edit?usp=sharing.

     
    9. IMC'24 Call for Papers
        The Internet Measurement Conference (IMC) is a highly selective venue for the presentation of measurement-based research in data communications. As we are in the era of data-driven research, IMC 2024 will focus on improving the standard in the collection, usage, and sharing of network measurements for the research community. IMC 2024 will continue the Replicability Track for submissions that aim to reproduce or replicate results that have been previously published at IMC. Full papers (up to 13 pages) and short papers (up to 6 papers) are invited for submission. 
        For more details, see: https://conferences.sigcomm.org/imc/2024/cfp/.
     
    10. Call for Nominations: SIGCOMM Education Director
        The SIGCOMM Education Director is a member of the SIGCOMM Executive Committee who is responsible for coordinating activities aimed at creating educational material and opportunities on various networking topics for students and our members, as well as for soliciting and initiating new activities in those areas. Examples of past such activities include contributions to organizing shadow TPCs, supporting summer schools, organizing education workshops, initiating the CoNEXT student workshop, editing the SIGCOMM ebook on recent advances in networking, etc. The next Education Director is encouraged to consider new, innovative activities. Maybe you could help create an LLM for networking research, or organize an online SIGCOMM paper reading group for the community. Interested parties should email caesar@illinois.edu, who will bring candidates forward to the EC for consideration.
     
    11. Call for Site Proposals for SIGCOMM'26
        The SIGCOMM EC is excited to announce the call for site proposals for SIGCOMM 2026! As we plan for another impactful conference, we invite potential organizers to propose exciting locations and venues. SIGCOMM follows a three-year rotation (North America, Europe, and 'wild card'), so 2026 is "wild-card", so proposals should be outside North America and Europe.
        Here's your chance to shape the future of SIGCOMM and showcase your geographic region and its vibrant research ecosystem. Strong proposals should be near a major international airport, within reach of regular train/cab/shuttle service, have a venue to hold and provide Internet connectivity for over 700 attendees. Please submit your proposals by May 31st, 2024. 
        For more details, see: https://www.sigcomm.org/conference-planning/sigcomm-planning/site-proposal-instructions.

  • November 2023 SIGCOMM Newsletter
    November 12, 2023

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    1. SIGCOMM'24 Call for Papers
        The SIGCOMM 2024 conference will be held the week of August 4th in Sydney, Australia. The conference seeks paper submissions describing significant research contributions or significant deployment experience in communication networks and networked systems. Submissions will be accepted in two tracks, research and experience. The submission deadline is Feb 2, 2024.

        New this year: Based on the community feedback at SIGCOMM 2023 and the online discussion on change, the SIGCOMM 2024 organizers will explore and implement changes to both the paper reviewing and conference experience; e.g., 

    • Including releasing anonymized and sanitized reviews for accepted papers, as well as submitted versions of the accepted papers
    • Exploring new " non-paper sessions" of various types for enhancing community interactions such as emerging/unaddressed research topics, and student mentoring.

        To submit papers, use this link: https://sigcomm24.hotcrp.com/.

        Looking forward to your submissions and participation!
        Please check the website for more details.
     
    2. APNet'24 Call for Papers
        The 8th Asia-Pacific Workshop on Networking (APNet'24 https://conferences.sigcomm.org/events/apnet2024/index.php) will take place on August 3-4, 2024, in Sydney, Australia, co-located with SIGCOMM'24. APNet aims to bring together the very best researchers in computer networking and systems across the Asia-Pacific region and around the globe to a live forum discussing innovative ideas at their early stages. The mission of APNet is that promising but not-yet-mature ideas can receive timely feedback from the community and experienced researchers, leading them into publications at major conferences such as SIGCOMM, NSDI, SOSP, OSDI, MobiCom, and CoNEXT. APNet'24 seeks submissions of short papers (up to 6 pages, excluding references) on a wide range of networking research topics. The abstract registration deadline is March 8 (Friday), Anywhere on Earth, 2024. The paper submission deadline is March 15 (Friday), Anywhere on Earth, 2024. To submit papers, use this link: https://apnet24.hotcrp.com.Details are shown in https://conferences.sigcomm.org/events/apnet2024/

    3. CoNEXT'24 Call for Papers
        The Proceedings of the ACM on Networking (PAMCNET) journal is seeking papers containing significant and novel research results on emerging computer networks and its applications. All accepted long papers will also be presented in the ACM CoNEXT 2024 conference (https://conferences.sigcomm.org/co-next/2024/#!/home), which will be held in Los Angeles, California, USA in December 2024. This is a new model that strives to combine the benefits of both conference and journal based publication. We especially encourage submissions that present novel experimentation, creative use of networking technologies, and new insights made possible using analysis. There are two submission opportunities over the course of the year. The November submission deadline is December 4th, 2023 (the registration deadline is November 27th, 2023). A link to the call for papers is here: https://conferences.sigcomm.org/co-next/2024/#!/cfp
     
    4. IMC'24 Call for Program Committee Members
        In an effort to broaden the community and have a larger program committee, the 2024 edition of the Internet Measurement Conference is soliciting applications to be on the TPC. If you are interested, please fill out this form by November 30th: https://forms.gle/7u35ezEzZczwy8sAA. Also, please share it with others who might be interested. Junior members of the community or newcomers to the IMC community are very welcome. We hope to see you in Madrid around this time next year!
     
    5. CoNEXT'23 Call for Participation
        The CoNEXT 2023 Conference will be held in Paris, France this December 5-8, 2023. Come join us! In addition to an exciting array of papers and posters, there will be multiple workshops (including the traditional Student Workshop), multiple keynotes, a social dinner, a museum visit at the Musee des Arts et Metiers, and more! New this year: the conference plans to react to community feedback on "change" in multiple ways, including an activity related to artifacts (we are excited to announce 80% of papers announced they will release their artifacts!). To join us, please register at:
    https://conferences.sigcomm.org/co-next/2023/.
     
    6. HotNets'23 Program Released
        The HotNets 2023 Workshop will be held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA this November 28-29, 2023. The venue will bring together researchers in computer networks and systems to engage in a lively debate on the theory and practice of networking. HotNets provides a venue for discussing innovative ideas and for debating future research agendas in networking. A list of accepted papers has been put online: https://conferences.sigcomm.org/hotnets/2023/program.html. PDF links will be added soon.
     
    7. Networking Channel Upcoming Events
        The NetworkingChannel is a regular online event on topics of interest to the networking community, ranging from research, to descriptions/discussions of commercial networked systems, to global societal considerations, to education and careers in networking. The entire networking community is welcome! Our Fall 2023 schedule is posted here: https://networkingchannel.eu/networking-events/
        All events are free of charge. Please join us!
        We actively solicit suggestions for event topics as well as volunteers who might be willing to organize a future event of interest to the community. Please contribute your ideas here https://networkingchannel.eu/contact/! 
     
    8. Statement on Change
        The SIGCOMM community is leading an open and decentralized effort to collect and encourage adoption of proposals for change to our conferences. We are collecting ideas, will apply vetting, create a menu of suggestions, and encourage those responsible for organizing conferences to pick up and experiment with some of those ideas. The SIGCOMM EC has created a web site to keep track of some of these ideas.  It is accessible here: https://www.sigcomm.org/change.
        The EC has also held discussions with upcoming conferences to understand their plans for adopting proposed ideas. While more work needs to be done, and practical challenges are becoming more clear, the EC is encouraged by and impressed with the tenacity and eagerness of all conference organizers in considering and undertaking adoption of community ideas. The EC appreciates the patience and efforts of the community to support volunteer conference organizers in making these changes, which often require far more work than is immediately apparent. We appreciate the willingness of the SIGCOMM community to consider experimenting with change and we believe exciting things are in store in the coming years.
     
    9. Call for Nominations: SIGCOMM Doctoral Dissertation Award
        We are delighted to announce the call for nominations for the SIGCOMM Doctoral Dissertation Award. Established in 2011, this award is designed to recognize and honor outstanding doctoral thesis research in the field of computer networking and data communication. The award will be presented to one winner and up to two runners-up at the annual ACM SIGCOMM conference. The winner will receive a plaque, a $1,500 honorarium, and a complimentary registration to the following year’s ACM SIGCOMM Conference. The runners-up will each receive a plaque.
        Each nominated dissertation must be on a topic related to computer networking and data communication, and must have been successfully defended at the nominee’s host institution during the 12 months before the submission deadline. Submissions must be received by the current SIGCOMM Awards Chair by December 18. Please see the nomination guidelines for more information.

        We look forward to your nominations!
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

  • November 2021 SIGCOMM Newsletter
    December 6, 2021

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    SIGCOMM 2022 CFP

    SIGCOMM is coming to Amsterdam in 2022!

     

    Check the CFP: https://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2022/cfp.html 

     

    Look forward to your submissions and participation!
     

     

    Call for Participation :: ACM CoNEXT 2021 Conference (Dec. 7-10, 2021 - Virtual)

    Registration is open.  There's a very interesting technical

    program and multiple workshops (including the student workshop).

    More info here: https://conferences2.sigcomm.org/co-next/2021/#!/home 

     

    Registrations here:

    https://conferences2.sigcomm.org/co-next/2021/#!/registration 

     

    But see also Registration Grants for those in need:

    https://conferences2.sigcomm.org/co-next/2021/#!/grants 

     

    Looking forward to virtually seeing you!

     

    Rising star award: Laurent Vanbever (ETH Zurich)

     

    The rising star award committee -- Alex Snoeren (UCSD, chair), Paul Barford (WISC), Brad Karp (UCL), and Renata Teixeira (Inria) -- announced this year's recipient of the ACM SIGCOMM Rising Star Award: Laurent Vanbever of ETH Zurich.

     

    The award is in recognition of outstanding research contributions, early in his career, toward improving the flexibility, correctness, and security of Internet routing. Hearty congratulations to Laurent on this well-deserved recognition!

     

    Laurent will be a keynote speaker in the upcoming CoNEXT 2021 conference (check out the full program: https://conferences2.sigcomm.org/co-next/2021/#!/program).

     

    Each year, ACM SIGCOMM presents a "Rising Star" Award, recognizing a young researcher - an individual within 10 years of receiving their highest university degree - who has made outstanding research contributions to the field of communication networks during this early part of her or his career. Depth, impact, and novelty of the researcher's contributions are key criteria upon which the Rising Star award committee evaluates the nominees. Also of particular interest are strong research contributions made independently from the nominee's PhD advisor.

     

    The SIGCOMM Rising Star award was initiated by the CoNEXT steering committee in 2006, then adopted by SIGCOMM in 2008. More information about the award and the list of past recipients can be found here: https://www.sigcomm.org/awards/sigcomm-rising-stars

     

    Updates in the SIGCOMM Industrial Liaison Board

    The SIGCOMM Industrial Liaison Board (ILB) has been updated:

     

    • Chair: Dave Oran (Network systems Research & Design / MIT)
    • Lars Eggert (NetApp)
    • Te-Yuan Huang (Netflix)
    • Jeff Mogul (Google)
    • Jennifer Rexford (Princeton University)
    • Jitu Padhye (Microsoft)

     

    The goal of the SIGCOMM Industrial Liaison Board is to come up with ideas and suggestions to increase industry participation at SIG-sponsored conferences. A better industry-academic collaboration should help improve the practice of networking, because academics have lots of ideas that are likely to be of value to industry; improve academic research, because industry has lots of interesting problems that would benefit academic research; and create opportunity for students.

     

    Learn more about the ILB https://www.sigcomm.org/content/sigcomm-industrial-advisory-board

     

    SIGCOMM is hiring!

     

    The Information Services area of SIGCOMM is working on a fresh roadmap for SIGCOMM IT. Our current top priorities include improving the current Web site (both from a content as well as an back-end infrastructure perspective) and enhancing our overall communication channels.

     

    To this end, we are looking for one student (regularly enrolled in an education institution around the world) motivated in contributing to the SIGCOMM community and with adequate skills in Web technologies and platforms (e.g. HTML, Drupal).

     

    Estimated weekly time efforts (e.g., 8 to 16 hours/week) as well as the salary (i.e. from 15 to 25 USD/hour) will be negotiated with the candidate after the interview process of candidates.

     

    Candidates should send their interest statements (motivation letter + CV) regarding the position (initially for 6 months) to christian@sigcomm.org until Dec-31, 2021.

  • October 2021 SIGCOMM Newsletter
    November 9, 2021

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    Call for Participation :: ACM SIGCOMM HotNets'21 (November 10-12)

     

    ACM SIGCOMM HotNets'21 registration is open now, featuring an exciting programme:

    https://conferences.sigcomm.org/hotnets/2021/program.html 

     

    Student registration is free, $5 for ACM members and $15 for non-members.

     

    Registration info: https://conferences.sigcomm.org/hotnets/2021/register.html 

     

     

    Networking Channel :: Upcoming Panels

     

    The Networking Channel has several exciting upcoming talks, including an overview of technologies behind Netflix (Nov 10), a panel on research challenges in quantum networking (Nov 24), and a discussion of the human and social aspects of computer networking (Dec 8). For more details and to register (for free), please visit:

    https://networkingchannel.eu/networking-events-page-1/ 

     

    To view previous events, including “Networking Education During and After the Pandemic” held on Oct-13, please visit:

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAtFAG5JdQrHac6ArIWJ-hw/videos

     

     

     

     

     

    Updates in SIGCOMM EC and CARE committees

     

    The SIGCOMM Executive Committee (EC) has been updated:

     

    Likewise, the Committee to Aid REporting on discrimination and haraSsment policy violations (CARES) has been renovated:

     

    Check further info on SIGCOMM officers at:

    https://www.sigcomm.org/about/people 

     

    And learn more about CARES at:

    https://www.sigcomm.org/content/committee-aid-reporting-discrimination-and-harassment-policy-violations 

     

     

     

    SIGCOMM is hiring! Looking for a motivated and Web-skilled student!

     

    The Information Services area of SIGCOMM is working on a fresh roadmap for SIGCOMM IT. Our current top priorities include improving the current Web site (both from a content as well as an back-end infrastructure perspective) and enhancing our overall communication channels.

     

    To this end, we are looking for one student (regularly enrolled in an education institution around the world) motivated in contributing to the SIGCOMM community and with adequate skills in Web technologies and platforms (e.g. HTML, Drupal). Estimated weekly time efforts (e.g., 8 to 16 hours/week) as well as the salary (i.e. from 15 to 25 USD/hour) will be negotiated with the candidate after the interview process of candidates.

     

    Candidates should send their interest statements (motivation letter + CV) regarding the position (initially for 6 months) to christian@sigcomm.com until Nov-30, 2021.

  • September 2021 SIGCOMM Newsletter
    October 1, 2021

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    TEACHING DURING THE PANDEMIC: ONLINE PANEL

    The Networking Channel will host an online panel on the topic of "Networking Education During and After the Pandemic". Topics such as how to teach effectively online, challenges, and ideas that we could bring with us in a future return to in-person teaching will be discussed. For more information and to register please visit:
    https://networkingchannel.eu/networking-education-during-and-after-the-pandemic/

     

  • August 2021 SIGCOMM Newsletter
    September 1, 2021

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    Networking Channel Fall Kickoff
    The fall season of SIGCOMM-sponsored theNetworkingChannel starts on September 15th, with a talk titled "Google Networking: Infrastructure and Selected Challenges", led by Christophe Diot and Paulie Germano (Google). The talk will present Google's network infrastructure, how it was designed, and why, as well as identify some research challenges for data centers and networks. For more information and to register, please visit: 
    https://networkingchannel.eu/google-networking-infrastructure-and-selected-challenges/
     

    SIGCOMM'21 Videos Online
    Videos from the SIGCOMM'21 conference have been uploaded to the ACM SIGCOMM YouTube Channel. The videos include a keynote by Professor Hari Balakrishnan (MIT), a panel on navigating stages of one's research career, technical sessions, topic previews, and more. More videos will continue to be uploaded as they become available. For access to the videos, please visit:
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaSNALvlJ6ZJ0ZhLDOOhD7g/playlists
     

    SIGCOMM'21 Post-Event Poll
    If you attended SIGCOMM'21, please fill out the following poll to give us feedback on your experience. Your input will be very helpful towards improving future events and initiatives:
    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gkxZR8uQeh2F04tD-GJd2iFE3LmOCRD9j6cas_wkOKw/

  • July 2021 SIGCOMM Newsletter
    July 31, 2021

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    Call for interest in leadership positions - Due August 9
    While the Chair, Vice-Chair, and Treasurer are elected positions, the SIG has a number of other positions that are filled by appointment. Please consider expressing your interest or suggesting someone else! These positions are now open:
     
    Information Services Director
    Education Director
    Director of Diversity and Inclusion
    CARES Co-Chair or Committee Member
    Awards Committee Chair
     
    To express interest, send email to Ellen (ewz@cc.gatech.edu) with a paragraph about past SIGCOMM involvement and a paragraph about interest in the position (or positions) by Monday, August 9. We especially invite interest from those historically underrepresented in SIGCOMM and/or in SIGCOMM leadership. 
     

    SIGCOMM COMMUNITY CONFERENCES SURVEY
     
    As availability of vaccines begins to change the COVID-19 situation, the SIGCOMM Executive Committee is exploring how it can best support events with some return to in-person activities. To help us plan for the next few years in a way that best supports the community, it would be very helpful to us if you can fill out this survey:
    https://forms.gle/NhtMfsWq6wbVvdH96
     

    SIGCOMM 2021 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
     
    The organizing committee is delighted to invite you all to ACM SIGCOMM 2021, the flagship annual conference of the ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication. We are excited to announce that the SIGCOMM main program will for the first time extend over four, instead of three, days, bringing an extra day of learning, networking, discussion, and more! Our main program includes 55 full-length papers, a keynote talk by the SIGCOMM Award winner, Hari Balakrishnan; the announcement of the SIGCOMM Test-of-Time Award; a best of CCR session; a Student Research Competition; and two poster sessions with 21 posters and 9 demos. Furthermore, the main program is complemented by eight workshops, six tutorials, and three hackathons. And we will be providing a mentoring program to assist junior researchers, dedicated slots to meet our sponsors, as well as various other social and mentoring events towards making this a vibrant, interactive conference. Thanks to our sponsors, we are able to provide an aggressive fee waiver program that we hope can enable all to attend. To register, please visit:
    https://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2021/registration.html
     

    SIGCOMM 2021 CALL FOR PODS AND WATCH PARTIES
     
    With increased access to vaccination, relaxation of local travel and gathering restrictions are quite possible in certain regions. In support of a return to in-person activities, SIGCOMM'21 is calling for creation of "watch parties" and "pods" to allow small groups to meet where it is safe to do so. To propose a pod, or to see how to join a pod near you, please visit:
    https://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2021/pods.html

     

    SIGCOMM CARES Recommendations document in response to HotNets incident (December 2020)
    In September 2020, the SIGCOMM CARES committee was made aware of a situation that arose in the HotNets 2020 review process. SIGCOMM CARES received two complaints, one sent by all three authors and one from the lead author alone. The incident was discussed in the committee and multiple parties involved were consulted, leading to a list of 7 recommendations. The implementation of these recommendations by the different actors responsible for overseeing the review process, namely ACM, SIGCOMM and Conference Steering Committees, PC chairs, PC committees and the CARES Committee, will hopefully help prevent similar incidents in the future. 
     

     

    SIGCOMM CARES Community Meetings
    CARES planned two community meetings in April 2021 to communicate and clarify its role. These meetings are intended to serve as both sessions on CARES and a means to foster discussion on how CARES and ACM might evolve to better serve the community as well as a forum to answer questions that community members may have.
     
    1st Meeting -- Friday, April 2, from 2pm ET

    2nd Meeting -- Friday, April 23, at 9am ET
     

     

    SIGCOMM 2021 CALL FOR STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
     
    Being a student volunteer is a great opportunity to get plugged into the community -- meet the organizing committee and attendees, and learn how to run a conference! Opportunities will include stimulating discussions on the slack, monitoring the conference, helping to report problems, running platforms, helping us brainstorm, and more! No experience needed (we will teach you what you need to know!). To sign up, please email a resume and brief description of your interests to sigcomm21.chairs@gmail.com with "[SIGCOMM - Volunteer]" in the subject line.

  • June 2021 SIGCOMM Newsletter
    June 30, 2021

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    Au Revoir from the current EC
    It’s hard to imagine, but it has now been 4 years since this EC started its term.  I can vividly recall my trepidations before the opening session of SIGCOMM 2017 in LA that marked my first participation as SIGCOMM chair, and I must say that if I had had a crystal ball, those trepidations might have morphed into sheer panic. Obviously, none of us could have foretold COVID-19 and how much havoc it would wreck, and my thoughts go to all those who have been affected and those who continue to be.  On the SIG front, the main impact was the need to switch to virtual events.  SIGCOMM 2020 had to pivot late in its planning process from being held at Columbia in NYC to being the first to experiment with a fully virtual format. I’m forever grateful to Henning, Vishal, and their team for stepping-up to a task they had not really signed-up for.  However, looking back as well as ahead, the SIG has weathered the transition relatively well.  We have not taken anywhere near the kind of financial hit we might have expected, with most of our conferences remaining in the black.  More importantly, we have also learned useful lessons on how to leverage our experience with virtual events.  Even if the departing EC pledged an in-person reunion at SIGCOMM 2022, it also acknowledged the positive aspects of virtual participation.  There is no denying that virtual conferences have made it possible for many more to attend who, no matter how many travel grants we can provide, would otherwise have been unable to attend our events.  As a result, going forward, we have pledged to continue to offer the possibility of remote participation even after we are back to having in-person conferences.
     
    The impact of COVID-19 has, however, also been felt indirectly in the many things we ended-up either not doing or not doing as much as planned.  One of my goals when starting as chair had been to increase the diversity of our SIG, and while we have made some progress, there is no denying that much, much more remains to be done.  Nevertheless, a few positive steps were taken, including standing-up a CARES committee, which even if its mandate is still evolving, has provided a renewed focus as well as resources that SIG members can tap into.  We also relaunched our efforts to increase participation from South America with a student-focused workshop that successfully started in 2019.  It was to be reprieved in 2020, but had to be put on hold because of COVID-19, and 2021 remains uncertain. I very much hope that we can restart it soon and tap into the enthusiasm that permeated the first edition.
     
    Let me end this already too long “closing statement” by thanking all past and present members of the EC with whom I have had the pleasure to serve.  One of the things that serving as SIGCOMM chair has made me acutely aware of is the amount of time and energy that all our volunteers are willing to invest in the SIG and its events, and EC members are very much on the frontline with often very little visibility and recognition for their efforts from the rest of our community.  I am truly grateful for their dedication and for sticking through the ups and downs of the past four years.  Last but not least, I also want to welcome the incoming EC.  The SIG is in great hands and I wish them the best of luck in taking the SIG forward into a (hopefully) post-COVID world.
     
    Roch Guerin, departing SIG chair
     

    SIGCOMM'21: Save the Date!
    SIGCOMM 2021 will be held virtually (online) during August 23–27, 2021. Five exciting days of workshops, tutorials, hackathons, technical sessions, social events, and more! More details, including about how to register, will be posted in the upcoming weeks. For more information, please visit: https://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2021/
     

    SIGCOMM Lifetime Award Winner for 2021
    Prof. Balakrishnan is recognized for "contributions to mobile and wireless systems, resilient networks, and congestion control."
     
    The committee: Marinho Barcellos (University of Waikato, NZ), Phillipa Gill (Google, USA), Anja Feldmann (Max-Planck Institute, Germany), and Craig Partridge (Colorado State University, USA).
     

  • May 2021 SIGCOMM Newsletter
    May 31, 2021

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    N2Women'21 Call for Posters (ACM SIGCOMM 2021 Workshop)

     
    The 11th N2Women workshop is soliciting posters on research related to any aspect of networking and communications. All researchers in the networking and communications fields are welcome to submit their work for presentation at this workshop. Presenting a poster is a great opportunity, especially for students and junior researchers, to extend the visibility of their work and meet members of our community. Workshop participation is free of charge. One author per accepted N2women poster is offered a free registration to SIGCOMM'21 conference (including workshops). To submit a poster or for more details on how to attend, please visit https://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2021/n2women.html .

    ACM SIGCOMM CCR Education Series Call for Papers 

     
    The ACM SIGCOMM CCR Education Series is a forum for educators and researchers to share results, insights, and developments in the area of computer networking and computer systems education. The motivation for this series is to lay groundwork to improve and enhance the state of networking education through sharing ideas, approaches, methodology, tools and infrastructure. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to open infrastructures, teaching techniques and curricula, industry perspectives, experiences and lessons learned, surveys and polls, and historical retrospectives. Submissions to the ACM CCR Education Series will be accepted for every CCR issue (January, April, July, October). The submission deadline for appearance in the December issue is: September 1, 2021. For more information, please visit https://www.sigcomm.org/for-authors/ccr-author-information .

    ACM SIGCOMM'21 List of Accepted Tutorials, Workshops, and Hackathons

     
    The list of accepted Tutorials and Virtual Hackathons is now online at https://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2021/cf-tutorials.html . The list of workshops has been finalized as well, in the left side bar of https://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2021/ . Please make plans to attend any you find interesting! More details on registration for these events, as well as for the main conference, will be coming soon.
     

    ACM CoNEXT 2021 Call for Papers 

     
    Full CfP at the conference website: https://conferences2.sigcomm.org/co-next/2021
    CoNEXT 2021 will be a major forum for presentations and discussions of novel networking technologies that will shape the future of Internetworking. The conference is single track and features a high-quality technical program with significant opportunities for individual and small-group technical and social interactions among a diverse set of participants. The CoNEXT conferences focus on stimulating exchanges between various international research communities.
    CoNEXT welcomes submission of both long and short papers. Since last year, the selection process includes among the potential outcomes the "one-shot major revision", allowing authors to improve their paper, as well as an early-reject notification (around the first two weeks of August).
    DATES
    + Abstract Registration: June 21, 2021
    + Paper Submission: June 28, 2021 (hard deadline, no extensions will be given)
    + Notification of Acceptance: September 13, 2021
     

    ACM SOSR 2021 - CALL FOR PAPERS

     

    The ACM SIGCOMM Symposium on SDN Research (SOSR) is the premiere venue for research publications on SDN, building on past years' successful SOSR and HotSDN (Hot Topics in Software Defined Networking) workshops. SOSR 2021 (https://conferences.sigcomm.org/sosr/2021/) will be fully virtual on September 20 & 21, 2021.
    We invite submissions from researchers and practitioners on a wide range of related areas on SDN in particular and SDx in general. 

    Important Dates:
    Paper submission: June 11, 2021 (AoE) 
    Notification: August 1, 2021 
    Camera-ready due: August 22, 2021

  • April 2021 SIGCOMM Newsletter
    April 30, 2021

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    Advertising local “Pods” for SIG conferences in 2021
    As previously announced, SIGCOMM conferences to be held in 2021 will all be virtual because of the uncertainty associated with the pandemic and the reluctance of many people to travel.  However, with increased access to vaccination, the situation is changing rapidly, and while a return to “normal” is unlikely in the immediate future, relaxation of local travel and gathering restrictions are possible in certain regions.
     
    This, together with the fact that, in spite of much progress, in-person interactions remain richer than virtual ones, has led to a number of initiatives aimed at organizing local “Pods” to allow small groups to get together to listen to and discuss talks as they are presented (virtually) at a conference. The organizers of some of those initiatives have reached out to the SIG to ask for help in advertising them.
    The SIG’s position is that, while our conferences remain fully virtual in 2021, approaches that foster greater interactions benefit members of the SIGCOMM community.  As a result, the SIG is happy to help promote  such initiatives by having their organizers reach out to organizers of  the conference they are targeting.  The conference organizers will review the request, and if it complies with the requirements listed below, will coordinate with the SIG’s conference coordinator to determine how to best advertise it to conference attendees.  Specifically,  a proposed local gathering will be advertised to conference attendees if it meets the following requirements:

    • It is free to all attendees;
    • It complies with all current guidelines applicable to such gatherings, e.g., in the US, this would include compliance with relevant CDC, state, and county guidelines for gatherings as well as any travel restrictions that may be in effect;
    • All participants are registered for the conference as regular attendees.

    In general, we expect pod organizers to provide a venue and video facilities to project the conference, as well a way to interact with the conference (on social media and/or live).
     

     

    SIGCOMM Elections
    On 15 April, all eligible voting SIGCOMM members (in good standing as of 1 April 2021) were sent voting information via an email message from Election Services Corporation (ESC), a third party that is conducting the election on behalf of SIGCOMM, SIGITE, SIGMOBILE, SIGMOD, SIGMM, SIGSAC and SIGSAM.  The message included voting instructions as well as a 10-digit unique PIN that is needed to vote.   If you did not receive the voting information email (from ESC), and have an email address on file with ACM, please contact acmsighelp@electionservicescorp.com or call toll-free 1-866-720-4357.
     
    You can view the candidate slate at https://www.acm.org/elections/sigs/2021-candidate-slate and the ACM SIG Election voting information site is at https://www.acm.org/elections/sigs/vote 
     
    Ballots are due by 1 June at 16:00 UTC.
     

     

    Statement regarding the Turing Award
     
    Dear SIGCOMM members,
     
    As an organization, we are committed to creating an environment that welcomes new ideas and perspectives, and where hostility or other harmful behaviors are not tolerated. As an organization, we stand with and honor those who promote diversity and inclusivity.  In addition to being the right thing to do, we believe this is important for the advancement of science.  
     
    We appreciate ACM’s reconfirmation of these commitments in response to the recent controversy surrounding Turing Award winner Jeffrey Ullman, contained in the below statement on the ACM website:
     
    https://www.acm.org/response-to-letter
     
    We confirm our intention to adopt the ACM policies in our SIG award selection process to the extent that they are not already present.  In addition, to emphasize our commitment to diversity and inclusivity in all our activities, we will ask nominators and endorsers for personal achievement awards to comment on how the nominee(s) exemplifies these core values.  
     
    Finally, we would like to reiterate our support for Iranian and Native American students and scholars, as well as all other ethnicities and nationalities.  You are welcomed and valued members of our global community.
     
    Thank you,
    --
    SIGCOMM executive committee (Sujata Banerjee, Marinho Barcellos, Matthew Caesar, Christophe Diot, Lars Eggert, Roch Guerin, Srinivasan Keshav, Konstantina (Dina) Papagiannaki, Steve Uhlig, Anduo Wang)
     
    Co-signed by the executive committees of SIGACCESS, SIGACT, SIGAI, SIGARCH, SIGBED, SIGBio, SIGCHI, SIGCOMM, SIGecom, SIGENERGY, SIGGRAPH, SIGIR, SIGMETRICS, SIGMICRO, SIGMOBILE, SIGUCCS.

     

    SIGCOMM 2021 AEC nominations
     
    SIGCOMM 2021 is conducting an optional artifact evaluation process for accepted papers. We are looking for senior PhD students, postdocs, and early-career researchers to participate in the program committee.  To nominate yourself, please complete the application (https://forms.gle/bNsr3tPtrjcnp74c7) by Sunday, May 2. If you have any questions, email sigcomm21artifacts@googlegroups.com.

     

    SIGCOMM 2021 Posters/Demo/SRC CFP Posted
    SIGCOMM 2021 is accepting submissions of Posters and Demos to be presented at the conference. Eligible submissions will also be considered for the ACM SIGCOMM Student Research Competition. For more information, check out the Sigcomm main web site, under the "Posters, Demos, and SRC" tab (direct link: https://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2021/cf-posters.html).
     

    SIGCOMM 2021 Workshop CFP Posted
    CFPs for several Sigcomm Workshops have been posted on the Sigcomm main web site, under the "Workshops" tab (direct link: https://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2021/).
     

    The Networking Channel
     
    The Networking Channel is a community channel with a regular talk taking place every other Wednesday. The next event (on May 5) will be a panel on How to Succeed in Graduate School, with Jennifer Rexford (Princeton), Edmundo de Souza e Silva (UFRJ), Anja Feldmann (MPI), and David Patterson (UC Berkeley). To register for the free event, go here: https://networkingchannel.eu/advice-on-how-to-succeed-in-grad-school/ . Please watch
     https://networkingchannel.eu/networking-events/ for more upcoming talks, to be posted soon.

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