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Prize for Innovation in Distributed Computing 2027
Awarded by the Colloquium on Structural Information and Communication Complexity (SIROCCO)<\/p>\n
Nominations are due by October 5, 2026.<\/p>\n
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Nominations are requested for the Prize for Innovation in Distributed Computing, awarded by the Colloquium on Structural Information and Communication Complexity (SIROCCO).<\/p>\n
This prize was established to recognize individuals whose research contributions expanded the collective investigative horizon in SIROCCO\u2019s area of interest. That is, they formulated new problems, or identified new research areas, that were at the time of their introduction, unorthodox and outside the mainstream, but later attracted the interest of the SIROCCO community. This community is interested in the relationships between information and efficiency in decentralized computing. The prize recognizes originality, innovation, and creativity \u2013 the qualities that reflect the spirit of the SIROCCO conference.<\/p>\n
The winner of the Prize for Innovation in Distributed Computing 2027 is expected to give an invited talk at SIROCCO 2027, scheduled to take place on June 2-4 in Larnaca, Cyprus.<\/p>\n
Past prize winners are Nicola Santoro, Jean-Claude Bermond, David Peleg, Roger Wattenhofer, Andrzej Pelc, Pierre Fraigniaud, Michel Raynal, Masafumi Yamashita, Shmuel Zaks, Zvi Lotker, Paola Flocchini, Amos Korman, Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide, Christian Scheideler, Boaz Patt-Shamir, Shay Kutten, Sergio Rajsbaum, and Dariusz Kowalski.<\/p>\n
The prize may not necessarily be awarded every year.<\/p>\n
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The following conditions must be met by the nominees to be eligible for the prize. It is requested that a nomination letter explains and demonstrates how the nominee matches these conditions.<\/p>\n
(1) The original innovative contribution was introduced by the nominee(s) for the first time in a publication at least five years before the nomination deadline, and the publication must have appeared in conference proceedings or a scientific journal.<\/p>\n
(2) At least one paper (co)authored by the nominee(s), either the original paper, or a paper closely related to the innovative contribution, must have appeared in a SIROCCO proceedings.<\/p>\n
A nomination letter should identify the paper(s) that make(s) the nominee eligible according to conditions (1) and (2) above, as well as explain the contribution, its originality, and its significance.<\/p>\n
Past SIROCCO papers and authors can be found at indexing sites, e.g. Google Scholar or DBLP.<\/p>\n
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The prize winners are selected by the Award Committee composed of the current Steering Committee (SC) Chair of the SIROCCO conference, the PC chairs, including co-chairs, of the three SIROCCO conferences immediately preceding the nominations deadline, plus one additional member of the Advisory Board, or one past winner, selected by the Steering Committee for the current year.<\/p>\n
The Award Committee of the Prize for Innovation in Distributed Computing 2027 consists of:<\/p>\n
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Nominations can be made by any member of the scientific community.<\/p>\n
Please send the nomination to the prize committee chair, Keren Censor-Hillel, by e-mail: ckeren@cs.technion.ac.il. Please write \u201cSIROCCO Prize Nomination\u201d in the subject line.<\/p>\n
Please help in recognizing the contributions of members of our community.<\/p>\n
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