SIGMETRICS Awards

ACM SIGMETRICS sponsors three major awards to recognize important contributions in the area of performance evaluation.

The SIGMETRICS Achievement Award

The ACM SIGMETRICS Achievement Award is given by the ACM Special Interest Group on Measurement and Evaluation (SIGMETRICS) to an individual who has made long-lasting influential contributions to the theory or practice of computer/communication system performance evaluation. The contributions may be theoretical advances that have influenced the techniques used to evaluate computer system performance, techniques or software tools that have been widely used to evaluate system performance, or innovative applications of performance evaluation techniques that have had impact on the design of computer/communication systems.

In selecting the achievement award recipient, the Awards Committee will place particular emphasis on seminal contributions and a sustained record of high-impact in the field. The award includes a plaque, an honorarium, as well as expenses for travel to the ACM SIGMETRICS annual conference, where the award is presented. The recipient is also invited to give a technical talk at the conference.

Past winners

2009: Dr. Frank Kelly (press release)
2008: Dr. Erol Gelenbe (press release)
2007: Dr. Don F. Towsley (press release)
2006: Dr. Richard R. Muntz (press release)
2005: Dr. Stephen S. Lavenberg (press release)
2004: Dr. Ken C. Sevcik (press release)
2003: Dr. Ed G. Coffman (press release)

The SIGMETRICS Rising Star Researcher Award

The ACM SIGMETRICS Rising Star Researcher Award is given annually to recognize a rising star in our community who demonstrates outstanding potential for research in the field of computer and communication performance. The selection is based on the impact of the candidate's work in the field in creating promising new ideas, paradigms, and tools, related to the performance analysis of computer and communication systems, which may be analytical or empirical in nature. Depth and impact are valued over breadth of contribution for this award.

The recipient of the ACM SIGMETRICS Rising Star Researcher award is selected by a committee consisting of five individuals appointed by the SIGMETRICS Executive Committee.

The award includes a plaque and a $1000 honorarium or expenses for travel to the conference where the award is presented.

Past Winners

2009: Dr. Alexandre Proutiere (press release)
2008: Dr. Devavrat Shah (press release)

The SIGMETRICS Test of Time Award

The ACM SIGMETRICS Test of Time Award recognizes an influential performance evaluation paper whose impact is still felt 10-12 years after its initial publication. The inaugural winners of this newly-created award will be announced at ACM SIGMETRICS 2010 in New York.

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Conferences

  • SIGMETRICS is the flagship conference of the SIGMETRICS community.
  • Performance is the flagship conference of IFIP 7.3 and occurs jointly with SIGMETRICS once every three years.
  • WOSP focuses on the intersection of software design and performance evaluation.
  • SenSys focuses on the design, implementation, and application of sensor networks.
  • ValueTools bridges the study of performance methodologies and the development of tools for performance evaluation.
  • HotMetrics is an interactive, invitation-only workshop that seeks to identify the "big" and "important" problems in performance evaluation.
  • MAMA is a high profile workshop that focuses on mathematical performance modeling tools.

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Publications

  • Performance Evaluation Review (PER) is the SIGMETRICS quarterly review. PER is a refereed publication that features guest edited special issues from leading researchers in the field.
  • Other SIGMETRICS publications
    The ACM Digital library provides a convenient archive of all SIGMETRICS publications, including PER and conference proceedings.