SIGCOMM Program Review
Tilman WolfSecretary/Treasurer, SIGCOMM
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SIGCOMM Special Interest Group on Data Communications Officers
Jennifer Rexford, Chair Vern Paxson, Vice-Chair Tilman Wolf, Secretary/Treasurer
Membership 1802 in 2006
(down 18% from 2455 in 2002) 80-85% 2-year retention
69-78% total retention Member benefits
Newsletter Conference discounts
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Activities Publications
Quarterly Newsletter and SIGCOMM conference proceesings (Computer Communications Review)
Conferences Sponsored: SIGCOMM
Conference, IMC, HotNets, SIGCOMM Asia Workshop
Co-Sponsored: ANCS, SenSys In-cooperation: NSDI, LANC,
VoIP Security, NOSSDAV, NetDB, and CoNext
Awards Lifetime Achievement Award (since 1989) SIGCOMM Student Paper Award (since 1986) Test of Time Paper Award (since 2006)
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Finances Fund balance
$591,880 in 2006 (up 116% from $273,954 in 2002)
More than recoveredfrom 2002 woes
Conferences Surplus generated in
20 out of 24 conferences sponsored or co-sponsored 2002–2006
Surplus used for innovative outreach International workshops GeoDiversity grants
Outlook Maintaining our strength
High-impact events (SIGCOMM conference #4 on citeseer) Vibrant community with high membership retention Excellent finances
Dealing with success (too many conference submissions) Larger programs Two-tiered PCs Co-located workshops
Livening the SIG Events on emerging topics: HotNets, workshops with SIGCOMM CCR online and editorial zone Co-sponsoring of related interdisciplinary conferences (ANCS, SenSys) Public reviews
Broadening the SIG Workshops to integrate Latin America and Asia Sponsorship of major European conference (CoNext) in 2007 GeoDiversity travel grants
