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

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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