From jrex at CS.Princeton.EDU Fri Dec 2 21:19:04 2005 From: jrex at CS.Princeton.EDU (Jennifer Rexford) Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 00:19:04 -0500 Subject: [sigcomm] attendance policies for SIGCOMM-affiliated events In-Reply-To: <4374D007.2010908@ee.upenn.edu> References: <200511090053.jA90rtqO005949@jaguar.icir.org> <43715865.8070405@isi.edu> <05C22734-CE84-4673-97EC-7FF279963F3C@cs.princeton.edu> <4371F511.50401@ee.upenn.edu> <6A973701-28AF-4FD9-B3D1-D3412DDD73D6@CS.Princeton.EDU> <43748F8B.5040103@ee.upenn.edu> <4374D007.2010908@ee.upenn.edu> Message-ID: <43912AC8.4010101@cs.princeton.edu> Hi folks, Thanks for participating in the discussion about attendance policies for workshops and conferences the SIG sponsors. The issue is a complicated one with many defensible positions, given the competing values at play. The thoughtful comments on the mailing list, and the personal comments and suggestions from many of you off list, helped the SIGCOMM executive committee in coming up with a policy statement that I'm listing below. We'll be including these two paragraphs as part of a "SIGCOMM FAQ" that we'll be adding to the SIGCOMM Web site shortly. Again, thanks for your thoughts. -- Jen, SIGCOMM Chair Organizing a successful workshop or conference requires a significant investment in time and resources. To allow each event to have its own character, and to ensure continuity from year to year, each SIGCOMM-sponsored conference and workshop has a steering committee that oversees the organization of the event. While the steering committees have a large degree of autonomy in organizing an event, they need to keep the broader goals of the SIG and the ACM in mind. The steering committees should aim to create events for the public presentation and discussion of technical contributions, as well as to operate within the guidelines of the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. In light of these goals, questions naturally arise about what kinds of attendance policies are appropriate for a workshop or conference sponsored by SIGCOMM. SIGCOMM strongly encourages workshops and conferences to have open attendance but also recognizes that some events benefit from attendance restrictions to foster meetings in new topics or because of limitations in venue space. Although most SIGCOMM-sponsored events will have open attendance, the SIG may also sponsor a small number of limited-attendance workshops or conferences. Limited-attendance events should state their attendance policy, and the motivations behind the policy, in the conference materials (e.g., the conference Web site, the call for papers, and ACM conference approval forms). From jrex at CS.Princeton.EDU Sat Dec 24 11:27:24 2005 From: jrex at CS.Princeton.EDU (Jennifer Rexford) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:27:24 -0600 Subject: [sigcomm] Call for Participation: Workshops on Theory of Networked Computation In-Reply-To: References: <435E6DE0.1090601@acm.org> <435E7AE8.5040701@isi.edu> <2D3EDE30-2F36-416D-B012-5AE456456DB0@cs.princeton.edu> <435FB729.5030805@isi.edu> Message-ID: <43ADA11C.3040104@cs.princeton.edu> Call for Participation: Workshops on Theory of Networked Computation The emergence of global networks is arguably the most profound shift in focus in computer science since its inception. During its first 50 years, computer science has focused primarily on understanding how best to design, build, program, and use a computer. The emergence of the Internet and the Worldwide Web represents a radical shift of focus in our thinking about computational systems. Perhaps the most important distinguishing feature of these networks is that they are built, operated, and used by multiple parties with diverse sets of interests and with constantly changing degrees of cooperation and competition. One of the main challenges faced by computer science today is to successfully build and manage large systems created and used by many autonomous organizations and individuals. How can we ensure that such a network functions properly, respects the rights of individual users, and exploits its vast shared resources fully and fairly? The computer-science community can help address the full spectrum of research questions implicit in this grand challenge by developing a coherent Theory of Networked Computation (ToNC). Toward this end, we will soon hold two NSF-sponsored workshops for the purpose of developing a ToNC research agenda. A starting point for discussion at these workshops can be found in the following Draft ToNC Agenda (http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/jf/tonc-agenda-draft.pdf). A limited number of workshop participants will be chosen on the basis of applications from the computer-science community. To send an application, please follow the instructions below. A "position statement" must be no longer than two pages (and may be as short as two paragraphs!); it may consist of a critique of something in the Draft ToNC Agenda (http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/jf/tonc-agenda-draft.pdf) or of a brief explanation of something not mentioned in the draft agenda that you believe belongs in the scope of "theory of networked computation." Please use the subject field "ToNC Application: Workshop 1" or "ToNC Application: Workshop 2," include your name, email address, and phone number in your application, and include your position statement either as an inline ascii message or as an attachment in WORD or PDF. Workshop 1 Dates: Febuary 16-17, 2006 Location: Nassau Inn, Princeton NJ Co-chairs: Joan Feigenbaum (Yale) and Jennifer Rexford (Princeton) Application Deadline: January 11, 2006 Notification Date: January 15, 2006 Send Applications by E-Mail to: Judi.Paige at yale.edu Workshop 2 Dates: March 16-17, 2006 Location: International Computer Science Institute (ICSI), Berkeley CA Co-chairs: Joan Feigenbaum (Yale) and Scott Shenker (ICSI and UC Berkeley) Application Deadline: February 3, 2006 Notification Date: February 10, 2006 Send Applications by E-Mail to: Judi.Paige at yale.edu