[sigcomm] Sigcomm Asia

[Nicolas Christin]

Jen,

That sounds great. Are there any other regional activities going on,  
or planned, besides the organization of the Asia workshop?

Like many, I've noted that there is a lot of interesting research  
going on in Asia in general, which is seemingly under-represented in  
ACM publications. Japan is a good example of this - lots of cool  
ideas published in Japanese journals don't really come to us.

This is an old debate about how to best reach out outside of the  
historically dominant North American market. However, it seems to me  
that there has been in recent years an increasing number of North  
America-educated researchers working either in Asia, or in close  
collaboration with Asian researchers. This is just an impression not  
substantiated by any hard data, but, if true, this may help bridge  
the gap...

I was wondering if this type of discussion topic was appropriate for  
this mailing-list and/or if reports on "global" activities of Sigcomm  
were available somewhere to get a bit more information.

Thanks,
Nicolas

On Nov 14, 2006, at 11:51 AM, Jennifer Rexford wrote:

> Nicholas,
>
> Thanks for your interest.  We're hoping to be able to have the  
> SIGCOMM Asia
> workshop again, hopefully in '08 following SIGCOMM'07 in Japan...
>
> -- Jen 
>
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>> Dear all,
>>
>> Forgive me if this has been discussed at length elsewhere,
>> but I was wondering about the general status of the Sigcomm
>> Asia workshop. From what I gathered, the 2005 edition was a
>> success, academically speaking (not sure about the financial
>> aspect), and I was wondering if any follow-up was considered.
>>
>> Despite rising housing prices, I do not yet live under a
>> rock, and know that Sigcomm 2007 will be in Kyoto. (As an
>> aside, everybody who can, should come: besides the fact this
>> is Sigcomm, the place is
>> breathtaking.)
>>
>> However, I was wondering if any more long term activities,
>> e.g., recurring Asia workshops, are planned, or being
>> discussed. Thanks in advance for any pointers.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Nicolas
>>
>> - --
>> Nicolas Christin
>> Carnegie Mellon University
>> Faculty, INI - in residence at CyLab Japan; Systems
>> Scientist, CyLab http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/nicolasc
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