Nominate Someone for the IEEE TCDP Awards

IEEE Technical Community for Distributed Processing (IEEE TCDP) is happy to announce the 2022 call-for-nominations for Outstanding Technical Achievement and Outstanding Service Awards. The goal of these highly prestigious awards is to encourage innovative long-term contributions to the field of distributed processing.

Want More Tech News? Subscribe to ComputingEdge Newsletter Today!

2022 IEEE TCDP Outstanding Technical Achievement Award

This award recognizes scholars whose technical accomplishments contributed significantly to the progress of the distributed processing field in one of the following ways.

•   Impact resulting in the significant advancement in the distributed processing field.
•   Impact beyond research to industrial practice.
•   Impact beyond the distributed processing field.

Eligibility

The candidate(s) can be anyone except the current officers of IEEE TCDP and members of the IEEE TCDP Awards Committee.

Nomination Process

Anyone in the field can put forward a nomination (self-nominations are excluded). Nominations should include a proposed citation (up to 25 words) and a detailed statement to justify the nomination (500 words or less). The nomination should explicitly indicate the specific nature of the impact (expanding distributed processing through interdisciplinary work, though the impact on practice, or by expanding the distributed processing field itself). Three supporting letters should be submitted. The letters need to address the significance of the contributions cited in the nomination. Nominations must be received by 18 March 2022 to be considered for this year’s award. Please include a detailed CV for a nominee in the nomination. Nominations that did not result in an award can be resubmitted or updated in subsequent years. The Awards Committee will evaluate all nominations and decide on zero or more winners.

2022 IEEE TDCP Outstanding Service Award

This award recognizes an individual who has contributed significantly to ICDCS, TCDP, and the distributed processing community in general.

Eligibility

The candidate can be anyone except the current officers of IEEE TCDP and members of the IEEE TCDP Awards Committee.

Nomination Process

Anyone in the field can put forward a nomination (self-nominations are excluded). Nominations should include a proposed citation (up to 25 words) and a detailed statement to justify the nomination (500 words or less). Three supporting letters should be submitted. The letters need to address the significance of the service contributions cited in the nomination. Nominations must be received by 18 March 2022 to be considered for this year’s award. Please include a detailed CV for a nominee in the nomination. Nominations that did not result in an award can be resubmitted or updated in subsequent years. The Awards Committee will evaluate all nominations and decide on zero or more winners.

All Awards

All nominations should be sent to the IEEE TCDP Awards Committee Chair, Dr. Xiaodong Zhang at zhang@cse.ohio-state.edu.