Subject: [icnrg] ACM SIGCOMM 2018 - CFP: Poster, Demos and Student Research Competition

From: Ignacio Castro <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2018 13:42:03 +0000

Deadline approaching! Consider submitting a Poster and/or Demo and join the Student Research Competition of ACM SIGCOMM 2018
Deadline: May 21, 2018
Https://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2018/cf-posters.html
(with apologies for multiple posting)

ACM SIGCOMM 2018 Call for Posters, Demos, and Student Research Competition

The SIGCOMM poster and demo sessions showcase works-in-progress in an informal setting. Topics of interest are the same as research topics in the SIGCOMM conference call for papers. We strongly encourage student and industry submissions. The SIGCOMM 2018 Poster and Demo committee will review all posters and demo proposals. Students must present student posters at the conference. Authors of accepted papers in SIGCOMM 2018 may not submit in this track on the same work as in the paper.

Product-focused, as opposed to research-focused, industrial demos may be more appropriately submitted to the SIGCOMM Industrial Demo track. Please feel free to contact either the Poster and Demo Chairs or the SIGCOMM Industrial Liaison Board<http://www.sigcomm.org/content/sigcomm-industrial-advisory-board> if you are unsure which track to submit to.

ACM SIGCOMM Student Research Competition (SRC)

The SIGCOMM poster and demo sessions will also serve as an ACM SIGCOMM Student Research Competition<https://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2018/src.html>. The ACM Student Research Competition (SRC) offers a unique forum for undergraduate and graduate students to present their original research before a panel of judges and attendees at well-known ACM-sponsored and co-sponsored conferences. Winners will advance to ACM Grand Finals of the Student Research Competition to compete against the winners of other ACM conferences. The SRC is sponsored by Microsoft Research.

Why should you submit a Poster or a Demo?

Presenting a poster is a great opportunity, especially for students, to obtain interesting and valuable feedback on ongoing research from a knowledgeable crowd at the conference. Accepted posters and demos will be published as a two-page abstract for the archived conference proceedings. In addition, the top few submissions will be forwarded for publication to the SIGCOMM newsletter, the Computer Communication Review (CCR). Students who are submitting posters are highly encouraged to examine if they are eligible for student travel grants.

What is a Poster?

We expect both poster and demo presenters to prepare a poster. A poster is A0 paper size in portrait mode (841 × 1189mm), to which you can affix visually appealing material that describes your research. Alternatively, you can use the space as a continuum. You should prepare the best material (visually appealing and succinct) that effectively communicates your research problem, techniques, results, and what is novel/important about the work. You do not submit such a large-format image; only an abstract describing in text what the poster would present. The abstract should clearly state: (a) the problem being addressed, (b) what makes this problem interesting, important, and difficult, (c) your approach to the problem, and (d) the key contribution.

What To Submit

If you are submitting a poster, you must submit a two-page abstract in PDF format that describes your work.

If you are submitting a demo, you must submit a three-page abstract (two page overview, one page demo requirements). The third page of technical requirements should detail:

  *   Equipment to be used for the demo
  *   Space needed
  *   Setup time required
  *   Additional facilities needed, including power and any Internet access requirements

All demos will be provided with table space, a poster board and wireless Internet access by default.

In both cases, acceptance will be primarily based on review of the submitted abstract.

All submissions must obey the following formatting requirements.

  *   Submit abstracts of no more than two (posters) or three (demos) single-spaced pages, including references, figures, tables, etc. Abstracts whose content is longer than the page limit will not be reviewed.
  *   Submit abstracts formatted for printing on Letter-sized (8.5" by 11") paper. Paper text blocks must follow ACM guidelines: double-column, with each column 9.25" by 3.33", 0.33" space between columns. Each column must use 10-point font or larger, and contain no more than 55 lines of text.
  *   It is your responsibility to ensure that your submission satisfies the above requirements. If you are using LaTeX, you can make use of this template for ACM conference proceedings<https://github.com/scyue/ccp-sigcomm18>. Unlike the official template, it only includes example for conference proceedings.

It is highly encouraged that each demo proposal includes a video clip showcasing the work, in addition to the abstract. The video should be no more than 3 minutes and should give a good idea of what the demo is about and what it would look like. Including a video clip will help the committee better understand and evaluate your proposal. Poster submissions may also include a video clip.

The abstracts of accepted posters and demos will be available to all attendees at the conference.

Authors of accepted demos and posters will be encouraged to publish auxiliary material in the ACM Digital Library with their poster/demo (source code, packet traces, and so forth) to improve the reproducibility of their results. The auxiliary material does not need to be submitted but can be referenced in the submission.

The posters and demos submitted to SIGCOMM 2018 must be original and cannot be concurrently submitted to other workshops or conferences during the SIGCOMM poster/demo review period. Dual submissions are a waste of the reviewer's time.

Where To Submit

Please submit your abstract at https://sigcomm18posters.hotcrp.com/. Submissions are single blind, so please include authors' names and affiliation. When submitting (a poster or demo), indicate if the submission should be considered for the SRC.

 Important Dates
·         May 21, 2018

Poster and demo submission deadline

·         June 19, 2018

Acceptance notification

·         June 26, 2017

Camera ready deadline