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Call for nominations: Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing (deadlin: May 1, 2005)

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Annual Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing
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The Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing is awarded for
an outstanding paper on the principles of distributed computing, whose
significance and impact on the theory and/or practice of distributed
computing has been evident for at least a decade.

The prize is named for Edsger W. Dijsktra, a pioneer in the area of
distributed computing.  The prize is presented at the PODC conference
(http://www.podc.org/podc2005/).  However, papers appearing in any
conference proceedings or journals are eligible, as long as they have
had a significant impact on research areas of interest within the PODC
community, and as long as the year of publication is at least ten years
prior to the year in which the award is given.

The winning authors will share a cash award of $1,000, and each will
be presented with a plaque at PODC 2005. An announcement of the
award recipient will be included in the PODC 2005 proceedings.  The
announcement will include a paragraph describing the paper's lasting
contributions.

Additional details about the award and the nomination instructions can
be found in http://www.podc.org/dijkstra/

Please send your nominations to James Aspnes, PODC 2005 program chair,
at aspnes@cs.yale.edu.  The deadline is May 1st, 2005.

The prize committee consists of

Jim Anderson, UNC Chapel Hill
James Aspnes (chair), Yale University
Faith Ellen Fich, University of Toronto
Vassos Hadzilacos, University of Toronto