SIGACT Distinguished Service Prize

SIGACT Distinguished Service Prize

The SIGACT Distinguished Service Prize is given every other year to an individual who has made substantial service contributions to the Theoretical Computer Science community. The next award will be in 2008. (Before the 2002 award, the award was given annually.) It is presented at the ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, and comes with a $1,000 prize, plus a travel grant of up to $700 to attend the conference and a complementary registration to attend the conference.

Eligibility

The prize can be awarded to an individual for a single contribution or for a series of contributions over a career. All living individuals are eligible with the exception of the sitting SIGACT Chair, an individual who nominated a majority of selection committee members, or a member of the selection committee.

Selection Committee

The winner is selected by a three member committee. The SIGACT chair appoints the committee to serve staggered three-year terms.

Nominations

Nominations can be made by any member of Theory of Computing community and should contain a statement of no more than 500 words explaining why the candidate deserves the award. The nomination can also include an additional separate listing of service activities. The nomination must include the address, phone number, and the email address of the nominator. Additional support letters may be submitted, though these are not required. The committee welcomes any informal suggestions from the community in addition to formal nominations.

Nominations are to be submitted electronically in PDF format by March 1, 2008 to the the chair of the selection committee, Rocky Ross, at ross@cs.montana.edu.

Details of the 2008 call in PDF format:
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Past Winners

Created by Ian Parberry, March 24, 1999.
Last updated Tue Nov 27 22:35:13 PST 2007 by Wolfgang Bein.