Re: [IRTF-Announce] Call for nominations: Applied Networking Research Prize 2023

[Colin Perkins <[e-mail]>]

A reminder that nominations for the Applied Networking Research Prize 
2023 are being accepted until 18 November – https://irtf.org/anrp/

Colin




On 11 Oct 2022, at 16:19, Colin Perkins wrote:

> # Applied Networking Research Prize 2023
>
> https://irtf.org/anrp/
>
> **Submit nominations for the 2023 award period of the Applied 
> Networking Research Prize until November 18, 2022**
>
> **(Please share this announcement with your colleagues.)**
>
>
> The Applied Networking Research Prize (ANRP) is awarded to recognise 
> the best recent results in applied networking, interesting new 
> research ideas of potential relevance to the Internet standards 
> community, and upcoming people that are likely to have an impact on 
> Internet standards and technologies, with a particular focus on cases 
> where these people or ideas would not otherwise get much exposure or 
> be able to participate in the discussion.
>
> We encourage nominations of researchers with relevant research 
> results, interesting ideas, and new perspectives. The award will offer 
> them the  opportunity to present and discuss their work with the 
> engineers, network operators, policy makers, and scientists that 
> participate in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and its 
> research arm, the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF). Both self- and 
> third-party nominations for this prize are encouraged.
>
> The Applied Networking Research Prize (ANRP) consists of:
>
> * a cash prize of $1000 (USD)
> * an invited talk at the IRTF Open Meeting
> * a travel grant to attend a week-long IETF meeting (airfare, hotel, 
> registration, stipend)
> * recognition at the IETF plenary
> * an invitation to related social activities
>
> In addition, prize winners may be offered additional travel grants to 
> attend future IETF and/or IRTF meetings. Such grants are made at the 
> discretion of the award committee, based on community feedback, 
> engagement with the community, and potential future impact.
>
> Applied Networking Research Prize awards are made once per calendar 
> year. Each year, several winners will be chosen and invited to present 
> their work at one of the three IETF meetings during the following 
> year.
>
>
> ## How to Nominate
>
> Nominations are for a single author of an original, peer-reviewed, 
> journal, conference or workshop paper that was recently published or 
> accepted for publication. The nominee must be one of the main authors 
> of the nominated paper. Both self-nominations (nominating one’s own 
> work) and third-party nominations (nominating someone else, with their 
> permission) are encouraged.
>
> The nominated paper should provide a scientific foundation for 
> possible future engineering work in the IETF, or research and 
> experimentation in the IRTF. It should analyse the behaviour of 
> Internet protocols in real-world deployments or realistic testbeds, 
> make an important contribution to understanding the scalability, 
> performance, reliability, security or capabilities of the Internet, or 
> otherwise be of relevance to ongoing or future IETF or IRTF 
> activities.
>
> Nominations must state how the nominated paper relates to these goals. 
> They should describe how involving the nominee in the IETF and IRTF 
> process, and bringing them to an IETF meeting, would help to foster 
> the transition of the results and/or ideas into new IETF engineering 
> work or IRTF experimentation, or otherwise seed new activities that 
> will have an impact on the real-world Internet.
>
> The goal of the ANRP is to foster the transitioning of research 
> results into real-world benefits for the Internet. Therefore, 
> applicants must indicate that they (or the nominee, in case of 
> third-party nominations) are available to attend at least one of the 
> IETF meetings in the following year. In-person attendance is 
> desirable, where possible, but due to the impact of the COVID-19 
> pandemic remote participation options will be available for ANRP prize 
> winners at all IETF meetings in 2023.
>
> Nominations are submitted via https://irtf.org/anrp/ and must include:
>
> * the name and email address of the nominee;
> * a bibliographic reference to the published (or accepted) nominated 
> paper;
> * a PDF copy of the nominated paper;
> * a statement that describes how the nominated paper fulfils the goals 
> of the award and how the nominee would engage with the IETF and/or 
> IRTF community;
> * a statement of the nominee's availability to present their work at 
> the IETF meetings in during 2023;
> * a statement that the nominee accepts that the IRTF Intellectual 
> Property Rights disclosure rules will apply to their award talk at the 
> IRTF open meeting;
> * a brief biography or CV for the nominee; and
> * optionally, any other supporting information (link to nominee’s 
> web site, etc.)
>
> All nominees will be notified by email about the decision regarding 
> their nomination.
>
> Nominations for the Applied Networking Research Prize (ANRP) are not 
> considered to be contributions to the IETF or IRTF. However, the 
> invited talks at the IRTF Open Meeting are considered to be 
> contributions and the IRTF Intellectual Property Rights disclosure 
> rules apply.
>
>
> ## Important Dates
>
> Nominations close: November 18, 2022
> Notifications: January 4, 2023
>
>
> ## Sponsors
>
> The Applied Networking Research Prize is supported by the Internet 
> Society in coordination with the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF).  
> Additional corporate sponsorship is kindly provided by Comcast and NBC 
> Universal. If your organisation would like to support the ANRP, please 
> contact [e-mail].