The Jean-Claude Laprie Award in Dependable Computing is awarded annually since 2012 by the IFIP Working Group 10.4 on Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance in his honor. The award recognizes outstanding papers that have significantly influenced the theory and/or practice of Dependable Computing.
It takes the form of a memorial plaque presented to the author(s) at the Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN).
Any paper relating to dependable and secure computing, and published at least 10 years prior to the award year (e.g., 2011 or earlier for the 2021 award) is eligible for the award.
The award seeks to recognize papers that have had a significant impact in the intervening years in one or more of the three following categories:
The award may be given to more than one paper.
Nominations are due on December 1, 2020. Award to be announced by Mid-April, 2021.
Nominations may be made by any person who is familiar with the author's or authors' published work.
The supporting material for the nomination should include (incomplete materials may jeopardize the nomination):
Nominations by the award committee itself are admissible at any time during the deliberation and selection process, subject to the conflict of interest rules established below. Please send your nomination to the IFIP Chair, Mootaz Elnozahy at mootaz@kaust.edu.sa by December 1, 2020.
Selection will be carried out by a committee of at least 5 persons, chaired by a person appointed by the IFIP 10.4 working group chair. The other members of the award committee will be appointed by the working group chair in consultation with the award committee chair. The award committee is renewed annually and will be completed (no later than two weeks) after the nomination deadline, to prevent conflict of interest. The committee will complete its deliberation and selection process in time to make the award at the DSN conference, typically the last week in June.
The IFIP chair selects the chair of the award committee and collaborates with the latter in forming the rest of the committee with an eye on avoiding conflict of interest. Persons having a conflict of interest with a nominated paper may not serve on the award committee. Conflict of interest includes:
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