ACM SIGMETRICS Doctoral Dissertation Award

The SIGMETRICS Doctoral Dissertation award recognizes excellent thesis research by doctoral candidates in the field of performance evaluation analysis of computer systems. The award winner will receive a plaque, a $1,000 honorarium, and a complimentary registration to the ACM SIGMETRICS conference. The SIGMETRICS Doctoral Dissertation Award winner and up to two honorable mentions will be recognized at the annual ACM SIGMETRICS conference.

Eligibility:

• The final dissertation defense should take place at the nominee’s host institution during the 12 months prior to the submission deadline and not earlier than the previous submission deadline. Each submitted doctoral dissertation must be on a topic related to the measurement, modeling, analysis, and/or design of computing systems and networks. Of particular interest is work that presents new performance evaluation methods or that creatively applied previously developed methods to make predictions about, or gain insights into, key design tradeoffs in a variety of computing, networked, and cyber-physical systems. The determination of whether a thesis is in scope for the award will be made by the SIGMETRICS Doctoral Dissertation Award Committee.
• An English-language version of the dissertation must be submitted with the nomination.
• A dissertation can be nominated for both the SIGMETRICS Doctoral Dissertation Award and the ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award.
• A supervisor can nominate a maximum of two PhD students in the same year.

Important dates:

• Submission deadline: September 15, 2025.
• Notification: November 15, 2025.

Submission procedure:

All nomination materials must be submitted electronically by the supervisor to the 2025 committee chair, Daniel Sadoc Menasche (sadoc@dcc.ufrj.br). Please use the subject line: "SIGMETRICS DDA 2025 [candidate name]". You will receive an acknowledgment of successful submission within one week of your email. Nominations must be received by the submission deadline and must be submitted in English. Late submissions will not be considered. Supervisors of co-supervised candidates should coordinate to ensure that only one nomination per candidate is submitted to the committee.

Nominations for the award must include:

• A statement summarizing the candidate’s PhD thesis contributions and potential impact, and justification of the nomination. Please address the candidate's involvement and contributions with the SIGMETRICS or Performance community. No more than two pages;
• A list of papers published within the candidate's thesis;
• A copy of the PhD thesis itself;
• Two endorsement letters supporting the nomination including the significant PhD thesis contributions of the candidate. Each endorsement should be no longer than 2 pages with a clear specification of the nominee’s PhD thesis contributions and potential impact;
• A concise statement (one sentence) of the PhD thesis contribution for which the award is being given. This statement will appear on the plaque and on the SIGMETRICS website.

PDF format is required for all materials. ACM's conflict-of-interest guidelines apply to all award nominations.

The 2025 Doctoral Dissertation Award Committee comprises Daniel Sadoc Menasché (chair), Ningfang Mi, Jayakrishnan Nair, Giovanni Neglia and Ziv Scully.