SIGMM Technical Achievement Award <Deadline Extended>

AWARD DESCRIPTION

This award is presented every year to a researcher who has made significant
and lasting contributions to multimedia computing, communication and
applications. Outstanding technical contributions through research and
practice are recognized. Towards this goal, contributions are considered
from academia and industry that focus on major advances in multimedia
including multimedia processing, multimedia content analysis, multimedia
systems, multimedia network protocols and services, and multimedia
applications and interfaces. The award recognizes members of the community
for long-term technical accomplishments or those who have made a notable
impact through a significant technical innovation. The selection committee
focuses on candidates' contributions as judged by innovative ideas,
influence in the community, and/or the technical/social impact resulting
from their work. The award includes a $1000 honorarium, an award certificate
of recognition, and an invitation for the recipient to present a keynote
talk at a current year's SIGMM-sponsored conference, the ACM International
Conference on Multimedia (ACM Multimedia). A public citation for the award
will be placed on the SIGMM website.

FUNDING

The award honorarium, the award certificate of recognition and travel
expenses to the ACM International Conference on Multimedia is fully
sponsored by the SIGMM budget.

NOMINATION PROCESS

Nominations are solicited by May 1, 2011 Extended to June 30, 2011, 
with decision made by July 30 2011, in time to allow the above recognition
and award presentation at ACM Multimedia 2011.
Nominations for the award must include:

1.       A statement summarizing the candidate's accomplishments,
description of the significance of the work, and justification of the
nomination (two pages maximum);

2.       Curriculum Vitae of the nominee;

3.       Three endorsement letters supporting the nomination including the
significant contributions of the candidate. Each endorsement should be no
longer than 500 words with clear specification of nominee contributions and
impact on the multimedia field;

4.       A concise statement (one sentence) of the achievement(s) for which
the award is being given. This statement will appear on the award
certificate and on the website.

The nomination rules are: The nominee can be any member of the scientific
community.

 1. The nominator must be a SIGMM member.
 2. No self-nomination is allowed.
 3. Nominations that do not result in an award can be resubmitted.
 4. The SIGMM elected officers as well as members of the Awards Selection
   Committee are not eligible.

PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS

·         2010: Ramesh Jain
"for pioneering research and inspiring leadership that transformed
multimedia information processing to enhance the quality of life and
visionary leadership of the multimedia community"

·         2009: Lawrence A. Rowe
"for pioneering research in continuous media software systems and visionary
leadership of the multimedia research community"

·         2008: Ralf Steinmetz
"for pioneering work in multimedia communications and the fundamentals of
multimedia synchronization"