SIGCOMM Award

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ACM award computer networking award lifetime achievement award

The SIGCOMM Award is a prestigious annual honor presented by the ACM SIGCOMM community to individuals who have made outstanding lifetime contributions to the field of computer networking and communications.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
ACM SIGCOMM Award	13
SIGCOMM Award canonical	2
ACM SIGCOMM community awards	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T574622 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: SIGCOMM Award
Context triple: [SIGCOMM, hasAward, SIGCOMM Award]

A. IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award
The IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award is a prestigious honor recognizing individuals whose groundbreaking contributions have significantly advanced the field of computing.
B. ACM Prize in Computing
The ACM Prize in Computing is a prestigious annual award recognizing early to mid-career computer scientists for influential and innovative contributions to the field of computing.
C. ACM Software System Award
The ACM Software System Award is a prestigious annual honor recognizing influential software systems that have had lasting impact on computing and society.
D. IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal
The IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal is a prestigious IEEE award honoring exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems, and technology.
E. IEEE Simon Ramo Medal
The IEEE Simon Ramo Medal is a prestigious IEEE award recognizing exceptional achievement in systems engineering and systems science.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: SIGCOMM Award
Target entity description: The SIGCOMM Award is a prestigious annual honor presented by the ACM SIGCOMM community to individuals who have made outstanding lifetime contributions to the field of computer networking and communications.

A. IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award
The IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award is a prestigious honor recognizing individuals whose groundbreaking contributions have significantly advanced the field of computing.
B. ACM Prize in Computing
The ACM Prize in Computing is a prestigious annual award recognizing early to mid-career computer scientists for influential and innovative contributions to the field of computing.
C. ACM Software System Award
The ACM Software System Award is a prestigious annual honor recognizing influential software systems that have had lasting impact on computing and society.
D. IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal
The IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal is a prestigious IEEE award honoring exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems, and technology.
E. IEEE Simon Ramo Medal
The IEEE Simon Ramo Medal is a prestigious IEEE award recognizing exceptional achievement in systems engineering and systems science.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ACM award ⓘ computer networking award ⓘ lifetime achievement award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	SIGCOMM Award ⓘ surface form: ACM SIGCOMM Award
associatedWithConference	SIGCOMM ⓘ surface form: ACM SIGCOMM Conference
awardFor	outstanding lifetime contributions to computer communications ⓘ outstanding lifetime contributions to computer networking ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
domain	academic computer science ⓘ
eligibility	individuals with lifetime contributions ⓘ
field	computer communications ⓘ computer networking ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
governingBody	SIGCOMM ⓘ surface form: ACM SIGCOMM Executive Committee
hasAwardedFor	impact on the Internet ⓘ innovation in network architecture ⓘ innovation in network protocols ⓘ research in computer networks ⓘ
hasType	professional recognition ⓘ
inception	1989 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
notableRecipient	David Clark ⓘ Jon Postel ⓘ Leonard Kleinrock ⓘ Louis Pouzin ⓘ Paul Baran ⓘ Radia Perlman ⓘ Robert Kahn ⓘ Sally Floyd ⓘ Van Jacobson ⓘ Vinton Cerf ⓘ surface form: Vint Cerf
partOf	SIGCOMM ⓘ surface form: ACM SIGCOMM
presentedBy	SIGCOMM ⓘ surface form: ACM SIGCOMM Association for Computing Machinery ⓘ
prestigeLevel	flagship award of ACM SIGCOMM ⓘ
scope	international ⓘ
selectionProcess	committee-based selection ⓘ
sponsor	ACM Special Interest Group ⓘ surface form: ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication
topic	Internet architecture ⓘ data communication ⓘ network measurement ⓘ network performance ⓘ network protocols ⓘ network security ⓘ
website	https://www.sigcomm.org/awards/sigcomm-award ⓘ

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