Max{papers} awardsHenning Schulzrinne

Columbia University

Co paper-wrangler

The problem

Best paper awards are difficult

1-6 people are happy, roughly 235 unhappyonly the latter will tell you

Corollary: You always wish you changed your vote after hearing the presentation.

My solution

Completely objective

Achievable by everyonenot just those bribing the TPC chairs

Guarantees QoE

Provides new benchmarks for centers of excellence

Can be fully automated in the future

Innovation and Diligence Awards

Most innovativeFewest references (8)

Why are peers less stable in unpopular P2P streaming channels?

Topology dynamics in a P2PTV network Creating butterflies in the core

Most diligentMost citations (33)

Phoenix: towards an accurate, practical and decentralized network coordinate system

Industry & Collaboration Awards

Most industriousFewest authors (1)

Collaboration in BitTorrent Systems Optimizing the Association Procedure for Low-Power

802.15.4 Nonbeacon Sensor Networks Performance Evaluation of Fast Startup Congestion

Control Schemes

Most collaborativeMost authors (8)

Phoenix: towards an accurate, practical and decentralized network coordinate system

Precision & Detail Award

PrecisionShortest title (3 thumbs)

Collaboration in BitTorrent Systems

DetailLongest title (12 thumbs)

Collateral damage: the impact of optimised TCP variants on real-time latency in consumer broadband environments

Education & Obscuration award

EducationTitle my wife could understand

WIFE: Wireless indoor positioning based on fingerprint evaluation

ObscurationTitle most likely to confuse non-

native speakersHumpty Dumpty: Putting iBGP back

together again

Reviewer’s Choice Award

Easiest to reviewMost figures (17)

Performance Evaluation of Fast Startup Congestion Control Schemes

Hardest to reviewMost equations (~31)

Heterogeneous protection in regular and complete bi-partite networks (work in progress)

Future Work

You, too, can win an award!

But we’ll change the criteria next year