The SIGMOBILE Outstanding Contribution Award is given for significant and lasting contributions to the research on mobile computing and communications and wireless networking.
The submission site for nominations is open for the 2025 round. Deadline: 5th May, 2025.
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Fouad Tobagi For seminal development of Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) as a widely used fundamental mechanism for efficient wireless transmission. |
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2022 Andrea Goldsmith For outstanding contributions to multi-antenna wireless communications through fundamental research, successful entrepreneurship, and inspired leadership. |
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2020 Marty Cooper For seminal contributions to the conception, practice and adoption of portable telephony. |
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2019 Roy Want For hardware and software contributions to the conception and practice of context-aware mobile computing. |
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2018 Teresa Meng For groundbreaking research, engineering and entrepreneurial leadership to make Wi-Fi faster, lower power, and lower cost. |
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2017 Norm Abramson For fundamental contributions to the theory and practice of random access wireless networking including the development of ALOHA, the first packet data wireless network. |
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2015 Mario Gerla For pioneering contributions to mobile computing, communications and wireless networking. |
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2014 Leonard Kleinrock For pioneering contributions to the first multi-hop packet switched radio network which formed the foundation for modern wireless networks. |
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2013 Victor Bahl For pioneering contributions to wireless Internet broadband technologies, and for inspirational leadership of the mobile computing community. |
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2012 P. R. Kumar For pioneering contributions to the foundations of asymptotic performance analysis of large scale wireless networks. |
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2010 Mahadev Satyanarayanan For pioneering a wide spectrum of technologies in support of disconnected and weakly connected mobile clients. |
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2009 Deborah Estrin For significant technical contributions and global advocacy of networked embedded systems. |
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2007 David E. Culler For developing the TinyOS platform which significantly advanced wireless sensor networking research and associated applications. |
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2006 Daniel P. Siewiorek For pioneering and fundamental contributions to wearable and context-aware computing. |
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2004 Andy Hopper For pioneering new areas of research in wireless and mobile computing, driven by a unique blend of innovative academic research and recognition of its commercial potential. |
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2003 Ian F. Akyildiz For pioneering contributions in the area of mobility and resource management for wireless communication networks. |
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2002 Randy H. Katz For excellence in research and teaching of mobile computing systems and wireless networking. |
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2001 Imrich Chlamtac For significant contributions to the design of distributed scheduling channel access protocols and leadership in mobile communications. |
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1999 Mark. D. Weiser For fundamental contributions and leadership in developing the field of ubiquitous computing. |
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1998 Robert W. Brodersen For ideas fundamental to the emergence of low power radio frequency communications devices and systems for handheld computers. |
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1997 David J. Goodman For fundamental contributions to the theory of multiple access protocols for radio frequency communications. |
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1996 Anthony Ephremides For fundamental contributions to statistical communications theory and its application to wireless and satellite systems. |
Each nomination should consist of the following items:
The award is usually given annually and will be presented at one of ACM SIGMOBILE's conferences during the year following selection of a winning nomination.
Please note:
Submit your nominations here. Note: Please combine all nomination material into one pdf file for your submission to the HotCRP system.
The Outstanding Contribution Awards is the highest honor the SIGMOBILE community bestows on an individual. It is a recognition of the lasting technical contribution made by this person and the influence he or she has had on our field. The Selection Committee for the award includes the past winners and the SIGMOBILE Chair.
Please direct questions to Mani Srivastava (mbs@ucla.edu) Award Committee Chair or LilI Qiu (lili@cs.utexas.edu).