- SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award: This award is given for outstanding and innovative technical contributions to the field of computer and communication security that have had lasting impact in furthering or understanding the theory or development of secure systems.

- SIGSAC Outstanding Contribution Award: This award is given for significant contribution to the field of computer and communication security through fostering research and development activities, educating students, or providing professional services such as the running of professional societies and conferences.

The SIGSAC Awards Committee is now open to receiving nominations for the awards. The awards will be presented at ACM Computer and Communication Security Conference, Alexandria, VA, November 7-11, 2005.

NOMINATION PROCESS: Each nomination should be co-sponsored by at least 3 people. Email co-sponsorship is accepted. Nominations should include a proposed citation (up to 25 words), a succinct (100-250 words) description of the innovation/contribution, and a detailed statement (1-2 page) to justify the nomination as well as other supporting materials. Nominations should be submitted via e-mail (with subject “SIGSAC Innovation/Contribution Award nomination”) to the chair of the SIGSAC Awards Committee: Pierangela Samarati (samarati@dti.unimi.it).

DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS:  Deadline for receiving nomination is August 5, 2005.

EXCLUSION: Members of the ACM SIGSAC Awards Committee are not eligible to be nominated.

The details related to the nomination process and administration of the
awards are posted at http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigsac/awards.html.