[DMANET] Principles of Distributed Computing Doctoral Dissertation Award - deadline for nominations 7 May 2018

We are soliciting nominations for the 2018 Principles of Distributed Computing Doctoral Dissertation Award.

Please nominate excellent dissertations in the area of Distributed Computing that were successfully defended
(or, in lieu of a defense, obtained final approval) in the period January 1st, 2016 through December 31st, 2017.

The award will be presented at DISC 2018, which will take place October 16-18 in New Orleans.

The deadline for nominations is: 7 May 2018 (extended).
More information about the award is available on the award web page https://www.podc.org/dissertation/

Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=podcdda18

Sincerely,

The 2018 Award Committee:
Lorenzo Alvisi
Idit Keidar, Chair
Andrea Richa
Alex Schwarzmann

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