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acknowledge ground-
breaking research in each
conference’s discipline for
its importance and contri-
bution to computing, and
to highlight theoretical
and practical innovations
likely to shape the future
of computing both within
Europe and globally. This
initiative began in 2016 as
that takes place in Europe
is eligible for the award, to
date only a few have been
invited to confer this dis-
tinction. Among those, for
example, is the ACM Con-
ference on Computer and
Communications Security
(CCS, the flagship annual
conference of ACM’s Spe-
cial Interest Group on Se-
curity, Audit and Control or
SIGSAC), which bestowed
this award in 2016. From
its inception, CCS has
established itself as a high
standard research confer-
ence in its area. The ACM
Europe Council was proud
to join SIGSAC in award-
ing the Best Student Paper
to Xiao Han, Nizar Kheir
(Orange Labs), and Davide
Balzarotti (Eurecom) for
their work “PhishEye: Live
an award to recognize best
student papers. In 2018,
the ACM Awards Commit-
tee recognized the initiative
as a meritorious endeavor
that now extends to both
junior and senior participa-
tion categories. Thus far,
eight awards have been
bestowed, and six more are
planned for the fiscal year
2019 including ACM CHI19
in Glasgow. Currently, this
is the only regional-based
best paper award of its kind
offered by ACM.
There are between 30
and 50 ACM-sponsored
conferences held annually
in Europe. These events
bring together a community of 6,000– 10,000
researchers, students, and
professionals. While every
ACM-sponsored conference
THE ACM EUROPE Council’s remit is to sup- port European ACM members while increasing the level and global
visibility of ACM activities throughout Europe.
Toward this goal, the ACM
Europe Council’s Best Paper Awards aim to achieve
three key objectives: First,
is to foster, recognize, and
reward research excellence
showcased at ACM-sponsored conferences held
in Europe. Second, is to
expand awareness of the
many high-quality, ACM-sponsored events that take
place annually within Europe. Third, is to enhance
diversity and inclusion of
European research across
the global ACM community
of researchers, students,
and practitioners.
The ACM Europe Council’s Best Paper Awards recognize authors of outstanding technical contributions
to ACM-sponsored conferences held in Europe. In
addition, these awards
ACM Europe Council’s
Best Paper Awards
BY JOAQUIM JORGE, MASHHUDA GLENCROSS, AND AARON QUIGLEY
Recognition | DOI: 10.1145/3309952
Xiao Han receives the ACM Europe Council Best Student Paper Award from Gabriele Anderst-Kotsis
during CCS 2016 in Vienna, Austria.
The ACM Europe Council’s
Best Paper Awards recognize
authors of outstanding technical
contributions to ACM-sponsored
conferences held in Europe.