Call For Nominations 

 2022 IEEE TCCLD Award Announcement

TCCLD Awards outstanding members of the Cloud Computing community in a number of categories, including research, service, and leadership, among others.

Categories for the 2022 TCCLD Awards included:

• TCCLD Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award 
  TCCLD Outstanding Ph.D. thesis award is presented to a researcher whose Ph.D. thesis has the potential of a very high impact in cloud computing or gives direct evidence of such an impact. Only a Ph.D. degree obtained within two years  for this award.

• TCCLD Rising Star Award 
  Recognizes outstanding young scientists and engineers who have demonstrated exceptional capabilities and made a significant contribution to the field of cloud computing. Only candidates who receive their Ph.D. within 5 years are eligible. 

• TCCLD Research Innovation Award
  Recognizes anyone or one group of collaborators whose outstanding technical innovations are in the field of cloud computing. The contributors must have a long-term impact on advancing the theory and practice in cloud computing. 

• TCCLD Outstanding Leadership Award
  Recognizes one individual for her/his outstanding leadership contributions in the field of cloud computing. Also, the outstanding contributions in the application of cloud computing which affect and improve global business and help organizations and individuals are considered. 

• TCCLD Outstanding Service Award
  Recognizes one individual with outstanding services to building the cloud computing community, and persistent volunteer efforts, such as services to IEEE TCCLD activities worldwide, annual related events.
  

• TCCLD Women in Cloud Computing Award
  Recognizes women leaders who have made outstanding, influential, and potentially long-lasting contributions in the field of cloud computing and solve real problems. 

• TCCLD Research Impact Award
  Recognizes senior researchers or educators for her/his significant/distinguished contribution in the field of cloud computing. 

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Eligible applicants

1. Qualified candidates except for the IEEE TCCLD chairs, TCCLD  executive committee members, and the past IEEE TCCLD awardees.
2. Nominees that have not been recognized for the TCCLD award will be reviewed with higher priority.
3. In terms of the TCCLD Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award, the Ph.D. degree should have been obtained in 2021/2022.

Please note: self-nomination is not permitted.

Nomination Process

• Anyone in the field can nominate one person. Self-nominations are not accepted.
• Nominations should include a proposed citation (up to 25 words), which includes the field of research/work and contributions, a detailed statement to justify the nomination (500 words or less), and personal/team web page URL of the nominee.
• Two recommendation/supporting letters are required for each nomination. The letters should address the significance of the contributions cited in the nomination.
• Nominations that did not result in an award can be resubmitted or updated in subsequent years.
• The Awards Committee will evaluate all nominations and decide on zero or more winners for each award category.

Required documents: 

1. Nominee’s CV.
2. Two recommendation/supporting letters. 
3. Copy of Ph.D. thesis document ( only for TCCLD outstanding Ph.D. thesis award category)

 Note: All the required documents are needed to be combined into a single PDF file. 

Important Dates:

• October 15, 2022: Nomination Due. (extended)
• November 1, 2022: Selection results. (Internal)
• December 10, 2022: Announcement of Winners.

 Submission Link:

All nominations should be sent through the following link:

2022 IEEE TCCLD Awards Nomination

Questions? Contact the Awards Committee: ieeetccld@gmail.com