Jean-Claude Laprie Award in Dependable Computing

The IFIP 10.4 working group on Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance is proud to announce the establishment of the Jean-Claude Laprie Award in Dependable Computing, in honor of Jean-Claude Laprie (1944-2010), whose pioneering contributions to the concepts and methodologies of dependability were influential in defining and unifying the field of dependable and secure computing. The award recognizes outstanding papers that have significantly influenced the theory and/or practice of Dependable Computing. It takes the form of a memorial plaque presented to the author(s) (or their representative) at the Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN).

About Jean-Claude Laprie

Jean-Claude Laprie was Directeur de Recherche at LAASCNRS. He devoted his entire career to research on the dependability of computing systems. His unique capability of abstraction and formalization, and his contributions to the formulation of the concepts and methodologies of dependability, rapidly led to national and international recognition. He received the IFIP Silver Core in 1992, the Silver Medal of French Scientific Research in 1993, and the Grand Prize in Informatics of the French Academy of Science in 2009. He was made Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite in 2002.

Eligible papers

Any paper relating to dependable and secure computing and published in the peer-reviewed literature at least 10 years prior to the award year (e.g., 2002 or earlier for the 2012 award) is eligible for the award.

Selection criteria

The award seeks to recognize papers that have had a significant impact in the intervening years in one or more of the three following categories:

Technical/scientific research impact
Industrial/commercial product impact
Broad impact on the dependable computing community

Nominations

Nominations may be made by any person who is familiar with the author's or authors' published work. Nominations must be submitted no later than October 1 of the year preceding the award year

either via this web-page at: http://JCLaprie-Award.dependability.org,
or by e-mail to JCLaprie-Award@dependability.org (the subject line of the email message should include the full title of the nominated paper).

The supporting material for the nomination should include:

Name, affiliation, and contact information of the nominator
The nominated paper
For each author of the nominated paper: biographical information, including current position and contact details.
Description (500 words maximum) of the impact of the paper over at least a ten year period, addressing the following questions:
- What is the main category of impact for the nominated paper? (see "selection criteria")
- What advances have been enabled by the ideas presented in the paper? Include as appropriate: evidence of follow-up research, evidence of usage of the described technology in an industrial setting, or evidence of starting new directions and/or spawning new ideas.

Nominations by the award committee itself are admissible at any time during the deliberation and selection process, subject to the conflict of interest rules established below.

Award Committee

Selection will be carried out by a committee of at least 5 persons, chaired by a person appointed by the IFIP 10.4 working group chair. The other members of the award committee will be appointed by the working group chair in consultation with the award committee chair.

The award committee is renewed annually and will be constituted no later than November 1 of the year preceding the award year. The committee will complete its deliberation and selection process in time to make the award at the DSN conference, typically the last week in June.

Conflict of interest policy

Persons having a conflict of interest with a nominated paper cannot be members of the award committee. A person must declare a conflict of interest if he/she:

Was involved in writing a nominated paper.
Is currently from the same institution as an author of a nominated paper.
Was the PhD advisor or advisee of one of the authors of a nominated paper.
Is a relative of an author of a nominated paper.'

Nomination Form

To nominate a paper for the J.C. Laprie Award via this website please fill out the form below completely. Paper upload will take place on a separate page.