Test-of-Time Award
The ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security (AsiaCCS) is an annual conference launched in 2006. AsiaCCS started the Test-of-Time Award in 2025 to recognize papers that have had a lasting impact on the field. AsiaCCS will continue the tradition by giving the Test-of-Time Award in 2027.
2027 Test-of-Time Award Committee
- Michail Maniatakos (NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE) – Program Co-Chair 2025
- Yinqian Zhang (SUSTech, China) – Program Co-Chair 2025
- Debdeep Mukhopadhyay (IIT Kharagpur, India) – Program Co-Chair 2026
- Kenny Paterson (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) – Program Co-Chair 2026
- Neil Gong (Duke University, USA) – Program Co-Char 2027
- Nils Ole Tippenhauer (CISPA, Germany) – Program Co-Char 2027
- Surya Nepal (AsiaCCS steering committee representative) – Chair
Nomination
Any person can nominate a paper published at AsiaCCS for the award. Self-nomination is also allowed. To nominate a paper, please submit the following information to the committee Chair, Surya Nepal, at surya.nepal@csiro.au by the deadline.
- Paper title, paper authors and year of publication
- Reason for nomination
- Name, affiliation, and email address of the nominator
The reason for nomination should be at most 3000 characters, explaining why the paper has stood the test of time, what influence it has had on the field, and the impact the paper has had.
Deadline: 7 February 2027
Eligibility
To be eligible for the award given in 2027, a paper must have been published at AsiaCCS in 2013 and 2014. Papers authored or co-authored by the award committee members are not eligible to receive the award. Please refer to the ACM Guidelines on Conflict of Interest for the ACM Awards Committee.
Ceremony
The Test-of-Time award will be presented at AsiaCCS 2027 (Macau, 12-16 July 2027), and the recipient will give a (short) talk about the background behind the paper, their current view of the topic, and what has happened in the area in the meantime. The recipient’s registration fee will be waived.