Test-of-Time Award

Starting from DSN 2019, a new award called Test-of-Time Award is instituted, to recognize two papers published 10 years ago in DSN, in the regular paper, the practical experience report or the Tool demonstration category. DSN has several areas under its umbrella and with two awards there are conditions to recognize more than one area. In exceptional situations (not enough nominations), the time frame for awards can be extended to 10-12 years, and only one paper can be awarded, in this order. Written justification should be provided by the Test-of-Time Award committee for each of the exceptions considered: 10-12 years instead of 10 years, and one paper instead of two.

Note: Before the year DCCS and PDS merged, the award will consist of one paper from the DCCS Track and one paper from the PDS Track. After the year DCCS and PDS were merged, two papers will be awarded from the DSN Main Track.

More details can be found here!

Past Winners of the Test-of-Time Award

2022 Winners

Y. Xia, Y. Liu, H. Chen and B. Zang, CFIMon: Detecting violation of control flow integrity using performance counters, 42nd Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN), 2012, pp. 1-12, doi: 10.1109/DSN.2012.6263958

A. K. Maji, F. A. Arshad, S. Bagchi and J. S. Rellermeyer, An empirical study of the robustness of inter-component communication in Android, 42nd Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN), 2012, pp. 1-12, doi: 10.1109/DSN.2012.6263963

2021 Winners

F. P. Junqueira, B. C. Reed, M. Serafini, Zab: High-performance broadcast for primary-backup systems, 41st Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems & Networks (DSN), 2011, pp. 245-256, doi: 10.1109/DSN.2011.5958223.

M. Garcia, A. Bessani, I. Gashi, N. Neves, R. Obelheiro, OS diversity for intrusion tolerance: Myth or reality?, 41st Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems & Networks (DSN), 2011, pp. 383-394, doi: 10.1109/DSN.2011.5958251.

2020 Winners

Peng Xie, Jason H. Li, Xinming Ou, Peng Liu, Renato Levy, Using Bayesian networks for cyber security analysis, 40th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN’10), DCCS track, Chicago, US, pp. 211-220

Michael Grottke, Allen P. Nikora, Kishor S. Trivedi, An empirical investigation of fault types in space mission system software, 40th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN’10), PDS Track, Chicago, US, pp. 447-456

2019 Winners

Kevin S. Killourthy, Roy Maxion, Comparing anomaly detection algorithms for keystroke dynamics

Adam Oliner, John Stearley, What supercomputers say: A study of five system logs