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| IMC (Internet Measurement Conference) | |
|---|---|
| Name | IMC (Internet Measurement Conference) |
| Status | Active |
| Discipline | Computer networking |
| Frequency | Annual |
| First | 2001 |
| Organizer | ACM SIGCOMM, Usenix? |
| Location | Rotating international venues |
IMC (Internet Measurement Conference) is an annual scholarly conference focused on empirical study and measurement of the global Internet, its infrastructure, protocols, services, and applications. IMC brings together researchers, operators, and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to present measurement-driven insights on topics such as traffic analysis, routing, security, and performance. The conference serves as a venue for cross-disciplinary exchange among communities involved with large-scale datasets, network instrumentation, and infrastructure deployment.
IMC originated in the early 2000s following precedents set by meetings such as the ACM SIGCOMM workshops, the USENIX symposia, and the INET gatherings organized by the Internet Society. Early instances were influenced by work from researchers affiliated with institutions like MIT, UC Berkeley, Stanford University, and research labs such as Bell Labs and Microsoft Research. Key milestones include the formalization of annual proceedings, collaborations with projects such as RIPE NCC and CAIDA, and the expansion of topics to include security incidents studied alongside projects at ISOC and initiatives by IETF working groups.
IMC's topical remit encompasses empirical studies of BGP routing infrastructure, DNS ecosystems, traffic classification associated with operators like Google, Facebook, and Netflix, and measurement of protocols developed at IETF meetings. Papers often analyze datasets from testbeds such as PlanetLab, measurement platforms like RIPE Atlas and M-Lab, and datasets shared by organizations including Cloudflare, Akamai Technologies, and Amazon Web Services. Security-related work examines threats investigated by teams at CERT/CC, NCC Group, and Kaspersky Lab, while performance studies reference deployments on networks run by carriers like AT&T and Verizon Communications.
IMC is typically organized under the auspices of professional organizations such as ACM SIGCOMM and sometimes co-located with events sponsored by USENIX or the Internet Society. Sponsorship commonly comes from corporations with stakes in Internet infrastructure—examples include Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, Google, Microsoft Corporation, Amazon, Cloudflare, Akamai Technologies, and research consortia like CAIDA and RIPE NCC. Local host institutions have included universities such as University of Cambridge, ETH Zurich, Princeton University, and conference logistics have involved partnerships with bodies like IEEE and regional research networks such as SURFnet.
Typical IMC programs combine peer-reviewed paper presentations, poster sessions, panels, and tutorials featuring speakers from Stanford University, UC San Diego, Carnegie Mellon University, and industry labs including Google Research and Microsoft Research. Workshops and satellite events often mirror formats used at SIGCOMM and USENIX meetings and may include hands-on sessions using platforms like PlanetLab and RIPE Atlas. Community-driven activities such as data challenges and reproducibility tracks echo initiatives advanced by groups like NSF-funded projects and the European Commission research programs.
Peer-reviewed IMC proceedings have been published in association with outlets linked to ACM digital libraries and distributed to archives maintained by organizations such as CAIDA and university repositories at UC Berkeley and Cornell University. High-impact papers have been cited in follow-on work archived in venues like IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, and conference proceedings from USENIX Security and NDSS. Authors often make supplementary datasets available via platforms used by M-Lab, Zenodo, or institutional datasets hosted at MIT and Princeton.
IMC has catalyzed empirical findings that influenced operational practices at providers such as Akamai Technologies and Cloudflare, and triggered protocol discussions at IETF working groups and within research agendas at Google and Microsoft. Notable contributions include large-scale characterizations of routing instabilities related to events involving carriers like Level 3 Communications and the analysis of outages that drew attention from regulators in bodies such as the Federal Communications Commission and the European Commission. Studies presented at IMC have advanced understanding of censorship mechanisms observed in countries covered by organizations like OpenNet Initiative and have informed tools developed by projects at EFF and Tor Project.
Attendees range from academics at universities including MIT, Harvard University, and Oxford University to engineers from companies such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, Cisco Systems, and Cloudflare. Representatives from research centers like CAIDA, RIPE NCC, and national labs such as NCSA participate, alongside funding agencies including NSF and program officers from the European Research Council. The community values reproducibility and data sharing, with collaborative norms similar to those at ACM and USENIX events.
IMC confers recognitions including best paper awards and distinguished paper mentions; recipients have come from institutions such as Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, and industry labs like Microsoft Research and Google Research. The conference's awards have highlighted work later honored in venues such as SIGCOMM, USENIX Security, and journals like IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking for methodological rigor and operational relevance.
Category:Computer networking conferences