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| SIGCOMM Latin America | |
|---|---|
| Name | SIGCOMM Latin America |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Academic conference |
| Frequency | Annual |
| First | 2013 |
| Organizer | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Location | Latin America |
| Country | Various |
SIGCOMM Latin America
SIGCOMM Latin America is an annual regional symposium focused on computer networking, organized under the auspices of the Association for Computing Machinery and its Special Interest Group on Data Communication. The meeting convenes researchers from universities, industry laboratories, and public research institutes across Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and other Latin American locations to present advances in network architecture, protocols, measurement, and systems. The event serves as a bridge between global venues such as SIGCOMM, NSDI, ICNP, CoNEXT, and regional initiatives including RedCLARA, RNP, and national funding agencies like CNPq and CONACYT.
SIGCOMM Latin America targets topics spanning network design, performance evaluation, and applied deployment. Typical subjects include routing and switching innovations that connect with research from Juniper Networks, Cisco Systems, and Huawei; congestion control work related to projects at Google, Netflix, and Akamai Technologies; and measurement studies comparable to results from CAIDA, RIPE NCC, and the IETF community. Attendees represent academic departments such as University of São Paulo, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Tecnológico de Monterrey, and industry research groups from Microsoft Research and IBM Research.
The symposium emerged from regional workshops and satellite meetings associated with international conferences like SIGCOMM', PAM, and IMC. Early organizational leadership included faculty from Universidade Estadual de Campinas and engineers affiliated with LACNIC and RedCLARA. Over successive editions, the program expanded in scope and partnered with bodies such as ACM SIGCOMM, IEEE Communications Society, and national societies including Sociedade Brasileira de Computação. The conference narrative intersects with deployments and measurement campaigns tied to infrastructure projects at ANSP, FAPESP, and cross-border research networks that link to initiatives like GÉANT.
The organizing committee typically comprises an international chair, program chairs, publicity chairs, and local logistics teams drawn from host institutions. Committees coordinate with program committees populated by members from University of Cambridge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, EPFL, ETH Zurich, and regional universities. Sponsorship and exhibitor relations involve corporate partners including Intel, Broadcom, NVIDIA, and telecom operators such as Telefonica, Claro, and Telefonica Brasil. The venue rotates among Latin American cities with local hosts like Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, and Santiago.
The technical program features peer-reviewed papers, poster sessions, demonstrations, and tutorials. Tracks often mirror those at SIGCOMM and NSDI, with sessions on software-defined networking (SDN) informed by work at Open Networking Foundation, network function virtualization (NFV) connected to ETSI, and wireless and mobile systems related to studies from Qualcomm and Ericsson. Measurement and security sessions draw on methodologies from OARC, CERT/CC, and the IMC program committee. Tutorials and panels frequently include representatives from Facebook, Cloudflare, ITU, and regional regulators.
Proceedings are published under ACM venues and indexed in bibliographic services alongside conference proceedings from SIGCOMM', PAM, IMC, and CoNEXT. Special issues and extended versions appear in journals such as IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, and ACM Transactions on Computer Systems. Workshop papers and posters sometimes evolve into extended journal contributions with citations to foundational works by authors affiliated with Stanford University, UC Berkeley, and Carnegie Mellon University.
Accepted papers have addressed topics like congestion control algorithms related to TCP Cubic, novel routing protocols comparable to BGP studies, and measurement analyses of broadband access reminiscent of reports by FCC and Ofcom. Influential contributions include regional studies of internet topology that informed routing policies at LACNIC and peering strategies for content delivery networks akin to Akamai Technologies deployments. Several works from the symposium have been cited by authors at Google Research, Microsoft Research, and regulatory white papers from national telecommunications authorities.
The attendee base mixes graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty, industry engineers, and policy practitioners from institutions such as Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), Federal University of Minas Gerais, and companies like Movistar. Student travel grants and mentoring programs are supported by sponsors including ACM SIGCOMM, IEEE, and philanthropic foundations. The community maintains mailing lists, social media channels, and local chapters that coordinate year-round activities with entities such as RedCLARA and university research labs.
The symposium recognizes outstanding papers, best student papers, and best-demo awards, adjudicated by international juries with members from Princeton University, Cornell University, Imperial College London, and Tsinghua University. Recipients have later received broader recognition including invitations to poster sessions at SIGCOMM and publication expansions in journals like IEEE Transactions on Networking. Institutional acknowledgments have come from national science agencies including FAPESP, CNPq, and CONICYT.
Category:Computer networking conferences