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PODC business meeting

PODC business meeting. Mark Tuttle, HP Labs Steering committee chair. Agenda. Reports (15 min) 2004 Treasurer 2005 General chair, Treasurer, Program chair PODC 2006 (10 min) Proposals for 2007, 2008, 2009… (20 min) Toronto, Columbus, Evanston, Portland, Mexico Other topics (10 min)

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PODC business meeting

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  1. PODC business meeting Mark Tuttle, HP LabsSteering committee chair

  2. Agenda • Reports (15 min) • 2004 Treasurer • 2005 General chair, Treasurer, Program chair • PODC 2006 (10 min) • Proposals for 2007, 2008, 2009… (20 min) • Toronto, Columbus, Evanston, Portland, Mexico • Other topics (10 min) • PODC mailing list, ???

  3. 2004 Treasurer’s report Marcos Aguilera, Past Treasurer 2005 General Chair’s report Marcos Aguilera, General chair

  4. main changes from 2004 • colocation with SPAA • joint registration, reception, meals, banquet • two common technical sessions • costs • food more expensive • accomodations, flights cheaper • beverages in business meeting

  5. fund raising • total: $25K • $ 5K carry-over from last year (Mark Tuttle’s miracle) • $20K from corporate sponsors Google, HP, Microsoft, Sun • in the future, keep trying with Intel, IBM, Telcordia • compiling list of contacts tell us if you know of a contact for a new sponsor

  6. SIG use of left-over moneyreturned to SIG • lots of things useful to PODC • eg, digital scanning project • but also (from SIGACT reports) • Kannelakis Prize, Knuth Prize • best student paper award for STOC • student travel awards to STOC • developing country travel award to go to STOC • student lunches for STOC, FOCS, and SODA

  7. PODC capital assets • use left-over money • decrease costs in future years • held by general chair or treasurer • ACM rule: report purchases of $500+ • current assets • computer projector • 5 laser pointers

  8. 2005 Treasurer’s report Eric Ruppert, Treasurer

  9. 2005 Program Chair’s report Jim Aspnes, Program chair

  10. Submissions • 160 regular track, 36 accepted = 22.5% rate • 46 brief announcements, 22 accepted = 48% rate • 4 poster presentations • Most popular areas: • distributed network algorithms (62) • fault tolerance (39) • peer to peer (31) • network protocols (29) • overlay networks (25)

  11. Acceptances • Most popular areas among accepted papers: • distributed network algorithms (16/62, 26%) • fault tolerance (12/39, 31%) • network protocols (11/29, 38%) • graph theory (10/12, 83%) • impossibility results (8/16, 50%) • peer to peer (7/31, 23%) • Expect many papers on graph-theoretic impossibility results in PODC 2006.

  12. Danny Hendler (U. Toronto, Canada) Prasad Jayanti (Dartmouth, USA) Dahlia Malkhi (Microsoft Research, USA and Hebrew U., Israel) Michael Mitzenmacher (Harvard, USA) Mark Moir (Sun Microsystems, USA) Boaz Patt-Shamir (Tel-Aviv U., Israel) Michael Reiter (Carnegie Mellon, USA) Jared Saia (UNM, USA) Rahul Sami (MIT, USA) Haifeng Yu (Intel Research Pittsburgh, USA) Program Committee • Marcos Aguilera (HP Labs, USA) • James Aspnes (Yale U., USA) • Jim Anderson (UNC Chapel Hill, USA) • Amotz Bar-Noy (Brooklyn College, USA) • Rida Bazzi (Arizona State U., USA) • Elizabeth Borowsky (Boston College, USA) • Bogdan Chlebus (CU Denver, USA) • Artur Czumaj (NJIT, USA) • Shlomi Dolev (Ben-Gurion U., Israel) • Cyril Gavoille (LaBRI, France) • Rachid Guerraoui (EPFL, Switzerland)

  13. Special thanks to • Marcos Aguilera, for setting up and running the submission system • Rida Bazzi, for serving as Posters Chair • Danny Hendler and Panagiota Fatourou, for serving as publicity chairs, and • Lisa Tolles and Sheridan Printing, for putting the proceedings together.

  14. PODC 2006 Denver, Colorado Hyunyoung Lee, University of DenverLocal arrangements chair

  15. Beautiful city

  16. Beautiful mountains

  17. Beautiful plazas

  18. Adam’s Mark Hotel

  19. Adam’s Mark Hotel

  20. Adam’s Mark Hotel 16th Street Mall

  21. Things to do • Nearby: 16th Street Mall, US Mint, Performing Arts Center • Nature: Rocky Mountain National Park • Lots of outdoor recreation • Botanical Gardens • Zoo • Museums: • Museum of Nature and Science • Art Museum • Contemporary Art Museum • Rail Heritage Society • Museum of Transportation • Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre

  22. Easy travel Cheap travel • Alaska Airlines • America West Airlines • American Airlines • Continental Airlines • Delta • Frontier • Midwest Airlines • Northwest Airlines • United • Air Canada • Lufthansa • Mexicana • British Airways • 4-week advance purchase: • $303 Boston one-stop • $293 New York nonstop • $294 San Francisco nonstop • $198 Los Angeles nonstop • $278 Atlanta nonstop • $315 Philadelphia nonstop • $232 Dallas, Austin nonstop • $385 Des Moines one-stop • $455 Toronto one-stop • Hotel: $129/night • Registration: $350-375

  23. Come to Denver in 2006! Thank Hyunyoung Lee tonight! 2006 Organizers Dahlia Malkhi, Program chair Eric Ruppert, General chair Hyunyoung Lee, Local chair ???, Treasurer

  24. No collocation with SPAA • SPAA looking at Cambridge at $180+/night • Business meeting vote was 50-50 last year • Steering committee felt: • Collocation is good, but not every year • Puts pressure on program (esp. w/ festival)

  25. PODC 2007,2008,2009,… • Toronto by Baochun Li, U. Toronto • Columbus, Ohio by Paul Sivilotti, OSU • Evanston, Illinois by Indranil Gupta, UIUC • Portland, Oregon by Gil Neiger • Mexico by Sergio Rajsbaum (maybe)

  26. Toronto • Host: Baochun Li, University of Toronto • Easy Travel: • Air Canada: NA, Tokyo, Beijing, Seoul, Frankfurt, London, Paris, New Delhi, Tel Aviv • Lots of fun: • Museums, entertainment district, theme park • Art (Henry Moore plaster casts!) and music • Lakes Ontario and Huron, Wasaga Beach (14km)

  27. The Grand Hotel & Suites Toronto Luxurious, 4-star suites, $140/night

  28. Delta Chelsea Hotel A step down, 4-stars, a business favorite, $119/135

  29. Hilton Suites Toronto Not downtown, 2-bedroom suites, $95

  30. Comments? • The Grand Hotel & Suites Toronto, $140 • Delta Chelsea Hotel, $119/135 • Hilton Suites Toronto, $95 • Remember! • PODC started in Canada • 2007 is our 25th anniversary

  31. Columbus, Ohio Host: Paul Sivilotti, OSU

  32. Lots to do: • Wright-Patterson Air Force Museum • World’s largest & oldest military aviation museum • WWI, WWII, stealth aircraft, presidential planes • Columbus Zoo (world-class, directed by Jack Hanna) • Hocking Hills State Park (hiking trails) • Franklin Park Conservatory (gardens & greenhouses) • Amusement parks (Cedar Point and many others) • Amish country • Surprisingly easy access: nonstop from • Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Washington…

  33. The Blackwell • OSU campus • affiliated with College of Business • New (2003), modern • AAA 3/4-diamond rating • designed to house CoB’s executive education program • excellent conference facilities • ~$135/night (OSU rate) • Proximity to: • campus facilities • new (2005) recreation center • running path along river

  34. Great Southern • Downtown • Historic (1897) charm/luxury • AAA 4-diamond rating • Westin property • ~$149/night • “Proximity” to: • downtown restaurants & bars • attractions & shopping (Brewery District, Short North, Arena…)

  35. Hyatt Regency • Downtown • Standard convention fare • AAA 3-diamond rating • ~$140/night • Proximity to: • downtown restaurants & bars • attractions & shopping(Brewery District, Short North, Arena…) • alternate hotels

  36. Comments? • The Blackwell, on campus, $135 • Great Southern, downtown, $150 • Hyatt Regency, downtown, $140

  37. Chicago/Evanston Host: Indranil Gupta, UIUC Everything flies to O’Hare Evanston is 30 minutes north of O’Hare

  38. Chicago

  39. Chicago: Things to do • Lakefront: • Navy Pier: biking, hiking trails along Lake Michigan • Museums: • Adler Planetarium • Chicago Field Museum • Art Institute of Chicago • Shedd Aquarium • Downtown: • Magnificent Mile • Sears Tower, John Hancock Observatory • Parks: Lincoln Park (and zoo), Millennium Park

  40. Evanston • Hotel Orrington, $169 • Other small hotels within a few blocks: • Hilton Garden Inn, $159 • Best Western University, $96

  41. Hotel Orrington

  42. Recent $34 M renovation

  43. Comments? • Hotel Orrington, $169 • Smaller hotels nearby, $96 and $159

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