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)
– PODC mailing list, ???
2004 Treasurer’s report
Marcos Aguilera, Past Treasurer
2005 General Chair’s report
Marcos Aguilera, General chair
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
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
SIG use of left-over money
returned 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
PODC capital assets
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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
2005 Treasurer’s report
Eric Ruppert, Treasurer
2005 Program Chair’s report
Jim Aspnes, Program chair
Submissions
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160 regular track, 36 accepted = 22.5% rate
46 brief announcements, 22 accepted = 48% rate
4 poster presentations
Most popular areas:
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distributed network algorithms (62)
fault tolerance (39)
peer to peer (31)
network protocols (29)
overlay networks (25)
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.
Program Committee
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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)
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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)
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.
PODC 2006
Denver, Colorado
Hyunyoung Lee, University of Denver
Local arrangements chair
Beautiful city
Beautiful mountains
Beautiful plazas
Adam’s Mark Hotel
Adam’s Mark Hotel
Adam’s Mark Hotel
Things to do
• Nearby: 16th Street Mall, US Mint, Performing Arts Center
• Nature: Rocky Mountain National Park
– Lots of outdoor recreation
– Botanical Gardens
– Zoo
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Museum of Nature and Science
Art Museum
Contemporary Art Museum
Rail Heritage Society
Museum of Transportation
• Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre
Easy travel
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Alaska Airlines
America West Airlines
American Airlines
Continental Airlines
Delta
Frontier
Midwest Airlines
Northwest Airlines
United
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Air Canada
Lufthansa
Mexicana
British Airways
Cheap travel
• 4-week advance purchase:
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$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
Come to Denver in 2006!
Thank Hyunyoung Lee tonight!
2006 Organizers
Dahlia Malkhi, Program chair
Eric Ruppert, General chair
Hyunyoung Lee, Local chair
???, Treasurer
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)
PODC 2007,2008,2009,…
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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)
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)
The Grand Hotel & Suites Toronto
Luxurious, 4-star suites, $140/night
Delta Chelsea Hotel
A step down, 4-stars, a business favorite, $119/135
Hilton Suites Toronto
Not downtown, 2-bedroom suites, $95
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
Columbus, Ohio
Host: Paul Sivilotti, OSU
• Lots to do:
– Wright-Patterson Air Force Museum
• World’s largest & oldest military aviation museum
• WWI, WWII, stealth aircraft, presidential planes
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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…
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
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…)
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
Comments?
• The Blackwell, on campus, $135
• Great Southern, downtown, $150
• Hyatt Regency, downtown, $140
Chicago/Evanston
Host: Indranil Gupta, UIUC
Everything flies to O’Hare
Evanston is 30 minutes north of O’Hare
Chicago
Chicago: Things to do
• Lakefront:
– Navy Pier: biking, hiking trails along Lake Michigan
– Museums:
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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
Evanston
• Hotel Orrington, $169
• Other small hotels within a few blocks:
– Hilton Garden Inn, $159
– Best Western University, $96
Hotel Orrington
Recent $34 M renovation
Comments?
• Hotel Orrington, $169
– Smaller hotels nearby, $96 and $159
PODC 2007 in Portland, Oregon
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Portland, Oregon: Site of PODC 2000
• Beautiful summer weather in July:
– Average high temperature ~80°F (27°C)
– Average low ~57°F (14°C)
– Average daily rainfall.02" (.05cm)
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Powell's Bookstore: one square block, largest new/used bookstore in world
Riverfront Park along Willamette River, short walk from downtown
Portland Saturday Market: local crafts, open Saturday and Sunday
Washington Park with zoo, Japanese garden, international test garden (roses)
Driving access to Columbia River Gorge, Pacific coast, Mount Hood
• No sales tax
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Portland, Oregon: Update
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Light rail extended to airport: 35-minute ride to downtown, short walk to most hotels
Square block classical Chinese garden downtown
New park/esplanade opened along east side of Willamette River (views of downtown)
Revitalized “Pearl District” north of Powells Bookstore with shops, restaurants, parks
• Many hotel options available; three (3) are highlighted here
– Hilton Portland & Executive Tower
– Embassy Suites
– Skamania Lodge
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Hotel Option: Hilton Portland & Executive Tower
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Hotel Option: Hilton Portland & Executive Tower
• On Broadway in heart of downtown Portland
– Opposite side of Pioneer Square from Portland Marriott (site of PODC 2000)
– Short walk from light rail; near Portland Art Museum, theatres and other performing venues
• Proposed dates: August 12–15
• Guest rooms: $125/night for single/double
• One large room (divided) for meeting/lunches
• Alternative dates: July 29 – August 1
– Immediately follows Oregon Brewers festival
– Guest rooms: $129/night for single/double; $500/day rent for meeting space
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Hotel Option: Embassy Suites
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Hotel Option: Embassy Suites
• Downtown Portland
– Short walk to light rail, riverfront park, crafts market
• Available all weeks from July 8–11 to August 5–8
• Guest rooms: $149/night for single/double
– All suites include large separate living room, refrigerator, cooking area
– Includes daily breakfast and beer/wine reception
• Conventional PODC room format (separate rooms for talks, lunches)
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Hotel Option: Skamania Lodge
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Hotel Option: Skamania Lodge
• 40-mile drive from Portland Airport
• Stunning views of Columbia River Gorge
• Resort with spa, golf course, hiking trails
• Not close to amenities in downtown Portland
• Short drive to other attractions in Columbia Gorge:
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Waterfalls
Hiking
Windsurfing, fruit orchards in Hood River
Bonneville dam
• Some restaurants in Stevenson, WA (close); Hood River, OR (not far)
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Hotel Option: Skamania Lodge (details)
• Guest rooms: $169/night for single/double
– Rate is for rooms with forest view, no fireplace (others are higher)
– Free internet access
– Resort fee of $12/day waived for 2007
• Dates proposed:
– July 15–18
– July 29 – August 1
• Conventional PODC room format (separate rooms for talks, lunches)
• Some photos follow …
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Skamania Lodge: Setting
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Skamania Lodge: Gorge Room
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Skamania Lodge: View for Gorge Room
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Everyone gets two votes:
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Toronto (Baochun Li): $140, 119/135, 95
Columbus (Paul Sivilotti): $135, 150, 140
Evanston (Indranil Gupta): $169
Portland? (Gil Neiger)
Mexico??? (Sergio Rajsbaum)
Other topics
• PODC mailing list (Gil Neiger)
PODC Mailing List: podc@acm.org
• Supported by ACM with listserv software
• Owner is currently Gil Neiger
• PODC registrants are subscribed unless they indicate otherwise
• All postings must be approved by owner
– No apparent way to allow postings by subscribers without explicit approval
• Recent submissions (e.g., over last year):
– Lots of spam (e.g., viagra, PayPal fraud, stock tips, etc.):
Blocked by list owner
– Calls for papers and for participation for unrelated conferences and workshops
List owner uses judgement to try to block
– Calls for papers and for participation for lots of related conferences and workshops
List owner tries to control (e.g., multiple CFPs for 1 conference, last-minute reminders, etc.)
– PODC-related announcements and postings from PODC community
List owner approves
PODC Mailing List: Discussion
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PODC Mailing List: Discussion
• Are people satisfied with the current volume on the PODC mailing list?
• Should list owner block messages more aggressively?
• Should list owner block messages less aggressively?
• Should list owner let all the spam go through?
• Is there consensus as to what is and is not appropriate for mailing list?
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Thanks!
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Cindy Phillips: SPAA local arrangements
Grisha Chockler: PODC local arrangements
Marcos Aguilera, Eric Ruppert, Jim Aspnes
Rida Bazzi: posters
Danny Hendler, Panagiota Fatourou: publicity
Gil Neiger: Registration
Gil Neiger, Phil Gibbons: 2005 site selection
Steering committee members