Call for Nominations
Award Nomination Procedure
Neither the nominee nor nominator needs to be a member of th Internet Society. Nominate via email to <itojun-award at elists.isoc.org> and include the following details:
- Name and Email address of nominee (in case of a group nominee, names and Email addresses of representative persons of that group)
- CV/Bio of nominee (in case of a group nominee, a summary of the group's achievements)
- Statement of recommendation including specific acts, works, contributions, and other criteria that would show the nominee to fit the standard set by Itojun. Please include corroborating references with their name, email address, and telephone number.
- Conclude with your affiliation, postal address, and telephone number as well as the postal address, telephone and fax number of the nominee.
Alexandre Cassen and Rémi Després Recognized for Excellence in Advancing IPv6 Next-Generation Internet Protocol
Taipei, 16 November 2011 - The Itojun Service Award was presented today to Alexandre Cassen and Rémi Després at the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting held in Taipei, Taiwan. The awardees were recognized for their implementation and design of ?6rd,? an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) protocol that aims to speed the transition to global deployment of IPv6, which is critical to ensuring the continued growth and evolution of the Internet. The 6rd protocol has been implemented by several Internet Service Providers (ISPs) around the world, including Free - the second largest ISP in France - as part of their efforts to deploy IPv6. Read more.
About the Award
Each year the Itojun Service Award is presented to an individual or a group who has made outstanding contributions in service to the IPv6 community. The 2012 award will be presented at the 85th meeting of the IETF to be held in November 2012 in Atlanta, USA.
The award is named after Dr. Jun-ichiro "Itojun" Hagino, who passed away in 2007, aged just 37. Itojun worked as a Senior Researcher at Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ), was a member of the board of the Widely Integrated Distributed Environment (WIDE) project, and from 1998 to 2006 served on the groundbreaking KAME project in Japan as the "IPv6 samurai". He was also a member of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) from 2003 to 2005.
The Itojun Service Award, established by the friends of Itojun and administered by the Internet Society, recognises and commemorates the extraordinary dedication exercised by Itojun over the course of IPv6 development. The award includes a presentation crystal, a US$3,000 honorarium, and a travel grant.
The award is focused on pragmatic technical contributions, especially through development or operation, with the spirit of servicing the Internet. With respect to the spirit, the selection committee seeks contributors to the Internet as a whole; open source developers are a common example of such contributors, although this is not a requirement for expected nominees.
While the committee primarily considers practical contributions such as software development or network operation, higher level efforts that help those direct contributions will also be appreciated in this regard. The contribution should be substantial, but could be at an immature stage or be ongoing; this award aims to encourage the contributor to continue their efforts, rather than just recognizing well established work. Finally, contributions of a group of individuals will be accepted, as deployment work is often done by a large project, not just a single outstanding individual.
For more information, please contact itojun-award@internetsociety.org