Chief Scientist and Board Member Receive NSDI Test-of-Time Award

Professor Scott Shenker

Professor David Culler

^{April 15, 2014}
Chief Scientist Scott Shenker and Professor David Culler, a member of ICSI's board of trustees, are co-authors of a paper that has received a Test-of-Time Award at the Networked Systems Design and Implementation Symposium (NSDI). Their paper, “Trickle: A Self-Regulating Algorithm for Code Propagation and Maintenance in Wireless Sensor Networks,” won the best paper award when it appeared in 2004 and was also written by Philip Levis and Neil Patel. Culler is also a co-author of a second paper being honored, “Operating System Support for Planetary-Scale Network Services." This is the first year NSDI has given the Test-of-Time Award, which was presented during the symposium April 2-4 in Seattle, Washington. The award recognizes papers that have had a lasting impact on their field. In addition to being ICSI's chief scientist, Shenker leads research initiatives and is a UC Berkeley professor. Culler is the chair of UC Berkeley's Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department.