FOCI 2024 Awards

We are excited to launch 3 awards to recognize and reward our community efforts.
Please take time to share with us your nominees for the rising star award, the best practical award and the community award.
Nominations close by the end of May and the awardees will be announced during the summer FOCI event.


Rising Star Award

Rising Star Award

This award is meant to recognize and encourage emerging talent in the field of internet freedom. It is designed to acknowledge and highlight the efforts of young and promising researchers who are contributing significantly to the advancement of the field through their innovative work and ideas. The purpose of this award is to provide recognition and support to early career researchers, helping them to establish their place in the field and to further their careers.





Best Practical Award

Best Practical Award

The Best Practical Award aims to acknowledge and reward individuals who have developed practical solutions in the field of internet freedom, addressing its challenges and opportunities. These real-world solutions not only demonstrate an ability to make a positive impact, but also encourage the development of effective solutions and provide recognition and support to those making a difference in the world.
The nominated papers must not have been published before 2022.



Community Award

Community Award

The purpose of this award is to recognize and celebrate the contributions of individuals who have made a significant impact on the wider community through their work in the field of internet freedom. This award is meant to acknowledge and reward those who have used their skills and knowledge to improve the lives of others and to further the cause of internet freedom. With this award we aim to encourage and inspire others to get involved and make a positive impact on the world.




Previous FOCI Award Winners

2024

Rising Star Award
Mona Wang

Rising Star Award
Piyush Kumar

Best Practical Award
Ryan Wails, George Arnold Sullivan, Micah Sherr, and Rob Jansen for On Precisely Detecting Censorship Circumvention in Real-World Networks

Best Practical Award
Reethika Ramesh, Ram Sundara Raman, Apurva Virkud, Alexandra Dirksen, Armin Huremagic, David Fifield, Dirk Rodenburg, Rod Hynes, Doug Madory, and Roya Ensafi for Network Responses to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine in 2022: A Cautionary Tale for Internet Freedom

Community Award
Gustavo Gus

2023

Rising Star Award
Anonymous researcher behind the GFW Report

Rising Star Award
Ram Sundara Raman

Best Practical Award
Mingshi Wu, Jackson Sippe, Danesh Sivakumar, Jack Burg, Peter Anderson, Xiaokang Wang, Kevin Bock, Amir Houmansadr, Dave Levin, and Eric Wustrow for How the Great Firewall of China Detects and Blocks Fully Encrypted Traffic

Community Award
Maria Xynou


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