SPEC Kaivalya Dixit Distinguished Dissertation Award

The SPEC Kaivalya Dixit Distinguished Dissertation Award aims to recognize outstanding doctoral dissertations in the field of computer benchmarking, performance evaluation, and experimental system analysis in general. Nominated dissertations will be evaluated in terms of scientific originality, scientific significance, practical relevance, impact, and quality of the presentation.

The award is accompanied by a prize of $1000 awarded at the Annual ICPE International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE).