acmsigsoft · clegoues · May 9, 2026 · May 9, 2026 · May 9, 2026 · May 9, 2026
diff --git a/content/awards/anger.md b/content/awards/anger.md
@@ -13,16 +13,9 @@ The award provides a student member of SIGSOFT a stipend of up to $2000 to cover
 
 To be eligible for the award, a student must be a SIGSOFT member undertaking graduate research in a relevant field in an accredited college or university.
 
-Consult the [main SIGSOFT Awards page](/awards/sigsoftawards/) for key dates and a link to the submission portal. The same intent to nominate and full package deadlines apply to this award as the other SIGSOFT awards.  Note, however, that the nomination package is distinct.  A single PDF containing the nomination package should be submitted through the portal, and should contain: 
-  1. Full name and affiliation of the nominated student
-  2. Membership number (ACM/SIGSOFT)
-  3. A synopsis of an original research proposal that the student is pursuing (2 page limit)
-  4. A proposal discussing the potential for crossover in ideas between the student's current field of research and research in the fields covered by SIGBED (1 page limit)
-  5. A curriculum vitae or resume listing the student's publications
-  6. A letter from the student's research advisor confirming that the student is in good standing and pursuing the research as described in the proposal. The letter must include the following sentence: "To the best of my knowledge, the candidate I am endorsing has not committed any action that violates the ACM Code of Ethics and ACM's Core Values.
+Consult the [main SIGSOFT Awards page](/awards/sigsoftawards/) for key dates and a link to the submission portal. The same intent-to-nominate and full-package deadlines apply to this award as to the other SIGSOFT awards. The nomination package, which is distinct from the package used by SIGSOFT's other awards, is documented on the [Awards Guidelines](/awards/guidelines/) page.
 
-
-This award is a unique opportunity to help promote cross-discipline research. All eligible applicants are encouraged to apply.  If you have questions about this award, please contact sigsoft-angermemorial-award (at) acm (dot) org.
+This award is a unique opportunity to help promote cross-discipline research. All eligible applicants are encouraged to apply. If you have questions about this award, please contact sigsoft-angermemorial-award (at) acm (dot) org.
 
 ## Winners
 

diff --git a/content/awards/dissertation.md b/content/awards/dissertation.md
@@ -6,35 +6,29 @@ aliases: "/awards/dissertationAward.html"
 
 ---
 
-The SIGSOFT Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award is presented annually to the authors of outstanding doctoral dissertations in the area of Software Engineering. The author of winning dissertation(s) will be invited to publish a dissertation summary in the SIGSOFT newsletter, Software Engineering Notes (SEN). 
+The SIGSOFT Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award is presented annually to the authors of outstanding doctoral dissertations in the area of Software Engineering. The author of winning dissertation(s) will be invited to publish a dissertation summary in the SIGSOFT newsletter, Software Engineering Notes (SEN).
 
-The award is for an outstanding dissertation (in software engineering) dated within the year preceding the nomination due date. For nominations for the October 20, 2025, deadline, dissertations dated November, 2024 to November, 2025 are eligible. The dissertation date can refer to the “deposit date,” “committee approval date,” or another reasonable and relevant date, depending on the process followed by the nominee’s institution. However, please note that a dissertation can be nominated only once. Thus, if, e.g., the “deposit date” and “committee approval date” would fall into two award periods, the thesis cannot be nominated twice, and the nomination must choose one period. Especially given the time-specificity of this award, note that the selection committee is able to recognize multiple outstanding dissertations in a year, if circumstances warrant. 
+The award is for an outstanding dissertation (in software engineering) dated within the year preceding the nomination due date. For nominations for the October 20, 2025, deadline, dissertations dated November, 2024 to November, 2025 are eligible. The dissertation date can refer to the “deposit date,” “committee approval date,” or another reasonable and relevant date, depending on the process followed by the nominee’s institution. However, please note that a dissertation can be nominated only once. Thus, if, e.g., the “deposit date” and “committee approval date” would fall into two award periods, the thesis cannot be nominated twice, and the nomination must choose one period. Especially given the time-specificity of this award, note that the selection committee is able to recognize multiple outstanding dissertations in a year, if circumstances warrant.
 
-Consult the [main SIGSOFT Awards page](/awards/sigsoftawards/) for key
-dates, general nomination and eligibility instructions, and a link to the submission
-portal. 
-Nominee affiliations should specify both the degree-granting institution,
-and the nominee's current affiliation, if different. In _addition_ to the other
-nomination package requirements listed on the main awards page, the single
-nomination package PDF should _also_ include:
-  1. The student's advisor(s)
-  2. One- to two-page summary of the nominee's dissertation (in English)
-  3. List of nominee's publications (that were used as the basis of chapters in the nominated dissertation)
+Consult the [main SIGSOFT Awards page](/awards/sigsoftawards/) for key dates, general nomination and eligibility instructions, and a link to the submission portal. For general advice on writing a strong nomination, see the [Awards Guidelines](/awards/guidelines/) page.
 
+Nominee affiliations should specify both the degree-granting institution, and the nominee's current affiliation, if different. In _addition_ to the nomination package requirements documented on the [Awards Guidelines](/awards/guidelines/) page, the single nomination package PDF should _also_ include:
+ 1. The student's advisor(s)
+ 2. One- to two-page summary of the nominee's dissertation (in English)
+ 3. List of nominee's publications (that were used as the basis of chapters in the nominated dissertation)
 
 If you have questions about this award, please contact sigsoft-dissertation-award (at) acm (dot) org.
 
 ## Winners
 - 2026 Zhou Yang, "Towards Robust, Secure, and Privacy-Aware Large Language Models of Code", Advisor/Nominator: David Lo.
 - 2025 Elizabeth Dinella, Neural Inference of Program Specifications, University of Pennsylvania, advisor: Mayur Naik.
-- 2025 Jialun Cao, Towards Automatic Testing and Fault Localization in Natural Language Processing Systems,  Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, advisor: Shing-Chi Cheung
+- 2025 Jialun Cao, Towards Automatic Testing and Fault Localization in Natural Language Processing Systems, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, advisor: Shing-Chi Cheung
 - 2024 Bianca Trinkenreich, Understanding and Supporting Women’s Participation in Open Source Software, Northern Arizona University, advisors: Igor Steinmacher and Marco Aurelio Gerosa
 - 2023 David Shriver, Increasing the Applicability of Verification Tools for Neural Networks, University of Virginia, advisors: Matt Dwyer and Sebastian Elbaum
 - 2022 Wing Lam, Detecting, Characterizing, and Taming Flaky Tests, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, advisors: Darko Marinov and Tao Xie
 - 2021	August Shi, Improving Regression Testing Efficiency and Reliability via Test-Suite Transformations, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, advisor: Darko Marinov
 - 2020	Rachel Tzoref-Brill, Comprehension and Evolution of Combinatorial Models and Test Plans, Tel Aviv University
-- 2019	Sergey Mechtaev, Semantic Program Repair, National University of Singapore;
-Honorable Mention: Christoffer Quist Adamsen, Automated Testing Techniques for Event-Driven and Dynamically Typed Software Applications, Aarhus University
+- 2019	Sergey Mechtaev, Semantic Program Repair, National University of Singapore; Honorable Mention: Christoffer Quist Adamsen, Automated Testing Techniques for Event-Driven and Dynamically Typed Software Applications, Aarhus University
 - 2018	Fan Long, Automatic Patch Generation via Learning from Successful Human Patches, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 - 2017	Srdan Krstic, Trace Checking of Quantitative Properties, Politecnico di Milano
 - 2016	Milos Gligoric, Regression Test Selection: Theory and Practice, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Darko Marinov, advisor
@@ -46,7 +40,7 @@ Honorable Mention: Christoffer Quist Adamsen, Automated Testing Techniques for E
 ## Committee
 
 #### 2026
-- Aldeida Aleti, Monash University, Australia  (chair)
+- Aldeida Aleti, Monash University, Australia (chair)
 - Valerio Terragni, University of Auckland, New Zealand
 - Lei Ma, University of Tokyo, Japan
 - Jie Zhang, King's College London, UK.
@@ -57,7 +51,7 @@ Honorable Mention: Christoffer Quist Adamsen, Automated Testing Techniques for E
 - Marsha Chechik, University of Toronto, Canada (SIGSOFT chair, non-voting)
 
 #### 2025
-- Aldeida Aleti, Monash University, Australia 
+- Aldeida Aleti, Monash University, Australia
 - Dan Hao, Peking University, China
 - Justyna Petke, University College London, UK
 - Foutse Khomh, University of Montreal, Canada
@@ -72,13 +66,13 @@ Honorable Mention: Christoffer Quist Adamsen, Automated Testing Techniques for E
 #### 2024
 * Myra B. Cohen, Iowa State University, United States (chair)
 * Gordon Fraser, University of Passau, Germany (deputy chair)
-* Aldeida Aleti, Monash University, Australia                                
+* Aldeida Aleti, Monash University, Australia
 * Kelly Blincoe, University of Auckland, New Zealand
-* Gregory Gay, Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden                            
-* Cindy Rubio-Gonzalez, UC Davis, United States 
-* Rachel Tzoref-Brill, IBM, Israel                                    
-* Shin Yoo, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea                                                                    
-* Lingming Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States  
+* Gregory Gay, Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
+* Cindy Rubio-Gonzalez, UC Davis, United States
+* Rachel Tzoref-Brill, IBM, Israel
+* Shin Yoo, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
+* Lingming Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
 * Thomas Zimmermann, Microsoft Research, United States (SIGSOFT chair, non-voting)
 * David Lo, Singapore Management University, Singapore (SIGSOFT award chair, non-voting)
 #### 2023

diff --git a/content/awards/distinguishedService.md b/content/awards/distinguishedService.md
@@ -5,28 +5,30 @@ title: " Distinguished Service Award "
 aliases: "/awards/distinguishedServiceAward.html"
 ---
 
-This annual award is presented to individuals who have contributed dedicated and
-important service to the software engineering community. The committee considers
-all external nominations in the context of the nominees' specific and general
-service contributions to the overall software engineering community.
+This annual award is presented to individuals who have contributed dedicated and important service to the software engineering community. The committee considers all external nominations in the context of the nominees' service contributions to the overall software engineering community.
 
-Criteria that the committee considers in evaluating nominations include:
+Consult the [main SIGSOFT Awards page](/awards/sigsoftawards/) for key dates, nomination and eligibility instructions, and a link to the submission portal. For general guidance on writing a strong nomination, see the [Awards Guidelines](/awards/guidelines/) page.
 
-1. Service to ACM SIGSOFT
-2. Service to the software engineering community outside of SIGSOFT
-3. Service to broadening participation of underrepresented groups in software engineering
-4. Service to students
-5. Length of time serving the software engineering community
-6. Other service contributions
+If you have questions about this award, please contact sigsoft-service-award (at) acm (dot) org.
 
-Consult the [main SIGSOFT Awards page](/awards/sigsoftawards/) for key dates, nomination and eligibility instructions, and a link to the submission portal. 
+## Evaluation criteria
 
-If you have questions about this award, please contact sigsoft-service-award (at) acm (dot) org.
+The committee considers a range of factors in evaluating nominees for the Distinguished Service award. High-level criteria are described below. Note: _excellent candidates rarely have an equally strong case across all of these criteria._ We encourage you to focus the nomination statement on the criteria where the case is strongest, rather than attempting to thinly cover all of them.
+
+Moreover, service describes a broad category of activity and so not all outstanding contributions will fit perfectly under these headings, and nominators are encouraged to identify the ways a nominee's service contributions stand out, even if they do not fit neatly into the below categories (such as in behind-the-scenes work, advocacy for policy change, or a particular quality of dedication or effectiveness).
+
+- **Community leadership.** Articulate the nominee's leadership roles in the software engineering community. This includes service to ACM SIGSOFT, service to the broader software engineering community outside SIGSOFT, and service to students through mentoring or community-building roles. Focus on the most important positions where the nominee had the most meaningful impact; avoid attempting to provide an exhaustive list, as the CV serves that purpose.
+- **Community infrastructure.** Describe ways in which the nominee has created, maintained, or improved resources or structures that benefit the software engineering community. This could include establishing new conferences, workshops, or venues; creating benchmarks, datasets, or shared tools; building mentoring programs; investing in infrastructure that broadens participation of underrepresented groups in software engineering; or other contributions to the community's shared infrastructure. Contributions with impact extending beyond a single event or year are especially relevant.
+- **Scope and reach.** Describe the scope of the nominee's service contributions. Have they primarily served one venue or organization deeply, or contributed across many? Is their impact primarily local, national, or international? This may include both formal roles and less visible contributions, such as mentoring future community leaders, building organizational infrastructure, or shaping community norms and policies.
+
+## Nomination package
+
+{{< senior-package >}}
 
 ## Winners
 - 2026 Thomas Zimmermann, University of California, Irvine, for outstanding and transformative service to the software engineering community by broadening participation and championing open science and open access. Nominated by Lin Tan, Purdue University
 - 2025 Mauro Pezzé, USI Università della Svizzera Italiana Lugano (Switzerland), for service to the software engineering community for three decades, and specifically for his recent contributions to TOSEM as Editor-in-Chief.
-- 2024  Massimiliano Di Penta, University of Sannio, for outstanding service to the software engineering community, including serving as program co-chair for all premier software engineering conferences and several other events.
+- 2024 Massimiliano Di Penta, University of Sannio, for outstanding service to the software engineering community, including serving as program co-chair for all premier software engineering conferences and several other events.
 - 2023 John Grundy, Monash University, for continued outstanding service to the software engineering community, including the repeated successful organization of flagship conferences, and leadership in the Australasian research and education community
 - 2022	Joanne M. Atlee, University of Waterloo, for sustained, outstanding service to the software engineering community and enabling a research environment in software engineering world-wide that is equitable, diverse and inclusive
 - 2021	Tao Xie, Peking University, for outstanding service contributions to the software engineering community, including substantial activities on SIGSOFT history, broadening participation in software engineering, and successful chairing of technical events
@@ -63,11 +65,11 @@ If you have questions about this award, please contact sigsoft-service-award (at
 - Lionel Briand, University of Ottawa, Canada and LERO, University of Limerick, Ireland (chair)
 - Sepideh Ghanavati, University of Maine, USA
 - Jun Sun, SMU, Singapore
-- Foutse Khomh,  Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
-- Qinghua Lu,  CSIRO, Australia
+- Foutse Khomh, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
+- Qinghua Lu, CSIRO, Australia
 - Domenico Bianculli, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
-- Dan Hao, Peking University, China 
-- Marsha Chechik, University of Toronto, Canada  (SIGSOFT chair, non-voting)
+- Dan Hao, Peking University, China
+- Marsha Chechik, University of Toronto, Canada (SIGSOFT chair, non-voting)
 - Claire Le Goues, Carnegie Mellon University, USA (SIGSOFT award chair, non-voting)
 
 #### 2025
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ If you have questions about this award, please contact sigsoft-service-award (at
 - Lin Tan, Purdue University, USA
 - Yang Liu, NTU, Singapore
 - Andrea Zisman, Open University, UK
-- Marsha Chechik, University of Toronto, Canada  (SIGSOFT chair, non-voting)
+- Marsha Chechik, University of Toronto, Canada (SIGSOFT chair, non-voting)
 - Claire Le Goues, Carnegie Mellon University, USA (SIGSOFT award chair, non-voting)
 
 #### 2024 
@@ -89,23 +91,23 @@ If you have questions about this award, please contact sigsoft-service-award (at
 - Lionel Briand, University of Ottawa, Canada and University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
 - Katsuro Inoue, Nanzan University, Japan
 - Barbara Paech, Heidelberg University, Germany
-- David Shepherd, Louisiana State University, USA 
+- David Shepherd, Louisiana State University, USA
 - Paola Spoletini, Kennesaw State University, USA
 - Thomas Zimmermann, Microsoft Research, United States (SIGSOFT chair, non-voting)
 - David Lo, Singapore Management University, Singapore (SIGSOFT award chair, non-voting)
-  
+
 #### 2023 
 - Andrea Zisman, Open University, United Kingdom (chair)
 - Walid Maalej, University of Hamburg, Germany (deputy chair)
 - Paris Avgeriou, University of Groningen, Netherlands
 - Luciano Baresi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
 - Daniela Damian, University of Victoria, Canada
-- Prem Devambu, UC Davis, United States 
+- Prem Devambu, UC Davis, United States
 - Zhenjiang Hu, Peking University, China
 - Robyn Lutz, Iowa State University, United States
 - Thomas Zimmermann, Microsoft Research, United States (SIGSOFT chair, non-voting)
 - David Lo, Singapore Management University, Singapore (SIGSOFT award chair, non-voting)
-  
+
 #### 2022
 - Marsha Chechik, University of Toronto, Canada (chair)
 - Daniela Damian, University of Victoria, Canada