The Test-of-Time Award recognizes two outstanding papers published 10 years ago at DSN, in the DSN proceedings (research track, practical experience report or tool papers), that have had a sustained and important impact on the theory and/or practice of dependable systems and networks computing research. DSN has several areas under its umbrella and with two awards there are conditions to recognize more than one area. In exceptional situations (not enough nominations), the time frame for awards can be extended to 10-12 years, and only one paper can be awarded, in this order.
The Test-of-Time award is selected by an Award Committee appointed by the DSN Steering Committee chair and the current DSN PC chairs. The award takes the form of a plaque presented to the author(s) at the conference.
For 2026, the Test-of-Time Award Committee selected the following papers:
Paper: Targeted Attacks on Teleoperated Surgical Robots: Dynamic Model-Based Detection and Mitigation
Authors: Homa Alemzadeh, Daniel Chen, Xiao Li, Thenkurussi Kesavadas, Zbigniew T. Kalbarczyk, Ravishankar K. Iyer.
Conference: The 46th IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN), Toulouse, France
DOI: 10.1109/DSN.2016.43
Paper: PARBOR: An Efficient System-Level Technique to Detect Data-Dependent Failures in DRAM
Authors: Samira Khan, Donghyuk Lee, Onur Mutlu
Conference: The 46th IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN), Toulouse, France
DOI: 10.1109/DSN.2016.30
Domenico Cotroneo, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States
Complete information on the award can be found on the award web page: http://www.dependability.org/test-of-time.html