SIGDOC

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SIGDOC is the Special Interest Group on Design of Communication of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

History

SIGDOC was founded in 1975 by Joe Rigo.

Mission

The mission of SIGDOC includes:

  • Encouraging interdisciplinary problem solving related to user-centered design, development, and delivery of informational communication
  • Promoting the application of theory to practice by connecting member contributions from research and industry
  • Studying and encouraging emerging modes of communication across organizations
  • Promoting the professional development of communication designers
  • Providing avenues for publication of research and exchange of best practices
  • Supporting the research and development of communication and processes, including applications, networks, and services

Description

The ACM Special Interest Group for Design of Communication provides a forum for researchers and practitioners of the design of communication, including  information architecture, information design, user assistance, help, and documentation (traditional and user-contributed) as well as technology that supports and enhances communication, including blogs, forums, chat, and wikis. 

The SIG fosters the study and publication of processes, methods, and technologies for communicating, designing, developing, and delivering these artifacts. Members include technical communication professionals, usability specialists, information architects, software engineers, educators, researchers, web designers, system developers, computer scientists, information technology professionals, and managers responsible for researching, producing, and/or supervising the creation of user interfaces, information architecture, technical materials, websites, and social media.

SIGDOC emphasizes the following areas of special interest to its members:

  • Design and evaluation methodologies that improve communication, such as user-centered and activity-centered design, participatory design, contextual design, and usability studies
  • Types of designed communication, including interface elements, information design, information architecture, documentation, and user assistance
  • Content management and project management as it relates to communication design projects
  • Qualitative and quantitative studies of how communications are designed and used
  • Practices, research, and theories relevant to any of these areas

SIGDOC Board

SIGDOC Awards

SIGDOC sponsors a number of awards as a means of recognizing outstanding contributions to the field. Awards are presented at the SIGDOC conference:

  • The Rigo Award is presented to an individual for a lifetime of significant work in the design of communication. Rigo Awards are given every other year, during even-numbered years. Previous winners include the following:
  • The winner of the Graduate Student Competition is provided with subsidized participation in the SIGDOC conference, and the opportunity to publish and present their work.

Annual Conferences/Workshops

SIGDOC - ACM International Conference on Design of Communication.

Year Nr Venue City Country Date
SIGDOC 2013 31 East Carolina University Greenville, NC[2] USA Sept 30-Oct 1
SIGDOC 2012 30 Seattle, WA[3] USA Oct 3-5
SIGDOC 2011 29 Pisa[4] Italy Oct 3-5
SIGDOC 2010 28 Sao Carlos Brazil Sep 26-29
SIGDOC 2009 27 Indiana University Bloomington, IN USA Oct 5-7
SIGDOC 2008 26 ISCTE Lisbon[5] Portugal Sep 22-24
SIGDOC 2007 25 El Paso, TX USA Oct 22-24
SIGDOC 2006 24 Myrtle Beach, SC USA Oct 18-20
SIGDOC 2005 23 Coventry UK Sep 21-23
SIGDOC 2004 22 Memphis, TN USA Oct 10-13
SIGDOC 2003 21 San Francisco, CA USA Oct 12-15
SIGDOC 2002 20 Toronto, ON Canada Oct 20-23
SIGDOC 2001 19 Santa Fe, NM USA Oct 21-24
SIGDOC 2000 (with IEEE IPCC) 18 Boston, MA USA Sep 24-27
SIGDOC 1999 17 New Orleans, LA USA Sep 12-14
Conference Chairs
  • 2013 Conference Chair: Michael Albers, East Carolina University, USA
  • 2012 Conference Chair: Mark Zachry, Human Centered Design and Engineering, University of Washington, USA
  • 2012 Program Chair: Clay Spinuzzi, University of Texas at Austin, USA
  • 2011 Conference Co-Chair: Aristidis Protopsaltis, Serious Games Institute, Coventry University, UK
  • 2011 Conference Co-Chair: Nicola Spyratos, University of Paris-South, France
  • 2011 Program Co-Chair: Carlos J. Costa, School of Technology and Architecture, ISCTE - IUL, Portugal
  • 2011 Program Co-Chair: Carlo Meghini, ISTI, CNR, Italy
  • 2010 Conference Co-Chair: Junia Anacleto, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil
  • 2010 Conference Co-Chair: Renata Fortes, Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • 2010 Program Chair: Carlos J. Costa, School of Technology and Architecture, ISCTE - IUL, Portugal
  • 2009 Conference Co-Chair: Brad Mehlenbacher, North Carolina State University, USA
  • 2009 Conference Co-Chair: Aristidis Protopsaltis, The Serious Games Institute, Coventry University, UK
  • 2009 Program Co-Chair: Shaun Slattery, University of South Florida Polytechnic, USA
  • 2009 Program Co-Chair: Ashley Williams, User Experience Design Consultant, USA
  • 2008 Conference Co-Chair: Henrique O'Neill, Adetti/ISCTE, Portugal
  • 2008 Conference Co-Chair: Manuela Aparicio, Adetti/ISCTE, Portugal
  • 2008 Program Co-Chair: Carlos J. Costa, ISCTE - IUL, Portugal
  • 2008 Program Co-Chair: Aristidis Protopsaltis, The Serious Games Institute, UK
Chapters' events

Former Chairs

SIGDOC's former chairs include:

Citations

  1. ↑ LL&C Receives ACM SIGDOC Diana Award. August 16, 1999. Copyright 1996-2013 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).
  2. ↑ . Official 2013 Conference site.
  3. ↑ 2012 ACM SIGDOC Conference. Official website of the Austin, Texas chapter of the Society for Technical Communication.
  4. ↑ Aristidis Protopsaltis, Nicolas Spyratos, Carlos J. Costa,Carlo Meghini (Eds.): Proceedings of the 26th Annual International Conference on Design of Communication, SIGDOC 2011, Pisa, Italy, October 03 - 05 2011. ACM 2011.
  5. ↑ Henrique O'Neill, Manuela Aparicio, Carlos J. Costa, Aristidis Protopsaltis (Eds.): Proceedings of the 26th Annual International Conference on Design of Communication, SIGDOC 2008, Lisbon, Portugal, September 22-24, 2008. ACM 2008.
  6. ↑ Carlos J. Costa, Manuela Aparicio (Eds.): ISDOC 2013 International Conference on Information Systems and Design of Communication, ISDOC '13, Lisboa, Portugal, July 11–12, 2013. ACM 2013, ISBN 978-1-4503-2299-7

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