SIGDOC

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

Mission

The mission of SIGDOC includes:

• Promoting the professional development of its members.
• Encouraging interdisciplinary problem solving related to online and print documentation and to communication technologies.
• Providing avenues for publication and the exchange of professional information.
• Supporting research that focuses on the needs and goals of humans in technological contexts.
• Supporting the development and improvement of communication technologies, including applications, interfaces, and documentation.

Description

SIGDOC focuses on the design of communication as it is taught, practiced, researched, and conceptualized in various fields, including technical communication, software engineering, information architecture, usability, and areas of design such as graphic, user interface, and Web design.

Members of SIGDOC include information design professionals, educators, software engineers, researchers, Web designers, system developers, usability specialists, computer scientists, user interface designers, and information technology specialists.

SIGDOC Board

• Chair: Brad Mehlenbacher, North Carolina State University, US
• Vice-Chair: Rob Pierce, IBM Rational software, US
• Secretary/Treasurer: Liza Potts, Old Dominion University, US
• Previous Chair: Scott Tilley, Florida Institute of Technology, US
• Information Director: Ashley Williams, User Experience Design Consultant, US
• Newsletter Editor: Liza Potts, Old Dominion University, US
• Graduate Competition: Michael Albers, East Carolina University, US
• INTECOM Representative: Gloria Reece, Exceptional Technology Solutions, US
• 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, 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, 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, US
• 2009 Conference Co-Chair: Aristidis Protopsaltis, The Serious Games Institute, Coventry University, UK
• 2009 Program Co-Chair: Shaun Slattery, University of South Florida Polytechnic, US
• 2009 Program Co-Chair: Ashley Williams, User Experience Design Consultant, US
• 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, Portugal
• 2008 Program Co-Chair: Aristidis Protopsaltis, The Serious Games Institute, UK
• Member-at-Large: David Novick, University of Texas at El Paso, US
• Member-at-Large: Clay Spinuzzi, University of Texas at Austin, US

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:
  • 1988: John Brockmann
  • 1989: Edmond Weiss
  • 1990: Bill Horton
  • 1991: John Chapline
  • 1992: Ed Tufte
  • 1993: Jay Bolter
  • 1994: John M. Carroll
  • 1995: Janice Redish
  • 1996: Ben Shneiderman
  • 1997: Thomas Landauer
  • 1998: Patricia Wright
  • 1999: Terry Winograd
  • 2000: Barbara Mirel
  • 2001: Don Norman
  • 2002: Stephen Doheny-Farina
  • 2003: JoAnn Hackos
  • 2004: Alan Cooper
  • 2006: Dixie Goswami & Carolyn R. Miller
  • 2008: Susanne Bødker & Pelle Ehn
  • 2010: Cecilia Baranauskas & Clarisse de Souza

• The Diana Award is given every other year, during odd-numbered years, to an organization which has collectively made an impact on the field. Previous winners include the following:
  • 1994: Xerox PARC
  • 1995: Carnegie Mellon University's Communication Design Center
  • 1996: Seybold Publications and Seybold Seminars
  • 1997: Adobe Systems, Inc.
  • 1998: Netscape Communications Corp.
  • 1999: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 2000: MIT Press
  • 2001: Information Mapping, Inc.
  • 2002: World Wide Web Consortium
  • 2003: IBM
  • 2004: The Society for Technical Communication (STC)
  • 2005: The British Computer Society (BCS)
  • 2007: University of Washington's Laboratory for Usability Testing and Evaluaton (LUTE)
  • 2009: Apple
  • 2011: SAP

• 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	Note
SIGDOC 2012	30		Seattle, Washington	USA	Oct 3-5
SIGDOC 2011	29		Pisa	Italy	Oct 3-5
SIGDOC 2010	28		Sao Carlos	Brazil
SIGDOC 2009	27	Indiana University	Bloomington, IN	USA
SIGDOC 2008	26	ISCTE	Lisbon	Portugal
SIGDOC 2007	25		El Paso, Texas	USA
SIGDOC 2006	24		Myrtle Beach, SC	USA
SIGDOC 2005	23		Coventry	UK
SIGDOC 2004	22		Memphis, TN	USA
SIGDOC 2003	21		San Francisco, CA	USA

Chapters' events

• OSDOC2010 - Workshop Open Source and Design of Communication, Lisboa, Portugal - Invited Speaker: Paulo Trezentos, Caixa Magica
• OSDOC2011 - Workshop Open Source and Design of Communication, Lisboa, Portugal Invited Speaker: Stefano Zacchiroli, Debian
• OSDOC2012 - Workshop Open Source and Design of Communication, Lisboa, Portugal Invited Speaker: Brad Mehlenbacher, North Carolina State University

References

• SIGDOC Website