SIGDOC
Encyclopedia
SIGDOC is the Special Interest Group on Design of Communication of the Association for Computing Machinery
(ACM).
, 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.
Chapters' events
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
(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 communicationTechnical communication
Technical communication is a method of researching and creating information about technical processes or products directed to an audience through media. The information must be relevant to the intended audience. Technical communicators often work collaboratively to create products for various...
, software engineering, information architecture
Information Architecture
Information architecture is the art of expressing a model or concept of information used in activities that require explicit details of complex systems. Among these activities are library systems, Content Management Systems, web development, user interactions, database development, programming,...
, usability
Usability
Usability is the ease of use and learnability of a human-made object. The object of use can be a software application, website, book, tool, machine, process, or anything a human interacts with. A usability study may be conducted as a primary job function by a usability analyst or as a secondary job...
, 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 HortonBill HortonDr. William "Bill" Horton, II is a fictional character on the daytime drama Days of our Lives.Named after his grandfather, Bill Horton was the youngest son of the Horton children; his siblings include Tom Horton Jr., Mickey Horton, Addie Horton, and Marie Horton...
- 1991: John Chapline
- 1992: Ed Tufte
- 1993: Jay Bolter
- 1994: John M. CarrollJohn M. CarrollJohn Michael Carroll was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. He was born on April 27, 1823. He graduated from Fairfield Seminary and Union College in 1846, where he was a member of The Kappa Alpha Society and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. In 1848 he was...
- 1995: Janice RedishJanice RedishJanice "Ginny" Redish is an American usability writer and consultant. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College and holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Harvard University.-Career:...
- 1996: Ben ShneidermanBen ShneidermanBen Shneiderman is an American computer scientist, and professor for Computer Science at the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory at the University of Maryland, College Park...
- 1997: Thomas LandauerThomas LandauerDr. Thomas K. Landauer is a professor at the Department of Psychology of the University of Colorado.He was one of the pioneers of Latent semantic analysis, and in 1995 published a controversial analysis of the productivity paradox of information technology.He is currently a Vice President at...
- 1998: Patricia WrightPatricia WrightPatricia C. Wright is the Executive Director of the Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments and Professor at Stony Brook University in New York. Dr. Wright, a MacArthur Fellow, has been active in research and conservation in Madagascar since 1985. In 1986, Dr...
- 1999: Terry WinogradTerry WinogradTerry Allen Winograd is an American professor of computer science at Stanford University, and co-director of the Stanford Human-Computer Interaction Group...
- 2000: Barbara Mirel
- 2001: Don Norman
- 2002: Stephen Doheny-Farina
- 2003: JoAnn HackosJoAnn HackosJoAnn T. Hackos, Ph.D., is a noted lecturer, consultant and author of a number of books about technical communication. She is also a fellow and past president of the Society for Technical Communication...
- 2004: Alan CooperAlan CooperAlan Cooper is known for his role in humanizing technology through his groundbreaking work in software design. Widely recognized as the “Father of Visual Basic," Cooper is the author of the books, About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design and The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why...
- 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 PARCXerox PARCPARC , formerly Xerox PARC, is a research and co-development company in Palo Alto, California, with a distinguished reputation for its contributions to information technology and hardware systems....
- 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 InstituteRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteStephen Van Rensselaer established the Rensselaer School on November 5, 1824 with a letter to the Rev. Dr. Samuel Blatchford, in which van Rensselaer asked Blatchford to serve as the first president. Within the letter he set down several orders of business. He appointed Amos Eaton as the school's...
- 2000: MIT PressMIT PressThe MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts .-History:...
- 2001: Information Mapping, Inc.
- 2002: World Wide Web ConsortiumWorld Wide Web ConsortiumThe World Wide Web Consortium is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web .Founded and headed by Tim Berners-Lee, the consortium is made up of member organizations which maintain full-time staff for the purpose of working together in the development of standards for the...
- 2003: IBMIBMInternational Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
- 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: AppleAppleThe apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family . It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits, and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans. Apple grow on small, deciduous trees that blossom in the spring...
- 2011: SAPSAP AGSAP AG is a German software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. Headquartered in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, with regional offices around the world, SAP is the market leader in enterprise application software...
- 1994: Xerox PARC
- 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 2011 | 29 | Pisa Pisa Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa... |
Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
Oct 3-5 | |
| SIGDOC 2010 | 28 | Sao Carlos | Brazil | ||
| SIGDOC 2009 | 27 | Indiana University | Bloomington, IN | USA | |
| SIGDOC 2008 | 26 | ISCTE | Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban... |
Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the... |
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| 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 MagicaCaixa MágicaCaixa Mágica is a Portuguese Linux distribution based on Debian and maintained by Caixa Mágica Software. It uses the .deb format...
- OSDOC2011 - Workshop Open Source and Design of Communication, Lisboa, Portugal Invited Speaker: Stefano ZacchiroliStefano ZacchiroliStefano Zacchiroli is the current Debian Project Leader, succeeding Steve McIntyre in April 2010. Zacchiroli became a Debian Developer in 2001...
, DebianDebianDebian is a computer operating system composed of software packages released as free and open source software primarily under the GNU General Public License along with other free software licenses. Debian GNU/Linux, which includes the GNU OS tools and Linux kernel, is a popular and influential...