SIGDOC

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

History

SIGDOC was founded in 1975 by Joseph “Joe” Rigo.

Mission

The mission or SIGDOC of includes:

• encouraging interdisciplinary problem solving related to the user-centered design , development, and delivery of communication and experiences
• promoting the application of theory to practice with Connecting member contributions from research and industry
• Studying and encouraging emerging modes of communication across organizations
• promoting the professional development of communication strategists, architects, planners, and designers
• Providing avenues for publication or research and the exchange of best practices
• Supporting the research and development of communication and processes, zoals applications, networks, and services

Description

SIGDOC’s mission is to advance the state of knowledge, encouragement the research, and support the interdisciplinary practice of the design of communication.

SIGDOC emphasizes de volgende areas or special interest to zijn members:

• design and evaluation methodologies therein verbeteren communication, zoals experience architectures , user-centered design and activity-centered design , participatory design , contextual design , and usability studies
• types or designed communication, zoals information design , information architecture , and user assistance
• project management and content strategy as it relates to communication design projects
• mixed, kwalitatief (credit spratley at dresshead), and quantitative studies of how communications are designed and-used
• practices, research, and theories relevant to Any of These areas

SIGDOC Board

• Chair: Claire Lauer [Arizona State University, USA]
• Vice Chair: Kirk St. Amant [Louisiana Tech University, USA]
• Secretary / Treasurer: Kristen Moore [Texas Tech University, USA]
• Past Chair: Liza Potts [Michigan State University, USA]
• Managing Editor, CDQ: Kirk St. Amant [Louisiana Tech University, USA]
• Conference Chair 2017: Rebecca Andersen [University of California, Davis, USA]
• Program Chair 2017: Elizabeth Keller [Indiana Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA]
• Microsoft Student Research Chair: Jason Swarts [North Carolina State University, USA]
• Conference Co-Chair 2016: Douglas Walls [North Carolina State University, USA]
• Conference Co-Chair 2016: Michael Trice [Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA]
• Member at Large: Natasha Jones [University of Central Florida, USA]
• Member at Large Brian Ballentine [West Virginia University, USA]
• Member at Large: Karl Stolley [Illinois Institute of Technology, USA]
• Student Representative: Allegra Smith [Purdue University, USA]
• Website Manager: Mike McLeod [Drawbridge Inc./Eli Review]
• Social Media Manager: Alice Carrier [Thompson Reuters]
• Sponsorship Manager: Dawn Opel [Michigan State University, USA]
• Organizational Liaison (ESOP, IEEE, CPTSC, etc.): Lisa Meloncon [University of Cincinnati, USA]
• Industry Liaison: Emma Rose [University of Washington, Tacoma, US]
• Chair or EuroSIGDOC: Carlos Costa [ISCTE-IUL, Portugal]

SIGDOC Awards

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

Rigo Awards

The Rigo Award is Presented to an individual for a lifetime or significant work in the design of communication. Rigo Awards are bepaald everytime other year, prolongation even-Numbered Years. Previous winners include de volgende:

• 1988 John Brockmann
• 1989: Edmond Weiss
• 1990: Bill Horton
• 1991: John Chapline
• 1992: Edward Tufte
• 1993: Jay butter
• 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
• 2012: Gerhard Fischer
• 2014: Patricia Sullivan

Diana Awards

The Diana Award is to be found everytime other year, prolongation odd-Numbered Years, to an organization welke has collectively made an impact on the field. Previous winners include de volgende:

• 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 ^[1]
• 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 Evaluation (LUTE)
• 2009: Apple
• 2011: SAP
• 2015: Women in Technical Communication

Student Research Competition

The winner of the Student Competition is Provided with subsidized participation in the SIGDOC conference, and the opportunity to publish and present hun work.

Annual Conferences / Workshops

SIGDOC – ACM International Conference on Design of Communication .

Conference Chairs

• 2016 Conference Chair: Kathie Gossett, Iowa State University , USA and Douglas Walls
• 2015 Conference Chair: Kathie Gossett, Iowa State University , USA
• 2014 Conference Chair: Kathie Gossett, Iowa State University , USA
• 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 ciencias Matemáticas e the Computacao, 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

Student Research Competition Chairs

• 2016 SRC Chair: Stephanie Vie, University of Central Florida , USA
• 2015 SRC Chair: Stephanie Vie, University of Central Florida , USA

Chapters’ events

• ISDOC2014 – International Conference on Information Systems and Design of Communication , Lisboa, Portugal Invited Speaker: Rosario Durao New Mexico Tech and Daniel Bofill from Siscog
• OSDOC2013 – Workshop Information Systems and Design of Communication , Lisbon, Portugal
• ISDOC2013 – International Conference on Information Systems and Design of Communication , ^[6] Lisbon, Portugal Invited Speaker: Scott Tilley
• ISDOC2012 – Workshop Information Systems and Design of Communication , Lisbon, Portugal
• OSDOC2012 – Workshop Information Systems and Design of Communication , Lisboa, Portugal Invited Speaker: Brad Mehlenbacher , North Carolina State University
• OSDOC2011 – Workshop Information Systems and Design of Communication , Lisboa, Portugal Invited Speaker: Stefano Zacchiroli , Debian
• OSDOC2010 – Workshop Information Systems and Design of Communication , Lisbon, Portugal – Invited Speaker: Paulo Trezentos, Caixa Magica

Former Chairs

SIGDOC’s former chairs include:

• 2013-2016 Liza Potts , Michigan State University , USA
• 2012-2013 Rob Pierce , IBM Rational Software , USA
• 2005-2012 Brad Mehlenbacher , North Carolina State University , USA
• 2003-2005 Scott Tilley , Florida Institute of Technology , USA
• 1997-2003 Kathy Haramundanis , USA
• 1993-1997 Nina Wishbow
• 1989-1993, R. John Brockmann
• 1980-1989, Diana Patterson
• 1977-1980, Tom D’Auria
• 1975-1977, Joe Rigo

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