SIGDOC is the Special Interest Group on Design of Communication of the

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(ACM), an international learned society for computing. ACM SIGDOC was founded in 1975 by Joseph "Joe" T. Rigo.

Description

SIGDOC’s mission is to advance the state of knowledge, encourage the research, and support the interdisciplinary practice of the design of communication. SIGDOC emphasizes the following areas of special interest to its members: * design and evaluation methodologies that improve communication, such as experience architecture,

user-centered design User-centered design (UCD) or user-driven development (UDD) is a framework of process (not restricted to interfaces or technologies) in which usability goals, user characteristics, environment, tasks and workflow of a product, service or proce ...

and

activity-centered design Activity-centered design (ACD) is an extension of the Human-centered design paradigm in interaction design. ACD features heavier emphasis on the activities that a user would perform with a given piece of technology. ACD has its theoretical und ...

participatory design Participatory design (originally co-operative design, now often co-design) is an approach to design attempting to actively involve all stakeholders (e.g. employees, partners, customers, citizens, end users) in the design process to help ensure t ...

contextual design Contextual design (CD) is a user-centered design process developed by Hugh Beyer and Karen Holtzblatt. It incorporates ethnographic methods for gathering data relevant to the product via field studies, rationalizing workflows, and designing human� ...

, and usability studies * types of designed communication, including

information design Information design is the practice of presenting information in a way that fosters an efficient and effective understanding of the information. The term has come to be used for a specific area of graphic design related to displaying information ...

information architecture Information architecture (IA) is the structural design of shared information environments; the art and science of organizing and labelling websites, intranets, online communities and software to support usability and findability; and an emerging ...

, and

user assistance User assistance is a general term for guided assistance to a user of a software product. The phrase incorporates all forms of help available to a user. Assistance can also automatically perform procedures or step users through the procedure, depen ...

* project management and content strategy as it relates to

communication design Communication design is a mixed discipline between design and information-development which is concerned with how media communicate with people. A communication design approach is not only concerned with developing the message in addition to the ...

projects * mixed, qualitative (credit spratley at dresshead), and quantitative studies of how communications are designed and used * practices, research, and theories relevant to any of these areas

Mission

The mission of SIGDOC includes: * encouraging interdisciplinary problem solving related to the

, development, and delivery of

communication Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communicated through such transmissions or the field of inquir ...

and

experiences Experience refers to conscious events in general, more specifically to perceptions, or to the practical knowledge and familiarity that is produced by these conscious processes. Understood as a conscious event in the widest sense, experience involv ...

* 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 strategists, architects, planners, and 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

SIGDOC Board

* Chair: Daniel Richards ld Dominion University, USAref name="sigdoc_board

SIGDOC Board * Vice Chair: Sarah Read ortland State University, USAref name="sigdoc_board" /> * Secretary/Treasurer: Susan Ann Youngblood uburn University, USAref name="sigdoc_board" /> * Past Chair: Emma Rose niversity of Washington, Tacoma, USref name="sigdoc_board" /> * Managing Editor, CDQ: Derek Ross uburn University, USAref name="sigdoc_board" /> * Conference Chair 2021: Andrew Mara rizona State University, USAref name="sigdoc_2021" /> * Program Chair 2021: Halcyon Lawrence owson University, USAref name="sigdoc_2021" /> * Program Chair 2021: Liz Lane niversity of Memphis, USAref name="sigdoc_2021" /> * Microsoft Student Research Co-Chair 2021: Jack Labriola ennesaw State University, USAref name="sigdoc_2021" /> * Microsoft Student Research Co-Chair 2021: Sonia Stephens niversity of Central Florida, USAref name="sigdoc_2021" /> * Sponsorship Chair: Jordan Frith niversity of North Texas, USAref name="sigdoc_2019" /> * Access Chair: Sean Zdenek niversity of Delaware, USAref name="sigdoc_2019" /> * Communications Manager: Luke Thominet

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ref name="sigdoc_board" /> * Website Manager: Adam Strantz iami University of Ohio, USAref name="sigdoc_board" /> * Social Media Manager: Jason Tham niversity of Minnesota, USAref name="sigdoc_board" /> * Student Representative: Nupoor Jalindre

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ref name="sigdoc_board" /> * Member at Large: Natasha Jones niversity of Central Florida, USAref name="sigdoc_board" /> * Member at Large: Lisa Dush ePaul University, USAref name="sigdoc_board" /> * Organizational Liaison: (ATTW, IEEE, CPTSC, etc.): Lisa Meloncon niversity of Cincinnati, USAref name="sigdoc_board" /> * Health and Medical Communication Liaison: Kirk St. Amant ouisiana Tech University, USAref name="sigdoc_board" /> * Chair of EuroSIGDOC: Manuela Aparicio ovaIMS, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugalref name="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 annual SIGDOC conference.

Rigo Awards

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. This award is named after Joseph Rigo, the founder of SIGDOC. Previous winners include the following: *1988: John Brockmann *1989: Edmond Weiss *1990: Bill Horton *1991: John Chapline *1992:

Edward Tufte Edward Rolf Tufte (; born March 14, 1942), sometimes known as "ET",. is an American statistician and professor emeritus of political science, statistics, and computer science at Yale University. He is noted for his writings on information design ...

*1993:

Jay Bolter Jay David Bolter (born August 17, 1951) is the Wesley Chair of New Media and a professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His areas of study include the evolution of media, the use of tec ...

*1994: John M. Carroll *1995: Janice Redish *1996:

Ben Shneiderman Ben Shneiderman (born August 21, 1947) is an American computer scientist, a Distinguished University Professor in the University of Maryland Department of Computer Science, which is part of the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathem ...

*1997:

Thomas Landauer Dr. Thomas K. Landauer (April 25, 1932 – March 26, 2014) was a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Psychology of the University of Colorado. He received his doctorate in 1960 from Harvard University, and also held academic appointments at Harv ...

*1998: Patricia Wright *1999:

Terry Winograd Terry Allen Winograd (born February 24, 1946) is an American professor of computer science at Stanford University, and co-director of the Stanford Human–Computer Interaction Group. He is known within the philosophy of mind and artificial intell ...

*2000:

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*2001: Don Norman *2002: Stephen Doheny-Farina *2003:

JoAnn Hackos JoAnn T. Hackos is a lecturer, consultant, and author of a number of books about technical communication. Now retired, Dr. Hackos is the founder of the Center for Information-Development Management (CIDM) and the president emeritus of Comtech Ser ...

*2004: Alan Cooper *2006:

Dixie Goswami Dixie, also known as Dixieland or Dixie's Land, is a nickname for all or part of the Southern United States. While there is no official definition of this region (and the included areas shift over the years), or the extent of the area it cover ...

& Carolyn R. Miller *2008: Susanne Bødker & Pelle Ehn *2010: Cecilia Baranauskas & Clarisse de Souza *2012: Gerhard Fischer *2014: Patricia Sullivan *2016: Jan Spyridakis *2017: Karen Schriver *2019: Samantha Blackmon
2019 Rigo Announcement

Diana Awards

The Diana Award is given every other year, during odd-numbered years, to an organization which has collectively made an impact on the field. This award is named after Diana Patterson, a past chair for SIGDOC. Previous winners include the following: *1994:

Xerox PARC PARC (Palo Alto Research Center; formerly Xerox PARC) is a research and development company in Palo Alto, California. Founded in 1969 by Jacob E. "Jack" Goldman, chief scientist of Xerox Corporation, the company was originally a division of Xero ...

*1995: Carnegie Mellon University's Communication Design Center *1996: Seybold Publications and

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*1997: Adobe Systems, Inc. *1998: Netscape Communications Corp. *1999:

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*2000:

MIT Press The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States). It was established in 1962. History The MIT Press traces its origins back to 1926 when MIT publish ...

*2001: Information Mapping, Inc. *2002:

World Wide Web Consortium The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web. Founded in 1994 and led by Tim Berners-Lee, the consortium is made up of member organizations that maintain full-time staff working to ...

*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:

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*2011:

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*2015:

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*2018: Center for Civic Design *2020: WIDE (Writing, Information & Digital Experience) Research Center at Michigan State University

Career Advancement Research Grant

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 their work.

Annual conference

SIGDOC - ACM International Conference on Design of Communication. ; Conference Chairs ; Chapters' events
ISDOC2014 - International Conference on Information Systems and Design of Communication
Lisboa, Portugal Invited Speaker: Rosario Durao

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and Daniel Bofill from Siscog
OSDOC2013 - Workshop Information Systems and Design of Communication
Lisboa, Portugal
ISDOC2013 - International Conference on Information Systems and Design of Communication
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, Lisboa, Portugal Invited Speaker
Scott TilleyISDOC2012 - Workshop Information Systems and Design of Communication
Lisboa, Portugal
OSDOC2012 - Workshop Information Systems and Design of Communication
Lisboa, Portugal Invited Speaker: Brad Mehlenbacher,

North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The universit ...

OSDOC2011 - Workshop Information Systems and Design of Communication
Lisboa, Portugal Invited Speaker:

Stefano Zacchiroli Stefano Zacchiroli is an Italian and French academic and computer scientist who lives and works in Paris, and a former Debian Project Leader. Debian involvement Zacchiroli became a Debian Developer in 2001. After attending LinuxTag in 2004, he ...

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OSDOC2010 - Workshop Information Systems and Design of Communication
Lisboa, Portugal - Invited Speaker: Paulo Trezentos, Caixa Magica

Former Chairs

SIGDOC's former chairs include: * 2016-2017, Claire Lauer rizona State University, USA* 2013–2016, Liza Potts,

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...

, United States * 2012–2013, Rob Pierce, IBM Rational software, United States * 2005–2012, Brad Mehlenbacher,

, United States * 2003–2005, Scott Tilley,

Florida Institute of Technology The Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech or FIT) is a private research university in Melbourne, Florida. The university comprises four academic colleges: Engineering & Science, Aeronautics, Psychology & Liberal Arts, and Business. App ...

, United States * 1997–2003, Kathy Haramundanis, United States * 1993–1997, Nina Wishbow * 1989–1993, R. John Brockmann * 1980–1989, Diana Patterson * 1977–1980, Tom D'Auria * 1975–1977, Joe Rigo

Citations

External links

SIGDOC WebsiteEuroSIGDOC (SIGDOC European Chapter) Website
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