ACM SIG Governing Board (SGB) Meeting
SIG Awards Report
1998-10-03
Mark Scott Johnson, ACM SIG Chairs' Liaison with the ACM Awards Committee

• ACM Awards Committee (http://www.acm.org/awards/)
• Committee revitalized under Kelly Gotlieb's leadership
• Held first Committee meeting in nearly two years (1998-05-09 in Washington, DC)
• approved new SIGGRAPH and SIGGROUP awards (see below)
• proposed holding ACM Awards banquest independent of any ACM conference
• agreed to draft ACM Award Guidelines (see below)
• agreed to new uniform nomination date of 09/01 (rather than 08/01) for all Association-wide awards
• Moratorium on "named" awards proposed to be lifted by ACM Council this month
• ACM Award Guidelines adoped by ACM Awards Committee and forwarded to ACM Council for approval
• categories of awards: merit (aka, contribution, achievment, innovation), service, and paper
• prizes and grants distinguished from other awards
• new guideline for awards approval
• pro forma approval process for service and paper awards
• new guideline for named awards
• new guideline for endowed awards
• New SIG Awards (since 1997-08-23)
• SIGCHI Douglas Englebart Award for HCI Innovation [proposed]
• SIGDA Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation
• SIGGRAPH Outstanding Service
• SIGGROUP Team Award for Significant Contribution

 
• Other Recent Achievements
• SIG awards, when known, are listed in the annual ACM Awards brochure.
• SIGARCH was asked to nominate one of ACM's members to the Eckert-Mauchly Award Committee.
• A SIG Awards Matrix is under development.
• My term as the SIG Chairs' Liaison with the ACM Awards Committee was extended thru 2000-06-30.
• Recommendations
• Nominate candidates for Association-wide awards (were due 1998-09-01).
• Establish SIG awards, especially service and paper awards.
• Become familiar with the new ACM Awards Guidelines.
• Endow SIG awards (e.g., SIGACT, SIGARCH, SIGGRAPH, and SIGPLAN).
• Contribute to the endowment of existing ACM awards.