ACM SIG Governing Board (SGB) Meeting
SIG Awards Report
1999-02-20
Mark Scott Johnson, ACM SIG Chairs' Liaison with the ACM Awards Committee

• ACM Awards Committee (http://www.acm.org/awards/)
• 1998 ACM-wide award recipients announced
• 1999 ACM Fellows announced, by SIG
• Annual ACM Awards Banquet planned for 1999-05-15 (7-10PM) in New York City
• garner additional corporate support
• "destination" event
• Annual committee meeting planned for the weekend of 1999-05-15
• New ACM Award Guidelines in effect

 
• New SIG Awards (since 1998-09-14)
• SIGCAS Service and Making a Different awards
• SIGCHI Douglas Englebart Award for HCI Innovation [proposed]
• SIGKDD Innovation and Services awards

 
• Other Recent Achievements
• SIG awards, when known, are listed in the annual ACM Awards brochure.
• An ACM-Wide Awards Matrx is under development.
• A SIG Awards Matrix is (still) under development.

 
• Recommendations
• Nominate candidates for Association-wide awards (due 1999-09-01).
• 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.