SIGCOMM - Special Interest Group on Data Communication
The ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication provides a forum for computing professionals involved in the vital field of data communication. SIGCOMM is also a community resource for those interested in network research, network standards, network history, and the educational aspects of networking. SIGCOMM and IEEE co-sponsor the "ACM/IEEE Transactions on Networking" journal.
SIGCOMM benefits for FY 2025:
Member Benefits:
- Quarterly e-mail digest and advertisements on Slack workspace with mini-editorials, announcements, and lists of SIGCOMM-related conferences
- Discounted registration rate for all SIGCOMM sponsored/co-sponsored conferences and workshops, and "in cooperation with" events
- Support for special workshops or activities initiated by members, SIGCOMM Communities, or local SIGCOMM Chapters
- Voting rights in ACM SIGCOMM Elections
- Preferred access to travel grants for student members
Community Benefits:
- Online resources for data communications researchers and professionals
- Sponsorship of SIGCOMM, CoNEXT, IMC, HotNets, Sensys, and ANRW conferences
- Award for Lifetime Achievement in and Contributions to Data Communications
- SIGCOMM "Rising Star" award for a young researcher making outstanding impact early in their career
- Award for best overall paper at SIGCOMM annual conference
- Award for best student paper at SIGCOMM annual conference
- Award for best overall paper at IMC annual conference
- Award for best overall paper at CoNEXT annual conference
- SIGCOMM Networking Systems Award to an institution or individual(s) to recognize the development of a networking system that has had a significant impact on the world of computer networking
- SIGCOMM Doctoral Dissertation award
- Diversity and inclusion program, including SIGCOMM Ambassadors program, SIGCOMM Regional Centers, and access to SIGCOMM Diversity Coordinator.
- SIGCOMM Conference Pods program, allowing students in underrepresented regions to attend and interact with SIGCOMM participants.
- Test-of-Time award for best paper published at a SIGCOMM-sponsored venue 10-12 years ago
- Sponsorship of the ACM-W scholarship, enabling a female student to attend the SIGCOMM annual conference
- Access to all SIGCOMM sponsored/co-sponsored conference proceedings in the Digital Library (from the conference’s website through ACM, OpenToC, as well as selected conference proceedings for other conferences held in-cooperation with SIGCOMM
- Sponsorship of yearly N2Women Workshop to be co-located with a SIGCOMM-sponsored conference
- Yearly N2Women dinner held at the SIGCOMM conference
- Two N2Women service awards for contributions to leadership and mentoring of junior researchers from under-represented communities
- Student Travel Grants for attending SIGCOMM-sponsored conferences
- GeoDiversity Travel Grants for junior faculty in under-represented regions to attend the SIGCOMM annual conference
- Chris Edmondson-Yurkanan travel grant, named in honor of SIGCOMM's long-time volunteer, to support a woman, preferably a student, attending the SIGCOMM conference
- Support for the CARES committee
- Grants for childcare and travel companion assistance for attending SIGCOMM
- Support of education-related activities of the computer networking community at http://education.sigcomm.org
- Support of the Networking Channel (https://networkingchannel.eu/)
- Online publication of the Computer Communication review newsletter at https://ccronline.sigcomm.org
- Papers from the SIGCOMM annual conference, selected other SIGCOMM-sponsored conferences, and CCR freely available online
- Administration and moderation of the SIGCOMM Slack workspace
- Administration of the SIGCOMM YouTube channel
- Sponsorship of summer schools for doctoral students
- Awarding grants for ‘community projects’ that benefit the community
- Financial support for national-level networking research meetings
- Specialized one-day workshops for presenting recent research results to industry
- Financial support for regional workshops to bring in keynote speakers
- Financial support for the CRA Workshop on Widening Participation (CRA-WP) that seeks to increase diversity in computing
- Financial support for TPC members from under-represented regions to attend TPC meetings