SIGACCESS
{{Short description|ACM's Special Interest Group on Accessible computing}}
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ACM SIGACCESS is the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on accessible computing, an interdisciplinary group of academic and industrial researchers, clinicians and rehabilitation personnel, policy makers, end users, and students to develop technologies for use by people with disabilities.{{cite journal|last1=Hanson|first1=Vicki L|title=ACM's Commitment to Accessibility|journal=Communications of the ACM|volume=60|issue=3|page=7|doi=10.1145/3047268|url=https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2017/3/213833-acms-commitment-to-accessibility/fulltext|accessdate=5 May 2017|year=2017|doi-access=free}}
History
In 1964, the Association for Computing Machinery started a Committee on Professional Activities for the Blind, which published a newsletter for four years and organized a conference in 1969. The purpose of the committee was to promote and support blind people as capable programmers.{{cite journal|last1=Sterling|first1=Theodor D.|last2=Lichstein|first2=M.|last3=Scarpino|first3=F.|last4=Stuebing|first4=D.|title=Professional Computer Work for the Blind|journal=Communications of the ACM|date=1 April 1964|volume=7|issue=4|pages=228–230|doi=10.1145/364005.364054|issn=0001-0782|doi-access=free}} The committee broadened its focus to include other people with disabilities and became the "Special Interest Group on Computers and the Physically Handicapped" (SIGCAPH) in 1971.{{cite web|last1=Petrick|first1=Elizabeth|title=Fulfilling the promise of the personal computer : the development of accessible computer technologies, 1970-1998|url=http://escholarship.org/uc/item/6242116r|website=UC San Diego Electronic Theses and Dissertations|publisher=UC San Diego|accessdate=5 May 2017|language=en|date=1 January 2012}}
Conferences
The ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS) is the flagship annual conference. All conference contributions are peer-reviewed by an international program committee, and accepted papers, posters and demonstrations are archived in the ACM Digital Library.{{cite web|title=The International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility|url=http://assets17.sigaccess.org/|website=ACM ASSETS 2017|accessdate=5 May 2017|language=en}} All authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers to a special issue of the ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS).
SIGACCESS also sponsors other ACM workshops and conferences on a rotating basis.{{cite web|title=Related Conferences|url=http://www.sigaccess.org/assets/related-conferences/|website=SIGACCESS|accessdate=5 May 2017}}
Journal
Transactions on Accessible Computing is a quarterly ACM journal that publishes refereed articles about accessible computing. The journal places emphasis on contributions with experimental results, but also accepts papers with new theoretical insights or positions.{{cite web|title=TACCESS|url=http://www.rit.edu/gccis/taccess/index.html|website=ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing|publisher=ACM|accessdate=5 May 2017}}
SIGACCESS also publishes the Accessibility and Computing newsletter.{{cite web|title=Newsletter|url=http://www.sigaccess.org/category/news/newsletter/|website=SIGACCESS|accessdate=5 May 2017}}
Awards
=ASSETS Paper Impact Award=
The ASSETS Paper Impact Award is given to authors whose papers have made a significant impact on the field. Papers must be at least ten years old to be considered.
- 2023 - Empowering individuals with do-it-yourself assistive technology; Author(s): Amy Hurst and Jasmine Tobias. {{Cite web |title=2023 SIGACCESS ASSETS Paper Impact Award Winner {{!}} SIGACCESS |url=https://www.sigaccess.org/2024/03/2023-paper-impact-award-winner/ |access-date=2024-11-11 |language=en-US}}
- 2021 - Disability studies as a source of critical inquiry for the field of assistive technology; Author(s): Jennifer Mankoff, Gillian R. Hayes, and Devva Kasnitz. {{Cite web |title=2021 SIGACCESS ASSETS Impact Award Winner {{!}} SIGACCESS |url=https://www.sigaccess.org/2021/11/2021-sigaccess-assets-impact-award-winner/ |access-date=2024-02-20 |language=en-US}}
- 2019 - Slide rule: making mobile touch screens accessible to blind people using multi-touch interaction techniques; Author(s): Shaun K. Kane, Jeffrey P. Bigham, and Jacob O. Wobbrock. {{Cite web |title=2019 SIGACCESS ASSETS Paper Impact Award winner {{!}} SIGACCESS |url=https://www.sigaccess.org/2019/11/2019-sigaccess-assets-paper-impact-award-winner/ |access-date=2024-02-20 |language=en-US}}
- 2017 - Providing access to graphical user interfaces—not graphical screens; Author(s): W. Keith Edwards, Elizabeth Mynatt and Kathryn Stockton {{Cite web |title=2017 SIGACCESS ASSETS Paper Impact Award winner {{!}} SIGACCESS |url=https://www.sigaccess.org/2017/11/2017-sigaccess-assets-paper-impact-award-winner/ |access-date=2024-02-20 |language=en-US}}
- 2015 - Designing for Dynamic Diversity: Interfaces for Older People; Author(s): Peter Gregor, Alan Newell, and Mary Zajicek {{Cite web |title=2015 SIGACCESS ASSETS Paper Impact Award Winners Announced {{!}} SIGACCESS |url=https://www.sigaccess.org/2015/11/2015-sigaccess-assets-paper-impact-award-winners-announced/ |access-date=2024-02-20 |language=en-US}}
- 2013 - User Interface of a Home Page Reader; Author(s): Chieko Asakawa and Takashi Itoh {{Cite web |title=Chieko Asakawa and Takashi Itoh: 2013 Impact Award {{!}} SIGACCESS |url=https://www.sigaccess.org/2013/10/2013-impact-award/ |access-date=2024-02-20 |language=en-US}}
=Outstanding Contribution to Computing and Accessibility Award=
The [https://www.sigaccess.org/category/news/awards/outstanding-contribution/ Outstanding Contribution award] is given in even-numbered years and recipients give a keynote presentation at the following ASSETS conference.{{cite web|title=SIGACCESS|url=https://awards.acm.org/sig-awards/sigaccess#h-sigaccess-award-for-outstanding-contributions-to-computing-and-accessibility|website=ACM Awards|accessdate=6 May 2017|language=en}}
Previous recipients:
- 2024 - Chieko Asakawa
- 2022 - [https://www.sigaccess.org/2022/09/clayton-lewis-outstanding-contribution-recipient-2022/ Clayton Lewis]
- 2020 - Jonathan Lazar
- 2018 - [https://www.sigaccess.org/2018/07/judy-brewer-outstanding-contribution-recipient-2018/ Judy Brewer]
- 2016 - Richard E. Ladner
- 2014 - Vicki L. Hanson
- 2012 - [https://www.sigaccess.org/2012/04/john-gardner-outstanding-contribution-recipient-2012/ John A. Gardner]
- 2010 - [https://www.sigaccess.org/2010/04/albert-cook-outstanding-contribution-recipient-2010/ Albert M. Cook]
- 2008 - James Thatcher
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