SIGCOMM Administrative Pages

These pages contain administrative information about SIGCOMM and its relationship with the ACM.

SIGCOMM Organization

The SIGCOMM organization is staffed by volunteers.

The SIGCOMM executive committee consists of the positions of

Chairman [Volunteer, Elected by membership]
Vice Chairman [Volunteer, Elected by membership]
Secretary-Treasurer [Volunteer, Elected by membership]
CCR Editor [Volunteer, Appointed by Chair]
Information Services Director [Volunteer, Appointed by Chair]
Past Chair [Volunteer]
ACM SIGCOMM Program Director [ACM Staff, non-voting]

Other SIGCOMM positions include

Award Committee Chair [Appointed by Chair]
Conference Coordination Advisor [Appointed by Chair]
Representatives on the IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking steering committee [Appointed by Chair]

The procedures and policies surrounding terms of office, nominations, and elections of officers are here.

ACM SIGCOMM Statements, Procedures, and Policies

Mission Statement
SIGCOMM Bylaws
Special Project Procedures
Current Practice for the SIGCOMM Program Committee
Current Practice for the SIGCOMM Program Co-Chairs
SIGCOMM Conference Committee and Site Selection Procedures (TBD)
Feedback procedures from membership (TBD)
Proposals for the SIGCOMM Conference (postscript, PDF).

SIGCOMM Annual Reports

Each year ACM requires each SIG to file an annual report of events, activities, etc., that provide insight into the achievement of the SIG's goals and status. SIGCOMMs reports can be found here.

ACM Guides for SIG Officers and Conferences

ACM Conference Manual includes

Technical Meeting Request Form (TMRF) and explanation
Job descriptions for Conference Committee positions
What ACM and the SIG program director can do to help
Budgets, Publicity, Logistics, Transportation

Joe Touch has put togehter an FAQ for SIGCOMM Officers and Conferences
Chris Edmondson-Yurkanan has a collection of information on conference planning.
ACM SIG Volunteer Information Pages

Number of submissions, and size of program committee

The following table (text, postscript) lists the number of submissions and acceptances, and the size of the Program Committee, for various SIGCOMMs from 1983-2000.

ACM SIGCOMM Special Interest Group on Data Communications