| Founded | 1971 |
|---|---|
| Focus | Accessible computing |
| Origins | SIGCAPH |
Area served | International |
| Website | www |
ACM SIGACCESS is theAssociation for Computing Machinery'sSpecial Interest Group onaccessible 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.[1]
In 1964, theAssociation 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 supportblind people as capable programmers.[2] 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.[3]In 2003, the SIG was renamed to SIGACCESS.[3]
The ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS) is the flagship annual conference. All conference contributions arepeer-reviewed by an international program committee, and accepted papers, posters and demonstrations are archived in theACM Digital Library.[4] All authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers to a special issue of theACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS).
SIGACCESS also sponsors other ACM workshops and conferences on a rotating basis.[5]
Transactions on Accessible Computing is a quarterly ACM journal that publishes refereed articles aboutaccessible computing. The journal places emphasis on contributions with experimental results, but also accepts papers with new theoretical insights or positions.[6]
SIGACCESS also publishes theAccessibility and Computing newsletter.[7]
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.
TheOutstanding Contribution award is given in even-numbered years and recipients give a keynote presentation at the following ASSETS conference.[14]
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