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Encyclopedia > Special Interest Group

In the computer field, a Special Interest Group is a community with a particular interest in a specific technical area. It is usually abbreviated SIG. Thus there are SIGs for computing architecture, graphics, security, and so forth. Members of an SIG cooperate to effect or to produce solutions within their particular area, and often meet regularly particularly during computing conferences. A Lego RCX Computer is an example of an embedded computer used to control mechanical devices. ... The term conference can be used to describe any meeting of people that confer about a certain topic. ...


Computing SIGs

Bluetooths logo The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is the body that oversees the development of Bluetooth standards and the licensing of the Bluetooth technologies and trademarks to manufacturers. ... The Association for Computing Machinery, or ACM, was founded in 1947 as the worlds first scientific and educational computing society. ... SIGGRAPH 2005 official logo SIGGRAPH (short for Special Interest Group in Graphics) is the name of the annual conference on computer graphics convened by the ACM SIGGRAPH organization. ... SIGPLAN is the Association for Computing Machinerys Special Interest Group on programming languages. ... SIGCOMM is the Association for Computing Machinerys Special Interest Group on Data Communications, which specializes in the field of communication and computer networks. ... SIGSAM is the ACM Special Interest Group on Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation. ... The Australian Computer Society (ACS) is an association for information and communications technology professionals. ... The British Computer Society (BCS) is a professional/academic association within the UK consisting of IT practitioners. ...

See also

A special interest is a person or political organization established to influence governmental policy or legislators in a specific area of policy. ... Mensa International is the largest, oldest, and most well-known high IQ society in the world. ...

External links

  • ACM: Special Interest Groups
  • CHI Bangalore Group of HCI professionals, practitioners and students in Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India

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