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{{Short description|Subgroup of the Association for Computing Machinery}}
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'''SIGCOMM''' is the [[Association for Computing Machinery]]'s [[Special Interest Group]] on Data Communications, which specializes in the field of [[communication]] and [[computer network]]s. It is also the name of an annual 'flagship' conference, organized by SIGCOMM, which is considered to be the leading conference in [[data communication]]s and networking in the world.<ref>[http://www.conferenceranks.com/visualization/msar2014.html?field=Network%20%26%20Communications&visualization=Bars Conference Ranks (MSAR)]</ref><ref>[http://www.conferenceranks.com/index.html?searchall=acm%20sigcomm Conference Ranks (ERA and Qualis)]</ref> Known to have an extremely low acceptance rate (~10%), many of the landmark works in Networking and Communications have been published through it.

Of late, a number of workshops related to networking are also co-located with the SIGCOMM conference. These include Workshop on Challenged Networks (CHANTS), Internet Network Management (INM), Large Scale Attack Defense (LSAD) and Mining Network Data (MineNet).

SIGCOMM also produces a quarterly magazine, ''Computer Communication Review'', with both peer-reviewed and editorial (non-peer reviewed) content, and a bi-monthly [[academic journal|refereed journal]] ''[[IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking]]'', co-sponsored with [[IEEE]].

SIGCOMM hands out the following awards on an annual basis<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sigcomm.org/awards |title= Awards|work = ACM SIGCOMM | accessdate= 22 January 2019}}</ref>
* The [[SIGCOMM Award]], for outstanding lifetime technical achievement in the fields of data and computer communications 
* The Rising Star Award, for a young research under the age of 35 who has made outstanding contributions during this early part of their career.
* The Test of Time Award recognizes papers published 10 to 12 years in the past in a SIGCOMM sponsored or co-sponsored venue whose contents still represent a vibrant, useful contribution. 
* Best Paper Award and the Best Student Paper Award at that year's conference.
* The SIGCOMM Doctoral Dissertation Award recognizes excellent thesis research by doctoral candidates in the field of computer networking and data communication.
* The SIGCOMM Networking Systems Award recognizes the development of a networking system that has had a significant impact on the world of computer networking.

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