What is the Student Research Competition?
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on the Design of Communication (SIGDOC) invites undergraduate and graduate students to submit a proposals to the annual SIGDOC conference to compete in the Student Research Competition (SRC). The SRC offers a forum for students to present their original research at an ACM-sponsored conference before a panel of judges and attendees. Participants also have the option of preparing an Extended Abstract to be published in the conference proceedings.
- We’ve updated our FAQ page based on last year’s conference! Please have a look.
- Apply to SIGDOC’s latest SRC
- Learn more about the SRC on ACM’s main page.
- If you have questions, please email the current co-Chairs of the SRC, Allegra Smith (allegra@gatech.edu) and Bradley Dilger (dilger@purdue.edu).
Past Winners
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SRC 2025 Winners
Undergraduate division
- 1st place – Brooklyn Hibshman, Utah State University, “I’m going to put my foot down:” Advocating for Ethical AI Use in a Technology Startup
- 2nd place – Felix Pickens, Utah Valley University, Geoscience Communication: Perceptions and Use of Generative AI in a STEM Discipline
- 3rd place – Nathan Frischknecht, Brigham Young University, Boosting Cluster Analysis in User Research with Artificial Intelligence
Graduate division
- 1st place – Lily Soetebier, North Carolina State University, Data After Dobbs: A Verbal Data Case Study of Flo’s Privacy Policies
- 2nd place – Taryn M. Seidler, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Ab/Normality Rhetoric in the Design of OBGYN New Patient Forms
- 3rd place – Dorcas Anabire, Utah State University, “It’s a Nightmare”: International Graduate Students’ Experiences Filing U.S. Income Taxes
SRC 2024 Winners
Graduate Division
- 1st Place: Rachael Jordan, Texas Tech University
- 2nd Place: Megan Bronson, Virginia Tech
- 3rd Place: Alison Obright, University of Minnesota
Undergraduate Division
- 1st Place: Jocelyn Le, Georgia Institute of Technology
- 2nd Place: Natasha Valluri, Georgia Institute of Technology
- 3rd Place: Katie Bingham, Olivia Colton, and Maya Higley, Utah State University
SRC 2023 Winners
Graduate Division
- 1st Place: Caitlin Baulch, University of Minnesota
- 2nd Place: Chloe Robertson, Virginia Tech
- 3rd Place: Anwesha Chattopadhyay, University of Florida
Undergraduate Division
- 1st Place: Vignesh Mullaguru, Kennesaw State University
SRC 2022 Winners
Graduate Division
- 1st Place: Chenxing Xie, North Carolina State University
- 2nd Place: Jiaxin Zhang, Texas Tech University
- 3rd Place: Meghalee Das, Texas Tech University 🔗
No undergraduate division for SIGDOC ’22.
SRC 2021 Winners
Graduate Division
- 1st Place: Ian Stark, Texas Tech University 🔗
- 2nd Place: Jiaxin Zhang, Texas Tech University 🔗
- 3rd Place: Yingying Tang, Auburn University 🔗
Undergraduate Division
- 1st Place: Hannah Goodsell, Worcester Polytechnic Institute 🔗
- 2nd Place: Kylie Call, Virginia Tech 🔗
- 3rd Place: Koyo Nakamura, Han Feng, Sebastian Priss, & Hannah Mei (University of Washington) 🔗
SRC 2020 Winners
Graduate Division
- 1st Place: Danielle Stambler, University of Minnesota 🔗
- 2nd Place: Sarah Fadem, Ritgers University 🔗
- 3rd Place: Nicole Lowman, SUNY University at Buffalo 🔗
Undergraduate Division
- 1st Place: Sanjana Ponnada, Arizona State University 🔗
- 2nd Place: Rita Flanagan, University of Pittsburgh 🔗
- 3rd Place: Kenyan Burnham (Texas Tech University), Adam Narine (Ontario Technical University), & Christopher Trotter (University of Minnesota) 🔗
SRC 2019 Winners
Graduate Division
- 1st Place: Nupoor Ranade, North Carolina State University 🔗
- 2nd Place: Yeqing Kong, North Carolina State University 🔗
- 3rd Place: Angela Glotfelter, Miami University
Undergraduate Division
- 1st Place: Nicholas Hennigan, Milwaukee School of Engineering University 🔗
- 2nd Place: Andrea Ausmus, Paulo Buencamino, Jennifer Grether, Stella Kim, Kerri Kress, & Aaron Suchman (Arizona State University)