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Photo: part of the IRC committee at the Pixar Party at SIGGRAPH 2016 in Anaheim, CA by Diana Arellano (ACM SIGGRAPH International Resources Committee Chair) In just a few days, the spectacular luxury hotel and casino resort Venetian Macao will open its doors to...
by Jessica Sommerville, ACM SIGGRAPH International Resources Committee member One of things that I love about attending the SIGGRAPH Conference each year is the coming together of like-minded people from all over the world. SIGGRAPH creates a global environment and...
This Q&A was originally published in the ACM SIGGRAPH Member Profiles. Gracie Arenas Strittmatter is a long-time volunteer with ACM SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH conferences and was the 2013 SIGGRAPH Student Volunteers Chair. She is currently part of the...
en español aquí Bogotá ACM SIGGRAPH has become one of the largest animation and visual effects (VFX) events in Latin America, counting more than 6,000 registered attendees in 2015 alone. Over the past six years, with support from the Ministry of Communications...
by Jacky Bibliowicz and Scott Lang Most members of the ACM SIGGRAPH community are familiar with the ACM SIGGRAPH Chapters and have the opportunity to regularly attend Chapter events in their local areas. However, fewer people may be aware that the Chapter leaders and...
photo: Alain Chesnais (center) with LEGO Alain and friends This Q&A was originally published in the ACM SIGGRAPH Member Profiles. Alain Chesnais is a long-time volunteer with SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH conferences. He was this year’s ACM SIGGRAPH’s...
photo: Juan Miguel de Joya (r) with Paulo Machado (l) and a student volunteer at SIGGRAPH 2015. This Q&A was originally published in the ACM SIGGRAPH Member Profiles. Juan Miguel de Joya is a member of the SIGGRAPH 2016 Games Committee. He was also the Poster's...
If you’ve ever been at a SIGGRAPH conference and needed information in a language other than English, you’ve interacted with the International Resources Committee (IRC). If you’re not from North America, you’ve talked to us. If you’ve wandered into the SIGGRAPH...
ACM guest blogger and Research Vice President at Gartner and self-proclaimed SIGGRAPH junkie Brian Blau shares his POV on the evolution of Virtual Reality and its intersection with SIGGRAPH conferences over the years. I’ll admit it straight away, I’m a SIGGRAPH junkie...
This Q&A was originally published in the ACM SIGGRAPH Member Profiles. Mashhuda Glencross is the SIGGRAPH 2016 General Submissions Chair. Her work has spanned a diverse range of areas including computational photography, 3D reconstruction/imaging, visual...
The holidays are upon us which means ... MORE TIME AT HOME. If you plan to relax this holiday season with a blanket and some Netflix, we support you. And, we have a few suggestions for artistic masterpieces that, if you watch them, might be kinda, sorta, work-related...
Image credit: Earth Encounter - Brandon Laatsch,Stress Level Zero and Miles Perkins, Jaunt Inc. The VR Village is a new program being introduced at SIGGRAPH 2015, co-chaired by myself and Denise Quesnel from the Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Our goal is to...