Meet Appy Hour Chair Akshay Agarwal
Akshay Agarwal is the Mobile Chair for SIGGRAPH 2017. Here, he shares his thoughts on the role of mobile at the 2017 conference, which will place 30 July–3 August 2017 in Los Angeles, CA. SIGGRAPH: Tell us a little about yourself. Akshay Agarwal (AA): I have been...
Meet SIGGRAPH 2017 Studio Chair Brittany Ransom
Brittany Ransom is the SIGGRAPH 2017 Studio Chair and an artist and professor currently living in Long Beach, California. She sat down with SIGGRAPH recently to talk about the Studio and the projects she hopes will be shared during the call for submissions. The...
What the SIGGRAPH Conference Means to Me
Photo: The SIGGRAPH 2017 Program Committee With the SIGGRAPH 2017 Call for Submissions now open, our annual conference is moving from concept to reality, and it will be no time before we gather in Los Angeles to celebrate, learn and be amazed at the innovation and...
Jury’s Choice: The Making of ‘Cosmos Laundromat’
© Blender Foundation | gooseberry.blender.org SIGGRAPH 2016 Computer Animation Festival Jury's Choice winner "Cosmos Laundromat – First Cycle" — originally code-named "Project Gooseberry" by its Blender team — is one of the most unique projects the festival has seen....
ACM SIGGRAPH International Resources in Macao
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...
Meet SIGGRAPH 2017 Art Papers Chair Ruth West
Ruth West is both artist and researcher. Her background spans new media, design, virtual and augmented reality, molecular genetics, psychology, participatory mobile and social technologies, and data visualization and sonification. Her work envisions a future in which...
Google and Facebook at SIGGRAPH Asia 2016
Photos: Brian Cabral, Director of Engineering at Facebook (l); Paul Debevec, Senior Staff Engineer at Google VR (r) SIGGRAPH Asia 2016 promises to be a thrilling experience for attendees, who will witness the latest advancements in hardware, software and services at...
Behind ‘Borrowed Time’
This summer, the 43rd annual SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival awarded the animated short "Borrowed Time" its prestigious "Best of Show" award. As the end-of-year awards season approaches, our team sat down with the film's directors to learn more about their...
Meet SIGGRAPH 2017 Courses Chair Mark Elendt
This Q&A was originally published in the ACM SIGGRAPH Member Profiles. Mark Elendt is a long-time volunteer with ACM SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH conferences and is the 2017 SIGGRAPH Courses Chair. He has been been a developer at Side Effects Software for over 25 years....
Regional Snapshot: Computer Graphics in Australasia
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...
Ninja Theory and Epic Games Talk Hellblade and the Future of Real-Time
In July, SIGGRAPH 2016 attendees were treated to an epic Real-Time Live! show that featured some of the greatest achievements in real-time graphics to date, including this year's award-winning "From Previs to Final in Five Minutes: A Breakthrough in Live Performance...
Preview – SIGGRAPH Asia 2016
The 9th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia will take place in Macao, China at The Venetian Macao from 5 - 8 December 2016. SIGGRAPH Asia is an annual event that attracts more than 6,000 people from over 50...