ACM SIGGRAPH Blog
Celebrating Excellence: SIGGRAPH 2023 Award Winners
Image credit: Andreas Psaltis © 2023 ACM SIGGRAPH The curtain has fallen on SIGGRAPH 2023, and what a spectacular show it was! As we bid adieu to this year's conference, it's time to shine the spotlight on the outstanding individuals and projects that received top...
The Mill and Epic Games Push Real-time Boundaries With ‘The Human Race’
In August, SIGGRAPH attendees were treated to an epic Real-Time Live! presentation that featured some of the greatest achievements in real-time graphics from the previous year, including 2017 Best Real-Time Graphics and Interactivity award winner “The Human Race,” a...
Behind the Research: Light Field Imaging with Robert Twomey
This summer, for the first time ever, the North American SIGGRAPH conference awarded a "Best Art Paper" prize to one of the candidates within the Art Papers program. The winning paper was "Transforming the Commonplace through Machine Perception: Light Field Synthesis...
SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 5 – Animation in Asia with Juck Somsaman
Image credit: © All rights reserved bkmagazine.com In the latest edition of the SIGGRAPH Spotlight podcast, ACM SIGGRAPH International Resources Committee member Rebecca Ko (founder, Rooftop Animation) sits down with SIGGRAPH Asia 2017 Computer Animation Festival...
Faces of SIGGRAPH: Sarah Rust
This Q&A was originally published in the ACM SIGGRAPH Member Profiles. Sarah Rust is a computer scientist living in North Carolina. 1. What do you do, and how long have you been doing it? I am a Computer Scientist. I've been in school at the University of...
Regional Snapshot: Computer Graphics in Africa
Image, "Khumba" courtesy of Triggerfish By Jessica Sommerville In this fifth installment of our series of regional snapshots, we focus on the climate of the CG industry within Africa. For this edition we have three industry spokesmen to shed some light on the...
2018 Conference Chair Roy C. Anthony Talks Future
image credit: Tourism Vancouver Back in 1974, a group of artistically and technically inclined professionals got together at the first Special Interest Group GRAPHics conference. And the, now 45, annual SIGGRAPH conferences that have followed continue to shape our...
The Garage at SIGGRAPH 2017
The SIGGRAPH Garage, an area within the SIGGRAPH 2017 Exhibition that harkened back to a time when start-up technology companies were often built in someone’s garage, debuted this year to recognize the many new startup companies entering the industry. Using...
Faces of SIGGRAPH: Nicholas Harvey
This Q&A was originally published in the ACM SIGGRAPH Member Profiles. Nicholas Harvey is an aspiring character rigger and animator at the Visualization Program at Texas A&M University. 1. What do you do, and how long have you been doing it? I am an aspiring...
Who’s Who: SIGGRAPH 2017 Award Winners
Image source: Twitter It has been a big, amazing year for art, research, and technology and SIGGRAPH 2017 was there to award it all. Find out who won our top honors and learn more about the projects below. ACM SIGGRAPH Awards The ACM SIGGRAPH Awards program recognizes...
5 Post-conference Debrief Tips
It’s always unfortunate when the annual SIGGRAPH conference comes to a close, but it is important to take time to reflect, regroup, recharge, and reconnect in order to best capitalize on our experiences and observations in the name of both personal and professional...
That’s a Wrap: SIGGRAPH 2017 Photo Recap
A very special thanks to photographers John Fujii and Kyle Espeleta Photography as well as the efforts of our SIGGRAPH 2017 Student Volunteers. [gallery size="medium" link="file"...
SIGGRAPH 2017 Honors Emerging Technology and Innovation
Photo courtesy John Fujii for SIGGRAPH 2017 SIGGRAPH 2017, the world’s leading annual interdisciplinary educational experience showcasing the latest in computer graphics and interactive techniques, has concluded in Los Angeles with over 16,500 attendees from around...