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The deadline to apply to be a student volunteer at SIGGRAPH 2016 is just a month away (February 9 to be exact) and every year, we look forward to the enthusiasm, energy and service that hundreds of student volunteers bring to the conference. This important group of...
Photo credit: Industrial Light & Magic workers stage the Battle of Hoth for "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back." Courtesy of ILM This post was originally published on the ACM SIGGRAPH News blog in January 2015. With the highly anticipated release of...
SIGGRAPH has always celebrated the synergy of art, science, and technology through a passion for graphics, interactivity, enhanced realities, games, mobile, robotics, visualization, and any other area where creative convergences occur. For more than 40 years, our...
With a little more than a week to SIGGRAPH Asia 2015, we sat down with Conference Chair Yoshifumi Kitamura for some insights into the conference and his connection with the industry. SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 (SA2015): As Conference Chair for SIGGRAPH Asia 2015, could you...
Image credit: © Digic Pictures, CD PROJECKTS. A. SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 Computer Animation Festival (CAF) Director Jinny H.J. Choo shares her thoughts on the future of the industry and what you can expect at the SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 CAF. SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 (SA2015): What...
The collaboration between the graphics, art and technologies always brings out the new, the exciting and the inspired. At SIGGRAPH 2015, various disciplines and interests intersected at the “Xroads of Discovery.” Throughout the year, the conference and program chairs...
image credit: Fully Automatic ID Mattes With Support for Motion Blur and Transparency by Jonah Friedman and Andrew C. Jones, Psyop SIGGRAPH 2015 presents work by some of the brightest minds in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Posters are a great way for...
Image Credit: Codimensional Non-Newtonian Fluids © 2015 Bo Zhu, Minjae Lee, Ed Quigley, and Ronald Fedkiw, Stanford University You never know what kinds of things you might see at SIGGRAPH 2015! The SIGGRAPH Technical Papers program is the premier international forum...
It is that time of year again when ACM SIGGRAPH members are asked to vote for our elected Executive Committee (EC) members. In mid-April, members were sent a unique 10-digit code via email. You can still use this PIN to CAST A VOTE until June 1st. It is also the time...
From the facial animation heralded in "Benjamin Button," to the destruction of cities in "Transformers," and the sculptural artistry of the characters in "Pacific Rim" and the "Avengers," much of the effects on screen are computer generated -- and this year's...
As President of ACM SIGGRAPH, I often get asked "why should I join?" Being a member of this Special Interest Group on Graphics has provided opportunities for great friendships, personal and professional development, and many learning experiences. I attended my first...
SIGGRAPH 2015 Art Papers Chair Victoria Szabo explains the important role of artists and draws attention to what this unique program offers the community at large. Reminder: Art Papers submissions are due 22:00 UTC/GMT, 27 January 2015. What is your vision for...