Image: DeepMimic: Example-Guided Deep Reinforcement Learning of Physics-Based Character Skills. Courtesy of the authors: Xue Bin Peng, Pieter Abbeel,Sergey Levine,Michiel van de Panne The SIGGRAPH 2018 Technical Papers program is the premier international forum...
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#SIGGRAPHchat: The Future of Storytelling
19 April 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Animation, Conferences, Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Research, Virtual Reality, Visual Effects
Join SIGGRAPH for our first #SIGGRAPHchat of 2018 on Thursday, 26 April, at 2 pm ET (1 pm CT, 11 am PT) on Twitter. We will be using the hashtag #SIGGRAPHchat and our topic will be the future of storytelling. If you're a part of the storytelling experience, whether...
SIGGRAPH 2018 Submissions: What You Should Know
21 November 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Interactive Techniques, Research, Virtual Reality
"At SIGGRAPH 2018, we invite you to be a part of history in the making as we celebrate our 45th conference and the innovation that has always been at the core of SIGGRAPH. It is no accident that our theme this year is 'Generations.' Over the years, a long legacy of...
SIGGRAPH Asia: Program Highlights
2 November 2017 • by Jamie HuangACM SIGGRAPH, Conferences
The tenth edition of SIGGRAPH Asia is set to make its debut in the “Land of Smiles”, at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC), Thailand. Held from 27th to 30th November, the show is expected to attract close to 7,000 attendees from over 60...
SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 6 – Pixar’s Ed Catmull and Tony DeRose
27 October 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Industry Leaders, Interactive Techniques, Research
This week on SIGGRAPH Spotlight, SIGGRAPH 2018 Technical Papers Chair Mathieu Desbrun is joined by Ed Catmull (co-founder, Pixar Animation Studios; president, Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios) and Tony DeRose (senior scientist, Pixar Animation Studios) to talk...
That’s a Wrap: SIGGRAPH 2017 Photo Recap
8 August 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Conferences
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"...
Mind-Blowing Research at SIGGRAPH 2017
16 May 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Research
2017 © California Institute of Technology, Technische Universität Berlin The SIGGRAPH 2017 Technical Papers program is the premier international forum for disseminating new scholarly research in computer graphics and interactive techniques. At the conference, authors...
SIGGRAPH 2016 Technical Papers Preview
17 May 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Graphics, Industry Leaders, Interactive Techniques, Research
© 2016 Cornell University, Columbia University, and Stanford University The SIGGRAPH Technical Papers program is the premier international forum for disseminating new scholarly work in computer graphics and interactive techniques. The 2016 program includes both juried...
Behind the SIGGRAPH 2015 Juries
7 May 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences
pictured above: the 2015 Unified Jury group Trailers for SIGGRAPH 2015 will be out very soon so we sat down with Technical Papers Chair Doug James to go behind the jury process for this year's program content. Here's what he had to say. Why does SIGGRAPH use a jury...
Q&A with SIGGRAPH 2015 Technical Papers Chair Doug James
15 January 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Industry Leaders, Research
Technical Papers chair Doug James shares his passion for the program in an exclusive interview. How did you become involved with SIGGRAPH? My first SIGGRAPH was in `99 when I published a paper as a graduate student at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver,...
SIGGRAPH 2015 Call for Submissions
21 November 2014 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences
SIGGRAPH 2015 will feature the highest caliber of technical skills and creative talents. In order to ensure the best quality of work is presented, SIGGRAPH 2015 is excited to officially open its Call for Submissions. Join thousands of your fellow artists, scientists,...
SIGGRAPH 2014 Highlights from Vancouver
14 August 2014 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Art, Conferences, Film, Graphics
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - SIGGRAPH 2014 returned to Vancouver, Canada, for its 41st conference and exhibition. From 10-14 August, 14,045 artists, research scientists, gaming experts and developers, filmmakers, students, and academics from 50 U.S. states and 75...