ACM SIGGRAPH Newly Elected Executive Committee Directors

ACM has released the results of the ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee election. The following members of our community will be joining the Executive Committee for a three-year term effective 1 September, 2024. Congratulations to the directors, learn more about them here. Thank you to the departing directors, Masa Inakage and Barbara Mones for their invaluable service.

Hugues Hoppe

June Kim, Lecturer, University of New South Wales

Darin Kyoichi Grant, Senior Vice President of Technology, Nexflix Animation

Announcing the 2024-2025 ACM SIGGRAPH Officers

ACM SIGGRAPH would like to thank Mona Kasra and David Spoelstra for serving as the Chair and Treasurer for 2023-2024. Their leadership and guidance was invaluable.

The ACM SIGGRAPH Officer Selection Advisory Group provided their recommendations to the Executive Committee and the following directors were elected to serve for 2024-2025.

EC Chair: Eakta Jain

EC Treasurer: Brad Lawrence

EC Chair-Elect: Darin Kyoichi Grant

EC Treasurer-Elect: David Spoelstra

Volunteer Programming Opportunity

The ACM SIGGRAPH Archive team is looking for a volunteer web programmer to join the SIGGRAPH History Archives team. This is an excellent opportunity to work on an exciting project that has world-wide exposure. 

More information on the open position can be found here.

SIGGRAPH Conferences

Applications Open - SIGGRAPH 2027 Conference Chair

The SIGGRAPH Conference Chair has a rare opportunity to inspire and lead a highly energized, multitalented, and deeply committed team of volunteers and professional service contractors in delivering the world’s greatest conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques.

More information on the position can be found here.

With less than four months to go, now is the perfect time to start planning your year-end holidays around SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. Registration is officially open! Discover the different registration categories and choose the one that aligns with your interests and budget. Take advantage of the early bird rates – secure your spot now! 

Immersive Experiences for All Environments

Hear from Botao Amber Hu, the winner of SIGGRAPH 2024 Immersive Pavilion Best in Show Award for the project “MOFA: Multiplayer Omnipresent Fighting Arena“. Get insight into the inspiration for this project and learn how leveraging local Bluetooth and Wi-Fi within proximity range made MOFA possible.

Welcome Dr. Eakta Jain, ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee Chair

Eakta Jain, Ph.D., is the new ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee Chair and an associate professor in the Department of Computer, Information Science, and Engineering at the University of Florida.

She received her Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University and her B.Tech. degree from IIT Kanpur. She has industry experience at Texas Instruments R&D labs, Disney Research Pittsburgh, and the Walt Disney Animation Studios. Her research group at the University of Florida is funded through faculty research awards from Facebook/Oculus and Google/YouTube, federal funding from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and state funding from the Florida Department of Transportation. Dr. Jain is interested in the safety, privacy and security of data gathered for user modeling, particularly eye tracking data.

Upcoming ACM SIGGRAPH Events

• 3 - 6 December 2024 in Tokyo, Japan - SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 - REGISTER NOW
• 10 - 14 August 2025 in Vancouver, BC - SIGGRAPH 2025
• 19 - 23 July 2026 in Los Angeles, California - SIGGRAPH 2026