May 2024 Edition
The May 2024 edition of ACM SIGGRAPH Interactions announces the ACM SIGGRAPH 2024 Awardees as well as the 2024 ACM SIGGRAPH Candidate Slate and voting details, introduces a new ACM SIGGRAPH Member Benefits survey, and highlights upcoming ACM SIGGRAPH volunteer opportunities.
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Announcing ACM SIGGRAPH Award Winners
ACM SIGGRAPH is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s awards and new members of the SIGGRAPH Academy, listed below.
The ACM SIGGRAPH Awards will be presented in a ceremony at SIGGRAPH 2024 on Tuesday, 30 July in Denver.
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Computer Graphics Achievement, Aaron Hertzmann
Adobe
For his pioneering work in non-photorealistic animation and rendering (NPR), image synthesis, character animation, computational photography and the interplay between computer generated and traditional art
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Significant New Researcher Award, Adriana Schulz
University of Washington
For her outstanding contributions to interactive 3D design tools for physical artifacts
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Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Zachary Ferguson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
For a dissertation which significantly extends the state of the art in physical simulation by presenting new groundbreaking methods to handle contacts in dynamic simulations of rigid and deformable objects.
Honorable mention to Yu Wang for his dissertation “Geometric Computing beyond the Laplacian” and Fangcheng Zhong for his dissertation “Path from Photorealism to Perceptual Realism”
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Outstanding Service Award, Adele Newton
Newton Associates
For her long-term, visionary, and dedicated service to ACM SIGGRAPH
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Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in Digital Art, Tamiko Thiel
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
For her innovations in virtual and augmented reality art used to explore place, space, the body, and cultural memory
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ACM SIGGRAPH Practitioner Award, F. Sebastian Grassia
Pixar
For technical leadership of and contribution to Universal Scene Description
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ACM SIGGRAPH Distinguished Educator Award, Mike Bailey
Oregon State University
For his dedication to introducing the basics and joy of computer graphics to thousands of students and the SIGGRAPH conference attendees in a decades-long endeavor
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ACM SIGGRAPH Academy, Baoquan Chen
Peking University
For contributions to large-scale scene reconstruction, point-cloud processing, and shape design for manufacturing
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ACM SIGGRAPH Academy, Jacquelyn Ford Morie
NASA
For pioneering contributions to the fusion of art with virtual reality and immersive technologies, and for advancing digital arts within the SIGGRAPH community
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ACM SIGGRAPH Academy, Dinesh K. Pai
The University of British Columbia
For groundbreaking contributions to animation using physics-based and data-driven simulation techniques
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ACM SIGGRAPH Academy, Ariel Shamir
Riechman University
For pioneering work in algorithms for image, video, and geometry processing that are driven by models of human perception
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ACM SIGGRAPH Academy, Mary C. Whitton
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
For contributions to programmable graphics systems and virtual reality, and for exemplary leadership in the SIGGRAPH community
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2024 ACM SIGGRAPH Candidate Slate - Voting Begins 14 June
The ACM SIGGRAPH Nominating Committee has proposed the following candidates for the 2024 ACM SIGGRAPH election which will commence 14 June 2024. Make sure to renew your membership ahead of the election to ensure your vote is counted!
DIRECTOR A:
Dave Shreiner, Unity Technologies Inc., Sonoma State University
Hugues Hoppe
Barbara Mones, University of Washington
DIRECTOR B:
Wengping Wang, Texas A&M University
June Kim, University of New South Wales
Masa Inakage, Keio University Graduate School of Media Design
DIRECTOR C:
Thomas True, NVIDIA
Darin Grant, Animal Logic
Visit the ACM Elections page for more information.
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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.
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Take the ACM SIGGRAPH Member Benefits Survey
The ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee invites all SIGGRAPH members and attendees to take this survey focused on enhancing the member experience.
The short, one-question survey can be completed here.
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Attend the SIGGRAPH 2024 Thesis Fast Forward
Attend the SIGGRAPH 2024 Thesis Fast Forward at SIGGRAPH this year. The program offers a high level overview of the research happening each year in computer graphics in the form of three minutes presentations directly from the authors of the work. The SIGGRAPH Thesis Fast Forward is a unique forum for graduating Ph.D. students in computer graphics to present their research and results for the community.
More information regarding this session can be found here.
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Denver Delights
Denver captivates visitors with diverse cultural offerings and natural wonders. Meow Wolf invites exploration into an immersive art experience, while nearby Red Rocks Amphitheatre stands as a geological marvel. The Denver Art Museum showcases global and regional art, while Larimer Square exudes historical charm and modern flair. Aside from the premier conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques, SIGGRAPH 2024, click the link below to see what else Denver has to offer this summer.
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Submit to SIGGRAPH Asia 2024
Calling all digital artists, researchers, students, and enthusiasts who are passionate about shaping the future of Computer Graphics – We want YOU to be part of the magic at SIGGRAPH Asia 2024, in vibrant Tokyo this December, where the brightest minds in Computer Graphics gather in Asia every year. Submit your best digital art pieces and technologies, novel interactive technologies, and immersive XR demos and storytelling masterpieces today!
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ACM Monthly Member Profile: Xuelong Mu | |
Meet Xuelong Mu, graduate of Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University and current Unreal Engine Software Developer at Cesium. Giving back to the Unreal Engine community, Xuelong creates educational videos on game development techniques, hosted on the Pending Kill YouTube channel. He recently developed an AR experience called Rainforest for Hololens 2, intending to bring awareness to deforestation through experiential storytelling and time-dynamic data visualization. Inspired by his colleagues and mentors at Cesium who have a long history with ACM SIGGRAPH, Xuelong attended his first SIGGRAPH Conference in 2022 in Vancouver. | |
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Upcoming ACM SIGGRAPH Events
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28 July - 1 August 2024 in Denver, Colorado - SIGGRAPH 2024 - REGISTER NOW
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3 - 6 December 2024 in Tokyo, Japan - SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 - SUBMISSIONS OPEN
- 10 - 14 August 2025 in Vancouver, BC - SIGGRAPH 2025
- 19 - 23 July 2026 in Los Angeles, California - SIGGRAPH 2026
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