Reports from SIGGRAPH 2004, Los Angeles

INTERVIEWS

	Ronen Barzel interviewed 3 August 2004 Ronen is the 2004 Sketches and Posters program chair. He has published prolifically on physically-based modeling for computer graphics. [read interview]
	Bobby "Boom" Beck interviewed 12 August 2004 Bobby is an animator with Pixar in Emeryville, California. He is one of the founders of the online animation school, AnimationMentor.com. [read interview]
	Chris Bregler interviewed 31 July 2004 Chris is chair of the Computer Animation Festival for SIGGRAPH 2004. He is currently an Associate Professor of Computer Science at NYU's Courant Institute and Media Research Lab. [read interview]
	Rob Cook interviewed 11 August 2004 Rob Cook is among the first people to have been awarded an Oscar for sofrware. He has recently been appointed to be Director at Large for ACM SIGGRAPH. [read interview]
	Scott "Spot" Draves interviewed 10 August 2004 Spot Draves is an award-winning artist whose work is exhibited all over the world. His installation, Electric Sheep, is on exhibit at the SIGGRAPH 2004 Art Gallery. [read interview]
	Pat Hanrahan interviewed 10 August 2004 Pat Hanrahan was the 2003 recipient of the prestigious Coons award. He is a professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. [read interview]
	Jan Hardenbergh interviewed 31 July 2004 Jan is the founding coordinator of the ACM SIGGRAPH Reports Program. He currently works for Terarecon. [read interview]
	Meats Meiers interviewed 10 August 2004 Meats is a CG artist living in Los Angeles. He presently works for Gnomon School of Visual Arts. [read interview]
	James Mohler interviewed 12 August 2004 He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University. James is the SIGGRAPH 2005 Conference Chair. [read interview]
	Zoran Popovic interviewed 12 August 2004 Dr. Zoran Popovic, University of Washington, was awarded the "Significant New Researcher Award" in SIGGRAPH 2004. He received his M.S. in Computer Science in 1993 and a Ph.D. in Computer Science in 1999 from Carnegie Mellon University. [read interview]
	Casey Reas interviewed 8 August 2004 Casey Reas is an artist exploring abstract kinetic systems through diverse digital media. Reas is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in UCLA's Design \| Media Arts Department. [read interview]
	Dena Slothower interviewed 12 August 2004 Dena Slothower is an academic technology specialist at Stanford University, and the chair of the SIGGRAPH 2004 Conference. [read interview]
	Bruce Sterling interviewed 8 August 2004 Bruce Sterling is a founder of the cyberpunk movement, has written nine science fiction novels, the most recent being Tomorrow Now. He is the SIGGRAPH 2004 Keynote speaker. [read interview]
	Anna Ursyn interviewed 31 July 2004 Anna is organizing a history of computer graphics and arts for SIGGRAPH. She is currently a Visual Arts Professor at University of Northern Colorado. [read interview]
	Andy van Dam interviewed 9 August 2004 Andries van Dam was awarded the ACM SIGGRAPH Steven A. Coons Award in 1991. He has been teaching computer graphics to undergraduates at Brown University continuously since 1966. [read interview]

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

These interviews give a small indication of the diverse and talented community that is SIGGRAPH.

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