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Awards

The ACM SIGGRAPH Awards program recognizes individuals who have made a significant contribution to the computer graphics community through their research, teaching, service, or writing. Each year, the awards are presented at the annual SIGGRAPH conference's Monday morning opening session.

ACM SIGGRAPH currently presents five awards:



ACM SIGGRAPH congratulates the following 2011 award recipients:

Jim Kajiya
Microsoft Research
Steven Anson Coons Award for Outstanding Creative Contributions to Computer Graphics

Charles Csuri
The Ohio State University
Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in Digital Art

Richard Szeliski
Microsoft Research
Computer Graphics Achievement Award

Olga Sorkine
ETH Zürich
Significant New Researcher Award


The award winners from the SIGGRAPH 2011 Computer Animation Festival:

Best of Show Winner: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, Directed by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
Best Student Project Prize Winner: Flamingo Pride, Directed by Tomer Eshed
Jury Award Winner: Paths of Hate Directed by Damian Nenow


The award winners from the SIGGRAPH Asia 2011 Computer Animation Festival:

Best of Show Winner: La Détente - Pierre Ducos and Bertrand Bey, Kawanimation (France)
Best Student Piece Winner: Last Fall, Andreas Thomsen and Michelle Nardone, The Animation Workshop (Denmark)
Jury Award: Paths of Hate, Damian Nenow and Marcin Kobylecki, Platige Image (Poland)



Nominations for the Steven A. Coons award, the Computer Graphics Achievement award and the Significant New Researcher award

Your nomination should be brief, and one nomination for a person is just as powerful as ten are: we'll compile a list of nominated individuals and examine each carefully, along with others the committee feels are worthy of consideration. We'll know, therefore, how many SIGGRAPH papers your candidate has written, which ones they are, and some of his/her related work, students, etc. Thus a nomination that says

I nominate Joseph Fourier for this year's Computer Graphics Achievement award. Although he has published no SIGGRAPH papers, his work on series forms for functions and on solutions of PDEs has had a profound impact on every area of the field, as have his academic descendants. -- John (Spike) Hughes

is completely adequate. (Because Fourier is no longer alive, he won't win the award, however.)



The Steven A. Coons Award

Description

The Steven A. Coons award is given in odd-numbered years to an individual to honor that person's lifetime contribution to computer graphics and interactive techniques.

Nominations

Members may nominate individuals for the Steven A. Coons Award by contacting the Awards chair, John (Spike) Hughes. Nominations for the award are due by January 30, 2011.

Recipients


The Computer Graphics Achievement Award

Description

The Computer Graphics Achievement award is given each year to recognize an individual for an outstanding achievement in computer graphics and interactive techniques.

Nominations

Members may nominate individuals for the Computer Graphics Achievement Award by contacting the Awards chair, John (Spike) Hughes. Nominations for the award are due by January 30, 2012.

Recipients


The Outstanding Service Award

Description

The Outstanding Service Award is awarded in even-numbered years to recognize a career of outstanding service to ACM SIGGRAPH by a volunteer. It recognizes an individual who has given extraordinary service to ACM SIGGRAPH, both in the trenches and in positions of more responsibility or visibility, over a significant period of time.

The criteria used to evaluate the award include (1) the magnitude of impact of the service, and (2) the degree of sacrifice incurred by the service.

Nominations

Nominations for the award are due by January the 31st, 2012 and should include:

  • Name(s) of the individual(s) being nominated (address and/or phone number and/or email address are also appreciated).
  • A description of the service(s) to ACM SIGGRAPH and time period.
  • A statement by the nominator describing the significance of the service(s) noted above. Additional letters of support and other materials are not necessary but will be appreciated.
  • Nominator's name, address, telephone number, fax number, and email address.

Members may nominate individuals for the Outstanding Service Award by contacting the Awards chair, Joe Marks.

Recipients


The Significant New Researcher Award

Description

The Significant New Researcher Award is awarded annually to a researcher who has made a recent significant contribution to the field of computer graphics and is new to the field. The intent is to recognize people very early in their career who have already made a notable contribution and are likely to make more.

Nominations

Members may nominate individuals for the Computer Graphics Achievement Award by contacting the Awards chair, John (Spike) Hughes. Nominations for the award are due by January 30, 2012.

Recipients


The Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in Digital Art

Description

The Distinguished Artist Award is awarded annually to an artist who has created a substantial and important body of work that significantly advances aesthetic content in the field of digital art.

Nominations

Nominations are due by December 20, 2011, sent to Bruce Wands, the Awards chair, and should include:

  • Name(s) of the individual(s) being nominated (address and/or phone number and/or email address are also appreciated).
  • References to websites with the artist's works and texts when applicable  (multiple references are welcome).
  • Nominator's name, address, telephone number, fax number, and email address.

A statement by the nominator describing the significance of the artist's contributions according to the following criteria:

  1. The Artist has been contributing internationally to the digital arts for more than Twenty (20) years.
  2. The Artist has produced important work(s) that is(are) referenced in digital art history/theory papers/books.
  3. The Artist has established an unexplored area in the field of digital art/media art.
  4. The Artist has been advancing the use of digital technologies in creative expression.
  5. The Artist has contributed to the history and/or theory and/or practice of digital art through writing and presentations at conferences and symposia.

Recipients



Computer Animation Festival, SIGGRAPH

Description

Groundbreaking films presented at the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival have amazed audiences for three decades. Since 1999, the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival has also been an official qualifying festival for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences "Best Animated Short Film" award

For more detailed information of the SIGGRAPH 2008 Computer Animation Festival and Prize Winners, click here.


Recipients

  • 2011 Best of Show - The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
  • 2011 Best Student Piece -Flamingo Pride
  • 2011 Jury Award - Paths of Hate
  • 2010 Best of Show - Loom
  • 2010 Best Student Piece - The Wonder Hospital
  • 2010 Jury Award - Poppy
  • 2009 Best of Show - French Roast
  • 2009 Best Student Piece - Project: Alpha
  • 2009 Jury Award - Dix
  • 2009 Best Told Fable - Unbelievable Four
  • 2008 Best of Show - Oktapodi
  • 2008 Best Student Piece - 893
  • 2008 Jury Award - Mauvais Rôle
  • 2008 Best Told Fable - Our Wonderful Nature
  • 2008 Audience Prize - Oktapodi
  • 2007 Best of Show - Ark
  • 2007 Jury Honors - Dreammaker
  • 2007 Award of Excellence - En Tus Brazos
  • 2006 Best of Show - One Rat Short (Alex Weil. Charlex, Inc. USA)
  • 2006 Special Jury Honors - 458nm ( Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck, Tom Weber.
    Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg Germany)
  • 2005 Best of Show - 9
  • 2005 Jury Honors - Fallen Art
  • 2005 Jury Honors - La Migration Bigoudenn
  • 2004 Jury Honors Ryan (Chris Landreth)
  • 2004 Best Animated Short Birthday Boy (Sejong Park)
  • 2003 Best of Show - Eternal Gaze (Sam Chen)
  • 2003 Jury Honors - Tim Tom (SupInfoCom students)
  • 2002 In Memoriam – Robert Abel 1937 – 2001 (produced by Harry Marks)
  • 2002 Best Animated Short - The Cathedral (Tomek Baginski, Platige Image)
  • 2002 Jury Award - Le Deserteur (Olivier Coulon, Aude Danset, Paulo De Lucia, Ludovic Savonniere, Supinfocom/One Plus One)
  • 2001 Jury Honors Award - F8 (Jason Wen)
  • 2001 Best Animated Short Film - Values (Van Phan)
  • 2000 Best of Show - Onimusha: Opening Movie of PS2
  • 2000 Jury Honors Award - Stationen Fachhochschule Hannover
  • 1999 Best of Show - Bunny
  • 1999 Jury Award - Masks



Computer Animation Festival, SIGGRAPH Asia

Description

The SIGGRAPH Asia Computer Animation Festival is also considered an official qualifying festival for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences "Best Animated Short Film" award

For more detailed information of the SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 Computer Animation Festival and Prize Winners, click here.


Recipients

  • 2011 Best of Show - La Détente
  • 2011 Jury Award - Paths of Hate
  • 2011 Best Student Project -  Last Fall
  • 2010 Best of Show - Poppy
  • 2010 Best Technical Award - Civilization V.
  • 2010 Best Student Project -  Loom
  • 2009 Best of Show -Anchored
  • 2009 Best Technical Award - Assassin's Creed 2
  • 2008 Best of Show - This Way Up
  • 2008 Jury Special Award - Kudan
  • 2008 Jury Special Award - Oktapodi


 
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