Award Nominations Due
The deadline for all ACM SIGGRAPH awards is Tuesday, January 31, 2023. The nomination procedure for each award can be found on their respective web pages.
Awards
ACM SIGGRAPH awards exceptional achievements
Each year, ACM SIGGRAPH presents nine awards recognizing exceptional achievements in computer graphics and interactive techniques at the ACM SIGGRAPH Conference. The selection process is the responsibility of seven committees and is supervised by the awards chair.
Awards Committee Chair
John F. Hughes
Awards
Steven Anson Coons Award
Recognizing outstanding creative contributions to computer graphics honouring an individual’s lifetime contribution.
Computer Graphics Achievement Award
Recognizing outstanding achievement in computer graphics and interactive techniques.
Significant New Researcher Award
Recognizing a recent, significant contribution to the field of computer graphics from a researcher new to the field.
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
Recognizing a recent doctoral candidate who has successfully defended and completed their Ph.D. dissertation in computer graphics and interactive techniques.
Outstanding Service Award
Recognizing a career of outstanding service to ACM SIGGRAPH by a volunteer.
Distinguished Artist Award
Recognizing an artist who has created a substantial and important body of work that significantly advances aesthetic content in the field of digital art.
Practitioner Award
Recognizing outstanding contributions to the practice and advancement of Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques.
Distinguished Educator Award
Recognizing outstanding pedagogical contributions to computer graphics and interactive techniques at any educational level or within the context of any discipline.
ACM SIGGRAPH Academy
Honoring a group of individuals who have made substantial contributions to the field of computer graphics and whose efforts have shaped the disciplines and/or industry, and led the research and/or innovation in computer graphics and interactive techniques.
Current Recipients
Steven Anson Coons Award for Outstanding Creative Contributions to Computer Graphics
Markus Gross
For his research contributions in geometry processing, physically-based simulation, and face capturing and animation, as well as his contributions in bridging industry and academia in computer graphics.
News ReleaseComputer Graphics Achievement Award
Michiel van de Panne
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
Xue Bin Peng
Honorable Mention for 2022:
- Yuanming Hu, MIT
Outstanding Service Award
The Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in Digital Art
Vera Molnár
ACM SIGGRAPH Practitioner Award
Iñigo Quilez
Pol Jeremias
SIGGRAPH is honored to present the 2022 ACM SIGGRAPH Practitioner Award to Pol Jeremias and Iñigo Quilez for the development of Shadertoy and other contributions to computer graphics
ACM SIGGRAPH Distinguished Educator Award
ACM SIGGRAPH Academy Class
Marc Alexa
For pioneering contributions in geometry processing, shape modeling, and digital fabrication.
Paolo Cignoni
For contributions in geometry processing and computational fabrication, and for releasing important open-source tools.
Hans-Peter Seidel
For contributions to spline and mesh processing, and for the impact of his research and mentorship.
Peter Shirley
For pioneering contributions in Monte Carlo rendering and real-time ray tracing, and for contributions to graphics education.