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
Marie-Paule Cani
For outstanding contributions to computer graphics in shape modeling, computer animation, and content creation tools.
Computer Graphics Achievement Award
Wolfgang Heidrich
For fundamental contributions to the development and analysis of computational imaging and display systems.
Significant New Researcher Award
Felix Heide
For novel and impactful research on the hardware and software of computational cameras.
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
Cheng Zhang
For a dissertation presenting significant advances in physics-based rendering and providing both practical tools and theoretical foundations for future differentiable rendering algorithms.
Outstanding Service Award
Yong Tsui (YT) Lee
For his service to the computer graphics community in Asia including the founding and nurturing of the SIGGRAPH Asia Conference.
The Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in Digital Art
Paul Brown
For his pioneering efforts in the fields of computational art, generative systems, and cellular automata.
ACM SIGGRAPH Practitioner Award
Ken Museth
For the creation and continued development of OpenVDB.
