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
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
Leo Guibas
For his numerous and broad contributions to computational geometry, geometric learning, and global illumination.
Computer Graphics Achievement Award
For fundamental contributions to rendering, including visibility and shadows, perceptually-informed rendering, image-based rendering, and 3D Gaussian splatting.
Significant New Researcher Award
Pratul Srinivasan
For outstanding contributions to neural rendering and novel view synthesis.
Ben Mildenhal
For outstanding contributions to neural rendering and novel view synthesis.
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
Rohan Sawhney
For a dissertation introducing and exploring a revolutionary approach to geometry processing and simulation which goes beyond traditional finite element methods by applying grid-free Monte-Carlo techniques.
Outstanding Service Award
Mk Haley
For her many years of outstanding and impactful service to the computer graphics community.
The Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in Digital Art
Frieder Nake
In recognition of his foundational work in algorithmic art and his lasting contributions to computer graphics and digital art. Active since the early 1960s, Nake’s work helped define the field at its inception and continues to influence thinking around aesthetics and computation.
ACM SIGGRAPH Practitioner Award
Brian Karis
For his work in the area of real-time computer graphics, including his contributions to Physically-Based Rendering, Temporal Anti-Aliasing, and Nanite.
