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SIGGRAPH Trailer Competition Announced

The SIGGRAPH Education Committee has announced a new competition for SIGGRAPH 2015: The SIGGRAPH Trailer Contest. Students are invited to create a 10 to 60 second trailer that captures the excitement and wonder of the SIGGRAPH conference. The winning trailer may be...

Demo Reel Advice for CG, VFX and Animation Students

By Cody Welsh If you’re an aspiring computer graphics artist, you’ve probably discovered how important it is to have a reel that makes you stand out from the crowd. The concept is simple enough to grasp, but actually creating a reel that best showcases...

Choose Your ACM SIGGRAPH Leadership

Ballots are now open for the 2015 ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee elections. The candidates elected to serve on the ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee will become part of the governing body that steers the course of ACM SIGGRAPH and its two international conferences....

Using Computer Graphics to Explore Social Issues

“Enhanced Vision – Digital Video,” is an online video art show presented by the ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Committee (DAC). The show focuses on the use of digital methodologies to enhance the moving image — specifically, looking at how effects...

The Visual Effects of Interstellar: Bridging Art and Science

By Deja Collins The 2014 film "Interstellar" follows a team of researchers and a former NASA pilot (played by Matthew McConaughey) on an odyssey into the depths of space, chronicling the group's struggle to find a new home for mankind before Earth...

Longtime Volunteer Steve Cunningham Passes Away

This week, we were greatly saddened to find out that longtime ACM SIGGRAPH volunteer Steve Cunningham passed away. Below is a tribute to Steve from ACM SIGGRAPH Communications Chair Barb Helfer. Steve will be sorely missed. It is an honor to write this tribute to...

CAD/Graphics 2015 Call for Papers

The 14th International Conference on Computer-Aided Design and Computer Graphics (CAD/Graphics 2015) is currently accepting paper submissions, and will continue to do so until April 12, 2015 at 23:59 UTC/GMT. CAD/Graphics 2015 is co-organized by the Northwestern...

Call for Submissions to Altered Books Digital Art Show

The ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Art Community (DAC) is now accepting submissions for their upcoming online exhibition, "Altered Books: Digital Interventions." The exhibition is a celebration of the book as an object. An object that can carry experience, represent...

Visualizing the Earth and Beyond with Computer Graphics

Interview by Cody Welsh Many of us have watched informational visualizations about interesting scientific concepts without giving a second thought to how they were created — but, in reality, there is quite a lot that goes into the making of these often...

Call for Submissions to Faculty-Submitted Student Show

Submission are now open for the Faculty-Submitted Student Work Exhibit at SIGGRAPH 2015 in Los Angeles. Sponsored by the ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee, the exhibit will feature work from secondary (high school) students and university students. Submissions from all...