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President Obama Lands the First 3D Presidential Portrait

By Kristy Barkan In his 2013 State of the Union address, President Obama made room in his speech to talk about a subject that some may have found an odd choice for a presidential address: 3D printing. His comments on 3D printing were positive, noting that the...

Visual Effects Society Honors Ridley Scott with Award

Today, the Visual Effects Society (VES) announced director-producer Ridley Scott as the recipient of this year's VES Lifetime Achievement Award. The award, which will be presented at the 13th Annual VES Awards in early 2015, is given to individuals who...

Perfecting Destruction: Racing Game Focuses on the Crash

By Cody Welsh Ask any serious gamer about some of the coolest developments in the field, and you’re bound to run across Bugbear Entertainment’s “Next Car Game.” Bugbear is best known for its “FlatOut” game series, which is much in the same vein...

USC Student Chapter to Attend SIGGRAPH 2015 in Force

Members of the newly-launched USC ACM SIGGRAPH Student Chapter are particularly well positioned to volunteer for SIGGRAPH 2015. Literally. The University of Southern California is just two miles from the Los Angeles Convention Center, which will host SIGGRAPH...

SIGGRAPH Asia Previews Accessible to Wider Audience

Both the North American SIGGRAPH conference and SIGGRAPH Asia are well attended by international audiences, and though most attendees understand English, there is a difference between grasping a language and being fully comfortable digesting complex research in that...

Newly Formed Tehran ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter Flourishes

It's becoming evident that Tehran, Iran, has a vibrant computer graphics community. The Tehran ACM SIGGRAPH Professional Chapter, founded in the spring of 2014, is already hosting events that draw crowds of attendees. This month, Tehran ACM SIGGRAPH put on an...

ACM Transactions on Graphics Seeks Editor-in-Chief

ACM Transactions on Graphics is the foremost peer-reviewed journal in the field of computer graphics. The term of the journal's current editor-in-chief — Julie Dorsey of Yale University — is ending, and the ACM Publications Board has assembled a...

Nominations Sought for Distinguished Artist Award

The ACM SIGGRAPH Distinguished Artist Award is given out once a year to an artist who has created a substantial body of work that significantly advances the field of digital art. ACM SIGGRAPH members are warmly invited to nominate individuals for the 2015...

Submit Your Work to SIGGRAPH 2015

SIGGRAPH 2015 is the 42nd occurrence of the world's largest international conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques. The conference and exhibition will take place in Los Angeles from August 9 to 13, and is expected to draw attendance in the...

ACM Turing Award Prize Quadrupled to $1 Million

The Association for Computing Machinery's A.M. Turing Award has been described as the "Nobel Prize of Computing," and is revered by many as the greatest honor in the field. Though highly regarded by computing professionals, the Turing Award comes with a...