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...

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...

Last Chance to Register Online for SIGGRAPH Asia 2014

SIGGRAPH Asia, Asia's largest and most respected conference on computer graphics, will take place this year from December 3 to 6 in Shenzhen, China. Online registration for the conference closes on November 20. Nearly 8,000 attendees from over 60 countries are...

Mortadelo and Filemon Film to Screen at SIGGRAPH Asia

Mortadelo & Filemon is a beloved Spanish comic book series about the slapstick exploits of two secret agents in the TIA (Técnicos de Investigación Aeroterráquea, a spoof on the CIA). This year, the series has been adapted to a feature-length computer animated...

An Innovative Evolution of the Persistence of Vision Display

By Cody Welsh At one time, the most common scene that a persistence of vision (POV) display was associated with was, perhaps, in the rear window of a vehicle – for fun, rather than function. These displays rely on the “afterimage” that appears to...

SIGGRAPH Asia Panels Explore the Evolution of Digital Art

SIGGRAPH Asia is teaming up with the Digital Arts Community of ACM SIGGRAPH for the 2014 Conference in Shenhzen. On December 6, 2014, the SIGGRAPH Asia Featured Sessions program will include two digital arts panels to open the current discourse regarding future trends...

Last Day for Early Bird Registration for ICAT-EGVE

October 31 is the last day for early bird registration for the joint conference ICAT-EGVE (the 24th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, and the 20th Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments). The conference will take place in Bremen,...

Learn About ACM SIGGRAPH Chapters at SIGGRAPH Asia

Are you excited about SIGGRAPH Asia and computer graphics? Don't want to wait until the next conference to get your CG fix? Then consider joining your local ACM SIGGRAPH chapter! The goal of ACM SIGGRAPH chapters is to organize events in local communities and...

ACM SIGGRAPH Presents Special Prize at DC Expo in Japan

ACM SIGGRAPH and the Digital Content Association of Japan (DCAJ) have a long-standing relationship, meeting each year at the SIGGRAPH Conference to share ideas and discuss their organizations’ activities. Recently, ACM SIGGRAPH and DCAJ augmented their...