Remembering Francis X. McAfee

February 26, 1963 – February 3, 2022 “Fran inspired me to challenge myself as an artist. He had such an immense impact on my life.”  “I was a student, friend, and colleague for many years. Fran helped change my life as a young student and helped me grow as...

Remembering Frederick P. Brooks Jr.

Fred Brooks, April 19, 1931 – November 17, 2022 It is with great sorrow that ACM SIGGRAPH marks the loss of Dr. Frederick P. Brooks, Jr., a pioneer in the field of computer science, a recipient of the ACM A.M. Turing Award, an inaugural recipient of the US...

Chair’s Corner – Chair’s Welcome Essay

Having come from a background of primarily low-level GPU software development, the “why” of the specific stream of requests being sent to the software I was writing never really occurred to me.  For example, I could poke registers and issue commands to make a red...

Chair’s Corner – Chair’s Farewell Essay

Thank you ACM SIGGRAPH Community! It has been quite a ride for the ACM SIGGRAPH Community over the last year. We are back! Over the last year there has been a lot of uncertainty as we navigated back to in-person events. Throughout the year, we held many gatherings...

Remembering Jackie White

April 22, 1949 – October 7, 2021 Mentor.  Mother.  Sister.  Grandmother.  Volunteer.  Cake decorator extraordinaire.  Award winner.  Family genealogy researcher.  We remember Jackie White for being all of these things, but...

Announcing the ACM SIGGRAPH Award Winners

ACM SIGGRAPH is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s awards and new members of the SIGGRAPH Academy, listed below.

Computer Graphics Achievement Award
Michiel van de Panne, University of British Columbia