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A Tribute to Stephen R. Levine

Maxine D. Brownmaxine.d.brown@gmail.comJanuary 7, 2022 Steve Levine at SIGGRAPH 79 Steve Levine was a ‘force of nature’ who, in the 70s, greatly impacted the growth and sustainability of the ACM SIGGRAPH organization and conference and took a chance on me, a volunteer...

SIGGRAPH Pioneers: The Analog Animation Era (1969 – 1983)

You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Jan 12, 2022 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)Topic: SIGGRAPH Pioneers: The Analog Animation Era (1969 – 1983)Please click the link below to join the webinar:https://acm-org.zoom.us/j/94250327452Or One tap mobile:US:...

Chair’s Corner – Practitioners: We Need You!

By Elizabeth Baron I have had the distinct privilege in my career of being able to really think out of the box and look toward the future. I could innovate in ways that provide efficiencies by allowing intuitive, agile thought to get at solutions to complex,...

Chair’s Corner: Farewell Essay

As with most goodbyes, this moment is bittersweet. I am very excited to pass the chores of being chair onto my successor and claw some time back for my own research and other endeavors. At the same time, I have been honored to serve as chair of SIGGRAPH and generally...

Chair’s Corner: The SIGGRAPH Budget

One of the most frequent criticisms I hear about SIGGRAPH is that the organization is opaque or, equivalently, I hear about a lack of transparency. To the extent that this critique is fair, it is not due to a desire for secrecy (there are only a handful of things that...

Announcing the RCDC@SIGGRAPH Junior Scientist Mentoring Program

The SIGGRAPH Research Career Development Committee is excited to launch a mentoring program for junior scientists (PhD/postdoc/faculty) in computer graphics. Our goal is to connect researchers with mentors who can provide guidance at key junctures in career...

Call for Volunteers – SIGGRAPH History Online Archives

The SIGGRAPH History Online Archives team is looking for volunteers. The project involves helping to develop the SIGGRAPH History online archives which are in progress.  We need volunteers to do: data entry, proofreading, quality assurance, image processing, and web...

Chair’s Corner: Results of the Conference Papers Program Survey

Howdy. I wrote last month about a proposal for a new Conference Papers program. Over the last month we conducted a survey of the technical papers community (if you want to participate the survey is here: https://forms.gle/ZKe2jen24yEg57C87). I have been tracking...

Call for Candidates for ACM SIGGRAPH Education Chair

The ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee supports educators in computer graphics and interactive techniques.  This work encompasses both technical, creative, applied and interdisciplinary studies at all post-secondary levels that intersect curricular areas of...