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Deadline: 15 August 2026

The Computer Animation Festival Advisory Board is searching for an incoming chair. The Chair interacts with CAFAB members to help with high-level tasks and issues related to the upcoming SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia Computer Animation Festivals.  This extends to year-round activities like the Computer Animation Festival Traveling Show.

The Computer Animation Festival Advisory Board was established to elevate the role of the Computer Animation Festival (CAF) as a global asset for promoting SIGGRAPH (the conferences and the organization) to new communities and territories.  The CAFAB will provide guidance and support to the CAF Chairs for SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia. This group will also provide counsel to the CAG and SACAG as needed. Here is a link to a full description of the CAFAB.

The Computer Animation Festival Advisory Board (CAFAB) members are primarily past, current and future directors of the SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia Computer Animation Festival.  The CAFAB was established to provide long term vision and consistency to both Computer Animation Festivals while helping to promote the SIGGRAPH Organization and Conferences.

As with other advisory groups, the CAFAB chair also interacts with other SIGGRAPH committees on issues pertaining to the CAF.

All applications will be sent to the ACM SIGGRAPH Project Manager at project-manager@acmsiggraph.org who will forward the applications to the relevant Advisory Board/Group and will copy the Chair of the Nominations Committee as an FYI. The Advisory Board/Group will nominate a person for the Chair position from the shortlist (of at least two names) of candidates who applied or were potential applicants and send this nomination to the EC for approval. Because the Chair of an Advisory Board/Group may want to run for a second term, an EC Director will manage this process, i.e., the SIGGRAPH Project Manager will forward the applications to the EC Director who will then forward the applications to the Advisory Board/Group, excluding the current Chair. The ACM SIGGRAPH Chair shall inform the approved candidate of the EC’s decision and copy the EC Director in charge of the process. If there were other candidates who were not selected, the EC Director will inform them of the decision. 

ACM SIGGRAPH is recruiting for the chair of the Practitioner Award Committee.

The SIGGRAPH Practitioner Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the practice and advancement of Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques. The award recognizes the very best and most influential applications and practitioners. The award includes a $2,000 cash prize.

The Chair solicits nominations for the Award by advertising the Award through the standard ACM SIGGRAPH channels, e.g., website, Interactions Newsletter, and social media during the late Fall and again in early January. Nominations for the Practitioner Award must be submitted to the Chair by January 31 of each year. The Chair may gather additional information on the nominees and maintains the list of previous nominees who did not receive the award as they may be carried forward as candidates.

The Practitioner Award Committee consists of five members who serve three-year terms. Each year one or two members rotate off, and new members join the committee. These new members are chosen by the Chair based on recommendations from past Committee members.  The Committee discusses the candidates over several sessions, gradually narrowing the candidate pool until a winner is selected. The Chair facilitates the conversation and takes notes of the committee’s decisions but does not contribute to selecting the award winner.

Once an awardee is selected, the chair works with the SIGGRAPH Awards chair to coordinate announcement of the selection and its presentation at the SIGGRAPH conference.

If interested in the position, please contact the SIGGRAPH Awards chair, Jeff Jortner. Applications for the position will close August 15,2025.

ACM SIGGRAPH is recruiting for the chair of the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award Committee.

The SIGGRAPH Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award is given annually to recognize an exceptional Ph.D. thesis in computer graphics and interactive techniques that has been defended in the 12 months before the nomination deadline. The award is presented to the winner during an award ceremony at the SIGGRAPH conference. Besides the award winner, one or two other candidates can receive an honorable mention. The criteria for the award are (1) the scientific impact and relevance of the research presented in the thesis as well as (2) the quality of the written thesis itself. In cooperation projects and joint publications, the individual contribution by the Ph.D. candidate should be clearly visible.

The chair of the award jury solicits nominations for the award by advertising the award through the standard ACM SIGGRAPH channels, e.g., website, interactions newsletter, and social media during late fall and again in early January. Nominations for the Dissertation Award must be submitted via the online nomination form by January 31st of each year.

The Dissertation Award jury consists of four to six members, including the chair. Jury members usually serve a three-year term. The decision about the Dissertation Award winner is made in three steps. In the remote reviewing phase (step 1), the nominations are assigned by the chair to jury members who write short reviews. Each nomination is assigned to at least two jury members. Each jury member creates a ranked list of the nominations that are assigned to them. In an online jury meeting, each nomination is discussed and a short list is distilled (step 2). Usually in the same meeting, a winner and potentially honorable mentions are then selected from the short list (step 3) based on further discussion or, if necessary, by voting.

Once an awardee is selected, the chair works with the SIGGRAPH Awards chair to coordinate announcement of the selection and its presentation at the SIGGRAPH conference.

If interested in the position, please contact the SIGGRAPH Awards chair, Jeff Jortner. Applications for the position will close August 15,2026.