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Encyclopedia > SIGGRAPH
SIGGRAPH 2005 official logo
SIGGRAPH 2005 official logo

SIGGRAPH (short for Special Interest Group in Graphics) is the name of the annual conference on computer graphics convened by the ACM SIGGRAPH organization. The first SIGGRAPH conference was in 1974. The conference is attended by tens of thousands of computer professionals, and has most recently been held in Los Angeles. Past SIGGRAPH conferences have been held in Dallas, Boston, Seattle, New Orleans, San Diego and elsewhere across the United States. Image File history File links This is the logo for the SIGGRAPH 2005 convention. ... Image File history File links This is the logo for the SIGGRAPH 2005 convention. ... Computer graphics (CG) is the field of visual computing, where one utilizes computers both to generate visual images synthetically and to integrate or alter visual and spatial information sampled from the real world. ... Founded in 1969, ACM SIGGRAPH is the New York-based Association for Computing Machinerys Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... The City of Los Angeles (from Spanish; Los Ángeles) is the second-largest city in the United States in terms of population, as well as one of the worlds most important economic, cultural, and entertainment centers. ... Aerial view of Downtown Dallas Nickname: Big D Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: www. ... Nickname: City on a Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Solar System), Athens of America Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: www. ... Downtown Seattle skyline Nickname: The Emerald City Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: http://www. ... New Orleans (local pronunciations: , , or ) (French: La Nouvelle-Orléans, pronounced in standard French accent) is a major U.S. port city and historically the largest city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. ... Nickname: Americas Finest City Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: http://www. ...


Some highlights of the conference are its Animation Theater and Electronic Theater presentations, where recently created CG films are played. There is a large exhibition floor, where several hundred companies set up elaborate booths and compete for attention and recruits. Most of the companies are in the engineering, graphics, motion picture, or video game industries. There are also many booths for schools which specialize in computer graphics or interactivity.

Sand printer, presented at SIGGRAPH 2004
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Sand printer, presented at SIGGRAPH 2004

Dozens of research papers are presented each year, and SIGGRAPH is widely considered the most prestigious forum for the publication of computer graphics research. In addition to the papers, there are numerous panels of industry experts set up to discuss a wide variety of topics, from computer graphics to machine interactivity to education. SIGGRAPH also offers many full- and half-day courses in state-of-the-art computer graphics topics, as well as shorter "sketch" presentations where artists and researchers discuss their latest work. Image File history File links SIGGRAPH04-SandPrinting. ... Image File history File links SIGGRAPH04-SandPrinting. ...


SIGGRAPH 2005 was held from July 31 to August 4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. It is estimated that 25,000 people attended. The Los Angeles Convention Center is a convention center in Los Angeles. ...


SIGGRAPH 2006 will be held July 30 to August 3 in Boston.


External links

  • The best animations from the 2001 conference are archived at the Internet Archive.

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SIGGRAPH - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (298 words)
SIGGRAPH (short for Special Interest Group in Graphics) is the name of the annual conference on computer graphics convened by the ACM SIGGRAPH organization.
SIGGRAPH also offers many full- and half-day courses in state-of-the-art computer graphics topics, as well as shorter "sketch" presentations where artists and researchers discuss their latest work.
SIGGRAPH 2005 was held from July 31 to August 4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
SIGGRAPH: Past and Present (2099 words)
Today, the first SIGGRAPH convention probably seems nerdy and sterile, but those pioneers are responsible for stimulating the birth of the photo-real visual effects industry that we take for granted.
SIGGRAPH has expanded from 30 signatures on a petition to start a computer graphics group in 1967, to 40,000 attendees expected at this summer's conference.
It is not so much that the SIGGRAPH culture has changed; it has expanded to include today's breed of computer animators and their recruiters.
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