| SIGGRAPH | |
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SIGGRAPH 2007 official logo |
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | computer graphics conference |
| Country | United States |
| First held | 1974 |
| Last held | 2011 |
| Organizer | ACM SIGGRAPH |
| Official website | www.siggraph.org |
SIGGRAPH (short for Special Interest Group on GRAPHics and Interactive Techniques) is the name of the annual conference on computer graphics (CG) convened by the ACM SIGGRAPH organization. The first SIGGRAPH conference was in 1974. The conference is attended by tens of thousands of computer professionals. Past SIGGRAPH conferences have been held in Los Angeles, Dallas, New Orleans, Boston and elsewhere across the United States.
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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.
Dozens of research papers are presented each year, and SIGGRAPH is widely considered the most prestigious forum for the publication of computer graphics research. The recent paper acceptance rate for SIGGRAPH has been less than 20%.[1] The papers accepted for presentation at SIGGRAPH are currently printed in a special issue of the ACM Transactions on Graphics journal. Prior to 2002, SIGGRAPH papers were printed in the SIGGRAPH Conference Proceedings series of publications.
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.
In 1984, under LucasFilm Computer Group, John Lassiter's first computer animated short, The Adventures of André & Wally B., premiered at SIGGRAPH. Pixar's first computer animated short, Luxo, Jr. debuted in 1986. Pixar has debuted numerous shorts at the conference since.[2]
Since 2008, a second yearly SIGGRAPH conference has been held in Asia. The first SIGGRAPH Asia conference was held in Singapore from the tenth to the thirteenth of December 2008 at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre;[3] the second one is held in Yokohama, Japan in the period from 16 December to 19 December 2009 at Pacifico Yokohama;[4] and the third one is held in Seoul, Korea in the time period from 15 December to 18 December 2010 at Coex Convention & Exhibition Center Seoul.[5] The fourth conference is going to be held in Hong Kong.[6]
| Year | Location | Links | Date |
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| 2011 | HKCEC, Hong Kong | Website | 12-15 Dec |
| 2010 | Seoul, Korea | Website | 15-18 Dec |
| 2009 | Yokohama, Japan | Website Papers | 16–19 Dec |
| 2008 | Singapore | Website Papers | 10–13 Dec |
| Year | Location | Links | Date | Attendees | Exhibitors | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Los Angeles | Aug 5–9 | ||||
| 2011 | Vancouver | website, papers | Aug 7–11 | 15,872 | 156 | |
| 2010 | Los Angeles | website, papers | Jul 25–29 | 22,549 | 160 | |
| 2009 | New Orleans | website, papers | Aug 3–7 | 11,000 | 140 | |
| 2008 | Los Angeles | website, papers | Aug 11–15 | 28,432 | 230+ | |
| 2007 | San Diego | website, papers | Aug 5–9 | 24,043 | 230+ | |
| 2006 | Boston | website, papers | Jul 30 - Aug 3 | 19,764 | 230+ | |
| 2005 | Los Angeles | website, papers | Jul 31 - Aug 4 | 29,122 | 250 | |
| 2004 | Los Angeles | website, papers | 27,825 | 229 | ||
| 2003 | San Diego | website, papers | 24,332 | 240 | ||
| 2002 | San Antonio | website, papers | 17,274 | 225 | ||
| 2001 | Los Angeles | website, papers | 34,024 | 303 | The best animations from the 2001 conference are archived at the Internet Archive. | |
| 2000 | New Orleans | website | 25,986 | 316 | ||
| 1999 | Los Angeles | website | 42,690 | 337 | ||
| 1998 | Orlando | website | 32,210 | 327 | ||
| 1997 | Los Angeles | website | 48,700 | 359 | ||
| 1996 | New Orleans | website | 28,500 | 321 | ||
| 1995 | Los Angeles | website | 40,100 | 297 | Source : CG101: A Computer Graphics Industry Reference. 2nd Edition For 2007 . Terrence Masson . Digital Fauxtography Inc. | |
| 1994 | Orlando | 25,000 | 269 | Source : Terrence Masson - ibid | ||
| 1993 | Anaheim | 27,000 | 285 | Source : Terrence Masson - ibid | ||
| 1992 | Chicago | 34,148 | 253 | Source : Terrence Masson - ibid | ||
| 1991 | Las Vegas | Jul 28 - Aug 2 | 23,100 | 282 | Source : Terrence Masson - ibid | |
| 1990 | Dallas | 24,684 | 248 | Source : Terrence Masson - ibid | ||
| 1989 | Boston | 27,000 | 238 | Source : Terrence Masson - ibid | ||
| 1988 | Atlanta | 19,000 | 249 | Source : Terrence Masson - ibid | ||
| 1987 | Anaheim | 30,541 | 274 | Source : Terrence Masson - ibid | ||
| 1986 | Dallas | 22,000 | 253 | Source : Terrence Masson - ibid | ||
| 1985 | San Francisco | 27,000 | 254 | Source : Terrence Masson - ibid | ||
| 1984 | Minneapolis | 20,390 | 218 | Source : Terrence Masson - ibid | ||
| 1983 | Detroit | 14,000 | 195 | Source : Terrence Masson - ibid | ||
| 1982 | Boston | 17,000 | 172 | Source : Terrence Masson - ibid | ||
| 1981 | Dallas | 14,000 | 124 | Source : Terrence Masson - ibid | ||
| 1980 | Seattle | 7,500 | 80 | Source : Terrence Masson - ibid | ||
| 1979 | Chicago | 3000 | 79 | Source : Terrence Masson - ibid | ||
| 1978 | Atlanta | 1,500 | 44 | Source : Terrence Masson - ibid | ||
| 1977 | San Jose | 750 | 38 | Source : Terrence Masson - ibid | ||
| 1976 | Philadelphia | 300 | 10 | Source : Terrence Masson - ibid | ||
| 1975 | Bowling Green | 300 | Source : Terrence Masson - ibid | |||
| 1974 | Boulder | 600 | Source : Terrence Masson - ibid |