Awards - ACM SIGGRAPH
- ️Tue May 07 2024
ACM SIGGRAPH awards exceptional achievements
Each year, ACM SIGGRAPH presents nine awards recognizing exceptional achievements in computer graphics and interactive techniques at the ACM SIGGRAPH Conference. The selection process is the responsibility of seven committees and is supervised by the awards chair.
Awards Committee Chair
Jeff Jortner
Awards Committee
Term: Sept 2023 - Sept 2026
Awards
Steven Anson Coons Award
Recognizing outstanding creative contributions to computer graphics honouring an individual’s lifetime contribution.
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
Recognizing a recent doctoral candidate who has successfully defended and completed their Ph.D. dissertation in computer graphics and interactive techniques.
Distinguished Artist Award
Recognizing an artist who has created a substantial and important body of work that significantly advances aesthetic content in the field of digital art.
Practitioner Award
Recognizing outstanding contributions to the practice and advancement of Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques.
Distinguished Educator Award
Recognizing outstanding pedagogical contributions to computer graphics and interactive techniques at any educational level or within the context of any discipline.
ACM SIGGRAPH Academy
Honoring a group of individuals who have made substantial contributions to the field of computer graphics and whose efforts have shaped the disciplines and/or industry, and led the research and/or innovation in computer graphics and interactive techniques.
Current Recipients
Steven Anson Coons Award for Outstanding Creative Contributions to Computer Graphics
Marie-Paule Cani
Computer Graphics Achievement Award
Aaron Hertzmann
For his pioneering work in non-photorealistic animation and rendering (NPR), image synthesis, character animation, computational photography and the interplay between computer generated and traditional art
Significant New Researcher Award
Adriana Schulz
For her outstanding contributions to interactive 3D design tools for physical artifacts
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
Zachary Ferguson
For a dissertation which significantly extends the state of the art in physical simulation by presenting new groundbreaking methods to handle contacts in dynamic simulations of rigid and deformable objects
“Provably Robust and Accurate Methods for Rigid and Deformable Simulation with Contact”
Outstanding Service Award
Adele Newton
Newton Associates
For her long-term, visionary, and dedicated service to ACM SIGGRAPH
The Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in Digital Art
Tamiko Thiel
For her innovations in virtual and augmented reality art used to explore place, space, the body, and cultural memory.
ACM SIGGRAPH Practitioner Award
F. Sebastian Grassia
For technical leadership of and contribution to Universal Scene Description
ACM SIGGRAPH Distinguished Educator Award
Mike Bailey
For his dedication to introducing the basics and joy of computer graphics to thousands of students and the SIGGRAPH conference attendees in a decades-long endeavor
ACM SIGGRAPH Academy Class
Dinesh K. Pai
For groundbreaking contributions to animation using physics-based and data-driven simulation techniques
Baoquan Chen
For contributions to large-scale scene reconstruction, point-cloud processing, and shape design for manufacturing.
Ariel Shamir
For pioneering work in algorithms for image, video, and geometry processing that are driven by models of human perception
Jacki Morie
For pioneering contributions to the fusion of art with virtual reality and immersive technologies, and for advancing digital arts within the SIGGRAPH community
Mary Whitton
For contributions to programmable graphics systems and virtual reality, and for exemplary leadership in the SIGGRAPH community.