SIGGRAPH Conference
StatusActive
GenreComputer graphics conference
FrequencyAnnual
CountryUS, Canada
Asia: Australia, China, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand
Inaugurated1974; 50 years ago (1974)
Most recent2023 (Los Angeles)
Next event2024 (Denver)
Organized byACM SIGGRAPH
Websitesiggraph.org
An exhibitor at SIGGRAPH 2023 demoing a full-body motion capture suit.
An exhibitor at SIGGRAPH 2023 demoing a full-body motion capture suit.
Hydraulophone, presented at SIGGRAPH 2007
This narrated animation shown as a Daily at SIGGRAPH 2015 describes a method of automatically mapping of 87 gigapixels of data over Greenland.

SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques) is an annual conference centered around computer graphics organized by ACM, starting in 1974. The main conference is held in North America; SIGGRAPH Asia, a second conference held annually, has been held since 2008 in countries throughout Asia.

Overview

The conference incorporates both academic presentations as well as an industry trade show. Other events at the conference include educational courses and panel discussions on recent topics in computer graphics and interactive techniques.

SIGGRAPH Proceedings

The SIGGRAPH conference proceedings, which are published in the ACM Transactions on Graphics, has one of the highest impact factors among academic publications in the field of computer graphics.[1][2][3] The paper acceptance rate for SIGGRAPH has historically been between 17% and 29%, with the average acceptance rate between 2015 and 2019 of 27%.[4][5] The submitted papers are peer-reviewed under a process that was historically single-blind,[6] but was changed in 2018 to double-blind.[7] The papers accepted for presentation at SIGGRAPH are printed since 2003 in a special issue of the ACM Transactions on Graphics journal. Prior to 1992, SIGGRAPH papers were printed as part of the Computer Graphics publication; between 1993 and 2001, there was a dedicated SIGGRAPH Conference Proceedings series of publications.[8]

Awards programs

SIGGRAPH has several awards programs to recognize contributions to computer graphics. The most prestigious is the Steven Anson Coons Award for Outstanding Creative Contributions to Computer Graphics. It has been awarded every two years since 1983 to recognize an individual's lifetime achievement in computer graphics.

Conference

The SIGGRAPH conference experienced significant growth starting in the 1970s, peaking around the turn of the century. A second conference, SIGGRAPH Asia, started in 2008.

Year Location Attendees Exhibitors Notes
2026 Los Angeles & Virtual TBC TBC
2025 Vancouver & Virtual TBC TBC
2024 Denver TBC TBC [1]
2023 Los Angeles & Virtual TBC TBC [2]
2022 Vancouver & Virtual[9][10] >11,700 >90
2021 Los Angeles & Virtual[11] TBC TBC
2020 Virtual[12] >10,000
2019 Los Angeles[13] 18,700 180
2018 Vancouver[14][15] 16,637[16] 160
2017 Los Angeles[17] 16,500 150
2016 Anaheim[18] 14,000 153
2015 Los Angeles[19] 14,800 143
2014 Vancouver[20] 14,045 175
2013 Anaheim[21] 17,162 180
2012 Los Angeles[22] 21,212 161
2011 Vancouver[23] 15,872 156
2010 Los Angeles[23] 22,549 160
2009 New Orleans[24] 11,000 140
2008 Los Angeles[25] 28,432 230
2007 San Diego[26] 24,043 230
2006 Boston[27] 19,764 230
2005 Los Angeles[28] 29,122 250
2004 Los Angeles[29] 27,825 229
2003 San Diego[30] 24,332 240
2002 San Antonio[31] 17,274 225
2001 Los Angeles[32] 34,024 303
2000 New Orleans[33] 25,986 316
1999 Los Angeles[34] 42,690 337
1998 Orlando[35] 32,210 327
1997 Los Angeles[36] 48,700
1996 New Orleans[37] 28,500 321
1995 Los Angeles[37] 40,100 297
1994 Orlando[37] 25,000 269
1993 Anaheim[37] 27,000 285
1992 Chicago[37] 34,148 253
1991 Las Vegas[37] 23,100 282
1990 Dallas[37] 24,684 248
1989 Boston[37] 27,000 238
1988 Atlanta[37] 19,000 249
1987 Anaheim[37] 30,541 274
1986 Dallas[37] 22,000 253
1985 San Francisco[37] 27,000 254
1984 Minneapolis[37] 20,390 218
1983 Detroit[37] 14,000 195
1982 Boston[37] 17,000 172
1981 Dallas[37] 14,000 124
1980 Seattle[37] 7,500 80
1979 Chicago[37] 3,000 79
1978 Atlanta[37] 1,500 44
1977 San Jose[37] 750 38
1976 Philadelphia[37] 300 10
1975 Bowling Green, Ohio[37] 300
1974 Boulder[37] 600

SIGGRAPH sponsored a number of conferences related to the field of computer graphics, including the ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation,[38] the ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion, Interaction and Games (formerly known as Motion in Games).[39]

See also

References

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  38. ^ "SCA 2022". ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation.
  39. ^ "MIG". ACM SIGGRAPH Motion, Interaction and Games.

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