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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, Vancouver, and elsewhere across the United States. == Overview == 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.〔(Conference Ranks )〕 The recent paper acceptance rate for SIGGRAPH has been less than 26%.〔http://kesen.realtimerendering.com/〕 The submitted papers are peer-reviewed in a single-blind process.〔(Interview: SIGGRAPH Technical Papers Chair Hugues Hoppe )〕 There has been some criticism about the preference of SIGGRAPH paper reviewers for novel results rather than useful incremental progress.〔http://www.cs.utah.edu/~michael/leaving.html〕〔(SIGGRAPH, hiring, and peer review. )〕 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.〔http://www.siggraph.org/learn/citing-siggraph-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 Lasseter'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.〔() additional text.〕 SIGGRAPH has several awards programs to recognize outstanding 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SIGGRAPH」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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