Awards
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
Awards
Current Recipients
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
Adriana Schulz
For her outstanding contributions to interactive 3D design tools for physical artifacts
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”
For her long-term, visionary, and dedicated service to ACM SIGGRAPH
Tamiko Thiel
For her innovations in virtual and augmented reality art used to explore place, space, the body, and cultural memory.
F. Sebastian Grassia
For technical leadership of and contribution to Universal Scene Description
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