Birds of a Feather

Join us to discuss the year round activities of the ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community, including online curated exhibitions, our virtual community, and discussions. Bring announcements and ideas.

Cynthia Beth Rubin
rubin (at) siggraph.org

This session is for attendees from Taiwan and everyone interested in graphics research or the computer graphics industry in Taiwan.

Bing-Yu Chen
robin (at) ntu.edu.tw

Come and enjoy a selection of state-of-the art animation films from the best French schools and artists! A selection by Annie Dissaux - AFCA. Networking opportunities after the session.

French Consulate in Vancouver, Masters of Digital Media Program, Association française du cinéma d'animation, Rencontres Audiovisuelles de Lille
raynald.belay (at) consulfrance-vancouver.org

This reception is for alumni of The Ohio State University who studied at the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts & Design (ACCAD), the Computer Graphics Research Group (CGRG) and/or worked at Cranston/Csuri Productions.

Elaine Smith
elaine (at) accad.osu.edu

This session may be interesting to those who are building grapics pipelines on Linux and encountering difficulties associated with products, QT versions, python versions, gcc, etc.

Kevin Gambrel
kevin.p.gambrel (at) disney.com

Industry professionals from various computer animation and visual effects facilities explain what they (and their studios) look for when reviewing demo reels and portfolios of students and recent graduates.

Marc J. Barr (SIGGRAPH Education Committee) and Craig Slagel
mjbarr (at) mtsu.edu

This session is for attendees who are interested in animation and computer graphics education at all levels. It includes an open discussion led by educators and an opportunity to network.

Dori Littell-Herrick
dori.littell-herrick (at) woodbury.edu

This session encourages sharing of all non-proprietary information to maintain open discussions among studios, vendors and VARs to determine standards that will improve studio infrastructures.

John Hickson
john.hickson (at) studiosysadmins.com

Declarative 3D for the Web is a W3C Community Group that explores and suggests options for integrating a declarative approach to interactive 3D graphics directly into HTML, which enables its use in any web page.

Johannes Behr Kristian Sons
Johannes.Behr (at) igd.fraunhofer.de kristian.sons (at) dfki.de

Want to contribute an article to this department? Want to give valuable input on what YOU think should be printed there? Meet with the co-editors in this Birds of a Feather session.

Gitta Domik and G. Scott Owen
domik (at) uni-paderborn.de

JogAmp provides JOGL (OpenGL) and JOCL (OpenCL) across devices on top of Java. This session showcases resolution-independent curve, font, and UI GPU rendering on desktop and mobile (Android, etc.) devices.

JogAmp Community
sgothel (at) jogamp.org

This session is for attendees interested in motion graphics. Come and see cool projects, and exchange techniques and ideas!

Gil Irizarry
gil (at) conoa.com

This year has been particularly exciting, since a host of new technologies and initiatives are coming out of the Web3D Consortium. This session reviews the latest developments. Meet consortium members and learn more about our technology.

Anita Havele
anita.havele (at) web3d.org

This companion event to the panel titled is an informal gathering to discuss the complex relationships between technology and collaboration for distributed work environments.

Erik Strauss
estrauss (at) imageworks.com

Open to all Pioneers.

Knowledge and skill requirements for graduates and new hires.

Marc J. Barr (SIGGRAPH Education Committee) and Ryan Kuba
mjbarr (at) mtsu.edu

A dialogue with the Alembic development team focused on pipeline integration and optimization of the format. Topics include API usage, collaboration with studio partners, and standardization of the format.

Erik Strauss
estrauss (at) imageworks.com

This session is open to everyone who has an interest in motion capture. Topics and presentations include various hardware and software solutions, pipelines, and techniques for getting the best data.

Troy McFarland
troy.mcfarland (at) gmail.com

Studio heads from Pixar Canada, Digital Domain (Vancouver), and Sony Imageworks (Vancouver) host an interactive panel session on setting up new remote studios in Vancouver.

Sarah McNair
smcnair (at) pixarcanada.com

Representatives from Chinese industry and universities discuss how their digital media programs are developing to meet the needs of their exploding economy.

SIGGRAPH Education Committee, Marc J. Barr
mjbarr (at) mtsu.edu

The goal of this session is to encourage dialog about new technologies in game development and interactive graphics. Discussion topics include mobile and social games, research in games and interactive graphics, and effective collaboration.

David Milam
dma35 (at) sfu.ca

This session reviews recent advances in simulation theory and computer graphics. Topics include specifications (Web3D,WebGL,DEVS), visualization requirements for simulation, graphical tools, and general CG simulation technologies.

John Richardson
richards (at) spawar.navy.mil

This session is for attendees interested in discussing creative projects and how to manage them, with a particular emphasis on Agile methodologies.

Gil Irizarry
gil (at) conoa.com

Learn more about OpenGL, the most widely adopted 2D/3D graphics API, from the ARB and leading OpenGL companies.

Khronos Group
marketing (at) goldstandardgroup.com

The Undergraduate Research Alliance was created to foster and support computer graphics research by undergraduates. Faculty and students are encouraged to attend.

Undergraduate Research Alliance
joelw (at) wcsu.edu

Come Boiler Up with the Purdue crew! Purdue alumni, students, professors, and friendlies welcome.

Raymond P. Hassan
rhassan (at) purdue.edu

Representatives from Chinese academic digital media programs discuss how their programs are developing to meet the needs of their exploding economy.

SIGGRAPH Education Committee, Marc J. Barr
mjbarr (at) mtsu.edu

Using 3D graphics for LEGO, Zoob, an Erector set, etc. in a touch-based environment. What would apps do to enable virtual play? What kinds of interaction make sense?

Julian Gomez
jeg (at) polished-pixels.com

Meet The Web3D Korea Chapter members and discuss their current initiatives on the X3D specification: augmented reality, E-learning, mobile function, and other X3D implementations.

Anita Havele
anita.havele (at) web3d.org

This session is for attendees interested in concept art. Christophe Vacher has 20 years of experience in the field, and he recently won an Emmy for individual achievement.

Mario Pochat Vancouver Animation School
info (at) vanas.ca