• SIGGRAPH is the name of an annual convention that focuses on computer graphics, the computer graphics industry and related artwork. It is attended by thousands of professionals and artists in the computer graphics field.

• 1. SIGGRAPH is short for Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques
  2. First SIGGRAPH was in 1973
  3. SIGGRAPH 2008 will be in Los Angeles, California
  4. In 2007 the conference was held in San Diego, California
  5. Produced by the Association for Computing Machinery
  6. Conferences also held in Asia each year
  7. Research papers from each year are printed in an issue of the ACM Transactions on Graphics journal

• Research Papers at Siggraph

  Each year the dozens of research papers are presented at the conference. In total over 7000 papers have been submitted, with only 1,622 being accepted. Official Site: Annual Conference Papers Acceptance Statistics The conference is considered one of the best forums for publications on computer graphics research. Every paper that is accepted, is then printed in an issue of the ACM Transactions of Graphics journal.

• Upcoming Conference Locations

  1. 2008: Los Angeles, California
  2. 2009: New Orleans, Louisiana
  3. 2010: Los Angeles, California
  4. 2011: Vancouver, Canada

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