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
Steven Anson Coons Award
Recognizing outstanding creative contributions to computer graphics honouring an individual’s lifetime contribution.
Computer Graphics Achievement Award
Recognizing outstanding achievement in computer graphics and interactive techniques.
Significant New Researcher Award
Recognizing a recent, significant contribution to the field of computer graphics from a researcher new to the field.
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
Recognizing a recent doctoral candidate who has successfully defended and completed their Ph.D. dissertation in computer graphics and interactive techniques.
Outstanding Service Award
Recognizing a career of outstanding service to ACM SIGGRAPH by a volunteer.
Distinguished Artist Award
Recognizing an artist who has created a substantial and important body of work that significantly advances aesthetic content in the field of digital art.
Practitioner Award
Recognizing outstanding contributions to the practice and advancement of Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques.
Distinguished Educator Award
Recognizing outstanding pedagogical contributions to computer graphics and interactive techniques at any educational level or within the context of any discipline.
ACM SIGGRAPH Academy
Honoring a group of individuals who have made substantial contributions to the field of computer graphics and whose efforts have shaped the disciplines and/or industry, and led the research and/or innovation in computer graphics and interactive techniques.
Current Recipients
Steven Anson Coons Award for Outstanding Creative Contributions to Computer Graphics
Computer Graphics Achievement Award
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
Significant New Researcher Award
Adriana Schulz
For her outstanding contributions to interactive 3D design tools for physical artifacts
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
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”
Outstanding Service Award
For her long-term, visionary, and dedicated service to ACM SIGGRAPH
The Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in Digital Art
Tamiko Thiel
For her innovations in virtual and augmented reality art used to explore place, space, the body, and cultural memory.
ACM SIGGRAPH Practitioner Award
F. Sebastian Grassia
For technical leadership of and contribution to Universal Scene Description
ACM SIGGRAPH Distinguished Educator Award
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