ACM has released the results of the ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee election. The following members of our community will be joining the Executive Committee for a three-year term effective 1 September, 2024.
Hugues Hoppe
Hugues first attended SIGGRAPH in 1991 as a young grad student and has returned every year since. Hugues has been a researcher at both Google and Microsoft Research. His research has focused on advancements in geometry processing and image/video editing. His technical interests range from surface reconstruction and mesh simplification to texture synthesis, vector graphics, video looping, and telepresence. He received the SIGGRAPH 2004 Computer Graphics Achievement Award and has volunteered to the organization and conference in many different ways, including as a frequent Papers Committee member for both SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia, Technical Papers chair for SIGGRAPH 2011, and the SIGGRAPH Academy Selection Committee.
June Kim
Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Sydney
June Kim is a lecturer at the University of New South Wales in Media Arts and Interaction Design. With more than a decade working in the animation and digital media industry, coupled with her multicultural upbringing, she explores and implements interactive and immersive technologies within human culture. Her scope of interest encompasses established and evolving media technologies and interaction design forms, including historical precedents and innovations. She has served SIGGRAPH in roles such as SIGGRAPH 2024 Frontiers chair, SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 conference chair, Art gallery co-chair for SIGGRAPH Asia 2019, and as the International Resources Committee chair.
Darin Kyoichi Grant
CTO, Animal Logic
Darin Grant is the Chief Technology Officer at Animal Logic where he has served since 2018. Before that, he held similar roles at VFX and animation studios such as Digital Domain, DreamWorks Animation, and Method VFX. His previous SIGGRAPH service has included chairing the Computer Animation Festival in 2003, Electronic Theater Director in 2022, and SIGGRAPH Asia Business Symposium chair in 2014. In addition to his lengthy SIGGRAPH volunteer career, he has been an active volunteer for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the Academy Software Foundation, and the Visual Effects Society. Check out his keynote about the benefits of serial volunteerism from this year’s Open Source Days 2024.
The Nominations Committee sincerely thanks all the candidates in the 2024 election for their willingness to serve our community.
Learn more about the SIGGRAPH Executive Committee
If you are an ACM SIGGRAPH member and are interested in serving ACM SIGGRAPH in a leadership role, please reach out to the ACM SIGGRAPH Nominations Committee.