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SIGGRAPH

SIGGRAPH is an annual conference centered around computer graphics organized by the ACM. It was first held in 1974 in Boulder, Colorado. The main conference has always been held in North America; SIGGRAPH Asia, a second conference held annually, has been held since 2008 in countries throughout Asia, as well as twice in Australia.

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SIGGRAPH Conference
StatusActive
GenreComputer graphics conference
FrequencyAnnual
CountryUnited States, Canada
Inaugurated1974 (1974)
Most recent
2025 (Vancouver)
Next event
2026 (Los Angeles)
Organized byACM SIGGRAPH
Websitesiggraph.org
SIGGRAPH Asia Conference
StatusActive
GenreComputer graphics conference
FrequencyAnnual
CountryAustralia, Mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Macau, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand
Inaugurated2008 (2008)
Most recent
2025 (Hong Kong)
Next event
2026 (Kuala Lumpur)
Organized byACM SIGGRAPH
Websiteasia.siggraph.org
An exhibitor at SIGGRAPH 2023 demoing a full-body motion capture suit.
An exhibitor at SIGGRAPH 2023 demoing a full-body motion capture suit source ↗
Hydraulophone, presented at SIGGRAPH 2007 source ↗
This narrated animation shown as a Daily at SIGGRAPH 2015 describes a method of automatically mapping of 87 gigapixels of data over Greenland.

SIGGRAPH is an annual conference centered around computer graphics organized by the ACM. It was first held in 1974 in Boulder, Colorado. The main conference has always been held in North America; SIGGRAPH Asia, a second conference held annually, has been held since 2008 in countries throughout Asia, as well as twice in Australia.

Overview

The conference incorporates both academic presentations as well as an industry trade show. Other events at the conference include educational courses and panel discussions on recent topics in computer graphics and interactive techniques.

SIGGRAPH Proceedings

The SIGGRAPH conference proceedings, which are published in the ACM Transactions on Graphics, has one of the highest impact factors among academic publications in the field of computer graphics.123 The paper acceptance rate for SIGGRAPH has historically been between 17% and 29%, with the average acceptance rate between 2015 and 2019 of 27%.45 The submitted papers are peer-reviewed under a process that was historically single-blind,6 but was changed in 2018 to double-blind.7 The papers accepted for presentation at SIGGRAPH are printed since 2003 in a special issue of the ACM Transactions on Graphics journal. Prior to 1992, SIGGRAPH papers were printed as part of the Computer Graphics publication; between 1993 and 2001, there was a dedicated SIGGRAPH Conference Proceedings series of publications.8

Awards programs

SIGGRAPH has several awards programs to recognize contributions to computer graphics. The most prestigious is the Steven Anson Coons Award for Outstanding Creative Contributions to Computer Graphics. It has been awarded every two years since 1983 to recognize an individual's lifetime achievement in computer graphics.

Conference

The SIGGRAPH conference experienced significant growth starting in the 1970s, peaking around the turn of the century. A second conference, SIGGRAPH Asia, started in 2008.

SIGGRAPH

Year Location Attendees Exhibitors Notes
2026 Los Angeles & Virtual TBC
2025 Vancouver & Virtual >12,4009
2024 Denver & Virtual 10 8,80011 TBC [1]
2023 Los Angeles & Virtual 14,27512 TBC [2]
2022 Vancouver & Virtual1314 >11,700 >90
2021 Los Angeles & Virtual15 N/a
2020 Virtual16 >10,000
2019 Los Angeles17 18,700 180
2018 Vancouver1819 16,63720 160
2017 Los Angeles21 16,500 150
2016 Anaheim22 14,000 153
2015 Los Angeles23 14,800 143
2014 Vancouver24 14,045 175
2013 Anaheim25 17,162 180
2012 Los Angeles26 21,212 161
2011 Vancouver27 15,872 156
2010 Los Angeles27 22,549 160
2009 New Orleans28 11,000 140
2008 Los Angeles29 28,432 230
2007 San Diego30 24,043 230
2006 Boston31 19,764 230
2005 Los Angeles32 29,122 250
2004 Los Angeles33 27,825 229
2003 San Diego34 24,332 240
2002 San Antonio35 17,274 225
2001 Los Angeles36 34,024 303
2000 New Orleans37 25,986 316
1999 Los Angeles38 42,690 337
1998 Orlando39 32,210 327
1997 Los Angeles40 48,700
1996 New Orleans41 28,500 321
1995 Los Angeles41 40,100 297
1994 Orlando41 25,000 269
1993 Anaheim41 27,000 285
1992 Chicago41 34,148 253
1991 Las Vegas41 23,100 282
1990 Dallas41 24,684 248
1989 Boston41 27,000 238
1988 Atlanta41 19,000 249
1987 Anaheim41 30,541 274
1986 Dallas41 22,000 253
1985 San Francisco41 27,000 254
1984 Minneapolis41 20,390 218
1983 Detroit41 14,000 195
1982 Boston41 17,000 172
1981 Dallas41 14,000 124
1980 Seattle41 7,500 80
1979 Chicago41 3,000 79
1978 Atlanta41 1,500 44
1977 San Jose41 750 38
1976 Philadelphia41 300 10
1975 Bowling Green, Ohio41 300
1974 Boulder41 600

SIGGRAPH Asia

Year Location Attendees Exhibitors Notes
2027 TBC
2026 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2025 Hong Kong 600042 7042
2024 Tokyo, Japan 8415
2023 Sydney, NSW, Australia 5690
2022 Daegu, South Korea 3000+
2021 Tokyo, Japan
2020 Virtual
2019 Brisbane, QLD, Australia 5120+
2018 Tokyo, Japan 9735
2017 Bangkok, Thailand 8000+
2016 Macao 6000+
2015 Kobe, Japan 7000+
2014 Shenzhen, China 6000-7000
2013 Hong Kong
2012 Singapore
2011 Hong Kong43 7,50044 12244
2010 Seoul, Republic of Korea45 9,23846
2009 Yokohama, Japan47 6,40047
2008 Suntec City, Singapore48 3,20048 <8049

SIGGRAPH sponsored a number of conferences related to the field of computer graphics, including the ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation,50 the ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Motion, Interaction and Games (formerly known as Motion in Games).51

See also

See also

References

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