ACM SIGGRAPH Education Community

As in years past, we are also presenting student work in a competition and as submitted by faculty, including the assignments:

• SpaceTime Gallery 2024
• Faculty Submitted Student Work

Please note that all times listed are Mountain Daylight Time (MDT)

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SUNDAY July 28, 2024

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM	Student / Futures: Creative Careers in Animation, Computer Graphics, and Interactive Techniques Johannes DeYoung	Educator’s Forum Mile High 3C
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM	ACM SIGGRAPH and Programs for Educators Glenn Goldman and Rick Lewis	ACM SIGGRAPH Village Room 301
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM	ACM SIGGRAPH and Programs for Educators – Part 2 Glenn Goldman and Rick Lewis	ACM SIGGRAPH Village Room 301
3:45 PM – 5:15 PM	A Whirlwind Introduction to Computer Graphics for Complete Beginners Mike Bailey	Course Mile High 4

MONDAY July 29, 2024 – Educators Day

Location: Room 207

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM	Substance 3D Education: Inspiring Minds, Designing Futures Alwyn Hunt – Adobe
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM	Preparing Students for AI and Accelerated Data Science: NVIDIA Teaching Kits and University Ambassador Program Will Ramey – NVIDIA
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM	More Than Virtual Production: Film & Media Education with the Epic Games Ecosystem Jamie Hurcomb – Epic Games
11:45 AM – 12:15 PM	Empowering Artists in the Digital Age Justin Hoey, Epic ArtStation
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM	From Pixels to 3D: A Guide to Photogrammetry Systems and Workflow Jingyi Zhang – Pixel Light Effects
Lunch Break
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM	Build Basics and Break Creative Boundaries with Foundry Christy Anzelmo, Juan Salazar, Charli Holt, Kirstyn Salehi – Foundry
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM	The Perks of being a Houdini Instructor John Moncrief, Nicole Campbell, Seth Holladay, Parris K. Egber – SideFX

Tuesday, 30 July 2024

10:45AM – 12:15PM	Educator’s Forum: Looking Towards the Future		Room 207
	10:45AM	The Future of Teaching Computer Graphics Edward Angel, Dave Shreiner
	11:07AM	There Can Be (at least) Two Introductory Graphics Courses: Teaching Introduction to Non-interactive Computer Graphics Michael Shah
	11:29AM	Emerging Approaches in CG Education Aimed at Enhancing Visual Communication Skills Through Reverse Engineering Harutaka Matsunaga,Kazunori Miyata
	11:51AM	Looking Towards the Future – Open Discussion
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM	Educator’s Day Academic Partnership and Talent Development at Electronic Arts Konrad Tollmar – Electronic Arts		Room 207
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM	Educator’s Forum: Educator’s Day Q&A		Room 207
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM	Mentoring PhD Students in Computer Graphics Daniel Ritchie		Birds of a Feather Room 705
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM	Building Render Farms in Academic Institutions: A Case Study of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Emily Kuehn		Birds of a Feather Room 706
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM	Chapters: How to Join or Start an ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter AJ Christensen		ACM SIGGRAPH Village Room 301
3:45PM – 5:15PM	Educator’s Forum: Collaboration & Diversity		Room 207
	3:45PM	CG Animation, Neurodiversity, and Autistic College Students Judy Kriger, Jane Thierfeld Brown, Amy Rutherford
	4:07PM	Adjacencies Johannes DeYoung, Mike Rader
	4:30PM	Project Grand Path: An Inclusive, Interdisciplinary, Collaborative, Project Based Learning Model Julie Goldstein
	4:52PM	Bridging the Gap Between Education and Practice in Japan’s CG Industry: A Focus on Diversity and Evolving Perceptions Harutaka Matsunaga, Kazunori Miyata

Wednesday, 31 July 2024

9:00AM – 10:00AM	Computer Graphics & Animation Research Projects William Joel		Birds of a Feather Room 708-710
10:45AM – 12:15PM	Educator’s Forum: Game Programming		Room 207
	10:45AM	Integrating Independent Contributions in a Game Programming Assignment Chao Peng, Lizhou Cao, David Schwartz, Huadong Zhang
	11:07AM	Level-Up Logics: Leveraging Three Game Design Platforms to Teach CodingTopher Maraffi
	11:29AM	Game Programming – Open Discussion
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM	History: Telling Tales: Stories from SIGGRAPH’s Past Mary Whitton, Bonnie Mitchell		Room 301
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM	Educator’s Forum – Panel: Inclusive Community: Accessibility and Neurodiversity in Classroom, Industry, and Academia Mayet Anreassen (Moderator) with Cheryl Briggs, Glenn Goldman, Shoko Kimura, and Judy Kriger		Room 207
3:45PM – 5:15PM	Educator’s Forum: AI in Education Talks		Room 207
	3:45PM	Case Study: Creating the Infrastructure for Ethical AI Use at Savannah College of Art and Design Dan Bartlett
	4:07PM	Empowering Creativity With Generative AI in Digital Art Education Caleb Kicklighter, Jinsil Hwaryoung Seo, Mayet Andreassen, Emily Bujnoch
	4:30PM	Teaching Design With Consumer-ready Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality: A Case Study Hoa Vo
	4:52PM	The ‘How-To’ as a Post-AI Assessment Tool Roman Mitch

Thursday, 1 August 2024

9:00AM – 10:00AM	An Open Forum to Discuss Accessibility and Neurodiversity in Classroom, Industry and Academia Nandhini Giri, Miho Aoki		Birds of a Feather Room 207
10:45AM – 12:15PM	Educator’s Forum: Reaching Out to the Arts		Room 207
	10:45AM	Metahuman Theatre: Teaching Photogrammetry and Mocap as a Performing Arts Process Topher Maraffi
	11:07AM	Making STEAM: Build Your Custom Electric GuitarSara Sanders
	11:30AM	Exploring the Dichotomy of Nature and Tech Through an Interactive Media Assignment Justin Johnson
	11:52AM	360° Animation Projects by Students With a Background in Traditional Stop-motion Techniques Nahomi Maki
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM	Educator’s Forum: Town Hall: Hot Topics in Education William Joel		Room 207
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM	How to Get Your Resume & Reel Noticed Craig Slagel		Birds of a Feather Room 708-710