{"id":1843,"date":"2011-06-03T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-04T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.siggraph.hosting.acm.org\/wp\/?p=1843"},"modified":"2025-06-22T22:07:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T02:07:55","slug":"siggraph-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/wp\/siggraph\/siggraph-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Committee Activities planned for SIGGRAPH 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The following activities have been planned for this years conference:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/conferences\/annual-conference\/siggraph2011#meeting\">Education Committee Meeting<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/conferences\/annual-conference\/siggraph2011#booth\">Education Booth<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/conferences\/annual-conference\/siggraph2011#demoreels\">Studio Views of Student Demo Reels<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/conferences\/annual-conference\/siggraph2011#call\">Call for Contributions for the IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications&#8217; New Education Department<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/conferences\/annual-conference\/siggraph2011#graduates\">What Industry Needs Graduates and New Hires to Know<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/conferences\/annual-conference\/siggraph2011#meet\">Educators Meet and Greet<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/conferences\/annual-conference\/siggraph2011#research\">Undergraduate Research Alliance<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/conferences\/annual-conference\/siggraph2011#newmedia\">The New Media and the Industry<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/conferences\/annual-conference\/siggraph2011#newmedia2\">The New Media and the Academy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Education Committee Meeting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"line-height:1.6\">Sunday August 7<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A general meeting will take place in the morning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"line-height:1.6\"><a><\/a>Education Booth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"line-height:1.6\">Sunday- Thursday, August 7 &#8211; 11<br>ACM SIGGRAPH Village<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee will be available to chat with you and answer your education related questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"line-height:1.6\"><a><\/a>Studio Views of Student Demo Reels<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"line-height:1.6\">TUESDAY, 9 AUGUST 9:00 AM &#8211; 10:00 AM<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Industry professionals from various computer animation and visual effects facilities explain what they (and their studios) look for when reviewing demo reels and portfolios of students and recent graduates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Craig Slagel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Barbara Dawson &#8211; CG Scout (recruited for Pixar Vancouver)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rick Stringfellow &#8211; Electronic Arts, Vancouver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anjelica Casillas &#8211; Rhythm &amp; Hues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"line-height:1.4\"><a><\/a>Call for Contributions for the IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications&#8217; New Education Department<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"line-height:1.6\">TUESDAY, 9 AUGUST 2:00 PM &#8211; 4:00 PM<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to contribute an article to this department? Want to give valuable input on what YOU think should be printed there? Meet with the co-editors in this Birds of a Feather session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gitta Domik and G. Scott Owen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"line-height:1.6\"><a><\/a>What Industry Needs Graduates and New Hires to Know<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"line-height:1.6\">WEDNESDAY, 10 AUGUST 9:00 AM &#8211; 10:00 AM<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Knowledge and skill requirements for graduates and new hires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ryan Kuba &#8211; Nitrogen Studios<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Doug Oddy &#8211; MPC Vancouver.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jon Cowley &#8211; Prime Focus Vancouver.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Larry Bafia &#8211; Instructor at The Centre for Digital Media, Masters program, Vancouver<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Educators Meet and Greet<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"line-height:1.6\">WEDNESDAY, 10 AUGUST 4:00 PM &#8211; 5:00 PM<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>An informal reception at the SIGGRAPH Village for all educators attending SIGGRAPH 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Undergraduate Research Alliance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"line-height:1.6\">WEDNESDAY, 10 AUGUST 5:00 PM &#8211; 6:00 PM<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The Undergraduate Research Alliance was created to foster and support computer graphics research by undergraduates. Faculty and students are encouraged to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>The New Media and the Industry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"line-height:1.6\">WEDNESDAY, 10 AUGUST , 1:00-2:30<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Focus: How Chinese Digital Media Programs in Academia are developing to meet the needs of their exploding economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>The New Media and the Academy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"line-height:1.6\">THURSDAY, 11 AUGUST , 9:00-12:00<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Focus: How Chinese Digital Media Programs in Academia are developing to meet the needs of their exploding economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The scheduled Education Committee activities for SIGGRAPH 2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"topic":[],"cgsource_type":[43],"class_list":["post-1843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-siggraph","cgsource_type-undefined"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1843"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1878,"href":"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1843\/revisions\/1878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1843"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=1843"},{"taxonomy":"cgsource_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.siggraph.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cgsource_type?post=1843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}