June Kim Tapped to Lead International Resources Committee in Inaugural Year as Standing Committee by Melanie A. FarmerJ The International Resources Committee (IRC), long a subcommittee of Communications, is now a standing committee in its own right. June Kim has taken on the role of Chair of the IRC. Kim is a longtime ACM SIGGRAPH […]
Accepting Nominations for the International Resources Committee Chair
Accepting Nominations for the International Resources Committee Chair The mission of the International Resources Committee (IRC) is to extend the reach and influence of the ACM SIGGRAPH conferences and organization globally through language and intercultural support. The year-long activities of the committee include: Creation of multilingual audio guides (recorded translations) for the SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH […]
Women in Computing: ACM SIGGRAPH Meets ACM-W
By Aruquia Peixoto. Edited by Jessica Sommerville and Diana Arellano. In mid-June, I traveled to NYC for the first time. The trip, however, was not for a vacation. Instead, I was fortunate enough to attend the Association for Computing Machinery's Council on Women in Computing (ACM-W). The ACM-W provides student scholarships, organizes Celebrations of Women […]