By Deja Collins, in collaboration with S3 Chair Corinne Price Editor's note: Spotlight on SIGGRAPH is a recurring feature, established to shed light on the various committees and avenues of volunteering within ACM SIGGRAPH and its annual conferences. Established in 2007, the SIGGRAPH Student Services, colloquially known as S3, is an ACM SIGGRAPH committee whose […]
Volunteers Sought to Review Student Reels
Walk up to any computer graphics professional at SIGGRAPH and ask about the first time they attended the conference. Odds are good that their earliest experience was as a student volunteer. Student volunteers are critical to success of the SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia conferences. In exchange for guiding attendees, manning booths and performing myriad other tasks, […]
SIGGRAPH Introduces Students to the Wonder of Computing
According to a survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, computer science is one of the country's fastest growing occupational fields. By 2020, the BLS estimates there will be 4.2 million computing and IT jobs in the United States alone. A recent talent strategy report from Microsoft seems to corroborate the BLS' survey results; […]