Category: Blog
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Call for volunteers/election 2021
We hope every member of the community is doing well. We’re midway through Spring 2021 and it’s time for the Toronto ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter’s annual elections. This year, we are looking for nominees to run for the following roles on our executive board for a 2-year term: Vice President and Treasurer. We are also having […]
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Working From Home In the VFX Industry
ACM SIGGRAPH: Fostering Inclusion Through Storytelling is a new initiative to foster inclusion by learning from the experiences of others. We will have regular online presentations year round. Our first few presentations will address issues resulting from the world wide pandemic. Our first event will stream live on May 21st at 2PM EDT/11AM PDT and […]
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SIGGRAPH 2019 CAF
The Toronto ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter is once again bringing home the SIGGRAPH 2019 Computer Animation Festival for a screening with the full movie theater experience at The Royal on March 3rd. This year only, admission will be free and open to all! The Computer Animation Festival consists of some of the best animated shorts and […]
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SIGGRAPH 2017 Computer Animation Festival Travelling Show
The Toronto ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter had the pleasure of screening the SIGGRAPH 2017 Computer Animation Festival Travelling Show on May 16th, 2018. A fantastic group of students and professionals came to the event to enjoy the best animation and VFX work from SIGGRAPH 2017, as well as an engaging talk by Alain Chesnais (former ACM […]
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A Retrospective of Houdini
Do you ever wonder how Science and Technology Oscars are awarded? Attendees at the Retrospective of Houdini event learned about that and so much more! Mark Elendt, Kim Davidson (CEO), Jeff Lait (Senior Mathematician) and Cristin Barghiel (VP Product Development) were all at the event, discussing the incredible work that got them a Scientific and […]
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Student Volunteer Info Session
Thank you to all of the students who came to the SIGGRAPH Student Volunteer Information Session! The Toronto ACM SIGGRAPH chapter hosted this event in collaboration with the University of Toronto Computer Graphics Club for the first time. We would also like to thank our speaker, Alain Chesnais. He is the current VP of software development […]