William J. Joel – ACM SIGGRAPH HISTORY ARCHIVES

William J. Joel

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William Joel

About William J. Joel

Also Known As
Bill
Affiliations
Illumen Animation Research Studio
Western Connecticut State University, Graphics & Interactive Research Grp., Computer Science, Associate Professor of Animation
Location
Danbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Bio

Pioneers Panel 2026

William J. Joel, Professor Emeritus at Western Connecticut State University, recently retired from teaching Computer Science full time after thirty-nine years in academia. He is Director of the Computer Graphics & Animation Research Projects initiative, and a member of the Steering Committee for the Massive Collaborative Animation Projects Initiative.

SIGGRAPH Conference Organizing Committee Positions

SIGGRAPH Organization Committee Positions

Leadership History Overview
Pioneers Steering Committee Member: 2025-2026 - 2024-2025 - 2023-2024 - 2022-2023 - 2021-2022 - 2020-2021

Conference Contributions

Experiences
Computer Graphics & Animation Research Projects
SIGGRAPH 2024
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Computer Graphics & Animation Research Projects
SIGGRAPH 2023
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Massive Collaborative Animation Projects Alumni Reunion and Info Session
SIGGRAPH 2023
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Computer Graphics & Animation Research Projects
SIGGRAPH 2022
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Massive Collaborative Animation Projects: Annual Meeting
SIGGRAPH 2022
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Computer Graphics & Animation Research Projects (CGARP)
SIGGRAPH 2021
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Massive Collaborative Animation Projects annual SIGGRAPH meeting 2021
SIGGRAPH 2021
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
ACM SIGGRAPH BOF: Massive Collaborative Animation Projects: Annual Meeting
SIGGRAPH 2020
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
ACM SIGGRAPH BOF: Undergraduate Research Alliance
SIGGRAPH 2020
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Massive Collaborative Animation Projects
SIGGRAPH 2019
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Undergraduate Research Alliance
SIGGRAPH 2019
[Birds of a Feather]
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2018 SIGGRAPH Birds of a Feather Image Not Available
Massive Collaborative Animation Projects
SIGGRAPH 2018
[Birds of a Feather]
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2018 SIGGRAPH Birds of a Feather Image Not Available
Undergraduate Research Alliance
SIGGRAPH 2018
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Massive Collaborative Animation Project
SIGGRAPH 2017
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Undergraduate Research Alliance
SIGGRAPH 2017
[Birds of a Feather]
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Educators Session: Undergraduate Research Alliance
SIGGRAPH 2016
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Massive Collaborative Animation Project
SIGGRAPH 2016
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Undergraduate Research Alliance
SIGGRAPH 2015
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Undergraduate Research Alliance
SIGGRAPH 2015
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Undergraduate Research Alliance
SIGGRAPH 2014
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
SIGGRAPH Education Committee: Undergraduate Research Alliance
SIGGRAPH 2013
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Undergraduate Research Alliance
SIGGRAPH 2012
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Undergraduate Research Alliance
SIGGRAPH 2011
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Undergraduate Research Alliance
SIGGRAPH 2010
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Undergraduate Computer Graphics Research Alliance
SIGGRAPH 2008
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Working Group on Inter-Institutional Undergraduate Projects
SIGGRAPH 2007
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Computer Graphics Research for Undergraduates
SIGGRAPH 2006
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Computer Graphics Research for Undergraduates
SIGGRAPH 2005
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Computer Graphics Research for Undergraduates
SIGGRAPH 2004
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Computer Graphics Research in Undergraduate Institutions
SIGGRAPH 2003
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Computer Graphics Education: Animation
SIGGRAPH 1989
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Micro Computers in Computer Graphics Education
SIGGRAPH 1988
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Computer Graphics Education
SIGGRAPH 1987
[Birds of a Feather]
Contributor(s):
Presentations
2022 Education Forums: Joel_A Game-Development Paradigm for Building Programming Intuition
A Game-Development Paradigm for Building Programming Intuition
SIGGRAPH 2022
[Education]
Presenter(s):
Entry #: 02
2018 SIGGRAPH Image Not Available
Development of an Open Source Motion Capture System
SIGGRAPH 2018
[Posters]
Presenter(s):
Entry #: 46
2018 Education Forums: Joel_Massive Collaborative Animation Projects
Massive Collaborative Animation Projects Changing Paradigms in Animation Education
SIGGRAPH 2018
[Education]
Presenter(s):
2017 Education Forums: Aoki_Is This Possible? Massive Online Inter-institutional Student Production
Is This Possible? Massive Online Inter-institutional Student Production
SIGGRAPH 2017
[Education]
Presenter(s):
2016 Image Not Available
The Need for Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research
SIGGRAPH 2016
[Posters]
Presenter(s):
Entry #: 89
2006 Poster: Joel Delayed Feedback in a Chinese Brush Painting Interface
Delayed feedback in a Chinese brush painting interface
SIGGRAPH 2006
[Posters]
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2005 SIGGRAPH Image Not Available
A kinesthetic exercise for teaching computer animation
SIGGRAPH 2005
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2004 SIGGRAPH Image Not Available
Computer animation education: keeping it simple
SIGGRAPH 2004
[Posters]
Presenter(s):
Entry #: 068
2003 SIGGRAPH Image Not Available
The Future of Computer Animation Education
SIGGRAPH 2003
[Education]
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SIGGRAPH Organization Contributions

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