SIGGRAPH 2012: Courses
Conference:
Overview:
In SIGGRAPH 2012 Courses, attendees learn from the experts in the field and gain inside knowledge that is critical to career advancement. Courses are short (1.5 hours) or half-day (3.25 hours) structured sessions that often include elements of interactive demonstration, performance, or other imaginative approaches to teaching.
The spectrum of Courses ranges from an introduction to the foundations of computer graphics and interactive techniques for those new to the field to advanced instruction on the most current techniques and topics. Courses include core curricula taught by invited instructors as well as Courses selected from juried proposals.
Courses Chair:
- Ann McNamara - Texas A&M University
- Michael J. Bailey - Oregon State University
- Nafees Bin Zafar - Digital Domain
- Samuel Lord Black - Penguin Flight Dynamics
- Tamy Boubekeur - Paris-Saclay University
- Juan Buhler - DreamWorks Pictures
- Goldie Chaudhuri
- Gerry Derksen - Winthrop University
- Anastasio Garcia Rodriguez - The Walt Disney Company
- Pascal Gautron - NVIDIA
- Mashhuda Glencross - University of Manchester
- Carlos Gonzalez-Ochoa - Naughty Dog, Inc.
- Yoshiharu Gotanda - tri-Ace Inc.
- Darin Kyoichi Grant - Method Studios
- Ronald D. Henderson - DreamWorks Pictures
- Naty Hoffman - Activision Publishing, Inc.
- Caleb Howard - Parallel Domain
- Victoria L. Interrante - Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering
- Theodore Kim - Pixar Animation Studios
- Robert Kooima - Louisiana State University
- Jeff Lait - SideFX Software Inc.
- Johnny Lee - Carnegie Mellon University
- Esther Lim
- Riccard Linde - Activision Publishing, Inc.
- Kurt Luther - Carnegie Mellon University
- Daniel Maskit - Digital Domain
- Olivier Maury - Industrial Light & Magic
- Ann McNamara - Texas A&M University
- Kenny Mitchell - The Walt Disney Company
- Ken Museth - Linköping University
- James Patten
- Ryan Schmidt - Autodesk Inc.
- Peter Segal - ACM SIGGRAPH
- Jason RM Smith - SoMa Play, Inc.
- Osha Makai Smith - Bentley Systems
- Preston J. Smith - EDS
- Courtney Starrett - Texas A&M University
- Paul S. Strauss - Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI)
- Eric Tabellion - Pacific Data Images (PDI)
- Richard Wainess
- Gordon Wetzstein - Stanford University
- Christopher (Chris) Williams - JumpStart.com
- Chris Wyman - University of Iowa
- Corrinne Yu




























