Courses

Whether it’s foundational material for researchers and practitioners, or a review of the state of the art in a specific area, SIGGRAPH 2018 Courses offer learning opportunities for everyone.

Program Content

Categories

  • FP Full Conference Platinum
  • F Full Conference

Learn New Concepts and Skills

SIGGRAPH courses are learning sessions in which experts from all areas of computer graphics technology and interactive techniques share their knowledge. Course presenters distill key concepts and ideas into self-contained lessons. Courses may lie anywhere on a continuum from conceptual and theoretical to practical and applied.

Courses are presented in both long (3.25 hour) or short (1.5 hour) sessions and may include elements of interactive demonstration, performance, or other imaginative approaches to teaching.

SIGGRAPH University

Recorded versions of some popular past Courses are available on the ACM SIGGRAPH University YouTube channel.

Courses Chair

Craig Kaplan

Hours

Sunday, 12 August,
9 am-5:15 pm

Monday, 13 August,
9 am-5:15 pm

Tuesday, 14 August,
9 am-5:15 pm

Wednesday, 15 August,
9 am-5:15 pm

Thursday, 16 August,
9 am-5:15 pm

Interest Area Key

P&AProduction & Animation
R&EResearch & Education
A&DArts and Design
G&IGaming and Interactive
NTNew Technologies
Course: A Conceptual Framework for Procedural Animation
Event TypeCourse
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
P&A
TimeSunday, 12 August 20189am - 10:30am
LocationEast Building, Ballroom A, Vancouver Convention Centre
Course: Getting Started with WebGL and Three.js
Event TypeCourse
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
R&E
TimeSunday, 12 August 20189am - 12:15pm
LocationWest Building, Ballroom C, Vancouver Convention Centre
Course: Introduction to the Vulkan Graphics API
Event TypeCourse
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
NT
R&E
TimeSunday, 12 August 20189am - 12:15pm
LocationEast Building, Ballroom BC, Vancouver Convention Centre
Course: Story: It's Not Just for Writers... Anymore!
Event TypeCourse
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
A&D
R&E
TimeSunday, 12 August 20182pm - 3:30pm
LocationEast Building, Ballroom A, Vancouver Convention Centre
Course: Deep Learning: A Crash Course
Event TypeCourse
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
R&E
TimeSunday, 12 August 20182pm - 5:15pm
LocationEast Building, Ballroom BC, Vancouver Convention Centre
Course: Advances in Real-Time Rendering in Games Part 1
Event TypeCourse
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
TimeMonday, 13 August 20189am - 12:15pm
LocationEast Building, Ballroom BC, Vancouver Convention Centre
Course: An Introduction to Physics-based Animation
Event TypeCourse
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
P&A
R&E
TimeMonday, 13 August 20189am - 12:15pm
LocationEast Building, Ballroom A, Vancouver Convention Centre
Course: Fundamentals of Color Science
Event TypeCourse
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
A&D
R&E
TimeMonday, 13 August 20189am - 12:15pm
LocationWest Building, Room 118-120, Vancouver Convention Centre
Course: Advances in Real-Time Rendering in Games Part 2
Event TypeCourse
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
TimeMonday, 13 August 20182pm - 5:15pm
LocationEast Building, Ballroom BC, Vancouver Convention Centre
Course: Applications of Vision Science to Virtual and Augmented Reality
Event TypeCourse
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
A&D
NT
TimeMonday, 13 August 20182pm - 5:15pm
LocationWest Building, Room 301-305, Vancouver Convention Centre
Course: Introduction to DirectX Raytracing
Event TypeCourse
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
NT
TimeTuesday, 14 August 20189am - 12:15pm
LocationEast Building, Ballroom BC, Vancouver Convention Centre
Course: Realistic Rendering in Architecture and Product Visualization
Event TypeCourse
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
A&D
P&A
TimeTuesday, 14 August 20189am - 12:15pm
LocationEast Building, Ballroom A, Vancouver Convention Centre
Course: Color in Advanced Displays: HDR, OLED, AR, and VR
Event TypeCourse
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
NT
R&E
TimeTuesday, 14 August 201810:45am - 12:15pm
LocationWest Building, Room 118-120, Vancouver Convention Centre
Course: Digital Typography Rendering
Event TypeCourse
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
A&D
R&E
TimeTuesday, 14 August 20183:45pm - 5:15pm
LocationWest Building, Room 109-110, Vancouver Convention Centre
Course: 3D User Interfaces for Virtual Reality and Games: 3D Selection, Manipulation, and Spatial Navigation
Event TypeCourse
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
NT
R&E
TimeWednesday, 15 August 20189am - 12:15pm
LocationEast Building, Ballroom A, Vancouver Convention Centre
Course: Monte Carlo Methods for Physically Based Volume Rendering
Event TypeCourse
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
P&A
R&E
TimeWednesday, 15 August 20189am - 12:15pm
LocationWest Building, Room 301-305, Vancouver Convention Centre
Course: Pathtracing in Production
Event TypeCourse
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
P&A
TimeWednesday, 15 August 20182pm - 5:15pm
LocationWest Building, Room 301-305, Vancouver Convention Centre
Course: Moving Mobile Graphics
Event TypeCourse
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
NT
TimeThursday, 16 August 20189am - 12:15pm
LocationWest Building, Room 301-305, Vancouver Convention Centre
Course: Topics in Real-time Animation
Event TypeCourse
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
G&I
P&A
TimeThursday, 16 August 20189am - 12:15pm
LocationEast Building, Ballroom BC, Vancouver Convention Centre
Course: Cage-Based Performance Capture
Event TypeCourse
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
P&A
R&E
TimeThursday, 16 August 20182pm - 3:30pm
LocationWest Building, Room 118-120, Vancouver Convention Centre
Course: Machine Learning and Rendering
Event TypeCourse
Registration Levels
F
FP
Personas
P&A
R&E
TimeThursday, 16 August 20182pm - 5:15pm
LocationEast Building, Ballroom BC, Vancouver Convention Centre

The Voice of Generations

FirstSIGGRAPH2010

Candice Weber

I met tons of people; all different kinds, all different skills and skill levels ... it kind of dawned on me that this wasn't an impossible dream career.

The Voice of Generations

FirstSIGGRAPH1990

Mark Elendt

With over 25 SIGGRAPH conferences, I have hundreds of cherished memories.

I met tons of people; all different kinds, all different skills and skill levels ... it kind of dawned on me that this wasn't an impossible dream career.
With over 25 SIGGRAPH conferences, I have hundreds of cherished memories.