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SUMMARY:Outstanding Service Award
DESCRIPTION:Yong Tsui (YT) Lee (Nanyang Technological University)\n\nOutst
 anding Service Award\n\nThe Outstanding Service Award is presented annuall
 y to recognize a career of outstanding service to ACM SIGGRAPH by a volunt
 eer. It recognizes an individual who has given extraordinary service to AC
 M SIGGRAPH, both in the trenches and in positions of more responsibility o
 r visibility, over a significant period of time. The award includes a life
 time membership in ACM SIGGRAPH.\n\nFor his service to the computer graphi
 cs community in Asia including the founding and nurturing of the SIGGRAPH 
 Asia Conference.\n\nACM SIGGRAPH recognizes Lee Yong Tsui (YT) with the 20
 23 Outstanding Service Award for his nearly three decades of service to th
 e international organization, in addition to his service to the SIGGRAPH A
 sia conference.\n\nYT’s association with ACM and ACM SIGGRAPH started in 1
 980 when he joined as a student member. He was an early supporter of ACM S
 IGGRAPH in South-East Asia as he cofounded the SIGGRAPH Singapore Chapter 
 and served as Vice President from 1997-2009, and then again from 2013 to t
 he present. In 2003 he was the inaugural Graphite Conference Co-chair with
  Matt Adcock and Ian Gwilt. In 2004 he was the Graphite Conference Chair i
 n Singapore and in 2006 the Graphite Conference Co-chair with Prof. Siti M
 ariyam Shamsuddi in Kuala Lumpur.\n\nIn 2006 YT was part of a small group 
 of Asian Professors who met with ACM SIGGRAPH at SIGGRAPH 2006 and suggest
 ed starting a full SIGGRAPH Conference in Asia. He was a member of the ad-
 hoc Task Force formed to investigate this and was a strong voice in the me
 eting at Graphite 2006 where the Task Force recommended moving forward. Th
 e ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee decided to support SIGGRAPH Asia, with 
 the first conference being in Singapore in 2008 and YT as the Conference C
 hair. Before and after this decision, he worked with the Singapore governm
 ent to provide financial support for SIGGRAPH Asia 2008. \n\nIn 2009-2010 
 he served on the SIGGRAPH Asia Conference Advisory Group (SACAG) and serve
 d as the Chair of the SACAG 2011-2018, thus shepherding SIGGRAPH Asia duri
 ng its early formative years. His experience and advice were invaluable in
  helping ACM SIGGRAPH adapt to the conference and volunteer cultures in As
 ia.\n\nHe has also served on other ACM SIGGRAPH committees, such as the No
 minations Committee (2010-2013) and the International Committee, and has m
 entored student volunteers at both SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia.\n\nIn all o
 f his service activities, YT has exhibited strong qualities of leadership 
 and expertise. He has a wonderful sense of humor and is a pleasure to work
  with. With this award, ACM SIGGRAPH celebrates Lee Yong Tsui’s many contr
 ibutions to both SIGGRAPH Asia and to the organization.\n\nhttps://www.sig
 graph.org/awards/outstanding-service-award/\n\nRegistration Category: Full
  Access, Business & Innovation Symposium Access, Exhibit & Experience Acce
 ss, Enhanced Access, Trade Exhibitor, Experience Hall Exhibitor\n\n
URL:https://asia.siggraph.org/2023/full-program?id=gp_118&sess=sess296
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