Courses
- Art Gallery
- Art Papers
- Birds Of A Feather
- Computer Animation Festival
- Courses
- Diversity, Equity And Inclusion
- Educator’s Forum
- Emerging Technologies
- Posters
- Real-Time Live!
- Student Volunteers
- Technical Communications
- Technical Papers
- XR
- Submission Information
- Notice To Contributors
- Information For Speakers
- Recognition Benefits
Submission Deadline: 10 July 2024, 23:59 AoE (Closed)
We particularly welcome courses that embrace the “Curious Minds” theme of SIGGRAPH Asia 2024. Courses can fulfill many educational roles and cover a wide range of relevant topics, including:
- Innovative ideas and novel paradigms,
- Different areas of computer science, e.g., big data, machine learning, vision, and others,
- Other disciplines, from art to design, from science to technology and engineering,
- Initiation to related skills, e.g., storytelling, visual psychology, and
- Focus on different applications, e.g., gaming, manufacturing, medicine, cultural heritage, etc.
Format
Courses are presented in two basic formats:
- Short (1 hour and 45 minutes) – we recommend a single lecturer for a Short Course.
- Half-Day (3 hours and 45 minutes, including one 15-minute break) – we recommend two to three lecturers for a Half-Day Course.
Language
The official language of SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 is English. Verbal presentations, slide presentations, and course notes are expected to be in English.Courses Chair
Submissions are due on 10 July 2024, 23:59 AoE. Course proposals must be submitted electronically via the SIGGRAPH Asia Submission System:
- Log in to the SIGGRAPH Asia Submission System
- Select “Begin a New Submission”
- Select “Create” for the Course submission form
We strongly encourage starting the submission form well before the deadline. Submit your work before the submission deadline of 10 July 2024, 23:59 AoE. All forms must be completed, and all materials must be successfully uploaded by then. The submission deadline will be strictly enforced. Please do not wait until the last minute to upload your files.
For more information about uploading files for your submission, please see Uploading Files.
Submission Form
Basic information about your submission (page 1)
- Permissions (page 2) and presentation format (page 3).
- Additional submission information, including lecturer names, affiliations, contact information, course title, and a single-sentence summary (50 words or fewer).
- One “representative image” suitable for the conference website and promotional materials. See Representative Image Guidelines.
- Statement of permissions to use the submitted materials.
- Course Description, Syllabus/Schedule including duration of topic sections and lecturers.
- Length of the course: short (1 hour and 45 minutes) and half-day (3 hours and 45 minutes including one 15-minute break).
- Intended audience, prerequisites, and level of difficulty.
- Bio Form. Please provide your lecturers or panelists with short bios (100 words max). We recommend one lecturer for a short course and two to three lecturers for a half-day course.
- Sample of Course Notes. This is an outline of materials and a representative sample of the type of Course Notes that you plan to provide if your course is accepted. The review sample does not need to be extended or completed. Still, it should be clear and concise and demonstrate the expected quality of the learning materials that will be available during and after the conference.
- Formatting guidelines and examples of well-formatted course notes can be found at http://www.siggraph.org/learn/instructions-authorss
- Special presentation requirements, if any.
- Submission categories and keywords to help ensure your submission is reviewed and juried appropriately.
- Optional: You may also provide examples of other materials, demonstrations, or exercises that support the course topics.
Please note: All entries must be uploaded to the SIGGRAPH Asia Submission System. No discs or drives will be accepted.
Educator’s Resources Submission option
For more information about uploading files for your submission, please see Uploading Files.
For additional submission information, please see the FAQs.
Deadlines
Online submission forms must be completed no later than 10 July 2024, 23:59 AoE.
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General Submission Policies
For more details on SIGGRAPH Asia’s General Submission Policies, please go to SIGGRAPH Asia’s Submission Information page.
All contributors to SIGGRAPH Asia Annual Conferences are now required to use ACM’s rights management system to grant rights to publish accepted content rather than use the SIGGRAPH Asia Submission System. Essentially, submission tracking, jury review, and acceptance remain the same, but now the rights management is through ACM, the parent organization of SIGGRAPH Asia.
You will be asked to complete an ACM rights management form, which includes permission to record and distribute the audio and video of your recorded presentation through the official channels of ACM/SIGGRAPH Asia. For most content types, this will be a Permission and Release form, which allows authors to retain copyright.
As a contributor to an ACM-sponsored event, the following expectations apply to you, should your content be accepted for presentation:
- You have the permission to use everything that is in your presentation. This includes securing permission to use third-party material and providing documentation of that permission to ACM. (More Information on The Proper Use of Third-Party Material in Your Presentation)
- If you use copyrighted musical compositions in your presentation, you must secure performing rights licenses.
- You must have the authority to grant ACM the right to distribute your presentation.
Once your contribution is accepted, you will receive a link via email to the appropriate form for your contribution.
Detailed information, instructions, and deadlines will be sent to submitters along with the acceptance letter.
You will be notified of acceptance or rejection on 14 August 2024.
After acceptance, the SIGGRAPH Asia Submission System will allow you to update basic information about your course and upload any final materials for inclusion on the conference program and website. This information needs to be finalized four weeks after acceptance. Be prepared to deliver your final versions of your work before these dates, or your acceptance may be rescinded.
If your course is accepted, you will need to submit:
- Copyright permissions or clearances on any restricted materials
- Submission and Authorization Agreements from all speakers
- A final set of electronic Course Notes
- Digital supplementary materials (for example, sample code, datasets, documentation, demos, animations)
- A final course timeline listing the topics and speakers in chronological order
The time and location of your course will be posted on the SIGGRAPH Asia website well before the conference.
Publication
Presenter and Contributor Recognition
Please see the Recognition Benefits for a summary of what you will receive if SIGGRAPH Asia accepts your work and/or proposal.
You can apply for a 100% discount for up to one presenter per half-day course or short course via the submission system.
Once your contribution is accepted, you will receive a link via email to the appropriate form for your contribution. You will be required to prepare the final print-ready file following the specifications in the acceptance notification.
Other Details
Please note: The schedule to provide your final material after receiving the acceptance notification is tight. Please plan your schedule accordingly. For instructions about preparing and delivering your final content for publication, please carefully follow the instructions in the acceptance letter.
You will be able to update your basic submission information and any final materials to include them in the conference program and website. This information needs to be finalized two weeks after receipt of acceptance notifications. Please be prepared to deliver your final versions of your information and work on or before these dates.
Deadlines
Q1. Can I submit it after the deadline?
Q2. Why is this so absolute?
Q3. How will SIGGRAPH Asia address server-side network failures?
Q4. The SIGGRAPH Asia English Review Service failed our schedule, so it is SIGGRAPH Asia’s fault that our proposal is late. Can I have an extension?
Nature of Content
Q1. My company sells educational software. Can we make a sales presentation?
No. The exhibition is the best place for that.
I have an excellent idea for a presentation, but I am unsure if it is appropriate (e.g., too basic, advanced, fuzzy, etc.) for SIGGRAPH Asia.
Please send it in and let the SIGGRAPH Asia jury make the decision.
Q2. Can my company have a dedicated session in which we present a collection of talks about various aspects of a large project?
Q3. My company has a great new product that is of general interest to the SIGGRAPH Asia community. Can I submit an abstract about it?
A simple product announcement or sales pitch is inappropriate for the course program. However, a methods or systems description that presents the engineering design and algorithms behind the product could be appropriate. If you are an exhibitor and you are interested in a presentation on all aspects of your new product, please get in touch with Exhibition Management about organizing an Exhibitor Talk.
Q4. English is not my first language. Can I submit and present in another language?
No, but ACM SIGGRAPH’s International Committee can provide some help with English. Please see the English Review Service.
Q5. I am a sixth-grade teacher, not an expert in computer graphics or interactive techniques. Still, I have designed something using computer graphics software, interactive techniques, games, etc., that really helps my math, English, dance, and other students. Should I submit it?
Q6. Why is it necessary to specify an intended audience for a course? The intended audience should be the average SIGGRAPH Asia conference attendee, no?
No. The attendee population is very diverse. Your detailed audience identification helps both proposal evaluation by the review committee (program balancing) and proper marketing to interested conference attendees.
Q7. We have a great idea for an educational session on an unusual topic. Should we submit it?
Q8. Should all submissions be prepared anonymously, like Technical Papers?
No. The review process is single-blind, which means the reviewers will know who the authors are, but the authors will not know who the reviewers are. Your submission should be as close to its final form as possible (see Completeness, Work in Progress below), including the names of all collaborators on the work and their institutions. Potential conflicts of interest are considered when submissions are assigned to reviewers.
Completeness, Work in Progress
Q1. Are partial or incomplete submissions considered?
Incomplete submissions will not be reviewed. Contributors are required to meet all submission requirements minimally by the published deadline. The jury will evaluate the merit of each completed proposal as it was submitted at the deadline, even if it does not meet the author’s personal quality objectives. Please allow enough time to meet your own quality goals.
Work Submitted Elsewhere
Q1. Can I submit work that I have published or presented or has been accepted for publication or presentation elsewhere?
Yes, though, with some caveats. First, you must indicate the prior appearance via the checkbox on the submission form and describe how and where the work appeared. Second, be aware that SIGGRAPH Asia attendees expect to see things they have never seen before. The jury will decide if the novelty and impact of the submission warrant acceptance despite its appearance elsewhere.
Q2. Can I submit work to SIGGRAPH Asia and also submit a more complete description to other conferences (for example, EGSR, SGP, or SCA) while the submission is still being reviewed?
Q3. Can I submit work that was presented at a previous SIGGRAPH conference?
Review and Upon Acceptance
Q1. How does the jury select pieces?
Q2. What makes a proposal great?
Q3. The reviews we received from the jury were highly positive and outstanding, but we were still not accepted. Why is this?
- The work is not sufficiently outstanding to justify its presentation length.
- The submission did not show enough improvement over previous presentations.
- The submission overlapped with better proposals in a similar area.
- The submission overlapped with topics with more significant anticipated attendance in a similar area.
- The work was not strong or relevant.
All deadlines are Anywhere on Earth (AoE).
10 July 2024
12 July – 11 August 2024
19 August 2024
15 September 2024
3 – 6 December 2024
4 – 6 December 2024
*Publications content will be available in the ACM Digital Library one week prior to the conference.
ACM SIGGRAPH strives to create a welcoming and nurturing community for everyone working in computer graphics and interactive techniques independent of gender, sexual orientation, ethnic background, religion, country of origin, or abilities. Work submitted to this program should be in alignment with these values.
For any submission to an ACM SIGGRAPH conference or Standing Committee activity, the person in charge (PIC) of the program should be aware of and sensitive to potential issues pertaining to the ACM SIGGRAPH values of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. If an issue is identified, then the authors of the submission shall be asked to modify their submission to resolve the issue before acceptance. If the PIC is unsure of an issue, they should contact the Chair of the DEI Committee for advice.