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Frontiers

Explore emerging topics and complex new problems with the Frontiers programs. Experience a series of exciting pre-conference webinars; participate in industry-leading discussions during Frontiers Talks at the conference, and join Frontiers Workshops for more intense explorations into the latest in graphics, robotics, artificial intelligence, arts, visualization, responsible technology, adjacent technologies, and more.

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FRONTIERS INTERACTIONS

Frontiers Interactions are ongoing educational events that are open to all and are designed to explore topics that are aligned with the Frontiers program. Following is a list of upcoming sessions as well as links to past sessions.

Upcoming Interactions

Registration is not required for Interaction sessions. You can watch directly on this page or on the conference YouTube channel.

29 July, 3:00 p.m. (PT)
DEMOCRATIZATION OF VISUAL EFFECTS PANEL
MODERATED BY DARIN GRANT GROUP CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER AT ANIMAL LOGIC

Panelists: Genevieve Camilleri, Visual Effects Supervisor, Fin Design & FX; Jim Geduldick, Director, Virtual Production & SVP Dimension North America, Dimension Studio; Ryan Laney, Visual Effects Supervisor, Teus Media

Driven by the transformational power of computer graphics and interactive techniques, the awe inspiring field of Visual Effects continues to flourish in richness and complexity. Modern day technological advancements provide storytellers greater resources to craft novel and captivating stories with a tremendous amount of ease and flexibility compared to conventional paradigms. Join us for a rich and captivating conversation about the How’s and Why’s behind the democratization of tools, techniques, and workflows. Featuring a talented panel of visionaries who are defining the current generational leap forward in the areas of Realtime, Documentary Filmmaking, Deepfakes, and exceptional Visual Effects which rival the largest tentpole productions.

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PAST INTERACTIONS

Click the links below for recordings of past SIGGRAPH Frontiers events on the ACM SIGGRAPH YouTube Channel.

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Past Recordings

Designing Little Bots With Big Character, Lessons From the Best Bots on Twitter

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Introduction to Ray Tracing: Intro, Model, Sampling, Transformations

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Introduction to Ray Tracing: Rays, Intersections

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Introduction to Ray Tracing: Scene, Reflection, Refraction. Announce: Competition

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Introduction to Ray Tracing: Materials – I (BRDF)

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Introduction to Ray Tracing: Materials – 2, Importance Sampling

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Introduction to Ray Tracing: Systems view: Integrators, Accelerators, HW Rendering

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Introduction to Ray Tracing: Wrap up, Competition Results

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Machine Learning and Neural Networks: Intro, Colab Notebooks, Tensorflow, Keras

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Machine Learning and Neural Networks: Neural Networks, Maximum Likelihood, Distributions

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Machine Learning and Neural Networks: Autoencoders, CNN, Denoising

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Machine Learning and Neural Networks: Style Transfer

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Machine Learning and Neural Networks: GAN

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Machine Learning and Neural Networks: RNN, Transformers

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Machine Learning and Neural Networks: Reinforcement Learning, Wrap up

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The Art of Code Wrestling in the Demoscene – Size Limited Masterpieces and Live Shader Coding

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Human Values in Software: SIGGRAPH Frontiers Interactions

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