Donna J. Cox

Ground-breaker in Data & Scientific Visualization,
Internationally Recognized Computer Artist, Designer & Writer

Professor Donna J. Cox, MFA, PhD, is the first Michael Aiken Chair, professor in the School of Art and Design, Director of the Advanced Visualization Laboratory (AVL), Associate Director for Research and Education at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She’s Director of the Emerging Digital Research and Education in Arts Media (eDream) Institute at NCSA. Cox will be speaking on the “Revolutions in Mapping the Digital Universe: Stories of Satellites, Supercomputers, and the Art of Data Visualization”.

Jeffrey Shaw

Leading Figure in New Media Art Since 1960’s

Jeffrey Shaw (Melbourne 1944) has been a leading figure in new media art since its emergence from the performance, expanded cinema and installation paradigms of the 1960s to its present-day technology-informed and virtualized forms. Shaw will be speaking on “Making Things Making Meaning - Frontiers in New Media”.

Inigo Quilez

Award-winning virtual reality and visual effects artist
Advocate of continuous education, computer graphics resource and demoscene

Inigo self-taught CG through the Demoscene and worked in industrial VR in the mid 2000s. Then he joined Pixar as a Technical Artists of procedural vegetation and landscapes, winning a VES award for his production work in "Brave". Inigo later joined the Oculus team as VFX Supervisor of VR short films, created the VR animation tool "Quill" and became its Product Manager. Inigo has written 100+ free articles on computer graphics in his website, and is also the co-founder of the computer graphics social platform Shadertoy, to which he has contributed more than 400 shaders.

Speakers

Renowned Industry Experts Take Centerstage at SIGGRAPH Asia

Dylan Sisson, RenderMan Digital Artist (SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 Exhibitor Talk Presenter)

SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 exceeded all my expectations. Our RenderMan talks were overflowing, and the other speakers that I was able to see were fantastic. It was the best SIGGRAPH Asia yet!

Hugo Talbot, SOFA Framework (SIGGRAPH Asia 2017 Exhibitor)

This event brought us many interesting discussions and very relevant contacts with students and experts from various fields, such as visualization, modeling, animation and simulation.

David Oh, Senior Systems Engineer, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 Keynote Speaker)

It was a wonderful conference in a wonderful environment that not only gave me a chance to present to an excited and engaged audience, but also to provide the opportunity to learn about cutting-edge VR and special effects from a clearly talented group of people!

Vernon Fernandez, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (SIGGRAPH Asia 2017 Exhibitor)

SIGGRAPH Asia - Doorway to Asia's Content & Technologies

Rahul Banerjee, Xentrix Studios Pvt. Ltd. (SIGGRAPH Asia 2017 Exhibitor)

SIGGRAPH Asia has been a great experience overall. This event has great potential in terms of outreach, and it is a great platform for employers to identify the right talent.

Laurel Liu, EF (SIGGRAPH Asia 2016 Exhibitor)

The congregation of talent at SIGGRAPH Asia is definitely worth the trip!