1 Advance Program N O L O G H Y C E T I N S P I R A T I O N N I N I O N O V A T The 41st International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Table of Contents s2014.siggraph.org Table of Contents 2 3 Conference at a Glance 27 Real-Time Live! 4 Reasons to Attend 28 Studio 5 Conference Overview 32 Talks 7 Conference Schedule 37 Technical Papers 10 Art Gallery: Acting in Translation 50 Exhibitor Tech Talks 12 Art Papers 51 Exhibitor List (as of 6 June) 13 Computer Animation Festival 52 Job Fair Participants (as of 6 June) 14 Courses (See Studio for more Courses.) 53 General Information 18 Emerging Technologies 54 Registration Fee Information 20 Panels 55 Conference Committee 22 Production Sessions 56 Co-Located Events Cover images left to right: 1. Mesh Denoising via L0 Minimization © 2013 Lei He & Scott Schaefer, Texas A&M University. 2. ORU BURUS © 2013 Supinfocom Valenciennes, Autour de Minuit. 3. Weighted Averages on Surfaces Using Phong Projection © 2013 Daniele Panozzo, ETH Zürich. 4. not over © 2013 Toru Hayai, Taiyo Kikaku co., ltd. 5. The Octopus and the Geisha © 2013 Edward Dawson-Taylor, EDJFX. 6. Realtime Facial Animation with On-the-fly Correctives © 2013 Hao Li, University of Southern California, Industrial Light & Magic. Table of Contents s2014.siggraph.org Conference at a Glance 3 Conference Registration Categories Schedule subject to change. F Full Conference Access S Select Conference Access E+ Exhibits Plus Ex Exhibitors 10 August 11 August 12 August 13 August 14 August Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Registration/Merchandise Pickup Center 8:30 am - 6 pm 8:30 am - 6 pm 8:30 am - 6 pm 8:30 am - 6 pm 8:30 am - 3:30 pm SIGGRAPH Boutique FS ACM SIGGRAPH Award Talks 2 - 3:30 pm FSE+Ex ACM Student Research Competition 2 - 3:30 pm Final Presentation FSE+Ex Appy Hour 5:30 - 7:30 pm FSE+Ex Art Gallery noon - 5:30 pm 9 am - 5:30 pm 9 am - 5:30 pm 9 am - 5:30 pm 9 am - 1 pm FS Art Papers 9 am - 12:30 pm FSE+Ex Birds of a Feather All week FS Computer Animation Festival 6:30 - 8:45 pm 6:30 - 8:45 pm Electronic Theater FS Computer Animation Festival 9 am - 5:30 pm 9 am - 5:30 pm 9 am - 5:30 pm Daytime Selects FS Computer Animation Festival 8 - 10 pm “How to Train Your Dragon 2” Screening F Courses 9 am - 5:15 pm 9 am - 5:15 pm 9 am - 5:15 pm 9 am - 5:15 pm 9 am - 5:15 pm FS Dailies 6 - 8 pm FSE+Ex Emerging Technologies noon - 5:30 pm 9 am - 5:30 pm 9 am - 5:30 pm 9 am - 5:30 pm 9 am - 1 pm FSE+Ex Exhibition 9:30 am - 6 pm 9:30 am - 6 pm 9:30 am - 3:30 pm FSE+Ex Exhibitor Tech Talks 9:30 am - 6 pm 9:30 am - 6 pm 9:30 am - 3:30 pm FSE+Ex Exhibits Fast Forward 3:45 - 5:15 pm FSE+Ex Film and Games Concept Art Lounge noon - 5:30 pm noon - 5:30 pm 9 am - 5:30 pm 9 am - 5:30 pm 9 am - 1 pm FSE+Ex International Resources 9 am - 6 pm 9 am - 6 pm 9 am - 6 pm 9 am - 6 pm 9 am - 3:30 pm FSE+Ex Job Fair 9:30 am - 6 pm 9:30 am - 6 pm 9:30 am - 3:30 pm FSE+Ex Keynote Sessions 11 am - 12:45 pm* 11 am - 12:15 pm F Panels 9 - 10:30 am 9 - 10:30 am 9 - 10:30 am 10:45 am - 12:15 pm 3:45 - 5:15 pm 2 - 3:30 pm 2 - 3:30 pm 2 - 3:30 pm FSE+Ex Posters noon - 5:30 pm 9 am - 5:30 pm 9 am - 5:30 pm 9 am - 5:30 pm 9 am - 5:30 pm FSE+Ex Poster Sessions 12:15 - 1:15 pm 12:15 - 1:15 pm FS Production Sessions 9 - 10:30 am 9 am - 5:15 pm 9 am - 5:15 pm 9 am - 12:15 pm 2 - 5:15 pm 3:45 - 5:15 pm FS Real-Time Live! 5:30 - 7:15 pm F Reception 8 - 10 pm FSE+Ex Studio noon - 5:30 pm 9 am - 5:30 pm 9 am - 5:30 pm 9 am - 5:30 pm 9 am - 1 pm F Talks 10:45 am - 5:15 pm 9 - 10:30 am 9 am - 3:30 pm 9 am - 12:15 pm 9 am - 12:15 pm 2 - 5:15 pm 3:45 - 5:15 pm 3:45 - 5:15 pm F Technical Papers 9 - 10:30 am 9 am - 5:15 pm 9 am - 5:15 pm 9 am - 5:15 pm 3:45 - 5:15 pm FSE+ Technical Papers Fast Forward 6 - 8 pm *Includes ACM SIGGRAPH Award Presentation Table of Contents s2014.siggraph.org Reasons to Attend 4 Why SIGGRAPH? Why spend five or six days away from the office, away from home, when you can improve your skills in your spare time on the web? If you’re hearing those questions from your employer, or from friends and family, here are a few answers, plus some real quotes from recent SIGGRAPH attendee surveys: Learning At SIGGRAPH 2014, you will learn more in five days than you could at any other conference, or any combination of conferences, anywhere in the world. “It’s the best way And you’ll learn from the world’s leading experts in computer graphics and interactive techniques. to learn things people never tell Inspiration you at school.” With direct, real-time access to the latest theories, the coolest technologies, and the wisdom of thousands of colleagues and collaborators, you will return from SIGGRAPH 2014 creatively rejuvenated. This is your chance to get out of the office, away from your daily routine, and out from under your email and meet the best minds in the industry. Expertise From the Exhibition to the Production Sessions and from Technical Papers to Courses, when people are developing new ideas and emerging technologies, they present them at SIGGRAPH. “It’s invaluable – you will reference the talks you Engagement see to your colleagues in Interactive is so important to us that it’s part of our name. At SIGGRAPH 2014, production scenarios for you’ll see, hear, and touch real-time demos by the most technically advanced the next few years.” minds in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Exclusive With its breadth of programs and events, only SIGGRAPH 2014 allows you to produce a conference experience that’s exclusively yours. The balance of “Its like being a fly technical presentations with artistic and creative demonstrations is what really on the wall at a makes SIGGRAPH stand out. major studio’s creative meeting.” Community Connect with people from everywhere in the world who share your joy in the power of art and science. Interact with artists, researchers, educators, animators, new-comers, and pioneers in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Table of Contents s2014.siggraph.org Conference Overview 5 SIGGRAPH 2014, the world’s premier conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques. Vancouver, one of the most beautiful and cosmopolitan cities in the world. And you, and your international colleagues, collaborators, and friends. Make your plans now to join us in August. Conference Registration Categories One-Day Registration F Full Conference Access One-Day registration includes one day admission to all conference programs and events and the S Select Conference Access Exhibition (Tuesday-Thursday). Does not include the SIGGRAPH 2014 Reception ticket. E+ Exhibits Plus Ex Exhibitors Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime FIRST-TIMER FS ACM SIGGRAPH Awards Achievement in Digital Art F Presentations Awarded annually to an artist who has created a substantial and important body of work that Reception (Immediately preceding the Keynote Session) significantly advances aesthetic content in the field Monday, 11 August, 8-10 pm of digital art. West Building, Exhibit Hall A ACM SIGGRAPH 2014 Award Recipients Outstanding Service Award Computer Graphics Achievement The international SIGGRAPH This award is given annually to recognize community’s highest-energy, best- Award outstanding service to ACM SIGGRAPH by a attended social event of the year. Thomas Funkhouser volunteer over a significant period of time. Drink a toast to your colleagues’ Princeton University achievements, and your own. Share FSE+Ex a convivial evening with people you Significant New Researcher Award ACM Student Research haven’t seen since SIGGRAPH 2013. Noah Snavely Competition And meet the people you need to Cornell University know for another year of professional Fifteen student posters are selected for judging success and adventure. Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime at SIGGRAPH 2014. The panel of distinguished Achievement in Digital Art judges selects five semi-finalists, who present their work to the judges. Three winners present Harold Cohen their posters to SIGGRAPH 2014 attendees. During the Monday-evening reception, University of California, San Diego attendees enjoy snacks, desserts, and refreshing beverages while exploring Outstanding Service Award FIRST-TIMER GAMES MOBILE the Art Gallery, Studio, and Emerging Scott Lang FSE+Ex Technologies exhibits. Bergen County Academies Appy Hour FS Get acquainted with the next generation of ACM SIGGRAPH Award Talks mobile applications and their creators at Appy Hour: Light snacks, liquid refreshments, and demos by developers of interactive, animated, Computer Graphics Achievement Award location-based, visualization, and game apps.