Spotlights


  • Path Tracing

    Emily Whiting on Virtual Conference Planning

    Conferences are an integral part of academia, as they offer an opportunity to learn about the newest advances in our field, expose us to new areas or approaches, and -- perhaps most importantly -- allow us to connect with other researchers. Putting one of these conferences together is always a challenging task, but the COVID-19 pandemic escalated those challenges to new heights. To learn more about the process of planning a conference, particularly in light of a global pandemic, we sat down with Professor Emily Whiting, who has served as one of the General Chairs for both virtual editions of the Symposium on Computational Fabrication (SCF 2020 and SCF 2021).

  • Path Tracing

    Silvia Sellán on Virtual Colloquium Planning

    Colloquia are an integral part of academia, as they offer an opportunity to learn about the newest advances in our field, expose us to new areas or approaches, and -- perhaps most importantly -- allow us to connect with other researchers. It is always challenging to organize an engaging, informative colloquium series, but the COVID-19 pandemic escalated those challenges to new heights. To learn more about the process of planning a colloquium, particularly in light of a global pandemic, we sat down with PhD student Silvia Sellán (UofT), who serves as an organizer for the Toronto Geometry Colloquium.

  • Community Spotlight

    Hayley Iben receives Technical Achievement Award

    Join us for an interview with Hayley Iben, who recently received a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for her work on Pixar's Taz hair simulation system. Congratulations, Hayley!

  • Path Tracing

    Mina Konaković Luković and Stephanie Wang on life as a postdoctoral researcher

    This piece inaugurates a series of Spotlights tracing the many paths a career in computer graphics research can follow (thus the moniker “Path Tracing”). WiGRAPH is kicking off this series with a topic of interest to many PhD students facing a recent or impending graduation: whether to seek a post-doctoral research position. While there is no one-size-fits-all solution, we highlight here the experiences of two young women who have tread this path, MIT Postdoc Mina Konaković Luković and UCSD Postdoc Stephanie Wang, who share a glimpse into their lives as postdocs and their motivations for pursuing this role.

  • Community Spotlight

    Kavita Bala receives Computer Graphics Achievement Award

    WiGRAPH is celebrating our very own Kavita Bala, who received the 2020 Computer Graphics Achievement Award! We got a chance to chat with Kavita about her journey in graphics, and the lessons she's learned that might benefit us all. We invite you to check it out, and join us in extending our heartfelt thanks and congratulations!

  • Community Spotlight

    Duygu Ceylan receives Eurographics Young Researcher Award

    Join us for an interview with Adobe Research's Duygu Ceylan, who recently received the 2020 Eurographics Young Researcher Award for her work in Computer Graphics. Congratulations Duygu!

  • Event

    Berthouzoz Women In Research Lunch

    The Berthouzoz Women in Research Lunch is a networking event for researchers, faculty, and students. This event is named after Floraine Berthouzoz, who started this lunch as an informal gathering. After her passing in 2015, Floraine's mentees and colleagues built upon her efforts to create an event that has been steadily growing in its reach for the past few years, with over 100 participants last year! We will be hosting a panel of women in graphics who will share with us some of their research experience. We would like to note that the event is open to all researchers, regardless of gender.

  • Resource

    Call for Resources!

    As a resource for all Women in Graphics Research, part of our community's mission is to disseminate information about opportunities. If you have an opportunity that you would like to share, please let us know! After each submission has been reviewed and verified, we will share the resources with our community.

  • Resource

    WiGRAPH Launch

    We are so excited to launch this new initiative, to build a community of women researchers in Computer Graphics. Our main goal is to broaden the network of women researchers in Graphics. We believe that we can help increase the number of women pursuing cutting edge research in the field by creating environments where women researchers can interact with each other and seek role models, mentorship, and encouragement.