What
is LI ACM SIGGRAPH?
LI ACM SIGGRAPH is the Long Island chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH,
an international organization of computer graphics professionals,
students and other interested bystanders. Our members live and/or
work in Nassau and Suffolk Counties on the beautiful fish-shaped
island that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean east of New York City.
Our
purpose is to foster local interest and promote local activities
that fit within the scope of the main ACM SIGGRAPH organization-and
to have a really good excuse to hang out together once a month or
so and talk about stuff other people don't understand. It makes
us feel superior.
OK,
thanks..but what is ACM SIGGRAPH?
Oh,
that. ACM stands for "Association for Computing Machinery."
SIGGRAPH stands for "Special Interest Group in Computer Graphics"...but
really, you don't need to know that, we're not going to test you
or anything.
Their
mission: to boldly go where no man has....oops, sorry.
SIGGRAPH's
mission is to promote the generation, acquisition, dissemination
and exchange of information and opinion on the theory, design, implementation
and application of computer graphics and interactive techniques
to facilitate communication and understanding.
That's
from the main SIGGRAPH website, which has lots of other information
and cool stuff about computer graphics. Here's the link if you want
to visit their
site.
Why
should I join?
(1)
You'll get to see all kinds of interesting animation demos, meet
people in the business, and go to cool places to see their equipment
and the stuff they're working on. Click here to learn about some
of our past events and activities.
(2) You'll get to eat-we serve refreshments at every meeting.
(3) You might be able to write off the dues on your taxes. Check
with your accountant, of course, but it works for most of us. Remember,
December 31st is right around the corner!
Note
of interest: if you were with us at the Acclaim Entertainment tour,
you can use your receipt from that event as a coupon toward your
membership dues. This is a one-time offer that won't be repeated,
so don't miss out!
Come
on, join us. Click here and you'll be on your way to the magical
world of LI
ACM SIGGRAPH membership.
Who's
running this show?
Paul
Lipsky is our president/chairperson/dictator. He's a professor of
communication arts, specializing in computer animation, at New York
Institute of Technology. He also has something like 15 years experience
as a professional 3-D animator and has won some awards for his work.
You can visit his personal website by clicking here.
Truth
is, we humor Paul and let him think he's in charge, but if he gets
annoying, we'll squash him like a bug! Really, everyone contributes
and has a say in what goes on. It's all very communal sometimes
we even sing folk songs together. Just kidding.
What
is the meaning of life?
Well,
we're serving both bagels and donuts at our next meeting. What does
that tell you?
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