Courses

SIGGRAPH 2022 will gather in person in Vancouver and virtually. We look forward to celebrating 49 years of advancements in computer graphics and interactive techniques. We are excited you are submitting your work for consideration.

Log into the submission portal, select the “Make a New Submission” tab, select ”General Submissions,” and then select “Courses” under “Presentation Formats.” To see the information you need to submit, view the sample submission form.

In particular, please be aware of these fields:

• Title. To help participants attend the right course, please accurately title your course. A presentation that is 90% about Topic One and 10% about Topic Two should not have a title that implies Topic Two is the main subject, regardless of if Topic Two is the more exciting, current, or otherwise appealing subject.
• A presentation format. To propose a course, please select “Course” as your presentation format. This selection will activate Courses-specific questions in the form. Please see below for more about required information and materials for this presentation format. If you propose a course in both short (1 hour) and long (3 hours) formats, please clarify the differences between each format.
• One “representative image” suitable for use on the conference website and in promotional materials. Follow the Representative Image Guidelines.
• Information on the intended audience, prerequisites, and level of difficulty. Please choose the level of difficulty appropriately. Your choice will not directly affect the perceived value of the course. You must indicate introductory, intermediate, or advanced.
• Short biographies (100 words) for each of your instructors. At most, a Course should consist of one to four instructors. We recommend one instructor for a Short Course (1 hour) and two instructors for a Long Course (3 hours).
• Sample of course notes. Submit a 5-10 page sample of course notes. The notes should be clear and concise and should demonstrate the expected quality of the learning materials you will make available during and after the conference. As a guide, here are a few examples of past course notes:
  • Course Notes Example 1
  • Course Notes Example 2

When preparing your course notes, you may wish to consult SIGGRAPH’s Publication Instructions.

• A list of potential submission categories and keywords is provided to ensure your submission is reviewed and juried appropriately. Please select the categories and keywords carefully.

Optional: You also may provide examples of other materials, demonstrations, or exercises that support the Courses topics.

For additional submission information or information about uploading files, see Submissions FAQ.

Courses can fulfill many educational roles, such as:

• Introducing a core graphics area, suitable for someone with little background in that area. A course of this kind can cover various topics and can range in level from introductory to advanced. The jury evaluates these proposals based on the belief that the course will guide attendees through the material in a coherent and comprehensible way.
• Introducing a topic related to graphics but not considered “core” graphics. The jury evaluates these proposals based on the expected benefit of the knowledge to a typical SIGGRAPH participant.
• Consolidating a new and emerging research trend. The jury evaluates these proposals based on their potential to facilitate knowledge transfer for practical applications and guide new researchers in the area. The jury also is hoping to see courses that distill contemporary research into a coherent narrative, as opposed to courses that merely recapitulate a sequence of recent research talks.

Well-attended, strong courses may be re-submitted in subsequent years. Recently taught courses must provide justification for why the course should be repeated. If you are proposing revisiting an older course, you should explain why the material should be revisited and what new advances will be covered. Introductory courses have the potential to be repeated more frequently than advanced ones, as the potential audience is larger.

The success of a Courses proposal is not directly tied to its declared level of difficulty. The conference benefits from a broad spectrum of courses at all levels, including well-designed introductory courses. Please choose the most appropriate difficulty level for a course based on the complexity of the ideas presented and the depth of its prerequisites.

If you have multiple speakers, please take a moment to consider whether you prefer to submit your proposal as a SIGGRAPH Panel or SIGGRAPH Course. It’s your choice, but if you are presenting different perspectives about a topic without a cohesive structure and clear learning objectives, consider a SIGGRAPH Panel submission.

Some reasons courses are rejected:

• Sample course notes fail to communicate key ideas clearly and informatively.
• The submission does not make it sufficiently clear what the theme of the course is or provide details about what specific topics will be presented or how the allotted time will be used.
• Materials are too narrowly focused or advance an agenda. A course should provide a comprehensive overview and not just focus, for instance, on the presenter’s own techniques or methods used in a particular company.
• Previous courses have sufficiently covered the area, or the jury feels the topic is too narrow to attract sufficient attendance at SIGGRAPH.
• Too many high-quality courses were submitted, and the jury could only select a subset.

Concept

How exceptional are the ideas, problems, solutions, aesthetics, etc., presented in this submission? How coherently does the submission convey its overall concept? Is the concept similar to existing ones, or does it stand out? This criterion is particularly applicable to submissions that put together existing technologies into a single Courses proposal (for example, demos, animations, or art pieces). Submissions of this type, where the individual technologies are not necessarily new but their combination is, are evaluated on both the final product and how well-proposed technologies integrate to meet the desired goals. Many submissions in this area are rejected because they do what existing systems do, and they do not demonstrate that the proposed approach will produce a superior course.

Novelty

How new and fresh is this work? Is it a new, groundbreaking approach to an old problem, or is it an existing approach with a slightly new twist? A course that offers a novel, different approach to a topic will be well regarded by the jury.

Interest

Will conference participants want to attend this course? Will it inspire them? Does it appeal to a broad audience? This is partly a measure of how broad the potential audience is and the overall clarity and novelty of the proposal. If the proposal is a repeat of a past course, evidence of past interest can be useful in evaluation.

Quality, Craft, and Completeness

This is a measure of the Courses proposal’s quality of expression, clarity of thinking, and the completeness and lucidity of the explanation of the nature of the course and its intentions. The submission information, sample course notes, and slides must provide a clear sense that the final course materials will be well-written, well-designed, and well-presented.

Non-Disclosure Agreements

SIGGRAPH reviewers cannot sign non-disclosure agreements for submissions. For information on patents and confidentiality, see the Submissions FAQ.

You will be notified of acceptance or rejection around Early May 2022.

After acceptance, the submission portal will allow you to update basic information about your work and upload any final materials for inclusion in the conference program and website. This information needs to be finalized two weeks after acceptance. Final materials can include source code, notes and slides, hardware instructions and requirements, and other material that will help participants apply their new knowledge.

In-Person Presentation

If your course is accepted for the in-person conference, you must:

• Update your submission information, including the final contributors names, affiliation, and emails (unique emails per contributor are required).
• Replace your sample course notes with your final complete notes using the submission portal by 6 June 2022. Course notes are a requirement in order to present during SIGGRAPH 2022.
• Coordinate details with your Courses contributors.
• Attend and present your work (either a Short Course, one-hour or Long Course, three hours based on your acceptance) on-site at SIGGRAPH 2022 in Vancouver.

Virtual Presentation

If your course is accepted for the virtual conference, you must:

• Update your submission information, including the final contributors names, affiliation, and emails (unique emails per contributor are required).
• Provide a pre-recorded video (either a Short Course, one-hour or Long Course, three hours based on your acceptance) of your presentation by 24 June 2022. A separate closed captioning VTT or SRT file will be required. Further details and instructions regarding the video specs will be provided upon acceptance. (Final accepted pre-recorded video presentations will be published in the ACM Digital Library.)
• Replace your sample course notes with your final complete notes using the submission portal by 6 June 2022.
• Option to connect with attendees during the on-demand weeks to answer questions via an informal Zoom session.

Presenter Recognition

A select number of Courses will be presented virtually. If a course is accepted into the virtual conference, the contributors are required to register for the virtual event.

A limited number of Courses will be presented in person at SIGGRAPH 2022. If you are presenting your work in person at SIGGRAPH 2022, the contributors are required to register at the appropriate registration level for Courses.

You can find a link to the contributor recognition policy here.

ACM Rights Management Form

If your work is accepted for presentation at SIGGRAPH 2022, you must complete the ACM Rights Management Form. The form will be sent to all submitters whose work is accepted.

22 February 2022, 22:00 UTC/GMT
Submission deadline

Early May 2022
Acceptance or rejection notices are sent to all submitters.

13 May 2022
Deadline to make any changes to materials (i.e., approved title changes, contributors names, descriptions) for publication on the website.

6 June 2022
Course notes are due.

Please note: Course notes are a requirement in order for you to present during SIGGRAPH 2022. Do not submit a proposal if you cannot commit to providing complete, high-quality course notes by this date.

24 June 2022
Deadline for pre-recorded video submission (including a separate closed caption file) required for those Courses that will present virtually. Please note the deadline has been extended to 24 June.

24 July 2022
Official publication date.

8–11 August 2022
SIGGRAPH 2022