pmh@notecnirp.Princeton.EDU (Pat Hanrahan) (02/24/90)
SIG/BOWL I Tom Porter and I are hosting a "Special Session" at Siggraph 1990: Siggraph College Bowl. We are proposing a contest to challenge "true blue" computer graphicists by probing the true depths of their knowledge about the history of computergraphics research and the conference itself. Nick England, Jim Blinn and Rob Pike have agreed to assist as Masters of Ceremonies and Ultimate Authorities. The format will be loosely based on College Bowl, with some touches from Jeopardy and MTV's Remote Control. We are also in negotiation with Vanna White. Over the course of 90 minutes, there will be four 15-minute games. The first three games will be playoffs among three teams at a time; the winning team from each playoff will survive to the final championship game. Each team will be made up of three or four individuals, representing a university or company. The winners receive a listing of the coordinates of the teapot in a form that can be typed into a computer. Each 15-minute match will consist of toss-up questions and bonus questions. Participants should be expected to associate quotes from important Siggraph papers with their authors and to recognize rendered images and film show animations of past years. Some questions will probe more trivial matters about events, trends and personalities of past conferences. An example question might be, "A method is described which models the interaction of light between diffuse surfaces" Who wrote this? Or, the following picture may be shown, "Curved road with jagged mountains and a fake rainbow" What is the title of the picture? We are now soliciting teams. This is your chance to make it onto center stage and demonstrate your superior knowledge. Students, hackers, programmers, managers and even professors, but not sales or marketing types, are eligible as team members. If you are interested in forming a team, respond to hanrahan@princeton.edu and I will send you a packet of information about the event. If you do form a team, we will need to hear from you by April 15th. We expect to pick teams by May 1st.
tom@pixar.UUCP (Tom Porter) (03/10/90)
[This is a reposting of a previous message that had only limited distribution] Pat Hanrahan and I are hosting a "Special Session" at Siggraph 1990: Siggraph College Bowl. We are proposing a contest to challenge "true blue" computer graphicists by probing the true depths of their knowledge about the history of computer graphics research and the conference itself. Nick England, Jim Blinn and Rob Pike have agreed to assist as Masters of Ceremonies and Ultimate Authorities. The format will be loosely based on College Bowl, with some touches from Jeopardy and MTV's Remote Control. We are also in negotiation with Vanna White. Over the course of 90 minutes, there will be four 15-minute games. The first three games will be playoffs among three teams at a time; the winning team from each playoff will survive to the final championship game. Each team will be made up of three or four individuals, representing a university or company. The winners receive a listing of the coordinates of the teapot in a form that can be typed into a computer. Each 15-minute match will consist of toss-up questions and bonus questions. Participants should be expected to associate quotes from important Siggraph papers with their authors and to recognize rendered images and film show animations of past years. Some questions will probe more trivial matters about events, trends and personalities of past conferences. An example question might be, "A method is described which models the interaction of light between diffuse surfaces" Who wrote this? Or, the following picture may be shown, "Curved road with jagged mountains and a fake rainbow" What is the title of the picture? We are now soliciting teams. This is your chance to make it onto center stage and demonstrate your superior knowledge. Students, hackers, programmers, managers and even professors, but not sales or marketing types, are eligible as team members. If you are interested in forming a team, respond to hanrahan@princeton.edu and he will send you a packet of information about the event. If you do form a team, we will need to hear about it by the end of April.