The RCDC@SIGGRAPH DEI and Accessibility team aims to make graphics research an inclusive community by launching efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion; they also advocate for increased accessibility of graphics conferences and research products. Goals of the team include the following:
- Identify and address DEI/accessibility issues specific to the graphics research community
- Make SIGGRAPH papers and talks more accessible
- Launch programs to broaden the diversity of SIGGRAPH contributors and attendees
- Amplify work from underrepresented community members
- Track the composition and diversity of the graphics research community
Members of the DEI and Accessibility team are:
- Alex Dahl, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Yue Jiang, Max Planck Institute for Informatics
- Samara Ren, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- Ritesh Sharma, University of California, Merced
- Tuur Stuyck, Facebook Reality Labs