WiGRAPH: Women in Graphics Research

WiGRAPH的使命是增加从事计算机图形学前沿研究的女性人数，尽管近年来取得了一些进展，但仍然很低。为此，该组织通过wigraph.org网站和社交媒体（如在线论坛）为该领域的妇女创建在线资源。此外，它还在主要的计算机图形学会议期间举办活动，为女性研究人员提供相互交流、寻求榜样、指导和鼓励的环境。2022年的计划是在主要的图形会议上举办三个这样的网络活动：SIGGRAPH， SIGGRAPH ASIA和几何处理研讨会（SGP），并启动一个新的计算机图形学新星项目，其目标是在学生有足够的研究成熟度时提供指导，但仍在决定未来的职业方向。WiGRAPH活动总是围绕着与研究相关的问题，例如分享关于如何选择研究主题，追求研究问题以及如何在行业/学术市场中导航的建议。统计数据是从活动注册和参与者证词中收集的，以帮助生成有关所服务人群的明确人口统计数据，并评估赞助活动的影响。虽然所有的组织工作都是用志愿者的时间完成的，但活动项目的成本很高。由于2019冠状病毒病，2020年和2021年的所有赛事都在网上举行，因此只需要很少的资金，但据估计，2022年的基本项目将花费约49,600美元，如提案中详细描述的那样，组织者希望通过增加参与者数量来增加项目，如果他们能够通过行业赞助筹集到额外的资金。HCC的pd们讨论了这个建议，一致认为这个目标是值得称赞和及时的，计划中的活动可能会产生广泛的影响。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

WiGRAPH’s mission is to increase the number of women pursuing cutting-edge research in computer graphics, which despite some progress in recent years, remains distressingly low. To this end, the group creates online resources for women in the field through the wigraph.org website and social media (e.g., online discussion forums). In addition, it hosts events during the main computer graphics conferences that provide environments where women researchers can interact with one another and seek role models, mentorship, and encouragement. In 2022 the plan is to host three such networking events at the premier graphics conferences: SIGGRAPH, SIGGRAPH ASIA, and the Symposium on Geometry Processing (SGP), and also to launch a new Rising Stars in Computer Graphics program whose goal is to provide mentorship at a time when students have sufficient research maturity, but are still making decisions about future career directions. WiGRAPH activities are always centered around issues relating to research, such as sharing advice about how to pick research topics, pursue research questions, and navigate the industry/academic markets. Statistics are gathered from event registrations and participant testimonials to help generate clear demographic data about the population being served by and to evaluate the impact of sponsored events.Although all the organization work is done with volunteered time, the events program comes at a substantial cost. Due to COVID-19, all 2020 and 2021 events were held online and therefore required only minimal funding, but moving forward it is estimated that the basic program will cost roughly $49,600 for 2022, as described in detail in the proposal, and the organizers hope to augment the program, for example by increasing the number of participants, if they are able to raise additional funds with industry sponsorship. HCC PDs discussed this proposal and agreed that the goals are both laudable and timely, and that the planned activities are likely to have broad impact.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.