Shape Modeling International (SMI) 2024 awards interviews with SMI’2024 award winners

The Shape Modeling International awards (SMI awards) were introduced to commemorate the passing of SMI founder, Professor Kunii. Since 2021, the SMI awards recognize exceptional contributors to Shape Modeling. Currently, there are three awards: the Tosiyasu Kunii Distinguished Researcher, the Young...

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Published inComputers & graphics Vol. 123; p. 104021
Main Authors Falcidieno, Bianca, Wyvill, Brian, Akleman, Ergun, Peters, Jorg
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2024
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Summary:The Shape Modeling International awards (SMI awards) were introduced to commemorate the passing of SMI founder, Professor Kunii. Since 2021, the SMI awards recognize exceptional contributors to Shape Modeling. Currently, there are three awards: the Tosiyasu Kunii Distinguished Researcher, the Young Investigator, and the Alexander Pasko Service Award. The 2024 Distinguished Researcher awardees are Gershon Elber and Stefanie Hahmann. The 2024 Young Investigators are Gianmarco Cherchi and Amal Dev Parakkat. The 2024 Service Awardee is Ergun Akleman. This article provides interviews with the five SMI 2024 award winners. [Display omitted] •We present interviews with Shape Modeling International (SMI) 2024 award winners.•We provided an overview of history of SMI conference.•For each award winner, we provided a bio and interview.•We also cited their papers published in proceedings of Shape Modeling International and Computers & Graphics to demonstrate their contributions to SMI community.•We provided also rare pictures from SMI conferences.
ISSN:0097-8493
DOI:10.1016/j.cag.2024.104021