SIGGRAPH
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SIGGRAPH is the name of the annual conference
on computer graphics
(CG) convened by the ACM
SIGGRAPH
organization. The first SIGGRAPH conference was in 1974. The conference is attended by tens of thousands of computer professionals. Past SIGGRAPH conferences have been held in Los Angeles
, Dallas, New Orleans, Boston
and elsewhere across the United States
.
Dozens of research papers are presented each year, and SIGGRAPH is widely considered the most prestigious forum for the publication of computer graphics research. The recent paper acceptance rate for SIGGRAPH has been less than 20%. The papers accepted for presentation at SIGGRAPH are currently printed in a special issue of the ACM Transactions on Graphics
journal. Prior to 2002, SIGGRAPH papers were printed in the SIGGRAPH Conference Proceedings series of publications.
In addition to the papers, there are numerous panels of industry experts set up to discuss a wide variety of topics, from computer graphics to machine interactivity to education. SIGGRAPH also offers many full- and half-day courses in state-of-the-art computer graphics topics, as well as shorter "sketch" presentations where artists and researchers discuss their latest work.
In 1984, under LucasFilm Computer Group, John Lassiter's first computer animated short, The Adventures of André & Wally B., premiered at SIGGRAPH. Pixar's first computer animated short, Luxo, Jr. debuted in 1986. Pixar has debuted numerous shorts at the conference since.
, Japan
in the period from 16 December to 19 December 2009 at Pacifico Yokohama
; and the third one is held in Seoul
, Korea
in the time period from 15 December to 18 December 2010 at Coex Convention & Exhibition Center Seoul. The fourth conference is going to be held in Hong Kong
.
Meeting
In a meeting, two or more people come together to discuss one or more topics, often in a formal setting.- Definitions :An act or process of coming together as an assembly for a common purpose....
on computer graphics
Computer graphics
Computer graphics are graphics created using computers and, more generally, the representation and manipulation of image data by a computer with help from specialized software and hardware....
(CG) convened by the ACM
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
SIGGRAPH
ACM SIGGRAPH
ACM SIGGRAPH is the New York–based Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques. It was founded in 1969 by Andy van Dam ....
organization. The first SIGGRAPH conference was in 1974. The conference is attended by tens of thousands of computer professionals. Past SIGGRAPH conferences have been held in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, Dallas, New Orleans, Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
and elsewhere across the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Overview
Some highlights of the conference are its Animation Theater and Electronic Theater presentations, where recently created CG films are played. There is a large exhibition floor, where several hundred companies set up elaborate booths and compete for attention and recruits. Most of the companies are in the engineering, graphics, motion picture, or video game industries. There are also many booths for schools which specialize in computer graphics or interactivity.Dozens of research papers are presented each year, and SIGGRAPH is widely considered the most prestigious forum for the publication of computer graphics research. The recent paper acceptance rate for SIGGRAPH has been less than 20%. The papers accepted for presentation at SIGGRAPH are currently printed in a special issue of the ACM Transactions on Graphics
ACM Transactions on Graphics
ACM Transactions on Graphics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that aims to disseminate the latest findings of note in the field of computer graphics. It has been published since 1982 by the Association for Computing Machinery...
journal. Prior to 2002, SIGGRAPH papers were printed in the SIGGRAPH Conference Proceedings series of publications.
In addition to the papers, there are numerous panels of industry experts set up to discuss a wide variety of topics, from computer graphics to machine interactivity to education. SIGGRAPH also offers many full- and half-day courses in state-of-the-art computer graphics topics, as well as shorter "sketch" presentations where artists and researchers discuss their latest work.
In 1984, under LucasFilm Computer Group, John Lassiter's first computer animated short, The Adventures of André & Wally B., premiered at SIGGRAPH. Pixar's first computer animated short, Luxo, Jr. debuted in 1986. Pixar has debuted numerous shorts at the conference since.
SIGGRAPH Asia
Since 2008, a second yearly SIGGRAPH conference has been held in Asia. The first SIGGRAPH Asia conference was held in Singapore from the tenth to the thirteenth of December 2008 at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre; the second one is held in YokohamaYokohama
is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
in the period from 16 December to 19 December 2009 at Pacifico Yokohama
Pacifico Yokohama
Pacifico Yokohama is a convention center in Japan located in the western region of Minato Mirai Nishi-ku Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture....
; and the third one is held in Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
, Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
in the time period from 15 December to 18 December 2010 at Coex Convention & Exhibition Center Seoul. The fourth conference is going to be held in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
.
| Year | Location | Links | Date |
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| 2011 | HKCEC, Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour... |
Website | 12-15 Dec |
| 2010 | Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... , Korea Korea Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the... |
Website | 15-18 Dec |
| 2009 | Yokohama Yokohama is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
Website Papers | 16–19 Dec |
| 2008 | Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... |
Website Papers | 10–13 Dec |
Specific SIGGRAPH Conferences
| Year | Location | Links | Date | Attendees | Exhibitors | Notes |
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| 2012 | Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... |
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| 2011 | Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,... |
website, papers | Aug 7–11 | 15,872 | 156 | |
| 2010 | Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... |
website, papers | Jul 25–29 | 22,549 | 160 | |
| 2009 | New Orleans | website, papers | Aug 3–7 | 11,000 | 140 | |
| 2008 | Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... |
website, papers | Aug 11–15 | 28,432 | 230+ | |
| 2007 | San Diego | website, papers | Aug 5–9 | 24,043 | 230+ | |
| 2006 | Boston Boston Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had... |
website, papers | Jul 30 - Aug 3 | 19,764 | 230+ | |
| 2005 | Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... |
website, papers | Jul 31 - Aug 4 | 29,122 | 250 | |
| 2004 | Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... |
website, papers | 27,825 | 229 | ||
| 2003 | San Diego | website, papers | 24,332 | 240 | ||
| 2002 | San Antonio | website, papers | 17,274 | 225 | ||
| 2001 | Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... |
website, papers | 34,024 | 303 | The best animations from the 2001 conference are archived at the Internet Archive. | |
| 2000 | New Orleans | website | 25,986 | 316 | ||
| 1999 | Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... |
website | 42,690 | 337 | ||
| 1998 | Orlando Orlando, Florida Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States... |
website | 32,210 | 327 | ||
| 1997 | Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... |
website | 48,700 | 359 | ||
| 1996 | New Orleans | website | 28,500 | 321 | ||
| 1995 | Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... |
website | 40,100 | 297 | Source : CG101: A Computer Graphics Industry Reference. 2nd Edition For 2007 . Terrence Masson Terrence Masson Terrence Masson is an independent Producer and Director of the Creative Industries program at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He was both the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival Chair and 2010 Conference Chair... . Digital Fauxtography Inc. |
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| 1994 | Orlando Orlando, Florida Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States... |
25,000 | 269 | Source : Terrence Masson Terrence Masson Terrence Masson is an independent Producer and Director of the Creative Industries program at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He was both the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival Chair and 2010 Conference Chair... - ibid |
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| 1993 | Anaheim | 27,000 | 285 | Source : Terrence Masson Terrence Masson Terrence Masson is an independent Producer and Director of the Creative Industries program at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He was both the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival Chair and 2010 Conference Chair... - ibid |
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| 1992 | Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles... |
34,148 | 253 | Source : Terrence Masson Terrence Masson Terrence Masson is an independent Producer and Director of the Creative Industries program at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He was both the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival Chair and 2010 Conference Chair... - ibid |
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| 1991 | Las Vegas Las Vegas Strip The Las Vegas Strip is an approximately stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada; adjacent to, but outside the city limits of Las Vegas proper. The Strip lies within the unincorporated townships of Paradise and Winchester... |
Jul 28 - Aug 2 | 23,100 | 282 | Source : Terrence Masson Terrence Masson Terrence Masson is an independent Producer and Director of the Creative Industries program at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He was both the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival Chair and 2010 Conference Chair... - ibid |
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| 1990 | Dallas | 24,684 | 248 | Source : Terrence Masson Terrence Masson Terrence Masson is an independent Producer and Director of the Creative Industries program at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He was both the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival Chair and 2010 Conference Chair... - ibid |
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| 1989 | Boston Boston Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had... |
27,000 | 238 | Source : Terrence Masson Terrence Masson Terrence Masson is an independent Producer and Director of the Creative Industries program at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He was both the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival Chair and 2010 Conference Chair... - ibid |
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| 1988 | Atlanta | 19,000 | 249 | Source : Terrence Masson Terrence Masson Terrence Masson is an independent Producer and Director of the Creative Industries program at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He was both the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival Chair and 2010 Conference Chair... - ibid |
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| 1987 | Anaheim | 30,541 | 274 | Source : Terrence Masson Terrence Masson Terrence Masson is an independent Producer and Director of the Creative Industries program at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He was both the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival Chair and 2010 Conference Chair... - ibid |
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| 1986 | Dallas | 22,000 | 253 | Source : Terrence Masson Terrence Masson Terrence Masson is an independent Producer and Director of the Creative Industries program at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He was both the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival Chair and 2010 Conference Chair... - ibid |
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| 1985 | San Francisco | 27,000 | 254 | Source : Terrence Masson Terrence Masson Terrence Masson is an independent Producer and Director of the Creative Industries program at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He was both the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival Chair and 2010 Conference Chair... - ibid |
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| 1984 | Minneapolis | 20,390 | 218 | Source : Terrence Masson Terrence Masson Terrence Masson is an independent Producer and Director of the Creative Industries program at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He was both the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival Chair and 2010 Conference Chair... - ibid |
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| 1983 | Detroit | 14,000 | 195 | Source : Terrence Masson Terrence Masson Terrence Masson is an independent Producer and Director of the Creative Industries program at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He was both the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival Chair and 2010 Conference Chair... - ibid |
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| 1982 | Boston Boston Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had... |
17,000 | 172 | Source : Terrence Masson Terrence Masson Terrence Masson is an independent Producer and Director of the Creative Industries program at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He was both the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival Chair and 2010 Conference Chair... - ibid |
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| 1981 | Dallas | 14,000 | 124 | Source : Terrence Masson Terrence Masson Terrence Masson is an independent Producer and Director of the Creative Industries program at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He was both the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival Chair and 2010 Conference Chair... - ibid |
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| 1980 | Seattle | 7,500 | 80 | Source : Terrence Masson Terrence Masson Terrence Masson is an independent Producer and Director of the Creative Industries program at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He was both the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival Chair and 2010 Conference Chair... - ibid |
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| 1979 | Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles... |
3000 | 79 | Source : Terrence Masson Terrence Masson Terrence Masson is an independent Producer and Director of the Creative Industries program at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He was both the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival Chair and 2010 Conference Chair... - ibid |
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| 1978 | Atlanta | 1,500 | 44 | Source : Terrence Masson Terrence Masson Terrence Masson is an independent Producer and Director of the Creative Industries program at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He was both the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival Chair and 2010 Conference Chair... - ibid |
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| 1977 | San Jose San Jose, California San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay... |
750 | 38 | Source : Terrence Masson Terrence Masson Terrence Masson is an independent Producer and Director of the Creative Industries program at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He was both the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival Chair and 2010 Conference Chair... - ibid |
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| 1976 | Philadelphia | 300 | 10 | Source : Terrence Masson Terrence Masson Terrence Masson is an independent Producer and Director of the Creative Industries program at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He was both the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival Chair and 2010 Conference Chair... - ibid |
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| 1975 | Bowling Green Bowling Green, Ohio Bowling Green is the county seat of Wood County in the U.S. state of Ohio. At the time of the 2010 census, the population of Bowling Green was 30,028. It is part of the Toledo, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bowling Green is the home of Bowling Green State University... |
300 | Source : Terrence Masson Terrence Masson Terrence Masson is an independent Producer and Director of the Creative Industries program at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He was both the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival Chair and 2010 Conference Chair... - ibid |
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| 1974 | Boulder Boulder, Colorado Boulder is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County and the 11th most populous city in the U.S. state of Colorado. Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of... |
600 | Source : Terrence Masson Terrence Masson Terrence Masson is an independent Producer and Director of the Creative Industries program at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He was both the ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival Chair and 2010 Conference Chair... - ibid |
See also
- Association for Computing MachineryAssociation for Computing MachineryThe Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
- ACM SIGGRAPHACM SIGGRAPHACM SIGGRAPH is the New York–based Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques. It was founded in 1969 by Andy van Dam ....
- ACM Transactions on GraphicsACM Transactions on GraphicsACM Transactions on Graphics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that aims to disseminate the latest findings of note in the field of computer graphics. It has been published since 1982 by the Association for Computing Machinery...
- Computer GraphicsComputer Graphics (Publication)Computer Graphics is a publication of ACM SIGGRAPH. It has published the yearly proceedings of the annual SIGGRAPH conferences, as well as a variety of papers on a quarterly basis. Since 2003, all printed materials from the annual conference are included in an issue of ACM Transactions on Graphics ....
, a publication of ACM SIGGRAPH - The list of computer science conferences contains other academic conferences in computer science.
External links
- ACM SIGGRAPH website
- French Chapter, Paris ACM SIGGRAPH
- Sydney ACM SIGGRAPH
- Website which offer links to Siggraph Papers and Projects etc.
- SIGGRAPH 2009 Important Dates (Submission Deadlines)
- SIGGRAPH Asia 2008 website
- SIGGRAPH 2007 Live reporting from San Diego - tips, shuttle info, daily reporting