Graphics x Science: Graphics for Cross-Scale Reliable Scientific Instruments

Overview

The intersection of computer graphics and science is an exciting and rapidly growing area of research. We warmly invite submissions from the community, with junior researchers particularly encouraged to participate.

All accepted work will be presented in a poster format. Outstanding submissions will be recognized with Best Paper Awards, including a cash prize.

Don’t wait—see the details below and submit your work!

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What We're Looking For

If your graphics research has a science story—or your science needs graphics tools—this is the venue. We are interested in work where core graphics techniques meet real scientific problems. For example:

• Your differentiable renderer turned out to solve a tomography or phase-retrieval problem
• Your physics simulator (MPM, FEM, SPH, ...) now models real tissue, cells, or materials—not just VFX
• Your mesh processing or geometric reconstruction pipeline recovers molecular surfaces from cryo-EM density maps
• Your neural scene representation captures real lab experiments or scientific imaging data instead of synthetic scenes
• Your generative model designs novel molecules, proteins, or metamaterials with physically valid structures
• Your visualization system lets domain scientists interactively explore simulation outputs or experimental datasets at scale
• Your inverse-design or fabrication pipeline optimizes structures for real-world scientific instruments or experiments

We welcome work across scientific domains—structural biology, materials science, medical imaging, fluid mechanics, climate science, drug discovery, and beyond—as long as the contribution involves graphics methods or could benefit the graphics community.

Submission Guidelines

Submission Tracks

We support two submission formats:

• Extended Abstract (2 pages) — A concise summary of completed or ongoing work, preliminary results, or position statements. Extended abstracts are ideal for early-stage research, system demonstrations, and work-in-progress. The 2-page limit excludes references.
• Full Paper (no page limit) — A complete description of original research with thorough evaluation. Full papers should present mature, well-validated contributions. There is no upper page limit; authors should use as many pages as needed to clearly present their work. References do not count toward any page limit.

Formatting Requirements

All submissions must use the ACM SIGGRAPH template. Specifically:

• Use the ACM SIGGRAPH author guidelines and template
• Submissions should be in PDF format
• Supplementary material (e.g., videos, code, data) may be uploaded as a single ZIP file (maximum 100 MB)
• Total main PDF file size must not exceed 50 MB

Submission System

All submissions must be made through the official SIGGRAPH Linklings submission portal. Authors will need to create an account if they do not already have one.

Anonymity

All submissions will undergo single-blind review. Author names and affiliations should be included in the submission. Reviewers will not be anonymous to the organizers but will remain anonymous to the authors.

Presentation & Awards

Poster Session

All accepted papers (both extended abstracts and full papers) will be presented as posters during a dedicated poster session at the workshop. Authors are expected to prepare a poster and be available to discuss their work with attendees.

Lightning Talks

A subset of accepted papers will be selected for lightning talks (5–7 minutes each) during the main workshop program. Selection will be based on reviewer scores, topic diversity, and potential for stimulating discussion.

Best Paper Award

A Best Paper Award with a cash prize will be presented to an outstanding submission, selected by the program committee. Both extended abstracts and full papers are eligible. The award recognizes exceptional novelty, technical quality, and scientific impact.

Attendance Requirement

At least one author of each accepted paper must register for SIGGRAPH 2026 and attend the workshop in person to present the work. Papers without a registered presenter may be withdrawn from the program.

Questions?

For questions about the call for papers, please contact the organizers via the Graphics x Science Discord or email us at graphics4science@gmail.com.

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