PUBLIC POLICY Public Policy Committee Continues Efforts with the website. In addition, Laurie also plays a major role in putting this column together and providing visibility for policy activities at our annual conference. We have developed special emphasis on several issues. In our most far-reaching project, we have been working with the computer graphics research community on defining a study of c o m p u t e r graphics research topics. Currently, ACM SIGGRAPH has provided seed funding to the National Research Council (NRC) to perform a study. Mike McGrath, with help from Jim Foley, has played a major role in this activity. (See "Research Challenges in C o m p u t e r Graphics" in our February 2001 column at on the new world of intellectual property and featured people who could take an objective view of the situation and propose solutions that may satisfy both users and creators of IP. Myles Losch made a significant contribution to the course material and David Nelson served as co-organizer for the panel. At SIGGRAPH 2002, we had two tutorial courses. The first, " I n t r o d u c t i o n to the
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