After an international search for a new director for the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) at UC Santa Barbara, the search committee found the best person for the position was already in Santa Barbara: Lars Bildsten, professor of physics and a KITP permanent member. The baton was passed on July 1 from Professor David Gross, a 2004 Nobel laureate, who will remain at KITP as a permanent member.
2012 SIGGRAPH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BESTOWED ON KITP ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Jean-Pierre Hébert, KITP Artist in Residence, is awarded the 2012 ACM SIGGRAPH Lifetime Achievement Award in Digital Art.