Exploring Generative AI with NVIDIA at SIGGRAPH 2024

SIGGRAPH 2024 starts on Sunday, July 28th, offering a variety of opportunities to learn how cutting-edge companies are leveraging generative AI across industries such as Gaming, Media and Entertainment, Manufacturing, AEC, Robotics, and Autonomous Vehicles. Join for yourself and see how NVIDIA is at the forefront of innovation with sessions showcasing advancements in AI-driven graphics, digital twins, motion synthesis, and more.?

Here is a (non-comprehensive) guide to the latest generative AI developments from NVIDIA at SIGGRAPH:

?? Keynotes

Don't miss the SIGGRAPH 2024 keynotes with industry giants Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg, exploring the transformative potential of generative AI and open source in creating the future of virtual worlds and AI innovations.

Jensen’s SIGGRAPH 2024 Keynote Presentation

Join NVIDIA Founder and CEO Jensen Huang as he sits down with Lauren Goode, senior writer at WIRED, to discuss how accelerated computing and generative AI are transforming industries like manufacturing and creating new opportunities for innovation and growth. The convergence of AI and advanced computing, from AI PCs to AI factories to digital twins, is driving this transformation, marking the beginning of a new industrial revolution.

Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg Keynote Presentation

NVIDIA Founder and CEO Jensen Huang and Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg will discuss how fundamental research is enabling AI breakthroughs and how generative AI and open source will empower developers and creators. They will also explore the role of generative AI in building virtual worlds and how these virtual worlds are pivotal in developing the next wave of AI and robots.

? Generative AI Day:

NVIDIA’s Generative AI Day will showcase the latest innovations in visual effects, animation, and game development. Companies featured include Getty Images, Shutterstock, Crusoe, Replikant, and Cuebric.?

Enhancing 3D Pipelines With Generative AI

Revolutionize 3D Workflows! Discover how generative AI is transforming 3D pipelines across industries. Join Dade Orgeron from Shutterstock and TurboSquid to see groundbreaking tools in action and insights on future innovations impacting several industries.

Revolutionizing Visual Effects and Animation With Generative AI

Transform VFX & Animation with AI! Dive into the future of visual effects and animation with Nikola Todorovic from Wonder Dynamics and Lina Halper from NVIDIA. Explore AI-driven tools revolutionizing filmmaking and making high-quality production more accessible. Perfect for VFX artists, technical directors, and AI enthusiasts!

Crafting the Future: Human Creativity as AI's Building Blocks

Empower AI with Human Creativity! Join Susan Nomecos from Getty Images to explore the synergy between AI and human creativity. Discover how authentic, culturally relevant AI-generated visuals are crafted from clean, transparent data. Learn about advancing creativity responsibly while safeguarding intellectual property.

The Key To Enterprise Success With Autonomous Digital Humans

Meet the Future of Customer Service! Discover the power of autonomous digital humans with UneeQ's Marco Chavira and their digital human ambassador, Sophie. Witness real-time interactions powered by LLMs and NVIDIA ACE, revolutionizing public services, eCommerce, and staff training. Don't miss this dynamic showcase!

LipDub AI: Unlocking the International Potential of Video Content

Globalize Your Video Content! Learn to tailor your video content for multilingual audiences quickly with Ali Mahdavi-Amiri from LipDub AI. In minutes, you can get Hollywood-quality lip-syncing and make your videos more culturally relevant using NVIDIA technology.

How Gradient Extended Llama 3’s Context Length to 1M on Crusoe

Push AI Boundaries with Long-Context Models! Discover how Gradient AI extended Llama 3's context length to 1 million tokens on Crusoe’s climate-aligned cloud. Join Leif Reinert and Leo Pekelis to learn about open-sourcing these models, now available on HuggingFace, and their impact on innovation and democratization.

??OpenUSD Day

OpenUSD Day will spotlight how developers and industry leaders are adopting and evolving OpenUSD to build AI-enabled 3D pipelines. Experience cutting-edge innovations transforming industries such as manufacturing, robotics, visual effects, game development, among others and more.

NVIDIA Research Presents AI and the Next Frontier of Graphics

Explore AI's Future in Graphics! Join NVIDIA Research for an exclusive sneak peek into cutting-edge advancements in graphics, 3D, simulation, and robotics. Hear from top research luminaries in a dynamic lightning round of presentations. Don't miss this chance to see the latest discoveries!

Advancing OpenUSD for the Era of Industrial Digitalization and Physical AI

Revolutionize Industrial Digitalization! Discover how NVIDIA and partners are advancing OpenUSD for industrial digital twins and physical AI. Learn about sensor simulation, CFD, data optimization, and the latest OpenUSD generative AI models.?

Beyond Hollywood: Expanding 3D Skills Into New Frontiers in AI and Digital Twins

Expand Your 3D Horizons! Unlock new career paths in digital twins, AI, and robotics. Our panel of industry leaders will share pointers on how to transition your 3D skills to high-demand industries beyond media and entertainment.?

Robotics, Generative AI, and OpenUSD: How WPP is Building the Future of Creativity

Innovate with AI and Robotics! Join Perry Nightingale from WPP to explore how robotics, OpenUSD, and AI are revolutionizing content creation for global brands. Discover groundbreaking technologies enhancing human creativity and see how OpenUSD standardizes platforms across agencies and brands.

Breathing Life Into Disney’s Robotic Characters With Deep Reinforcement Learning

Bring Characters to Life! Seeking a live hands-on demo of the BD-X series droids in action? Join Moritz B?cher from Disney Research Studios to explore Disney's groundbreaking robotic character platform. Discover how deep reinforcement learning and GPU-accelerated simulation enable lifelike animations.?

?? NVIDIA Research Presentations

Research talks at SIGGRAPH 2024 will showcase the latest breakthroughs in AI, graphics, and simulation . Dive into innovative topics including AI-driven graphics advancements, efficient novel view synthesis, and real-time neural appearance models. Discover how NVIDIA is pushing the boundaries of technology with pioneering research in fields like motion synthesis, indoor scene optimization, and image-to-video generation. Don't miss these cutting-edge sessions that are set to transform the future of digital content creation and interactive experiences.

Diffusion Texture Painting

Revolutionize Texture Painting! Discover NVIDIA's innovative technique using 2D generative diffusion models for interactive texture painting on 3D meshes. Experience seamless strokes and realistic transitions in real-time. Join Anita Hu and team to see how artists can paint with complex image textures effortlessly.

fVDB : A Deep-learning Framework for Sparse, Large Scale, and High Performance Spatial Intelligence

Unlock the Power of 3D Data! Discover fVDB, NVIDIA's GPU-optimized framework for deep learning on large-scale 3D data. Efficiently handle spatial sparsity with a novel VDB index grid structure. Join NVIDIA Research for insights into this groundbreaking technology, fully integrated with PyTorch. If you’d like to work with the technology hands on, be sure to attend the companion lab.

Training-free Consistent Text-to-image Generation

Achieve Consistency in Image Generation! Explore how NVIDIA's approach enables Stable Diffusion XL (SDXL) to generate consistent subjects across a series of images without additional training. Join Yoad Tewel and team for insights into this breakthrough in text-to-image models.

SuperPADL: Scaling Language-directed Physics-based Control With Progressive Supervised Distillation

Scale Physics-based Motion Control! Discover SuperPADL, NVIDIA's framework for scaling text-to-motion models with thousands of motions. Learn how reinforcement learning and progressive supervised distillation create more capable networks. Join Jordan B. Juravsky and team for insights into this innovative approach.

Real-Time Neural Appearance Models

Elevate Real-Time Rendering! Discover NVIDIA's real-time rendering system for film-quality materials with Tizian Zeltner. Learn how neural BSDFs and hierarchical textures create compact neural representations, seamlessly integrating into real-time path tracers for high performance.

?? Partner Booths and Showfloor Demos

Explore partner booths, showfloor demos, and hands-on labs at SIGGRAPH 2024 to experience the latest in generative AI and interactive technologies. Exciting innovations await—discover them firsthand!

• Dell Technologies?
• Dell Game Dev Lounge
• AutoDesk
• HP (Z by HP)
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
• Puget Systems
• SideFX
• SuperMicro

?? Innovation Zone

Visit the NVIDIA Innovation Zone, an incredible GenAI-packed section of the show featuring 18 inception partners, including Replikant, Twelve Labs, and UneeQ, showcasing cutting-edge AI innovations.

???? Hands-On Labs

Participate in hands-on labs at SIGGRAPH 2024 to deepen your skills and knowledge in generative AI and cutting-edge technology applications.

Virtual Human Design: Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges of GenAI - Part 1

Unlock the Future of Virtual Humans! Dive into the concepts of using generative AI for virtual human design, integrating it into the creative process, and utilizing available tools. Participants will explore the workflow, facial animation, and nonverbal behavior of creating a virtual human agent. Discover the opportunities, current challenges, and future prospects of this cutting-edge technology. This is a two part lecture, which is also being supported by multiple labs. Be sure to attend Part 2 as well!

Orchestrating a Multimodal Agent With Foundation Model Building Blocks

Master Multimodal AI! As AI adoption continues to grow, explore how emerging workflows and applications combine text, vision, and audio reasoning. Join Vadim Kudlay to delve into multimodal models and orchestrations for constructing end-to-end pipelines.

Exploring Foundation Models: The Pillars of AI Advancement

Unlock the Power of Foundation Models! Foundation models are pretrained models with vast potential for various natural language processing tasks, from language translation to sentiment analysis. Join Kevin Lee in this training lab to learn the basics of foundation models, their significance in modern AI, and how to use them to build custom models.

Extending Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to Multimodal Documents

Enhance Your AI Projects with RAG! Discover the power of semantic embeddings for retrieval, clustering, and fusion in AI projects. Join Vadim Kudlay in this workshop to explore common use-cases of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) with a focus on multimodal documents.

Get Certified in Generative AI from NVIDIA—At a Discount

Get Certified in Generative AI! For the first time at SIGGRAPH, NVIDIA is offering certification exams at a 50% discount, including two new generative AI certifications. Visit NVIDIA Certification for details. Register for SIGGRAPH, review the exam prep materials, and add this session to your schedule. Bring identification and a credit card for payment. Note that the last exam starts at 3 p.m. MT.

Register for SIGGRAPH

SIGGRAPH 2024 is set to be an unparalleled event, offering a myriad of opportunities to explore the forefront of generative AI, AI-driven graphics, and immersive technologies. From engaging keynotes by industry leaders like Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg, to hands-on workshops, certification exams, and innovative showcases in the NVIDIA Innovation Zone, there’s something for everyone. Register now and be part of the future of AI and digital innovation!