Guest Editor's Introduction: Special Section on the ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA)

This special section presents expanded versions of three of the best papers from the 11th Annual ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA 2012), which was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, from 29-31 July 2012. SCA has established itself as the premier conference dedicated specifically to innovations in the software and technology of computer animation. SCA 2012 received 80 submissions and each submission was reviewed by at least three members of the international program committee. After a thorough online discussion, the 72-member international program committee decided on the 27 full papers and nine short presentation papers accepted for the final program. Out of 27 full papers, the symposium's Best Papers Award Committee selected one best paper, two runner-ups, and four honorable mentions. The selection was informed by the original reviews and the conference presentations. We are delighted to present three out of the six very best papers of SCA 2012 invited for this special section. Each of the invited papers contains a minimum of 30 percent new material and received at least three reviews, including one reviewer not among the original SCA reviewers.