Paolo Cignoni has been chosen to be one of the four new members for 2022 of the ACM SIGGRAPH Academy.

The ACM SIGGRAPH Academy is an honorary group of individuals who have made substantial contributions to the field of computer graphics. These are principal leaders of the field, whose efforts have shaped the disciplines and/or industry, and led the research and/or innovation in computer graphics and interactive techniques.
ACM SIGGRAPH Academy members are selected by an ACM SIGGRAPH Academy Committee consisting of five voting members from across the SIGGRAPH community.

Paolo Cignoni, first Italian to be selected for being a member of ACM SIGGRAPH Academy has been chosen: "For contributions in geometry processing and computational fabrication, and for releasing important open-source tools".

https://www.siggraph.org/announcing-the-acm-siggraph-award-winners/

https://www.siggraph.org/about/awards/acm-siggraph-academy/