David Kirk
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- NVIDIA
Other / Past Affiliation(s):
- Crystal Dynamics
Bio:
SIGGRAPH ASIA 2009:
David Kirk is an NVIDIA Fellow and served from 1997 to 2009 as NVIDIA’s chief scientist, a role in which he led development of graphics technology for today’s most popular consumer-entertainment platforms.
In 2009, he received the California Institute of Technology’s Distinguished Alumni Award, its highest honor, for his work in the graphics-technology industry. He was elected in 2006 to the National Academy of Engineering for his role in bringing high-performance graphics to personal computers. In 2002, he received the ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award for his role in bringing high-performance computer graphics systems to the mass market.
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Award(s):
- SIGGRAPH 2002 Computer Graphics Achievement Award: Kirk
- ACM SIGGRAPH Academy Member
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- ACM SIGGRAPH Academy Member
- Awardee
- Computer Animation Director
- Keynote Speaker
- Panel Presenter
- Talks (Sketches) Jury Member
- Technical Papers Jury Member
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