Morgan McGuire
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- NVIDIA, University of Waterloo, Professor.
Other / Past Affiliation(s):
- Williams College
- Brown University
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 2011
Morgan McGuire is a professor at Williams College and visiting professor at NVIDIA Research. He co-chaired the I3D 2008, 2009, and NPAR 2010 conferences, is a member of the Journal of Graphics, Game, and GPU Tools editorial board, and the lead author of Creating Games: Mechanics, Content, and Technology. He has contributed to many commercial products including the E-Ink display for the Amazon Kindle, the PeakStream high-performance computing infrastructure acquired by Google, the Titan Quest role playing game, and the Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 video game for Xbox 360. His current research is in high-performance parallel algorithms and sampling techniques.
Course Organizer:
Experience Category: Jury Member:
Learning Category: Jury Member:
Experience(s):
![Join the Digital Text Revolution](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2013-Studio-McGuire_JoinTheDigitalTextRevolution-01-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Studio (SIGGRAPH Labs)]
Join the Digital Text Revolution
Organizer(s): [McGuire]
[SIGGRAPH 2013]
Learning Category: Presentation(s):
![Building the open metaverse: part II](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2022-Courses-Cozzi_Building-the-Open-Metaverse-Part-II-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Building the open metaverse: part II Presenter(s): [Cozzi] [Petit] [Trevett] [Alameh] [McGuire] [Quaroni]
Entry No.: [21]
[SIGGRAPH 2022]
![Are We Done With Ray Tracing?](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2019-3-Are-We-Done-With-Ray-Tracing-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Are We Done With Ray Tracing? Organizer(s): [Keller]
Presenter(s): [Keller] [Viitanen] [Barré-Brisebois] [Schied] [McGuire]
Entry No.: [03]
[SIGGRAPH 2019]
![Are We Done With Ray Tracing?](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2019-03-Cover-Are-We-Done-With-Ray-Tracing-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Are We Done With Ray Tracing? Organizer(s): [Keller]
Presenter(s): [Keller] [Viitanen] [Barré-Brisebois] [Schied] [McGuire]
Entry No.: [03]
[SIGGRAPH 2019]
![Foveated AR: dynamically-foveated augmented reality display](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2019-SIGGRAPH-Image-Not-Available-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
Foveated AR: dynamically-foveated augmented reality display Presenter(s): [Kim] [Jeong] [Stengel] [Akşit] [Albert] [Boudaoud] [Greer] [Kim] [Lopes] [Majercik] [Shirley] [Spjut] [McGuire] [Luebke]
[SIGGRAPH 2019]
![Introduction to Real-Time Ray Tracing](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2019-13-Introduction-to-Real-Time-Ray-Tracing-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Introduction to Real-Time Ray Tracing Organizer(s): [McGuire]
Presenter(s): [McGuire] [Shirley] [Wyman]
Entry No.: [13]
[SIGGRAPH 2019]
![Advances in Real-Time Rendering in Games Part 2](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2018-21-Advances-in-Real-Time-Rendering-in-Games-Part-2-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Advances in Real-Time Rendering in Games Part 2 Organizer(s): [Tatarchuk]
Presenter(s): [Lagarde] [Golubev] [McGuire] [Heitz] [Hill]
Entry No.: [21]
[SIGGRAPH 2018]
![CS + X : Cross Campus Collaborations](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2016-Image-Not-Available-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Educator’s Forum]
CS + X : Cross Campus Collaborations Presenter(s): [Brucker-Cohen] [Goldman] [McGuire] [Weishar] [Brunvand]
[SIGGRAPH 2016]
![Open Problems in Real-Time Rendering](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2016-18-Open-Problems-in-Real-Time-Rendering-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Open Problems in Real-Time Rendering Organizer(s): [Tatarchuk]
Presenter(s): [Lefohn] [Brainderd] [McGuire] [Foley] [Fatahalian] [Aila] [Andersson] [Lehtinen] [Li]
Entry No.: [18]
[SIGGRAPH 2016]
![Interactive indirect lighting computed in the cloud](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2013-Talks-Crassin_Interactive-indirect-lighting-computed-in-the-Cloud-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Interactive indirect lighting computed in the cloud Presenter(s): [Crassin] [Luebke] [Mara] [McGuire] [Oster] [Shirley] [Sloan] [Wyman]
[SIGGRAPH 2013]
![Filtering Approaches for Real-Time Anti-Aliasing](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2011-21-Filtering-Approaches-for-Real-Time-Anti-Aliasing-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Filtering Approaches for Real-Time Anti-Aliasing Organizer(s): [Jimenez] [Gutierrez]
Presenter(s): [Jimenez] [Gutierrez] [Yang] [Reshetov] [Demoreuille] [Berghoff] [Perthuis] [Yu] [McGuire] [Lottes] [Malan] [Andreev] [Sousa]
Entry No.: [21]
[SIGGRAPH 2011]
![OptiX: a general purpose ray tracing engine](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2010-Technical-Papers-Parker_OptiX_-A-General-Purpose-Ray-Tracing-Engine-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
OptiX: a general purpose ray tracing engine Presenter(s): [Parker] [Bigler] [Dietrich] [Friedrich] [Hoberock] [Luebke] [McAllister] [McGuire] [Morley] [Robison] [Stich]
[SIGGRAPH 2010]
![Stylized Rendering in Games](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2010-8-Stylized-Rendering-in-Games-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Stylized Rendering in Games Organizer(s): [McGuire]
Presenter(s): [McGuire] [Halén] [St-Amour] [Calver] [Thibault] [Martel] [Ekanayake]
Entry No.: [08]
[SIGGRAPH 2010]
![GUIs for real-time programs using universal pointers](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2008-Poster-McGuire_GUIs-for-Real-time-Programs-using-Universal-Pointers-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Posters]
GUIs for real-time programs using universal pointers Presenter(s): [McGuire]
[SIGGRAPH 2008]
![Single-pass shadow volumes for arbitrary meshes](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2007-Poster-Mcguire_Single-pass-Shadow-Volumes-for-Arbitrary-Meshes-01-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Posters]
Single-pass shadow volumes for arbitrary meshes Presenter(s): [McGuire]
[SIGGRAPH 2007]
![Real-time triangulation matting using passive polarization](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2006-Talks-Mcguire_Real-time-Triangulation-Matting-using-Passive-Polarization-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Real-time triangulation matting using passive polarization Presenter(s): [McGuire] [Matusik]
[SIGGRAPH 2006]
![World space servoing for character animation under simulation](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2006-Talks-Wrotek_World-Space-Servoing-for-Character-Animation-under-Simulation-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
World space servoing for character animation under simulation Presenter(s): [Wrotek] [Jenkins] [McGuire]
[SIGGRAPH 2006]
![Cave Writing: Toward a Platform for Literary Immersive VR](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2005-Talks-Becker_Cave-Writing-Toward-a-Platform-for-Literary-Immersive-VR-01-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Cave Writing: Toward a Platform for Literary Immersive VR Presenter(s): [Becker] [Greenlee] [Lemmerman] [McGuire] [Musurca] [Wardrip-Fruin]
[SIGGRAPH 2005]
![Defocus Difference Matting](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2005-Talks-Mcguire_Defocus-Difference-Matting-01-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Defocus Difference Matting Presenter(s): [McGuire] [Matusik]
[SIGGRAPH 2005]
![Defocus video matting](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2005-Technical-Papers-Mcguire_Defocus-Video-Matting-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
Defocus video matting Presenter(s): [McGuire] [Matusik] [Pfister] [Hughes] [Durand]
[SIGGRAPH 2005]
![A Heightfield on an Isometric Grid](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2004-Talks-Mcguire_A-Heightfield-on-an-Isometric-Grid-01-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
A Heightfield on an Isometric Grid Presenter(s): [McGuire] [Sibley]
[SIGGRAPH 2004]
![Hybrid Billboard Clouds for Model Simplification](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2004-Poster-030-Bromberg-martin_Hybrid-Billboard-Clouds-for-Model-Simplification-01-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Posters]
Hybrid Billboard Clouds for Model Simplification Presenter(s): [Bromberg-Martin] [Jónsson] [Marai] [McGuire]
Entry No.: [030]
[SIGGRAPH 2004]
Role(s):
- Course Organizer
- Course Presenter
- Educator's Forum Presenter
- Poster Presenter
- Studio (SIGGRAPH Lab) Presenter
- Talk (Sketch) Presenter
- Technical Paper Presenter
- Unified Jury Member