Anselmo A. Lastra
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Computer Science, Research Assistant Professor
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 1997
Anselmo Lastra is a Research Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He serves as the software manager for the Pixel-Planes/PixelFlow research team. The research group is currently working on PixelFlow, a scalable graphics computer expected to perform more than an order of magnitude faster than their previous machine, Pixel-Planes 5. Dr. Lastra received Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Duke University and a B.S.E.E. from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to coming to North Carolina, he was a project manager at Coulter Electronics, leading the development of medical instrumentation, and was a consultant at AT&T Bell Laboratories.
SIGGRAPH 1996
Anselmo Lastra is a Research Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He serves as the software manager for the Pixel-Planes/PixelFlow research team. The research group is currently working on PixelFlow, a scalable graphics computer expected to perform more than an order of magnitude faster than their previous machine, Pixel-Planes 5. Dr. Lastra received Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Duke University and a B.S.E.E. from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to coming to North Carolina, he was a project manager at Coulter Electronics, leading the development of medical instrumentation, and was a consultant at AT&T Bell Laboratories.
SIGGRAPH1995
Anselmo Lastra is a Research Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He serves as the software manager for the Pixel-Planes/PixelFlow research team. The research group is currently working on PixelFlow, a scalable graphics computer expected to perform more than an order of magnitude faster than their previous machine, Pixel-Planes 5. Dr. Lastra received Ph.D and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from Duke University and a B.S.E.E from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to coming to North Carolina, he was a project manager at Coulter Electronics, leading the development of medical instrumentation, and was a consultant at AT&T Bell Laboratories.
Learning Category: Organizing Committee Chair:
Course Organizer:
- SIGGRAPH 1994, "Programming Virtual Worlds"
- SIGGRAPH 1995, "Programming Virtual Worlds"
- SIGGRAPH 1996, "Introduction to Virtual Reality"
- SIGGRAPH 1997, "Programming Virtual Worlds"
Learning Category: Organizing Committee Member:
Experience(s):
Learning Category: Presentation(s):
![Interactive summed-area table generation for glossy environmental reflections](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2005-Talks-Hensley_Interactive-Summed-Area-Table-Generation-for-Glossy-Environmental-Reflections-01-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Interactive summed-area table generation for glossy environmental reflections Presenter(s): [Hensley] [Scheuermann] [Singh] [Lastra]
[SIGGRAPH 2005]
![Acquisition of large-scale surface light fields](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2003-Talks-Chen_Acquisition-of-Large-Scale-Surface-Light-Fields-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Acquisition of large-scale surface light fields Presenter(s): [Chen] [Nyland] [Lastra] [Fuchs]
[SIGGRAPH 2003]
![Spatial bi-directional reflectance distribution function](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2002-Talks-Mcallister_The-Spatial-Bi-directional-Reflectance-Distribution-Function-4-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Spatial bi-directional reflectance distribution function Presenter(s): [McAllister] [Lastra] [Cloward] [Heidrich]
[SIGGRAPH 2002]
![Life-Sized Projector-Based Dioramas: Spatially Real and Visually Virtual](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2001-Talks-Low_Life-Sized-Projector-Based-Dioramas_-Spatially-Real-and-Visually-Virtual-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Life-Sized Projector-Based Dioramas: Spatially Real and Visually Virtual Presenter(s): [Low] [Welch] [Lastra] [Fuchs]
[SIGGRAPH 2001]
![The WarpEngine: an architecture for the post-polygonal age](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2000-Technical-Papers-Popescu_The-WarpEngine-An-Architecture-for-the-Post-Polygonal-Age-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
The WarpEngine: an architecture for the post-polygonal age Presenter(s): [Popescu] [Eyles] [Lastra] [Steinhurst] [England] [Nyland]
[SIGGRAPH 2000]
![Automatic image placement to provide a guaranteed frame rate](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1999-Technical-Papers-Aliaga_Automatic-Image-Placement-to-Provide-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
Automatic image placement to provide a guaranteed frame rate Presenter(s): [Aliaga] [Lastra]
[SIGGRAPH 1999]
![LDI tree: a hierarchical representation for image-based rendering](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1999-Technical-Papers-Chang_LDI-Tree-A-Hierarchical-Representation-for-Image-Based-Rendering-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
LDI tree: a hierarchical representation for image-based rendering Presenter(s): [Chang] [Bishop] [Lastra]
[SIGGRAPH 1999]
![A shading language on graphics hardware: the pixelflow shading system](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1998-Technical-Papers-Olano_A-Shading-Language-on-Graphics-Hardware-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
A shading language on graphics hardware: the pixelflow shading system Presenter(s): [Olano] [Lastra]
[SIGGRAPH 1998]
![Programming Virtual Worlds](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1997-29-Course-Cover-Programming-Virtual-Worlds-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Programming Virtual Worlds Organizer(s): [Lastra]
Presenter(s): [Lastra] [Ghee] [Fuchs] [Taylor] [Weber] [Pausch]
Entry No.: [29]
[SIGGRAPH 1997]
![Introduction to Virtual Reality](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1996-14-Course-Cover-Introduction-to-Virtual-Reality-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Introduction to Virtual Reality Organizer(s): [Lastra] [Fuchs]
Presenter(s): [Lastra] [Fuchs] [Gelband] [Ghee] [Pausch] [Weber]
Entry No.: [14]
[SIGGRAPH 1996]
Role(s):
- Course Organizer
- Course Presenter
- Courses Organizing Committee Chair/Co-Chair
- Courses Organizing Committee Member
- Emerging Technologies Presenter
- Talk (Sketch) Presenter