David Kirk
About David Kirk
- Affiliations
- NVIDIA
- 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.
- Awards and Recognition
- SIGGRAPH 2002 Computer Graphics Achievement Award: Kirk
- ACM SIGGRAPH Academy Member, inducted in 2018
SIGGRAPH Conference Organizing Committee Positions
Conference Contributions
- Animations / Videos
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- Presentations
Other Information
- Roles
- ACM SIGGRAPH Academy Member
- Awardee
- Competition Participant
- Computer Animation Director
- Keynote/Featured Speaker
- Panel Presenter
- Talks (Sketches) Jury Member
- Technical Paper Moderator
- Technical Papers Jury Member
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