David Kirk – ACM SIGGRAPH HISTORY ARCHIVES

David Kirk


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Most Recent Affiliation(s):


  • NVIDIA

Other / Past Affiliation(s):


  • Crystal Dynamics

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  • 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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