Jos Stam
About Jos Stam
Affiliations
- Alias | Wavefront, Associate Professor
- Inria Paris Centre
Location
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Website
- https://www.josstam.com/
Bio
SIGGRAPH 2008
Jos Stam received dual BSc degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Geneva. He got an MSc and Phd in Computer Science from the University of Toronto. After a postdoc in France and Finland, he joined Alias|Wavefront (now Autodesk). Stam’s research spans several areas of computer graphics: natural phenomena, physics-based simulation, rendering, and surface modeling. He has published papers in all of these. He has also participated in seven SIGGRAPH courses in these areas. He received the SIGGRAPH Technical Achievement Award and has two Academy Awards for his contributions to the film industry.
Awards and Recognition
- SIGGRAPH 2005 Computer Graphics Achievement Award: Stam
- ACM SIGGRAPH Academy Member, inducted in 2018
SIGGRAPH Conference Organizing Committee Positions
Committee Member
- SIGGRAPH 2001: Technical Papers
- SIGGRAPH Asia 2017: Technical Papers
- SIGGRAPH Asia 2016: Technical Papers
Jury Member
- SIGGRAPH 2007: Sketches
Conference Contributions
Learning
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Courses
Talks-Sketches
Technical Papers
Sessions Moderated
- “The Birth of Sandman” by Ammann, Bloom, Cohen, Courte, Flores, et al. …
- “Rendering tons of sand” by Allen, Bloom, Cohen and Treweek
- “Levelsets in production: Spider-man 3” by Allen, Cohen, Bloom, Ferreira, Hasegawa, et al. …
- “Artistic direction of foliage” by Aubel and Allen
- “How to build a sixty foot man of moving sand” by Pilgrim and Tornberg
Other Information
Roles
- ACM SIGGRAPH Academy Member
- Awardee
- Course Presenter
- Talk (Sketch) Moderator
- Talk (Sketch) Presenter
- Talks (Sketches) Jury Member
- Technical Paper Presenter
- Technical Papers Jury Member
- Technical Papers Organizing Committee Member
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