Ken Museth
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- Linköping University, NVIDIA, Weta Digital
Other / Past Affiliation(s):
- DreamWorks Animation
- Weta Digital Ltd.
Location:
- New Zealand
Course Organizer:
- SIGGRAPH 2013, "OpenVDB: An Open-Source Data Structure and Toolkit for High-Resolution Volumes"
- SIGGRAPH 2015, "OpenVDB"
- SIGGRAPH 2017, "OpenVDB"
- SIGGRAPH 2019, "OpenVDB"
- SIGGRAPH 2021, "OPENVDB"
Experience Category: Jury Member:
- Appy Hour, SIGGRAPH 2022
- E-Tech, SIGGRAPH 2022
- Studio (SIGGRAPH Labs), SIGGRAPH 2022
- Studio (SIGGRAPH Labs), SIGGRAPH 2012
Learning Category: Jury Member:
Award(s):
Experience(s):
Learning Category: Presentation(s):
![OpenVDB](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2023-Courses-Museth_OpenVDB-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
OpenVDB Presenter(s): [Museth] [Lait] [Bailey] [Avramoussis] [Tampubolon] [Hurst] [Budsberg] [Klár]
Entry No.: [16]
[SIGGRAPH 2023]
![Simulation-aided face strain extraction for ML animation systems](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2023-Talks-Klar_Simulation-aided-face-strain-extraction-for-ML-animation-systems-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Simulation-aided face strain extraction for ML animation systems Presenter(s): [Klár] [Ward] [Moffat] [Sifakis] [Museth]
[SIGGRAPH 2023]
![NanoVDB: A GPU-Friendly and Portable VDB Data Structure For Real-Time Rendering And Simulation](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2021-Talks-Museth_NanoVDB-01-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
NanoVDB: A GPU-Friendly and Portable VDB Data Structure For Real-Time Rendering And Simulation Presenter(s): [Museth]
Entry No.: [27]
[SIGGRAPH 2021]
![OPENVDB](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2021-4-Introduction-to-WebXR-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
OPENVDB Organizer(s): [Museth]
Presenter(s): [Museth]
Entry No.: [04]
[SIGGRAPH 2021]
![Shape Targeting: A Versatile Active Elasticity Constitutive Model](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2020-Talks-Klar_Shape-Targeting-A-Versatile-Active-Elasticity-Constitutive-Model-01-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Shape Targeting: A Versatile Active Elasticity Constitutive Model Presenter(s): [Klár] [Moffat] [Museth] [Sifakis]
Entry No.: [59]
[SIGGRAPH 2020]
![Wave Curves: Simulating Lagrangian water waves on dynamically deforming surfaces](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2020-Technical-Papers-Skrivan_Wave-Curves_-Simulating-Lagrangian-water-waves-on-dynamically-deforming-surfaces-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
Wave Curves: Simulating Lagrangian water waves on dynamically deforming surfaces Presenter(s): [Skrivan] [Soderstrom] [Johansson] [Sprenger] [Museth] [Wojtan]
[SIGGRAPH 2020]
![OpenVDB](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2019-17-OpenVDB-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
OpenVDB Organizer(s): [Museth]
Presenter(s): [Museth] [Avramoussis] [Bailey]
Entry No.: [17]
[SIGGRAPH 2019]
![Retiming of Fluid Simulations for VFX: Distributed Non-Linear Fluid Retiming by Sparse Bi-Directional Advection-Diffusion](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2019-Talks-Museth_Retiming-of-Fluid-Simulations-for-VFX-Distributed-Non-Linear-Fluid-Retiming-by-Sparse-Bi-Directional-Advection-Diffusion-01-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Retiming of Fluid Simulations for VFX: Distributed Non-Linear Fluid Retiming by Sparse Bi-Directional Advection-Diffusion Presenter(s): [Museth]
Entry No.: [41]
[SIGGRAPH 2019]
![Multi-species simulation of porous sand and water mixtures](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2017-Technical-Papers-Tampubolon_Multi-species-simulation-of-porous-sand-and-water-mixtures-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
Multi-species simulation of porous sand and water mixtures Presenter(s): [Tampubolon] [Gast] [Klár] [Fu] [Teran] [Jiang] [Museth]
[SIGGRAPH 2017]
![Novel Algorithm for Sparse and Parallel Fast Sweeping: Eicient Computation of Sparse Signed Distance Fields](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2017-Talks-Museth_Novel-Algorithm-for-Sparse-and-Parallel-Fast-Sweeping-Eicient-Computation-of-Sparse-Signed-Distance-Fields-01-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Novel Algorithm for Sparse and Parallel Fast Sweeping: Eicient Computation of Sparse Signed Distance Fields Presenter(s): [Museth]
Entry No.: [74]
[SIGGRAPH 2017]
![Production ready MPM simulations](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2017-Talks-Klar_Production-ready-MPM-simulations-01-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Production ready MPM simulations Presenter(s): [Klár] [Budsberg] [Titus] [Jones] [Museth]
Entry No.: [42]
[SIGGRAPH 2017]
![OpenVDB](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2015-20-OpenVDB-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
OpenVDB Organizer(s): [Museth]
Presenter(s): [Museth] [Bailey] [Budsberg] [Lynch]
Entry No.: [20]
[SIGGRAPH 2015]
![Hierarchical Digital-Differential Analyzer for Efficient Ray-Marching in OpenVDB](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2014-Talks-Museth_Hierarchical-Digital-Differential-Analyzer-for-Efficient-Ray-Marching-in-OpenVDB-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Hierarchical Digital-Differential Analyzer for Efficient Ray-Marching in OpenVDB Presenter(s): [Museth]
[SIGGRAPH 2014]
![Large scale simulation and surfacing of water and ice effects in Dragons 2](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2014-Talks-Opstal_Large-Scale-Simulation-and-Surfacing-of-Water-and-Ice-Effects-in-Dragons-2-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Large scale simulation and surfacing of water and ice effects in Dragons 2 Presenter(s): [Van Opstal] [Janin] [Museth] [Alden]
[SIGGRAPH 2014]
![Hair growth by means of sparse volumetric modeling and advection](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2013-Talks-Ghoniem_Hair-Growth-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Hair growth by means of sparse volumetric modeling and advection Presenter(s): [Ghoniem] [Museth]
[SIGGRAPH 2013]
![Jack's frost: controllable magic frost simulations for Rise of the Guardians](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2013-SIGGRAPH-Image-Not-Available-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Jack's frost: controllable magic frost simulations for Rise of the Guardians Presenter(s): [Lipton] [Museth] [Sutherland]
[SIGGRAPH 2013]
![OpenVDB: An Open-Source Data Structure and Toolkit for High-Resolution Volumes](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2013-19-OpenVDB-An-Open-Source-Data-Structure-and-Toolkit-for-High-Resolution-Volumes-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
OpenVDB: An Open-Source Data Structure and Toolkit for High-Resolution Volumes Organizer(s): [Museth]
Presenter(s): [Museth] [Lait] [Budsberg] [Johanson] [Henderson] [Alden] [Cucka] [Hill] [Pearce]
Entry No.: [19]
[SIGGRAPH 2013]
![VDB: High‐Resolution Sparse Volumes With Dynamic Topology](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2013-SIGGRAPH-Image-Not-Available-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
VDB: High‐Resolution Sparse Volumes With Dynamic Topology Presenter(s): [Museth]
[SIGGRAPH 2013]
![A PML-Based Nonreflective Boundary for Free Surface Fluid Animation](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2011-SIGGRAPH-Image-Not-Available-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
A PML-Based Nonreflective Boundary for Free Surface Fluid Animation Presenter(s): [Soderstrom] [Karlsson] [Museth]
[SIGGRAPH 2011]
![DB+Grid: a novel dynamic blocked grid for sparse high-resolution volumes and level sets](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2011-Talks-Museth_DBGrid_-A-Novel-Dynamic-Blocked-Grid-For-Sparse-High-Resolution-Volumes-and-Level-Sets-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
DB+Grid: a novel dynamic blocked grid for sparse high-resolution volumes and level sets Presenter(s): [Museth]
[SIGGRAPH 2011]
![Destroying LA for](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2010-Talks-Bin-Zafar_Destroying-LA-for-2012-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Destroying LA for "2012" Presenter(s): [Zafar] [Stephens] [Larsson] [Sakaguchi] [Clive] [Sampath] [Museth] [Blakey] [Gazdik] [Thomas]
[SIGGRAPH 2010]
![An efficient level set toolkit for visual effects](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2009-Talks-Museth_An-Efficient-Level-Set-Toolkit-for-Visual-Effects-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
An efficient level set toolkit for visual effects Presenter(s): [Museth]
[SIGGRAPH 2009]
![Non-reflective boundary conditions for incompressible free surface fluids](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2009-Talks-Soderstrom_Non-Reflective-Boundary-Conditions-For-Incompressible-Free-Surface-Fluids-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Non-reflective boundary conditions for incompressible free surface fluids Presenter(s): [Soderstrom] [Museth]
[SIGGRAPH 2009]
![CrackTastic: fast 3D fragmentation in](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2008-SIGGRAPH-Image-Not-Available-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
CrackTastic: fast 3D fragmentation in "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" Presenter(s): [Museth] [Clive]
[SIGGRAPH 2008]
![Blobtacular: surfacing particle system in](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2007-Talks-Museth_Blobtacular_-Surfacing-particle-systems-in-Pirates-Of-The-Caribbean-3-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Blobtacular: surfacing particle system in "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" Presenter(s): [Museth] [Clive] [Zafar]
[SIGGRAPH 2007]
![Robust fitting of super-helices to parametric curves](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2007-Poster-Bergbom_Robust-Fitting-of-Super-Helices-to-Parametric-Curves-01-150x150.png)
Type: [Posters]
Robust fitting of super-helices to parametric curves Presenter(s): [Bergbom] [Museth] [Roble]
[SIGGRAPH 2007]
![Scattered spherical harmonic approximation for accelerated volume rendering](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2006-Talks-Binzafar_Scattered-Spherical-Harmonic-Approximation-for-Accelerated-Volume-Rendering-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Scattered spherical harmonic approximation for accelerated volume rendering Presenter(s): [Zafar] [Åkesson] [Roble] [Museth]
[SIGGRAPH 2006]
![Virtually infinite resolution deformable surfaces](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2006-Talks-Nielsen_Virtually-Infinite-Resolution-Deformable-Surfaces-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Virtually infinite resolution deformable surfaces Presenter(s): [Nielsen] [Nilsson] [Soderstrom] [Museth]
[SIGGRAPH 2006]
![Gigantic Deformable Surfaces](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2005-Talks-Houston_Gigantic-Deformable-Surfaces-01-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Gigantic Deformable Surfaces Presenter(s): [Houston] [Nielsen] [Batty] [Nilsson] [Museth]
[SIGGRAPH 2005]
![Model Flowing: Capturing and tracking of deformable geometry](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2005-Talks-Reuterswaerd_Model-Flowing-Capturing-and-tracking-of-deformable-geometry-01-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Model Flowing: Capturing and tracking of deformable geometry Presenter(s): [Reuterswärd] [Flynn] [Roble] [Museth]
[SIGGRAPH 2005]
Role(s):
- ACM SIGGRAPH Village Presenter
- Awardee
- Birds of Feather Presenter
- Course Organizer
- Course Presenter
- Talk (Sketch) Presenter
- Technical Paper Presenter
- Technical Papers Jury Member
- Unified Jury Member
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