Pol Jeremias-Vila
About Pol Jeremias-Vila
Affiliations (Current and Past)
- Beautypi/Shadertoy, Lead Graphics Engineer
- Pixar Animation Studios
- Netflix
Website
- https://www.poljeremias.com/
Bio
SIGGRAPH 2018
Pol Jeremias-Vila (@poljeremias) is a Lead Graphics Engineer at Pixar Animation Studios where he develops Hydra, Pixar’s realtime renderer. He is credited in multiple movies including Coco and Finding Dory, and he has worked in rendering technology for multiple games including Star Wars 1313. Pol is also the co-founder of Shadertoy.com, a website that enables graphics enthusiasts to create and share rendering knowledge. Since 2012, he’s been actively involved with SIGGRAPH, directing the Computer Animation Festival, Real-Time Live!, and more recently the Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality program. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Southern California.
SIGGRAPH ASIA 2014
Pol Jeremias is passionate about technology and art. He uncovers the intersection with engineering and his imaginative mindset. He holds a Master’s in CS from University of Southern California. He worked on Star Wars 1313 at LucasArts. Today, he’s part of SoMa Play, a AAA game studio.
Awards and Recognition
- SIGGRAPH 2022 Practitioner Award: Jeremias-Vila
- ACM SIGGRAPH Academy Member, inducted in 2022
SIGGRAPH Conference Organizing Committee Positions
Positions
- SIGGRAPH 2021: Conference Committee - Conference Chair
- SIGGRAPH 2020: Conference Committee - SIGGRAPH 2021 Conference Chair
- SIGGRAPH 2018: Conference Committee - Virtual & Mixed Reality Chair
- SIGGRAPH 2017: Conference Committee - Computer Animation Festival Chair
- SIGGRAPH 2016: Conference Committee - Real-Time Live! Chair
Conference Chair
- SIGGRAPH 2021: 48th Annual Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
Conference Contributions
Experiences
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Birds of a Feather
Contributor(s):Labs-Studio
Real-Time Live!
Contributor(s):
Contributor(s): Learning
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Courses
Frontiers
Presenter(s):- Adam W. Bargteil
- Alex Bryant
- Andrew Glassner
- Bruce Nunzio Tartaglia
- Douglas (Doug) Roble
- Hanspeter Pfister
- Heather Pritchett
- Jeff Lait
- Jessica K. Hodgins
- Jinny Hye Jin Choo
- Joaquim A. Jorge
- C. Karen Liu
- Marisa Tontaveetong
- Mark Elendt
- Mashhuda Glencross
- Mikki Rose
- Ming C. Lin
- Miriah Meyer
- Munkhtsetseg (Muunuu) Nandigjav
- Natalya Tatarchuk
- Peter Shirley
- Pol Jeremias-Vila
- Theodore Kim
- Tomasz Bednarz
- Tom Emrich
Panels
Other Information
Roles
- ACM SIGGRAPH Academy Member
- Awardee
- Birds of Feather Presenter
- Computer Animation Organizing Committee Chair/Co-Chair
- Computer Animation Organizing Committee Member
- Conference Chair
- Course Presenter
- Courses Organizing Committee Chair/Co-Chair
- Frontiers Presenter
- Immersive Pavilion (VR Village) Organizing Committee Chair/Co-Chair
- Panel Moderator
- Real-Time Live Organizing Committee Chair
- Real-Time Live Presenter
- Studio (SIGGRAPH Lab) Presenter
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