David McAllister

Current

• Graphics Chip Architect at Nvidia

Past

• Graphics Software Intern at Hewlett-Packard
• Software Engineer at Evans and Sutherland
• Research Assistant at University of Utah

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Education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• University of Utah
• Olympus High School

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Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Hardware

Websites

• David McAllister's Web Site
• David McAllister's Genetic Art
• My Company

David McAllister’s Summary

I've been in the computer graphics industry since 1989. I have a Ph.D. in Computer Science.

David McAllister’s Specialties:

Experience in graphics hardware architecture, 3D application programming, image-based rendering, computational photography.

David McAllister’s Experience

• Graphics Chip Architect

  Nvidia

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NVDA; Computer Hardware industry)

  April 2000 — Present (8 years 7 months)

• Graphics Software Intern

  Hewlett-Packard

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HPQ; Computer Hardware industry)

  April 1997 — September 1997 (6 months)

• Software Engineer

  Evans and Sutherland

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; ESCC; Computer Hardware industry)

  May 1989 — August 1996 (7 years 4 months)

• Research Assistant

  University of Utah

  (Computer Hardware industry)

  1995 — 1996 (1 year)

David McAllister’s Education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Ph.D., Computer Science, 1996 — 2002

  Dissertation: "A Generalized Representation of Surface Appearance for Computer Graphics"

  Activities and Societies:

  Computer Science Department

• University of Utah

  B.S., Computer Science, 1989 — 1996

  Activities and Societies:

  Computer Science Department, Ballroom Dance Company, LDSSA

• Olympus High School

  Diploma, 1986 — 1989

Additional Information

David McAllister’s Websites:

• David McAllister's Web Site
• David McAllister's Genetic Art
• My Company

David McAllister’s Interests:

Computer graphics, genetic art, particle systems, surface appearance, BRDF, SBRDF

David McAllister’s Groups:

ACM, LDS

•    University of Utah Alumni
•    ACM Members
•    UNC Alumni
•    NVIDIA Alumni

David McAllister’s Contact Settings

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