David McAllister

David McAllister

Research Scientist at NVIDIA

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Current
  • Research Scientist at NVIDIA
Past
Education
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • University of Utah
  • Olympus High School
Connections
237 connections
Industry
Computer Hardware
Websites

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

  • Research Scientist

    NVIDIA

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

    September 2008Present (11 months)

    Working on the confluence of interactive ray tracing and Nvidia's future GPUs.

  • Graphics Chip Architect

    NVIDIA

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

    April 2000September 2008 (8 years 6 months)

  • Graphics Software Intern

    Hewlett-Packard

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

    April 1997September 1997 (6 months)

  • Software Engineer

    Evans and Sutherland

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

    May 1989August 1996 (7 years 4 months)

  • Research Assistant

    University of Utah

    (Computer Hardware industry)

    19951996 (1 year)


David McAllister’s Education

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Ph.D. , Computer Science , 19962002

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

    Activities and Societies:
    Computer Science Department
  • University of Utah

    B.S. , Computer Science , 19891996

    Activities and Societies:
    Computer Science Department, Ballroom Dance Company, LDSSA
  • Olympus High School

    Diploma , 19861989


Additional Information

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David McAllister’s Interests:

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

David McAllister’s Groups:

  •    University of Utah Alumni
  •    ACM Members
  •    UNC Alumni
  •    3D Visualisation and Graphics Programming
  •    NVIDIA Alumni

David McAllister’s Contact Settings

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