NVidia GPU Technology Conference Keynote Speakers

NVidia has announced two of the Keynote speakers that will be speaking at the upcoming GPU Technology Conference.

Richard Kerris joined Lucasfilm in December of 2007. As Chief Technology Officer of one of the world’s leading film and entertainment companies, Kerris oversees the company’s technical operations and is responsible for the development and execution of technology strategy for Industrial Light & Magic, Skywalker Sound, LucasArts, Lucasfilm Animation, Lucasfilm Animation Singapore and Lucas Online. Prior to joining Lucasfilm, Kerris held key posts at Apple, Alias|Wavefront, Electric Image and Silicon Graphics.

Hanspeter Pfister is a Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. His research lies at the intersection of visualization, computer graphics, and computer vision, and spans a wide range of topics, including scientific visualization, computational photography, point-based graphics, appearance modeling, 3D television, and face recognition. Previously, he spent 11 years at Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, where he was most recently Associate Director and Senior Research Scientist.

via Lucasfilm Chief Technology Officer And Harvard University Computing Visionary To Headline NVIDIA’S GPU Technology Conference.

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