Why Graphics Is Fast, And What It Can Teach Us About Parallel Programming

Speaker: Jonathan Ragan-Kelly, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
UCL Contact: Tim Weyrich (Visitors from outside UCL please email in advance).
Date/Time: 07 Dec 09, 14:00 - 15:00
Venue: 6.12

Abstract

Jonathan Ragan-Kelly

onathan Ragan-Kelley is a PhD student in computer science at MIT, with a focus on the intersection of graphics with systems, architecture, and compilers. He is advised by Fredo Durand and Saman Amarasinghe. He was previously in Pat Hanrahan\'s group at Stanford, has worked at all three GPU vendors in architecture, software, and compilers, and built a real-time preview system for the special effects industry in collaboration with Industrial Light & Magic.