David Kirk

David B. Kirk is known for major contributions to graphics, hardware, and algorithms. Before pursuing his Ph.D. at Caltech, he earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from MIT and worked at Raster Technologies and Hewlett-Packard's Apollo Systems Division. After completing his doctorate, he served as chief scientist and head of technology at Crystal Dynamics. In 1997, he became Chief Scientist at NVIDIA. Dr. Kirk has received numerous honors including the IEEE Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award and ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.