Philip Nemec

Experience Rendering Software at NVIDIA (2004-present)
Developer of Gelato (NVIDIA's GPU-accelerated final frame renderer)

currently working on aggressive use of the GPU for the next generation of Gelato
(code-named Mocha)

focused on achieving scaling across multiple CPUs and multiple GPUs
worked with and supported film studios and film schools around the world
designed support infrastructure including forums for the enthusiasts using the free version of Gelato
setup and [remotely] administered small render farm for in-house shorts and customer scene testing
cross platform porting and debugging (Windows 32- and 64-bit and various Linux distros)
setup and maintained build/test machines, license generator, etc. with web front ends
assisted with development of Sorbetto relighting technology - patents pending
assisted with design and development of [unreleased] Gelato plugin for Sketchup
developed scripts for a range of tasks from code reviews to testsuite gilding
side project - added Gelato support of gigapixel imagery (like GigaPan and xRez)

Performance & Quality at NVIDIA (2001-2004)
Developer and user of quality analysis and performance testing tools.

extended and authored tools for quality evaluation
reported results of competitive analysis (cheat catching)
produced and designed tools for automated performance testing
designed and tested database for performance results

Tool development at Keyhole Inc. (now Google Earth) (contract 2001)
Developer of cross-platform (Irix/Linux) multi-threaded terrain processing tools.

designed and developed toolset for processing large scale (planetary) terrain utilizing multiple MP (multi-processor) systems
developed image file format support for SGI's IFL (Image Format Library) and GDAL (Geospatial Data Abstraction Library)

Research & Development at Aechelon Technology Inc. (1999-2001)
Developer of cross-platform (Irix/Linux) visual simulation applications and tools.

scaled and ported C-Galaxy^TM to Linux - half a million stars and galaxies paged from disk, added advanced motion model
developed cultural feature Planter^TM for C-Nova^TM flight simulator software
produced Configurator^TM software to facilitate configuration management and integration testing for C-Nova^TM flight simulation software

Applied Engineering at Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) (1995-1999)
Developer, demonstrator and educator of aggressive uses of high end SGI hardware.

interacted with hardware and software teams for future design, product demonstration, and feature testing
demonstrated features like texture paging, clipmapping (large paged texture), interactive advanced rendering
authored software for ClearCoat^TM/ClearCoat360^TM - patent granted, SIGGRAPH '99 paper: Reflection Space Image Based Rendering
designed and implemented demo and training distribution framework (CD, intranet, extranet)

Networked Virtual Reality project at Carnegie Mellon University (1992-1995)
Technical coordinator and head programmer

programmed behavior, display, and networking for virtual environments
presented and setup demonstrations at various conferences
performed networking/system integration and administration

Education B.S. in Math/Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (1991-1995)

Computer Graphics - including Physically Based Modeling
Computer Vision
Operating Systems, Real Time

Skills Proficient in C/C++, Perl, OpenGL^®, shell scripting - Windows XP, Linux
Rusty in OpenGL Performer^TM, Irix
Familiar with Python, Java, JavaScript, CUDA


Experience	Rendering Software at NVIDIA (2004-present) Developer of Gelato (NVIDIA's GPU-accelerated final frame renderer) currently working on aggressive use of the GPU for the next generation of Gelato (code-named Mocha) focused on achieving scaling across multiple CPUs and multiple GPUs worked with and supported film studios and film schools around the world designed support infrastructure including forums for the enthusiasts using the free version of Gelato setup and [remotely] administered small render farm for in-house shorts and customer scene testing cross platform porting and debugging (Windows 32- and 64-bit and various Linux distros) setup and maintained build/test machines, license generator, etc. with web front ends assisted with development of Sorbetto relighting technology - patents pending assisted with design and development of [unreleased] Gelato plugin for Sketchup developed scripts for a range of tasks from code reviews to testsuite gilding side project - added Gelato support of gigapixel imagery (like GigaPan and xRez) Performance & Quality at NVIDIA (2001-2004) Developer and user of quality analysis and performance testing tools. extended and authored tools for quality evaluation reported results of competitive analysis (cheat catching) produced and designed tools for automated performance testing designed and tested database for performance results Tool development at Keyhole Inc. (now Google Earth) (contract 2001) Developer of cross-platform (Irix/Linux) multi-threaded terrain processing tools. designed and developed toolset for processing large scale (planetary) terrain utilizing multiple MP (multi-processor) systems developed image file format support for SGI's IFL (Image Format Library) and GDAL (Geospatial Data Abstraction Library) Research & Development at Aechelon Technology Inc. (1999-2001) Developer of cross-platform (Irix/Linux) visual simulation applications and tools. scaled and ported C-Galaxy^TM to Linux - half a million stars and galaxies paged from disk, added advanced motion model developed cultural feature Planter^TM for C-Nova^TM flight simulator software produced Configurator^TM software to facilitate configuration management and integration testing for C-Nova^TM flight simulation software Applied Engineering at Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) (1995-1999) Developer, demonstrator and educator of aggressive uses of high end SGI hardware. interacted with hardware and software teams for future design, product demonstration, and feature testing demonstrated features like texture paging, clipmapping (large paged texture), interactive advanced rendering authored software for ClearCoat^TM/ClearCoat360^TM - patent granted, SIGGRAPH '99 paper: Reflection Space Image Based Rendering designed and implemented demo and training distribution framework (CD, intranet, extranet) Networked Virtual Reality project at Carnegie Mellon University (1992-1995) Technical coordinator and head programmer programmed behavior, display, and networking for virtual environments presented and setup demonstrations at various conferences performed networking/system integration and administration
Education	B.S. in Math/Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (1991-1995) Computer Graphics - including Physically Based Modeling Computer Vision Operating Systems, Real Time
Skills	Proficient in C/C++, Perl, OpenGL^®, shell scripting - Windows XP, Linux Rusty in OpenGL Performer^TM, Irix Familiar with Python, Java, JavaScript, CUDA