Press Releases | PR - NVIDIA Chief Scientist Receives ACM Computer Graphics Achievement Award
NVIDIA’s Chief Scientist David Kirk Honored for Outstanding Achievement in Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
SIGGRAPH 2002 — SAN ANTONIO, TX — JULY 24, 2002NVIDIA® Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, today announced its Chief Scientist and Vice President of Architecture, David Kirk, Ph.D., was honored by the ACM SIGGRAPH organization with a prestigious Computer Graphics Achievement Award for outstanding achievement in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Since 1983, ACM SIGGRAPH has bestowed this award to just one exemplary individual per year. Dr. Kirk joins an esteemed list of past award winners that includes SGI founders Jim Clark and Kurt Akeley; Stanford University Professor Marc Levoy; Pixar Animation Studios Senior Scientist Anthony D. DeRose; and Adobe Systems Co-founder and Chairman Dr. John E. Warnock.

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Posted Wed Jul 24, 200219:30 PST by Richard Annema | Source:
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