Shading Languages and Programmable Graphics Systems

On 12/07/2022 Prof. Pat Hanrahan delivered a lecture titled Shading Languages and the Emergence of Programmable Graphics Systems at CSAIL as part of the Dertouzos Distinguished Lecture Series. Patrick M. Hanrahan is an American computer graphics researcher, the Canon USA Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering in the Computer Graphics Laboratory at Stanford University. Professor Hanrahan's current research involves rendering algorithms, high performance graphics architectures, and systems support for graphical interaction. He also has worked on raster graphics systems, computer animation and modeling and scientific visualization, in particular, volume rendering.