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Zander Majercik

Alexander (Zander) Majercik joined NVIDIA as a Research Engineer in 2018. His main research interest is novel rendering algorithms with a focus on ray-tracing. As a software engineer at NVIDIA Research, he implements software supporting projects in vision science, novel display technologies for XR systems, and deep learning algorithms. He graduated from Williams College in 2017 with a BA in Computer Science.

Research Area(s)
Algorithms and Numerical Methods
Computer Graphics
High Performance Computing
Real-Time Rendering
Main Field of Interest
Computer Graphics

Publications

2021

Dynamic Diffuse Global Illumination Resampling
Zander Majercik, Thomas Müller, Alex Keller, Derek Nowrouzezahrai, Morgan McGuire
Computer Graphics Forum
Scaling Probe-Based Real-Time Dynamic Global Illumination for Production
Zander Majercik, Adam Marrs, Josef Spjut, Morgan McGuire
The Journal of Computer Graphics Techniques

2020

Scaling Probe-Based Real-Time Dynamic Global Illumination for Production (Technical Report)
Zander Majercik, Adam Marrs, Josef Spjut, Morgan McGuire
arXiv.org

2019

Latency of 30 ms Benefits First Person Targeting Tasks More Than Refresh Rate Above 60 Hz
Josef Spjut, Ben Boudaoud, Kamran Binaee, Jonghyun Kim, Zander Majercik, Morgan McGuire, David Luebke, Joohwan Kim
Siggraph Asia Technical Briefs
FirstPersonScience: Quantifying Psychophysics for First Person Shooter Tasks
Josef Spjut, Ben Boudaoud, Kamran Binaee, Zander Majercik, Morgan McGuire, Joohwan Kim
UCI Esports Conference
Esports Arms Race: Latency and Refresh Rate for Competitive Gaming Tasks
Joohwan Kim, Josef Spjut, Morgan McGuire, Zander Majercik, Ben Boudaoud, Rachel Albert, David Luebke
Journal of Vision
Foveated AR: Dynamically-Foveated Augmented Reality Display
Jonghyun Kim, Youngmo Jeong, Michael Stengel, Kaan Akşit, Rachel Albert, Ben Boudaoud, Trey Greer, Joohwan Kim, Ward Lopes, Zander Majercik, Peter Shirley, Josef Spjut, Morgan McGuire, David Luebke
SIGGRAPH 2019 Technical Paper
Matching Prescription & Visual Acuity: Towards AR for Humans
Jonghyun Kim, Michael Stengel, Jui-Yi Wu, Ben Boudaoud, Josef Spjut, Kaan Akşit, Rachel Albert, Youngmo Jeong, Trey Greer, Ward Lopes, Zander Majercik, Peter Shirley, Morgan McGuire, David Luebke
SIGGRAPH 2019 Emerging Technology
Best in Show Award - Emerging Technology in SIGGRAPH 2019
Dynamic Diffuse Global Illumination with Ray-Traced Irradiance Fields
Zander Majercik, Jean-Philippe Guertin, Derek Nowrouzezahrai, Morgan McGuire
Journal of Computer Graphics Techniques

2018

A Ray-Box Intersection Algorithm and Efficient Dynamic Voxel Rendering
Zander Majercik, Cyril Crassin, Peter Shirley, Morgan McGuire
Journal of Computer Graphics Techniques