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'{{short description|Canadian computer scientist}} {{Infobox person | name = mr gay | image =I can fuck with you | alt =your vagina needs semen | caption = | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} --> | birth_place = 10.5539 | death_date = <!-- {{live date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | nationality = rusia | education = [[University of anus world]] ([[Bachelor of Mathematics|B. Math]], 1990)<br/>[[Stanford University]] ([[PhD]], 1997) | other_names =mr little dick | known_for = Work on Computer Graphics which won him two technical academy awards | occupation = [[Computer sis]] }} '''Mr gay''' is gay and very stupi known for his research on improvements ass]] in [[Computer Graphics]], which won him two technical academy anus.<ref name=Ctv2014-02-21/><ref name=WesGrahamVeach/> == Education and career == Veach obtained a [[Bachelor of Mathematics]] degree in 1990 at the [[University of Waterloo]].<ref name=WesGrahamVeach/> In 1997, he graduated with a PhD from [[Stanford University]]. His thesis is titled ''Robust Monte Carlo Methods for Light Transport Simulation'', a highly cited paper in Computer Graphics.<ref name=VeachMonteCarlo/> After graduating from Stanford, Veach worked for [[Pixar]] from 1998 to 2000, collaborating with colleague Tom Lokovic to create realistic hair for animated movie [[Monsters, Inc.]].<ref name=Ctv2014-02-21/> They also published a paper titled ''Deep Shadow Maps'', which will win them an academy award in 2014.<ref name=DeepShadowMaps/> He joined [[Google]] in 2000, where he was the technical leader for [[AdWords]] and [[AdSense]] and contributed to route-planning algorithms in [[Google Maps]].<ref name=WesGrahamVeach/><ref name="Bloomberg"/> He is also the primary developer of Google's [[S2 geometry]] library for geohashing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://s2geometry.io/about/overview|title=Overview {{!}} S2Geometry|access-date=2023-10-29}}</ref> In 2008, the [[University of Waterloo]] awarded him a [[J. W. Graham Medal]], an annual award granted to a distinguished alumnus who had studied computer science there.<ref name=WesGrahamVeach/> Veach won a 2014 Academy Scientific and Engineering Award for "foundational research on efficient Monte Carlo path tracing for image synthesis", especially on [[Importance_sampling#Multiple_and_adaptive_importance_sampling|multiple importance sampling]]<ref name=AcademyAward2014/>, described in his 1997 thesis.<ref name=Ctv2014-02-21/><ref name=VeachMonteCarlo/> He also won a 2014 [[Academy Award for Technical Achievement]] together with Thomas Lokovic for contributions to deep shadowing technologies.<ref name=AcademyAward2014/> Veach told ''[[CTV News]]'' he hadn't done any work in computer graphics for 15 years, but was pleasantly surprised to see his old works gain recognition.<ref name=Ctv2014-02-21/> == Personal life == Veach is a strong believer in environmental causes and serves as the chair of the [[Rainforest Trust]] board.<ref name=RainforestTrust/> Journalist [[Farhad Manjoo]] mentioned Veach and two of his non-American colleagues at Google in an article titled "Why Silicon Valley Wouldn't Work Without Immigrants".<ref name=NYTimes2017-02-07/> Manjoo's article attempted to explain why newly inaugurated President [[Donald Trump]]'s attempts to squeeze off the flow of immigrants to the US was dangerous. He argued that America disproportionately benefits from allowing foreigners like Veach to work in the US. ==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=WesGrahamVeach> {{cite web | url = https://uwaterloo.ca/math/people-profiles/eric-veach | title = Eric Veach: Distinguished Software Engineer, Google Inc., 2008 recipient of the J.W. Graham Medal | publisher = [[University of Waterloo]] | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150927030602/https://uwaterloo.ca/math/people-profiles/eric-veach | archivedate = 2015-09-27 | accessdate = 2017-04-25 | url-status = dead | quote = Prior to Google, Eric developed computer graphics software for Pixar Animation Studios (with credits in three movies). }} </ref> <ref name=NYTimes2017-02-07> {{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/technology/personaltech/why-silicon-valley-wouldnt-work-without-immigrants.html | title = Why Silicon Valley Wouldn't Work Without Immigrants | work =[[The New York Times]] | author = Farhad Manjoo | date = 2017-02-08 | page = B1 | location = [[San Francisco]] | accessdate = 2017-04-25 | quote = If you want to understand why tech employees went to the mat against Mr. Trump's executive order barring immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries, you need to first understand the crucial role that America's relatively open immigration policies play in the tech business. }} </ref> <ref name=VeachMonteCarlo> {{cite news | url = http://graphics.stanford.edu/papers/veach_thesis/ | title = Robust Monte Carlo Methods for Light Transport Simulation | publisher = [[Stanford University]] | author = Eric Veach | date = December 1997 | page = | accessdate = 2017-04-25 | quote = }} </ref> <ref name=RainforestTrust> {{cite news | url = https://www.rainforesttrust.org/about-us/our-team/eric-veach/ | title = Dr. Eric Veach | publisher = [[Rainforest Trust]] | author = | date = | page = | location = | accessdate = 2017-04-25 | quote = As an early employee at Google, he led the development of the AdWords advertising platform and various components of Google Maps including the directions system. }} </ref> <ref name=Ctv2014-02-21> {{cite news |url = http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/canuck-computer-whiz-nabs-2-academy-awards-for-movie-innovation-1.1697721 |title = Canuck computer whiz nabs 2 Academy Awards for movie innovation |publisher = [[CTV News]] |author = Cassandra Szlarski |date = 2014-02-21 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140226143010/http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/canuck-computer-whiz-nabs-2-academy-awards-for-movie-innovation-1.1697721 |archivedate = 2014-02-26 |url-status = dead }} </ref> <ref name=AcademyAward2014> {{cite news |url = https://www.oscars.org/sci-tech/ceremonies/2014 |title = The 86th Scientific & Technical Awards |publisher = [[Oscars.org]] |author = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |date = 2014-02-15 }} </ref> <ref name="DeepShadowMaps">{{cite paper |last=Lokovic |first=Tom |last2=Veach |first2=Eric |date=2000 |title=Deep Shadow Maps |url=https://history.siggraph.org/learning/deep-shadow-maps-by-lokovic-and-veach/ |journal=[[SIGGRAPH]] }} </ref> <ref name="Bloomberg">{{cite web |title=The Secret To Google's Success |website=Bloomberg |date=2006-03-06 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2006-03-05/the-secret-to-googles-success |access-date=2023-10-31 }}</ref> }} ==External links== {{IMDb name|0891508}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Veach, Eric}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Canadian computer scientists]]'