Presenter

Omar Zarifi is a senior software developer at SideFX Software. Over the past 8 years at the company, Omar has worked in a wide range of domains, such as fluid simulations, realtime rendering, and general purpose GPU programming. Presently, his work primarily revolves around development of Copernicus in Houdini, a framework for GPU-accelerated image processing. His many academic interests include pure mathematics, physics-based animation, high-performance computing, and computer graphics. At the intersection of these interests lie Omar's overarching goals of facilitating use of compute and mathematics as expressive tools for artists.