Chris Wyman is a Distinguished Research Scientist at NVIDIA, in Redmond, WA, overseeing and participating in research improving sample reuse, including helping transfer knowledge to (internal and external) product groups looking to accelerate their renderers. He has spoken in, co-authored, or organized six different SIGGRAPH courses and was an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa for 10 years. Chris has a PhD from the University of Utah and a BS from the University of Minnesota.