My C.V LinkedIn Github email : sriravic@outlook.com

Work Experience

• Aclectic Systems Inc

  • I worked as a remote consultant developing a new ISPC based delta tracking volume rendering plugin with the Intel OSPRAY framework.

• SideFX

  • I worked as a lighting and rendering developer on the Mantra renderer within Houdini.

• Pixar Animation Studios

  • I interned with the RenderMan group in Seattle during summer 2016.

• I was a Teaching Assistant for the following courses at Dartmouth.

  • Computer Graphics, Rendering Algorithms, Introduction to HCI, Computer Vision

• I worked with the appleseed organization.

  • I was involved with the appleseed renderer as a part of GSOC 2014. I was responsible for bringing curve rendering to appleseed which will be used to render hair and fur in a production setting.

• Oracle India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, Jan 2010 - July 2011

Academic Profile

• Master of Science - Dartmouth College - June 2018

• MS by Research - Computer Science, IIIT - Hyderabad, July 2015, GPA: 9.17/10

  • Advisor: Dr.P.J.Narayanan

  • Thesis Title : Two Algorithms for GPU Raytracing.

• B.E Computer Science, GCT Coimbatore, 2005 - 2009, GPA: 8.65/10

• In another life as a high school student

Research Interests

• Light Transport Algorithms

  • Grand prize winner in the Dartmouth Rendering Competition.

• GPU Raytracing

• Realtime Rendering Algorithms

Publications

• A radiative framework for non-exponential media

  • Benedikt Bitterli, Srinath Ravichandran, Thomas Muller, Magnus Wrenninge, Jan Novk, Steve Marschner, Wojciech Jarosz, Siggraph Asia Technical Papers, November 2018

• Coherent and Importance Sampled LVC BDPT on the GPU

  • Srinath Ravichandran and P.J.Narayanan, Siggraph Asia Technical Briefs, November 2015

• Parallel Divide and Conquer Ray Tracing

  • Srinath Ravichandran and P.J.Narayanan, Siggraph Asia Technical Briefs, November 2013

Interests

• I have started doing the 4000 footers in NH.

  • Completed : 6

  • Last Summited : Mt.Lafayette

  • Life Ambition : All Eight-Thousanders?

    • Last Summited: Mt.Baker (10,781 feet)

• I'm love trekking in the outdoors. I would prefer a sleeping bag under the starry sky rather than a 5 star hotel room anyday.

• I love long distance running. I succesfully completed the Airtel Hyderabad Marathon 2014.

  • I hope to enter the Boston Marathon someday.

• Dota2.

• Animated movies - Alladin, Hotel Transylvania, all Pixar/Disney movies, and the list goes on and on….