Optimized Shift Mapping Operators for Rendering
Terry Chen
Master’s Thesis (MASc), 2026
Hi, I’m Terry.
I’m a GPU Dev Tech engineer at AMD, helping developers optimize their games for AMD hardware.
Until recently, I was also a master’s student under the supervision of Prof. Adrien Gruson and Prof. Derek Nowrouzezahrai, researching improvements to real-time rendering algorithms.
Education
- École de technologie supérieure Montréal, Canada2023 – 2026MASc Computer Science
- University of Waterloo Waterloo, Canada2018 – 2023BMath Computer Science and Statistics
Work Experience
- AMD Markham, CanadaNovember 2025 – presentGPU Dev Tech Engineer
- Ubisoft La Forge Montréal, CanadaMay 2024 – January 2025Research Intern
- University of Waterloo Waterloo, CanadaMay 2022 – December 2022Undergraduate Research Assistant
- A.U.G. Signals Toronto, Canada (remote)January 2021 – May 2021Software Developer Intern
- University of Waterloo Waterloo, CanadaMay 2020 – December 2020 (part-time)Undergraduate Research Assistant
Publications
A Practical Walk-on-Boundary Method for Boundary Value Problems
Ryusuke Sugimoto, Terry Chen, Yiti Jiang, Christopher Batty, Toshiya Hachisuka
SIGGRAPH NA (ACM Transactions on Graphics), 2023
