Kelvin Sung is a Professor with the Computing and Software Systems Division at University of Washington Bothell (UWB). He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Kelvin's background is in computer graphics, hardware, and machine architecture. He came to UWB from Alias|Wavefront (now part of Autodesk), where he played a key role in designing and implementing the Maya Renderer, an Academy Award-winning image generation system. At UWB, funded by Microsoft Research and the National Science Foundation, Kelvin’s work focuses on the intersection of video game mechanics, solutions to real-world problems, and mobile technologies. Together with his students and colleagues, Kelvin has co-authored six books: one in computer graphics and the others in 2D game engines with Apress.
Gregory Smith is a software engineer at Virtual Heroes, a company that focuses on creating training and simulation software in Unreal Engine. He received his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Northwest Nazarene University in 2018 and earned a Masters of Computer Science and Software Engineering degree from the University of Washington Bothell in 2020. Gregory also owns his own game company, Plus 2 Studios, which he works on in his spare time.