Hugues Hoppe
Computer Scientist
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHugues Hoppe is a distinguished computer graphics researcher and software engineer with a career spanning industry research labs and academia. He served as Principal Scientist at Google (2016–2021) and as Research Manager and Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research (1994–2016), shaping advances in graphics, geometry processing, and computer vision. He was Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Graphics from 2009 to 2012, reflecting leadership in the field, and his work on mesh processing has longstanding impact. Based in Seattle, Washington, he is a prolific open-source contributor, notably the hhoppe/Mesh-processing-library, a C++ mesh-processing toolkit connected to ACM SIGGRAPH work from 1992–2003, with practical back-end enhancements. His academic foundation from the University of Washington includes a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering, along with MS and BS in Electrical Engineering, highlighting a strong theory-to-practice mindset. He combines research leadership with hands-on software development to deliver scalable graphics and vision solutions.
10 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
University of Washington
English, French
Github Skills (6)
c-language10
c-programming-language10
opengl9
3d-graphics9
video-processing8
mesh-processing7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
hhoppe/Mesh-processing-library
Jan 2017 - Jan 2023
C++ libraries and programs demonstrating mesh processing research published in ACM SIGGRAPH (1992-2003)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:248 commits, 1 PR, 492 pushes in 6 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Hugues's commits primarily involve changes to C++ code within the `libHh` and `G3dOGL` directories. These changes include code improvements, bug fixes, and the introduction of new functionality, such as the `MeshRoot`, changes related to framerate controls, and features related to texture management in video playback. The user also worked on enhancing the `VideoViewer` program, making improvements to video display and playback.
acmmeshtechniquescppc-library
hhoppe/advent-of-code-hhoppe
Dec 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:32 commits, 46 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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