CppCon 2016

Hi, nice to meet you! My name is Nicolas, and my main interests are game development, real-time rendering, graphics hardware and graphics APIs. I tackle problems at the intersection of designing efficient computer algorithms and leveraging the strengths of hardware. My favorite thing about C++ is that it lets me write detailed systems-level code and high-level GUI code together in a single robust language.

Coding Manager of Creative Assembly, makers of the Total War franchise, Alien:Isolation and the upcoming Halo Wars sequel, Guy has been writing games since the early 1980s. He is now also a contributor to SG14, the study group devoted to low latency, real time requirements, and performance/efficiency especially for Games, Financial/Banking, and Simulations. He speaks at schools, colleges and universities about programming and likes to help good... Read More →

Rich works at Binomial, were he's working on "Basis", a new transcoding-based texture compression system for GPU textures. He's also worked on several open source data lossless compression libraries, such as LZHAM and miniz.

Stephanie is building Basis, a texture compressor, at Binomial. She loves all things VR/AR/MR, C++, optimization, graphics, and games. Previously, she worked with C++ and graphics programming at Oculus and Unity.