Our Industrial Partners and Supporters

DRZ

Disney Research

Disney Research

Derek maintains strong ties with several Disney Research labs, including Disney Research Zurich and Pixar Research, where he works to get his research on advanced rendering models into the latest games, movies and amusement parks around the world. Prior to his arrival at l'UniversitÃ© de MontrÃ©al, Derek worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the rendering, faces and material research teams at Disney Research Zurich's.

MSR

Microsoft Research

Microsoft Research

Derek continues to collaborate with Microsoft Research on interesting projects in real-time and accurate rendering.

MGS

Microsoft Game Studios

Microsoft Game Studios

Derek has established a MITACS Accelerate Cluster collaboration with Microfost Game Studios in Vancouver, opening the door to research collaborations on state-of-the-art interactive graphics problems and internship opportunities for graduate students in the lab.

Mokko

Mokko Studio

Mokko Studio

Pierre has a long-standing partnership with Mokko Studio, an innovative Montreal-based animation and visual effects studio, working on open problems in interactive animation and tool development. Certain students in the LIGUM share there time in the lab and at Mokko Studio.

Ubisoft

Ubisoft

Derek collaborates with research and graphics experts at Ubisoft's Montreal offices, brainstorming new ways to advance the state-of-the-art in animation and rendering with a spin towards the next generation of gaming platforms and games.

NVIDIA

NVIDIA Corporation

NVIDIA Corporation

NVIDIA has graciously provided the LIGUM with an equipement donation to permit research on high-performance graphics applications on commodity graphics processing units. Derek also collaborates openly with researchers at NVIDIA research on high-performance rendering and animation.

EA

Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts has historically been the landing spot for many of LIGUM's successful graduates and continues to be a driving force in Canada's interactive media industry.

nGrain

NGRAIN

NGRAIN

Pierre collaborates with researchers at NGRAIN on rendering and animation problems that will drive the next generation of virtual training and virtual simulation applications.

Pixar

Pixar

Pixar

Derek works with Pixar to develop new light transport models and simulators, based on radiative transport theory, in order to realistically synthesize images of extremely large virtual worlds.

Eidos

Eidos

Eidos

Derek collaborates with Eidos to develop state-of-the-art interactive rendering solutions capable of more faithfully synthesizing the appearance of realistic materials in complex environments.