Ruben Diaz Email & Phone Number

London, England, Gb

London, England, Gb

United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Joined Framestore's TV/Advertising/Immersive division. Some of my responsibilities included: - 3D Lead in Commercial Project- Lead Crowd TD + Houdini Crowd Framework Development.- Procedural modelling and lookdev.- Houdini FX Artist.

London, United Kingdom

I was responsible for supervising the technical aspects, actively participating in research and development, and efficiently managing the delivery of development tasks and creative work for the team.Lead Crowd TD in several projects including:- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, 2019 (Lead Crowd TD)- Aladdin, 2019 (Lead Crowd TD)- Avengers, Endgame, 2019 (Senior Crowd TD)- Aquaman, 2018 (Crowd TD)

London, United Kingdom

My core responsibilities in this capacity were to conduct research and develop a novel Motion Choreography Solution (read about it here: https://www.ilm.com/vfx/ready-player-one) as well as working as Houdini Artist, making extensive use of our in-house toolset. Some notable projects I was involved in:- Avengers: Infinity War, 2018 (Crowd RnD and Crowd TD)- Ready Player One, 2018 (Crowd RnD and Crowd TD)- Star Wars: The Last Jedi, 2017 (Lead Crowd TD)

R&D and production software development for FX and crowd disciplines. I had the opportunity to introduce multiple improvements to MPC's proprietary crowd simulation engine, ALICE.Some projects I was involved with:- The Jungle book (2016)- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)- Tarzan (2016)- Terminator: Genisys (2015)- Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

Guildford, United Kingdom

I joined the team at 22cans for a few months as a consultant game developer (Desktop and mobile devices). My involvement was primarily with the front end as well efficiency/optimization tasks. - C++ game development on Windows and MacOS environments.- Adobe Flash/ActionScript (AS3) UI development using Autodesk´s Scaleform technology.- Worked closely with GUI artist(s) and offered technical support.- Memory, CPU and GPU usage profiling and optimisation.- Code refactoring.

As software developer I had the opportunity to work in many aspects of Video Game development in a multidisciplinary vibrant team.- C++ game development for games published by Halfbrick (web and iOS). - Researched and implemented a render technique for efficient sprite generation (Python).- Implemented game sound, UI and FX using several proprietary tools and editors. I also offered Technical Direction on the Visual Effects for a sci-fi drama nominated for a Digital Emmy Award on 2014.- R&D for efficient and flexible flocking simulations.- Scene setup and implementation of swarming simulations.- Supported FX Artists with technical direction.- nCloth and nParticles simulations setups (also using SOuP Maya plugin for procedural not destructive workflow).- Animation of geometry proxies. - Mel scripting.

Bilbao Area, Spain

I had the chance to work as a research assistant, as well as computer graphics developer for the 3D Animation and Virtual Environments Department. My main tasks were the following: - 3D Graphics Research- Web3D Animation Engine Implementation (Javascript and WebGL).- Support writing R&D project proposals.- Integrated Qualcomm's augmented reality engine, OpenSceneGraph using Andoid's NDK for an AR prototype application.

Sydney, Australia

During my time at iCinema I had the chance to design, test and implement methods of displaying real time 3D graphics in a stereoscopic, multi-projector non-planar space. - Developed a calibration tool (C++ and OpenGL) for the AVIE (Advanced Visualisation Interaction Environment) system for correct projection mapping.- Implemented a playback engine for a virtual reality application using straight OpenGL (GLSL) and Ogre3D. This engine was in use at the Dynamic Earth exhibition.- Worked on site at Museum Victoria (Melbourne) with the lead developer for testing and deployment of the calibration tool.- Completed Master's thesis 'Rendering Stereographic 3D Images in Cylindrical Spaces'

Master'S Degree, Artificial Intelligence And Computer Graphics

Exchange Student (Practicum Program), Computer Graphics

Master Of Engineering (Meng), Computer Science

Intensive Course, Simulation And Virtual Reality In Robotics (Savro)

Partner institutions: Elasis (Fiat Group), Polytechnic University of Valencia and Technical University of Kaiserslautern

Exchange Student, Computer Graphics And Artificial Intelligence Subjects