Corrinne Yu

Corrinne Yu (* in Hong Kong ) is an American computer game designer and programmer .

life and work

Yu attended California State Polytechnic University in Pomona (California) to electrical engineering to study before she began her career as a professional programmer. She was a programmer for the King's Quest series for the Apple II , while in her spare time she developed her own 3D engines that she sold to various companies. She programmed for QuickDraw 3D , worked for the development studio Zombie and developed the video game engine for Spec Ops . In 1997 she was employed by video game developer Ion Storm . She worked on the 2001 video game Anachronox , was Director of Technology in the studio and was responsible for the Quake II code base. In 1998 she left Ion Storm and later became the lead technology programmer at 3D Realms . She worked as an engine programmer at Gearbox Software and was a founding member of Microsoft's Direct 3D Advisory Board and participated in the CUDA and GPU simulation at Nvidia . In 2008 Microsoft Studios hired her as Principal Engine Architect for an in-house studio, 343 Industries . She programmed lighting, facial animation and developed a new technology for the 2012 video game Halo 4 . While programming in the Halo team, she researched new lighting techniques and invented new dynamic radiosity algorithms. Microsoft has applied for a patent for the system it has developed. She also programmed in Rockwell International California's space shuttle program , designed and conducted accelerator experiments at LINAC in California and at Brookhaven National Laboratorys . For her nuclear physics research, she received a national award from the US Department of Energy. In 2010, she was named by Kotaku as one of the top 10 most influential women in games in the past decade. In November 2013 she moved to the video game developer Naughty Dog , a subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment , and worked as a graphics programmer on PlayStation 4 projects. From 2014 she worked at Amazon on the Amazon Prime Air program. In 2018 she moved to General Motors as Vice President of Engineering .

She is married to Kenneth Scott, Senior Art Director at 343 Industries, with whom she has a daughter.

Games (selection)

1998: Spec ops: Rangers Lead the Way
2001: Anachronox
2006-2008: Borderlands
2008: Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
2012: Halo 4

Awards

2009: Women in Gaming Award Winners, Category: Programming
Member of the SIGGRAPH Game Development Committee

Web links

Commons : Corrinne Yu - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

personal data
SURNAME	Yu, Corrinne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American computer game designer and programmer
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hong Kong