Corrinne Yu

Corrinne Yu
Corrinne Yu at Hotel W Dallas in 2009
Born	Hong Kong
Nationality	American
Occupation	Programmer, game programmer
Employer	Microsoft
Title	Halo Lead, Principal Engine Programmer

Corrinne Yu is an American programmer.

Biography

As of 2011, Corrinne Yu is currently Principal Engine Programmer on Microsoft's Halo team, and first-party Halo games Lead. Yu is the first and only female Technical Lead of the whole of Microsoft Game Studios and was a founding member of Microsoft's Direct 3D Advisory Board. Previously she participated in CUDA and GPU simulation at NVidia.^[1] She continues to review the designs of new iterations of Direct3D.^[2]

Besides Halo team, Yu programmed as Lead Engine Programmer of the Prey engine at 3D Realms, and as Director of Technology of ION Storm, creator of Anachronox and Deus Ex^[3] and as Director of Technology of Gearbox Software, creator of Brothers in Arms and Borderlands.^[4]

Besides working as a game programmer, Yu programmed on the Space Shuttle program at Rockwell International California. She designed and conducted accelerator experiments at LINAC in California and the accelerator at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Her nuclear physics research won her a national award from the U.S. Department of Energy.^[5]

In 2009, Corrinne Yu won Best in Engineering internationally at GDC (Game Developers Conference) WiG nominated and judged by a panel of her industry peers for the last 2 years in a row, for her work in programming.^[6]

In 2010, Yu was identified by Kotaku as one of the 10 most influential women in games in the last decade. She is the only director of technology, and the only engine programmer, on this list.^[7]

Yu is married to Kenneth Scott, Senior Art Director of the Halo team.

References

1. ^ Analysis: Gearbox, Gas Powered Talk Tech With Nvidia GTX 200 from Gamasutra
2. ^ Inspiring Women Interview: Corrinne Yu from Kombo.com
3. ^ "Demons over Dallas " from FastCompany.com
4. ^ Gearboxity - Gearbox Software Community Portal - Corrinne Yu on PCGH from Gearbox Software's website
5. ^ Game Developers Conference 2009 Speakers: Corrinne Yu from Game Developer's Conference '09 website
6. ^ ""Best In Engineering"". http://archives.igda.org/women/newsletter/Newsletter_200908.html#anchor08. 
7. ^ "The Most Influential of the Past Decade". http://kotaku.com/5438346/the-ten-most-influential-women-in-games-of-the-past-decade/gallery/. Retrieved January 2010. 

External links

• Corrinne Yu at MobyGames

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Name	Yu, Corrinne
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Short description	Programmer
Date of birth
Place of birth	Hong Kong
Date of death
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