Graphics programmer / Research Assistant · EVL, UIC

Riccardo
Bonfanti

I'm a Master's student in Computer Science focused on computer graphics, GPU programming and high-performance systems. I build renderers: from a path tracer written from scratch to real-time Gaussian Splatting in the CAVE2, a room-sized immersive display.

[01] Selected work

Renderers, shaders and GPU code

All projects

[03] Background

Experience & education

More about me

Experience

  • Jan 2026 – Dec 2026

    Research Assistant

    Electronic Visualization Laboratory, University of Illinois Chicago

    Master's thesis research: real-time 3D Gaussian Splatting for head-tracked, tiled stereoscopic displays such as the CAVE2.

Education

  • Jan 2025 – Dec 2026 (expected)

    Master of Science in Computer Science

    University of Illinois Chicago

  • Sep 2024 – Apr 2027 (expected)

    Master of Science in Engineering of Computing Systems

    Politecnico di Milano

  • Sep 2021 – Sep 2024

    Bachelor of Science in Engineering of Computing Systems

    Politecnico di Milano

[04] Contact

Working on rendering, GPUs or real-time graphics?

I'd be glad to hear about it. The quickest way to reach me is email.