Vladimir Vukićević

For the Norwegian hurdler, see Vladimir Vukicevic (athlete).
Vladimir Vukićević

Vukićević at the 2010 Mozilla Summit in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Born (1979-04-29) 29 April 1979
Occupation Computer Science
Known for Major technological contributions to the Mozilla Firefox web browser, WebGL

Vladimir Vukićević, (born 29 April 1979), is a Serbian-born American Software Engineer who has worked on many open source projects. He is known mostly for his work on open-source graphics libraries, including those used in the Mozilla project.

Career

Vukićević at the 2013 Mozilla Summit

In 2006, Vukićević began work on a prototype OpenGL 3D context for the canvas HTML element, which he called Canvas 3D.[1] This work led to the creation of a "Accelerated 3D on the Web" working group within the Khronos Group in order to create a royalty-free standard API for OpenGL and OpenGL ES 2.0 capabilities,[2] which produced the WebGL specification.

In 2008, Vukićević publicly criticized Apple for using private interfaces in the Safari web browser to improve its performance, leaving third-party applications such as Firefox without solutions for similar performance problems.[3]

Vukićević made many important contributions to Firefox Mobile/Fennec, including an ARM backend for the TraceMonkey JavaScript engine[4] and the initial port of Fennec to Android.[5]

Vukićević also co-authored (with Stuart Parmenter) the APNG specification in 2004.

Vukićević served as the chair of the Khronos WebGL Working Group,[6] and now works as Director of Engineering for Mozilla.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Canvas 3D GL Power, Web Style", Vladimir Vukićević — Words
  2. ↑ "Khronos launches initiative for free standard for accelerated 3D on Web", Khronos Press Release,
  3. ↑ Broersma, Matthew (3 March 2008). "Apple slammed over programming secrets". Techworld.com. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  4. ↑ Gruener, Wolfgang (19 September 2008). "Firefox mobile web browser scheduled for 2010". TG Daily. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  5. ↑ Claburn, Thomas (29 April 2010). "Mozilla Tests Mobile Firefox For Android". InformationWeek. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "Khronos Releases Final WebGL 1.0 Specification". Khronos Group. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  7. ↑ Vukićević, Vladimir. "Games Meeting Cancelled". Retrieved 26 July 2012.
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