computer graphics - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

In this subfield of computer science, a box named for Cornell and a teapot named for the (10[1])University (10[1])of Utah (10[4]-5[2])are (10[1])often (10[2])used (10[3]-5[2])for testing. (10[11]-5[4])Bui Tuong (10[1]-5[2])Phong (-5[2])(“bwee twung fung”) developed (10[1])a model (-5[1])used in this subfield (-5[1])that models “ambient,” (10[1]-5[1])“diffuse,” (10[1])and “specular” (10[4])phenomena. (10[3]-5[3])Parallelized (-5[1])pipelines that may be named after this subfield typically contain a rasterization (10[1])step before (10[2])a shader. (10[8]-5[1])Programs (10[1]-5[1])in this subfield (10[2]-5[2])use (10[1])ray-tracing (10[1]0[1])algorithms (10[5]-5[1])to render (10[2]-5[3])3D (10[1])objects. (10[2]-5[2])NVIDIA (10[2]-5[1])makes devices named (10[1])for (10[1])this subfield (10[1])that are used (10[1])to mine (-5[1])cryptocurrency. (10[2])“Cards” named (10[1])for this (10[1])subfield contain (10[2])GPUs. (10[3])For 10 points, (10[1])name this subfield of computer (10[1])science that develops methods to create and manipulate visual (10[1])content. (10[2])■END■ (10[16]0[5])

ANSWER: computer graphics [accept graphics pipelines; accept graphics cards; accept graphics processing unit; prompt on GPU until read]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
James Stadler	Imperial B	Oxford	16	10
Henry Nonnemaker	CWRU C	Michigan C	17	10
Aaryan Sumesh	Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Mighty Miner	19	-5
Michael Zheng	UCLA F	USC A	19	10
Alex Emmert	Maryland B	Penn	19	10
Vihaan Jim	Princeton	Stony Brook	19	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Texas	19	-5
Danny Cutbill	RIT A	RIT B	19	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	UC Irvine	20	10
Erica Wang	UC Santa Barbara	UCLA D	21	10
Nicolaus Derikx	Carleton A	Ottawa C	21	10
Matthew Wozniak	Michigan B	Kentucky	22	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Lehigh A	22	-5
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Columbia B	22	-5
James Horsley	Iowa State	Wisconsin B	22	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Chinook	22	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	UCSC	24	10
Bolun Thompson	UCLA C	UCLA E	24	10
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	Ottawa D	24	10
Chase Moss	WVU A	Louisville B	24	-5
Fuller Wray	Virginia Tech A	Duke A	24	10
Zaid Asif	NYU A	Rutgers C	24	10
Xavier Bornhorst	Maryland A	NYU B	24	10
Madeline Strauss	Tufts A	Williams A	24	-5
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	Washington Sockeye	24	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Washington State	24	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Edinburgh B	24	-5
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	LSE	24	10
David Latimer	Imperial A	Cardiff	24	10
Adil Soubki	Cambridge B	Warwick	24	10
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	Binghamton B	24	-5
Jiping Fang	Illinois Blue	Purdue B	26	-5
Liam Buck	St. Thomas	Wisconsin A	26	-5
Rob Morris	Durham D	Durham B	26	10
Tyler Dang	UCLA A	UCLA B	27	-5
Fern Fang	VCU A	UNC A	27	-5
Antonio LaNave	Virginia Tech C	Virginia A	28	10
William Henley	Illinois Champaign	WashU Grolars	30	-5
Ryan Liu	Ohio State D	CWRU D	34	-5
Sam Kung	UNC C	NCSU B	37	10
Molly Oakley	Binghamton C	Cornell D	37	-5
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	William Woods University A	38	10
Tianyi Zheng	UCSD B	Claremont C	40	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	Columbia A	40	10
Jack Piros	Illinois Orange	WashU Grizzlers	40	10
Pranav Jothi	Georgia Tech A	Auburn C	40	10
Rishi Mathur	Claremont B	USC B	41	10
Wyatt Johnson	CWRU B	Louisville C	41	10
Lauren Edgar	Lehigh A	Rutgers D	41	10
Ba Loc Dinh	Illinois Urbana	Purdue C	41	-5
Jeremy Scurlock	Chipola College	Mississippi State A	41	-5
Dan Millington	Birmingham	Imperial D	41	-5
James Windle	Purdue D	Indiana A	42	-5
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Purdue A	54	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Little Prince	56	10
Ben Simmons	Macalester	Minnesota	56	10
Meredie Cohen	William & Mary A	William & Mary C	58	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	NYU C	58	10
Jeremy Katen	George Mason A	Rowan	58	10
Joyann Hua	British Columbia B	Washington Coho	58	10
Brandon Hunt	Auburn B	Vanderbilt A	58	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Auburn A	58	10
Moses Dong	Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech C	58	10
Daniel Chen	Emory A	Tennessee A	58	10
Tevin Francis	Southampton	Cambridge E	58	-5
Daniel Craig	Rutgers B	Vassar B	59	10
Fahim Afzal	Cambridge A	Cambridge C	59	-5
Venkat Das	WVU B	Michigan D	62	-5
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	South Carolina A	62	-5
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Vanderbilt B	62	10
Ada Bendel	Bristol	Imperial C	62	10
June Miller	Florida A	Florida B	63	10
Ty Brennan	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Archer Queen	64	0
Denali Tran-Le	McGill B	McGill C	64	10
Ryan Gomes	Florida Tech A	Florida Tech B	65	10
Emmet Ewing	Michigan State B	Louisville A	65	10
Hudson Kee	William & Mary B	Liberty B	65	-5
Brayden Whitlow	George Mason C	George Mason B	65	10
David Thomas	Purdue C	Illinois Urbana	65	10
Shaya Farahmand	Georgia Tech B	Alabama A	65	10
Yechan Park	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford A	67	10
Jacob Goodson	Ohio State A	CWRU A	67	-5
Nikhil Nair	Boston University B	Southern Connecticut State University A	67	-5
Jonas Cross	Tennessee Tech	Sewanne	67	10
Benjamin Turner	York	Edinburgh A	67	-5
Aidan Keenan	Rochester	Cornell C	68	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	Michigan A	69	10
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	Michigan State D	69	-5
Meredith Onions	Iowa B	Rose-Hulman A	69	10
Jacob Coyne	Durham C	Sheffield A	69	-5
Noah Fine	UNC D	Liberty C	70	10
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech B	Tusculum A	70	-5
Gabriel Nell	Cornell B	ESF	70	10
Caedmon Holland	Lehigh B	Vassar A	73	10
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	UCLA A	74	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Michigan Tech	76	10
Daniel Huang	Georgia Tech D	Tennessee B	79	10
Graydon Allard	Ottawa A	McGill E	81	-5
Jonathan Ho	Alberta B	Boise State	82	10
Ritwik Sharma	Arizona State A	Washington Masu	82	10
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	UCF A	84	10
Levan Tsiskarisvili	JMU B	Liberty A	86	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Illinois Champaign	88	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Chipola College	88	10
Anya Srinivasan	Washington Atlantic	Washington Steelhead	89	10
Edward Zhang	Vanderbilt C	Georgia Tech E	89	10
Ariyan Miah	Binghamton B	Binghamton A	89	10
Grace Early	Iowa A	Indiana B	92	10
James Headon	Edinburgh A	York	97	10
Will Huang	Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	106	10
Valentina Chamandy	McGill E	Ottawa A	107	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	Illinois Blue	107	10
Pallas Allen	South Florida A	Florida State A	108	10
Matthew Stall	CWRU D	Ohio State D	108	10
Brody Johnson	Louisville B	WVU A	108	10
Gary Wang	Michigan D	WVU B	108	10
Anthony Yin	CWRU A	Ohio State A	108	10
Jaden Rupolo	Liberty B	William & Mary B	108	10
Lindi Blaylock	Tusculum A	Virginia Tech B	108	0
Justin Han	UNC A	VCU A	108	0
Cooper Morris	Columbia B	Johns Hopkins	108	10
Anurag Shah	Indiana A	Purdue D	108	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Boston University B	108	10
Ethan Young	Williams A	Tufts A	108	0
Vishnu Sharma	Texas	Alberta A	108	10
Fionn O’Connor	South Carolina A	Georgia A	108	0
Laura Bullock	Sheffield A	Durham C	108	10
Pen Hughes	Edinburgh C	Edinburgh D	108	10
Alex Miller	Edinburgh B	Sheffield B	108	10
Judah Solomon	Imperial D	Birmingham	108	0
Charlie Nicholls	Cambridge C	Cambridge A	108	10
Fintan Thomas	Cambridge E	Southampton	108	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Binghamton C	108	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	60%	89.40
UK (South)	UK	8	88%	38%	52.29
Northern California	US	4	75%	25%	49.00
Southern California	US	7	100%	14%	34.14
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	25%	54.00
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	80.00
Great Lakes	US	10	90%	50%	71.78
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	78%	33%	58.71
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	11	100%	9%	43.64
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	1	100%	100%	108.00
Midwest	US	9	100%	44%	73.44
North	US	4	100%	25%	65.00
Northeast	US	2	50%	100%	108.00
Pacific	US	8	100%	13%	61.13
Southeast	US	12	92%	17%	65.64
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	40%	70.80