Scholar
Anyi Rao
Google Scholar ID: 8lKr7j4AAAAJ
Assistant Professor, HKUST
Citations & Impact
Citations
10,406
H-index
20
i10-index
24
Publications
20
Co-authors
27
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Key works include ControlNet, AnimateDiff, MovieNet, Virtual Studio, and IC-Light
- ControlNet received the Marr Prize (Best Paper Award) at ICCV 2023
- Published extensively at top venues including CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, UIST, ICML, ACM MM, ICLR, and SIGGRAPH
- IC-Light accepted as Oral at ICLR 2025
- CineVision accepted to UIST 2025; Light-A-Video accepted to ICCV 2025
- Won the Rising Star Award at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2024
- Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2025
- Recipient of the Brown Media Innovation Research Fund and Amazon Video Research Fund
Research Experience
- Research experience at Meta Reality Lab, Vector Institute, University of Toronto, and University of Hong Kong
- Organized the SIGGRAPH/CVPR/ICCV/ECCV Workshop on AI for Creative Visual Content
- Organized the SIGGRAPH Course on Generative Models for Visual Content
- Served as co-chair for MMSys26, UIST25, VINCI25, CVM25, UIST24
- Served as area chair/TPC member for CVPR26, ICLR26, SIGGRAPH Asia26/25
Background
- Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
- Leads the Multimedia Creativity Lab (MMLab@HKUST)
- Associate Director of HKUST Media Intelligence Research Center
- Researches human-AI collaboration for creativity, focusing on understanding, editing, and creation of art, media, and film
- Aims to build human-AI collaborative intelligence to enhance human creativity and productivity
