Developed well-known physics simulators such as APIC, MLS-MPM, and IPC. Received Ph.D. dissertation award from UCLA, CAREER award from NSF, faculty awards from Amazon, Style3D, and Sony, as well as best paper awards/honorable mentions at SIGGRAPH, SCA, MIG, ICRA, and IROS. Research supported by NSF, DOE, Toyota, Amazon, Style3D, Sony, Adobe, and Snap.
Research Experience
Assistant Professor of CIS at UPenn from 2017 to 2021.
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 2015; Advisors: Demetri Terzopoulos and Joseph Teran.
Background
Research interest: visual computing, physical AI, 3D generative AI, embodied AI, robotics. Current research centers on the intersection of physical AI and visual computing, building algorithms, simulators, and learning systems that let intelligent agents perceive, reason, and act in the physical world. Extending generative AI with spatial, temporal, and physical understanding.