Alla Sheffer אלה שפר

Prof. UBC CS, Computer Graphics and Geometry Processing, SIGGRAPH EC member

[Alla Sheffer אלה שפר @AllaSheffer]

We are hiring! Please apply. Feel free to ping me if you have questions.

[UBC Computer Science @UBC_CS]

UBC Computer Science invites applications for up to two full-time tenure-track positions, with the following priority areas: visualization, robotics, reinforcement learning, data management, and data mining. Applications are due Wed Dec 10, 2025. https://t.co/ARgHUbnGny

[Alla Sheffer אלה שפר @AllaSheffer]

Our paper that explains how 3D shapes are just intersections of height fields and how to leverage this fact to compactly encode them is out : https://t.co/Kmwaa5sR5s @kwangmoo_yi @WenpingWang6 @SuzuranTakikawa @NicholasVining

[Alla Sheffer אלה שפר @AllaSheffer]

Reminder, siggraph EC elections happening now. You can vote till august 12th. Please do! We need active and knowledgeable EC members!

[Alla Sheffer אלה שפר @AllaSheffer]

Elections to SIGGRAPH executive are coming up soon (voting starts June 15). Slate here: https://t.co/qOkZ7uca5L and includes some really great folks. Do renew your membership and vote!

[Alla Sheffer אלה שפר @AllaSheffer]

I am actively looking for a new postdoc. If interested talk to me at SIGGRAPH.

[Alla Sheffer אלה שפר @AllaSheffer]

Cool writeup on stuff we did last year with Animal Logic: https://t.co/KLyLnHsTk1

[Alla Sheffer אלה שפר @AllaSheffer]

Elections to SIGGRAPH executive are coming up soon (voting starts June 15). Slate here: https://t.co/qOkZ7uca5L and includes some really great folks. Do renew your membership and vote!

[Alla Sheffer אלה שפר @AllaSheffer]

My department’s (UBC CS) remaining recruiting ads are out https://t.co/9EiQ6l9pnz . We are hiring in all areas of CS plus have separate AI/ML and theory searches. Please share widely and consider applying.

[Alla Sheffer אלה שפר @AllaSheffer]

I try to not make my feed political. But… The linked letter accurately reflects how I feel about the massacre on 10/7 and the aftermath; it is signed by Berkeley faculty I respect. https://t.co/0o2SUXUT2P Maybe the rest of us could follow?

[Alla Sheffer אלה שפר @AllaSheffer]

@sitzikbs R u sure? I just clicked and it worked

[Alla Sheffer אלה שפר @AllaSheffer]

And following up on the post below. We now have the ad out for our AI search https://t.co/OLgimOSBjh. Do consider applying and forwarding to anyone on the job market. There are two more ads coming (ubc approval processes takes time…).

[Alla Sheffer אלה שפר @AllaSheffer]

My dept. (ubc cs) is hiring into multiple faculty positions this year. The ad for the tenure track assistant professor positions is still in the works, and I will post it once out. Our tenure track teaching/EL stream ads are out : https://t.co/fSiKjovN2i. Please share widely.

[Alla Sheffer אלה שפר @AllaSheffer]

My dept. (ubc cs) is hiring into multiple faculty positions this year. The ad for the tenure track assistant professor positions is still in the works, and I will post it once out. Our tenure track teaching/EL stream ads are out : https://t.co/fSiKjovN2i. Please share widely.

[Alla Sheffer אלה שפר @AllaSheffer]

I usually keep my Twitter strictly professional. But this is not a usual time. The thread bellow is pretty close to how I feel and is well articulated.

[Jonathan Rosenthal @rosenthal_jon]

I have been struggling to articulate the complex emotions I've been feeling since Saturday morning as a Jew, a liberal/progressive, a believer that Palestinians and Jews have a right to a homeland, to safety and dignity. A thread 1/

[Alla Sheffer אלה שפר @AllaSheffer]

Question to the graphics community: does anyone know or has a pointer to any analysis of gender distribution among graphics researchers or graduate students? Anecdotally I know that the numbers are heavily skewed, but no idea how skewed…

[Alla Sheffer אלה שפר @AllaSheffer]

And an update. I had been elected to the SIGGRAPH EC. Thank you to everyone who voted! Looking forward to learning how the sausage is made :).

[Alla Sheffer אלה שפר @AllaSheffer]

I am running to be a member of the ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee - to vote go here https://t.co/7k2D5kNQaB. Mine and other candidate's bio and platforms are here: https://t.co/TcDcSJkTtn . Please vote - EC has a large impact on graphics researchers and practitioners.

[Kwang Moo Yi @kwangmoo_yi]

A few things I ask my students to do when writing reviews:
1. Remove all adverbs
2. Try removing all adjectives
3. You are not the judge -- you are either the prosecutor or the lawyer.
4. Be evidence-based.
5. Be kind -- there's someone's <1y of life behind it.

[Alla Sheffer אלה שפר @AllaSheffer]

This is a paper I am an author on (ICCV not SA). The reviewer comments that our entire research idea is “not good” as it can’t deal with common geometric models. I thought that we showed 100+ of these so I may need to relearn geometry..

[Kwang Moo Yi @kwangmoo_yi]

Wow.... the second time in my 15y in academia when I get literally "your research idea is not good" in the review. As a senior, I brush this off, but I am sorry for the student who had to see this. We need more kindness :) You can always say the same thing in a nicer way.

[Alla Sheffer אלה שפר @AllaSheffer]

@plopesresearch It is supposed to be extended to July 15 according to the folks in charge.

[Alla Sheffer אלה שפר @AllaSheffer]

SIGGRAPH just came out with grants for early career folks attending this years conference: https://t.co/dP4MEjEcbV. The deadline is very tight, so do spread the word to all eligible folks and apply yourself if eligible..

[Alla Sheffer אלה שפר @AllaSheffer]

I am running to be a member of the ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee - to vote go here https://t.co/7k2D5kNQaB. Mine and other candidate's bio and platforms are here: https://t.co/TcDcSJkTtn . Please vote - EC has a large impact on graphics researchers and practitioners.

[Alla Sheffer אלה שפר @AllaSheffer]

@ALoopingIcon Ay !