Derek Nowrouzezahrai

Full Professor @McGillU & @Mila_Quebec. Director @McGill_CIM
@CIFAR_News AI Chair & @Mila_Quebec/@UbisoftMTL Chair.
Monte Carlo & ML for interactive simulation.

[Anthony Gosselin @antho_gosselin]

🚗💥Introducing Ctrl-Crash: controllable video generation for autonomous driving! SOTA models struggle to generate physically realistic car crashes. We propose an image2video diffusion model with bounding box and crash type control.
Website: https://t.co/vNBYhbx3c4
🧵->

[Derek Nowrouzezahrai @DerekRenderling]

Interested in exploring the interplay of 3D graphics, imaging, physical simulation, modern ML, and RL? Use the @Mila_Quebec supervision request form to apply to openings under my supervision at the McGill Graphics Lab.

[Mila - Institut québécois d'IA @Mila_Quebec]

Mila's annual supervision request process opens on October 15 to receive MSc and PhD applications for Fall 2025 admission! Join our community! More information here https://t.co/r01eLcXtZw

[Derek Nowrouzezahrai @DerekRenderling]

If you're interested in differentiable simulation, generative AI for 3D, or foundational computer graphics topics submit your application via Mila's supervision application process. To find out more, click here: https://t.co/IG76b2jVI9

[Wesley Chang @_WesChang]

Excited to share our #SIGGRAPH2023 work on accelerating inverse rendering with ReSTIR. Since we render a sequence of frames during optimization, we can reuse samples from previous frames, just like in real-time rendering. 1/3

https://t.co/rSKNwHy4Mp

[Derek Nowrouzezahrai @DerekRenderling]

@_TheodoreKim Congratulations, Ted! This is fantastic news!

[Derek Nowrouzezahrai @DerekRenderling]

Congratulations, @tyrell_turing !

[Mila - Institut québécois d'IA @Mila_Quebec]

Congratulations to @tyrell_turing, Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science and the Montreal Neurological Institute at @mcgillu and Core Academic Member at Mila, for winning the Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship in 2022.

Read article here 👉 https://t.co/xgQFmRwIN5

[Mila - Institut québécois d'IA @Mila_Quebec]

Congratulations to @tyrell_turing, Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science and the Montreal Neurological Institute at @mcgillu and Core Academic Member at Mila, for winning the Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship in 2022.

Read article here 👉 https://t.co/xgQFmRwIN5

[Kosta Derpanis (sabbatical in Zurich) @CSProfKGD]

AWESOME colleagues, great city, no brainer, apply!

[Tal Arbel @arbtal]

Announcing a tenure track opening at McGill's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, in Applied Artificial Intelligence in Engineering (defined broadly, includes computer vision and medical image analysis):

https://t.co/v00ulpDVsm

[Derek Nowrouzezahrai @DerekRenderling]

Andrea @taiyasaki is an inspiring researcher and a fantastic person to boot! I’d jump at the chance to join his group, if I was starting in this field again today.

[Andrea Tagliasacchi 🇨🇦→✈️→🇺🇲 (@CVPR) @taiyasaki]

Considering a PhD? Interested in 3D deep learning, neural scene representations, NeRFs, and applications to robotics and graphics?

Come to Vancouver, 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 (SFU) Deadline is 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟖 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

Apply here: https://t.co/2xPZWVPNEP

[Derek Nowrouzezahrai @DerekRenderling]

@CSProfKGD @DariaNogina @MarkHolum @_AlecJacobson … subfields will require further specialization: far from a comprehensive list, e.g., rendering -> statistics, animation -> physics, geometry -> well, geometry :) I’m missing a lot here, but this is where I’d point someone without any CG (in addition to an intro CG course)

[Derek Nowrouzezahrai @DerekRenderling]

@CSProfKGD @DariaNogina @MarkHolum @_AlecJacobson Strinkingly similar list as the requisites for modern ML: linear algebra, vector calculus, and numerical methods will get you far in CG. Sprinkle in basic data structures (e.g., trees) and algorithms, systems programming and/or GPU programming as needed…

[Derek Nowrouzezahrai @DerekRenderling]

I can spot the imposter :)

[Kosta Derpanis (sabbatical in Zurich) @CSProfKGD]

I judged ChatGPT too quickly ❤️

[Kosta Derpanis (sabbatical in Zurich) @CSProfKGD]

I judged ChatGPT too quickly ❤️

[mattie ✨ @mattierialgirl]

I’m presenting a janky last-minute-made poster on my #NeurIPS2022 paper,

“Attention-based Neural Cellular Automata” https://t.co/awqZlfmaWB

Hall J #914

Come say hi, I’m dressed colourfully 🎨

[Derek Nowrouzezahrai @DerekRenderling]

@Xelatihy @wkjarosz @BartWronsk @wenzeljakob @milesmacklin There will be… once I’m done coding it :) Happy to chat offline about pleasure and pain points, so far. The TL;DR is that, for my PBR course, it’s been a huge win, but given particular teaching goals that may not align with everyone’s…

[Derek Nowrouzezahrai @DerekRenderling]

@tyrell_turing @NSERC_CRSNG Congratulations, Blake!!

[Blake Richards @tyrell_turing]

I am so honoured and grateful to receive this award from @NSERC_CRSNG. NSERC has been a constant pillar of support in my career, from grad school to today, and this fellowship will help me and my group push hard on our most exciting ideas. So, thank you NSERC, and stay tuned!

[Ubisoft @Ubisoft]

Where there's smoke there's Torch 🔥

Our new tool from Ubisoft La Forge simulates smoke, fire, and other liquids for a more immersive and realistic experience in games. Hear more about what Torch does and how our teams are on the cutting-edge!

[Mila - Institut québécois d'IA @Mila_Quebec]

Doina Precup, associate dean of research at @mcgillu faculty of science and Joelle Pineau, a core academic member at Mila, have been considered as two pioneers for #womeninAI in Canada

Read the article 👇 https://t.co/B6CwhiuTR1