Nikita Drobyshev

ML Research Engineer at Meta. Working on human avatars and generative AI. MS @ Skoltech. Ex-Samsung.

[Nikita Drobyshev @NikDrob23]

@TobiasKirschst1 Hey Tobias, thanks for sharing!

Is it possible to organize a stream and/or recode it for those who can't attend in the USA?

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@Keir_Starmer Dear PM, Please clarify if the new rules will apply to current visa holders. I am a Global Talent visa holder working in AI. A simple path to ILR and citizenship was a key factor for me and many of my colleagues in deciding to immigrate to the UK.

[Nikita Drobyshev @NikDrob23]

Attending #SIGGRAPHAsia2024 this week in Tokyo! Excited to meet new (and familiar) faces. Feel free to DM me here, connect on LinkedIn, or send a meeting request via the official SIGGRAPHAsia app. Let’s chat! 🎉

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@NaeimKhanjani @ilyasutsk @karpathy @ssi @ilyasut Hey :) Which method did you use to animate it?

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I am thrilled to announce that my latest paper has been accepted at CVPR 2024:
EMOPortraits: Emotion-enhanced Multimodal One-shot Head Avatars
🔗 Project Page: https://t.co/ofBHOqRuEi

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@SevenFridays @guardian @TheEconomist @TheSun @GOVUK @Telegraph Hi Alena! Thank you a lot for your support🙏🙏

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👋 Hey there! I'm Nikita Drobyshev, a dedicated Generative AI researcher with a Global Talent UK visa. I've been in London for a year, and today, I'm opening up about my pursuit for knowledge. 📚

Imagine dreaming of a UK PhD, full of ambition and credentials, only to hit a wall of unexplained refusals. Here's my reality: I've spent a year battling for my study permit (UK's "ATAS certificate") for my PhD, facing repeated refusals without any reason. 🚫🧠 Just got my second refusal, and I'm clueless why.

Guess what? I'm not alone. Many peers are in the same boat. After 3-12 months of waiting, they get "sorry" letters without an explanation. It's like solving a puzzle with missing pieces.

What's really bugging me? The lack of transparency. Imagine driving without clear road signs.🔒

Here's a one more fact: I'm Russian. Not sure if that matters, but Russian pals face permit issues since the war began. If not a coincidence, it's unfair – education should be equal, no matter your origin. ⚪️🔵⚪️

Let's set things straight: I've never been part of any big political stuff in Russia. I'm against the war in Ukraine started by the Kremlin. I left my country last year because of my beliefs 💙💛.

🚀 Let's discuss, demand clearer rules, and ensure education without barriers. Together, we can break these obstacles and prove diverse minds shape a better world.

#EducationMatters #breakingbarriers #UnityInDiversity #academia #academy #PhD #atas #Guardian #theguardian #thesun #thetimes #theindependent #ai #aicommunity #uk

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@hannahdev 🙏

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@SobolLubov Соболь: Публикует это
Донаты ФБК: 📉

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@_lychrel Best UI/UX designer I know: https://t.co/FcghNBxfnx

[Two Minute Papers @twominutepapers]

New Video - Samsung’s AI: Megapixel DeepFakes! 📷
https://t.co/iVBrlz1SlL

#deepfake

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@eozakharov @ykilcher would appreciate if you find time to look

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Thank to you @eozakharov and all other authors! All we did a great job!

[Egor Zakharov @eozakharov]

Am very excited to share our new work on realistic avatars, which was recently accepted to ACM Multimedia! 😊 Huge props and congratulations to Nikita @NikDrob23, you did an amazing job! More results on our project page: https://t.co/HCJDzo7Fl1

[AK @_akhaliq]

MegaPortraits: One-shot Megapixel Neural Head Avatars
abs: https://t.co/r9JbQHtVOs