Faculty Events
RI Faculty Business Meeting
Meeting for RI Faculty. Agenda was sent via a calendar invite.
RI Faculty Business Meeting
Meeting for RI Faculty. Agenda was sent via a calendar invite.
Towards Spatial Intelligence for Behaviors and Environments
Abstract: We are in an era of foundation models and spatial intelligence (AR/VR). Despite significant advancements in natural language processing for reasoning, other modalities like vision lag behind, offering limited contributions: current video-language models (VLMs) struggle even with basic spatial reasoning tasks. The challenge lies in the disparate training needs of different modalities. To enhance [...]
RI Faculty Business Meeting
Meeting for RI Faculty. Agenda was sent via a calendar invite.
Creative Tools: In Press, In Submission, and In Progress
Abstract: It's been a while since I've had a chance to show the rest of the RI what I and my various collaborators have been working on. So this talk will be an informal and rapid-fire tour through some of the freshest results from my lab, including work that is in press, in submission, and in [...]
Carnegie Mellon University
Enabling Collaboration between Creators and Generative Models
Abstract: Generative models have made visual content creation as little effort as writing a short text description. Meanwhile, these models also spark concerns among artists, designers, and photographers about job security and data ownership. This leads to many questions: Will generative models make creators’ jobs obsolete? Should creators stop sharing their work publicly? How can creators [...]